Happy Sunday, my Darlings!

First & foremost, you’re welcome.  Because I know you must be thinking, Oooh, thank you, Mistress Heidi, for that luscious hunka Happy Sunday man. So as I said, you’re welcome. :wink

This week, I AM HAPPY to actually have my laundry done.  I did it before this dirty, sexy hot-a-tot-tot dropped by, more’s the pity.  But still…it’s done.

I AM HAPPY, too, that I got the lawn mowed.  Again.  I’m averaging yard work about once a month at this point, since I hate it so very, very much, but it’s done for a while now & lookin’ good.

I AM HAPPY that I got through something very unpleasant this week.  Didn’t want to do it, but it needed to be done…you know what that’s like, right? And I got through it without a scratch.  The situation isn’t resolved & there are likely more confrontations to come, but this week’s issue is out of the way. Whew.

So how about you?  What are you happy or grateful for this week?  And don’t be shy…we want to hear your hoorays & hurrahs!

And now for the winner of this week’s Free Book Friday title, Tempting Juliana by Lauren Royal.

:getdown Shadow!!! :getdown

Congratulations, Shadow! :claphat Please contact me with your full name & mailing information, & I’ll get your book out to you as soon as I can!

(P.S:  Our FBF title from two weeks ago—Burn Notice: The Giveaway–is still unclaimed.  If you entered & think you may have won, be sure to go back & check that Sunday’s post to be sure.)

A FRIDAY FUNNY

A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon.  As she laid her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird’s chest.  After a moment or two, the vet shook his head and sadly said, “I’m sorry, your duck, Cuddles, has passed away.”

The distressed woman wailed, “Are you sure?”

“Yes, I’m sure. Your duck is dead,” replied the vet.

“How can you be so sure?” she protested. “I mean you haven’t done any testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something.”

The vet rolled his eyes, turned around, and left the room. He returned a few minutes later with a black Labrador Retriever. As the duck’s owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front paws on the examination table and sniffed the duck from top to bottom. He then looked up at the vet with sad eyes and shook his head.

The vet patted the dog on the head and took it out of the room. A few minutes later he returned with a cat. The cat jumped on the table and also delicately sniffed the bird from head to foot. The cat sat back on its haunches, shook its head, meowed softly and strolled out of the room.

The vet looked at the woman and said, “I’m sorry, but as I said, this is most definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck.”

The vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill, which he handed to the woman.

The duck’s owner, still in shock, took the bill. “$150!” she cried, “$150 just to tell me my duck is dead!” The vet shrugged, “I’m sorry. If you had just taken my word for it, the bill would have been $20, but with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan, it’s now $150.”

(Thanks to our very own Darling Hollie for passing along that one. :bees )

FREE BOOK FRIDAY

This week’s Free Book Friday offering is (I think) our very first historical romance: Tempting Juliana by Lauren Royal.

To enter the giveaway for this book, simply leave a comment to today’s post that includes the code FBF—for “Free Book Friday,” of course—to let me know you’re interested in the drawing. (U.S. residents only for the prize, please, but everyone is welcome to chat.)

Winner will be announced during our Happy Sunday post on…well, you know, Sunday. Winner is responsible for contacting me with her mailing information—i.e. I will not be contacting you—so be sure to check back in or you might not even know you won! :crying (If prize isn’t claimed within 14 days, another name may be drawn or item may be tossed back into the goody bag to be re-used for a future giveaway.)