{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 08/30/2021 }

Happy Monday everyone, hope you have had a wonderful restful weekend, and are ready for the week ahead.  I'm praying blessings over you and your family. I don't have much time this morning, so trying to get this post up for you all, as quickly as I can.  Let's get right on with it.   The …

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{ The shift between Summer and Fall }

I thought I would go into August with a renewed sense of hope and faith, and all things good.  I mean the last year pummeled us to a point of submission, on so many levels.  Where else could we go but up, right? Then our air conditioner broke, our sweet Marley died, all within the first 9 days of Au…

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{ Deer Season Book Giveaway Winner }

I haven't done any sort of giveaway, in a really long time.  We only had 4 participants, but that's ok.  Thank you to the ladies that entered the giveaway, wish I had a book for each of you. As always, I used Random Generator to draw the winner, and here is the outcome: Comment #2 - Melissa Co…

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{ Deer Season by Erin Flanagan - GIVEAWAY and Tour }

About Deer Season (Flyover Fiction) Publisher: NEBRASKA (September 1, 2021) Paperback: 320 pages It’s the opening weekend of deer season in Gunthrum, Nebraska, in 1985, and Alma Costagan’s intellectually disabled farmhand, Hal Bullard, has gone hunting with some of the locals, leaving her in a huff. T…

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{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 08/23/2021 }

Good morning everyone, welcome back to my little corner in blogland. I hope this post finds you all well.  Me?  I'm just ok.  One minute smiling, the next bawling as we drive down the street.  To be fair, today is two weeks since Marley's passing and it's all still very fresh and new, an…

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{ The Ocean in Winter by Elizabeth de Veer - TLC Book Tour }

About The Ocean in Winter Publisher : Blackstone Publishing; Unabridged edition (July 6, 2021) Hardcover : 336 pages The lives of the three Emery sisters were changed forever when Alex, eleven at the time, found their mother drowned in the bathtub of their home. After their mother’s suicide, the girls’…

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{ No Names to be Given by Julia Brewer - TLC Book Tour }

About No Names to Be Given Publisher: Admission Press (August 3, 2021) Paperback: 334 pages “A gorgeous, thrilling, and important novel! These strong women will capture your heart.”-Stacey Swann, author of  Olympus, Texas 1965 . Sandy runs away from home to escape her mother’s abusive boyfriend. Becca f…

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{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 08/16/2021 }

Good morning dear friends, I hope this Monday finds you well, both physically, spiritually and emotionally. The last time I posted this feature, was 2 weeks ago, and I was so happy to report that my Marley was eating again.  I had no clue that just a week later, to the day, my boy would be crossing …

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{ There will be Lobster by Sara Arnell - TLC Book Tour }

About There Will Be Lobster • Publisher: Savio Republic (July 20, 2021) • Hardcover: 176 pages You know her. You’ve seen her. You may even see yourself in her. If you’re arriving to the midlife crisis party—the one that’s serving low self-esteem, desperation, unreliable behavior, forgetfulness, careles…

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{ My sweet Marley is gone }

October 5, 2016 - August 9, 2021 I wish I had the words right now to begin to tell you, how heartbroken I am. Marley started getting worse last week, and very quickly declined.  Sunday he became quite lethargic, wouldn't eat or drink, go potty etc.  And he also began to throw up.  It continued al…

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