Happy Monday One and All, The Averie Household is in full Christmas gear-up mode. We've finished Christmas present shopping. The outside lights are up (sorry, I don't have pictures right now.  Our camera needs its batteries replaced and we ran out of the kind it uses. But once we get the batteries, I'll go out and see if I can get some pictures of them. We don't have a lot out).  Our tree has been up for a while, which has been fun--although the lights don't work on it, so next year husband has said he's going to put lights on it. Good thing we have some extra lights...hopefully we have enough. Have to find that out. I've been enjoying The Florin Street Band's newest video/song, Winter Wonder .  I don't know how many of you remember their first song, My Favorite Time Of Year , but I loved it. It was an effort put together by Leigh Haggerwood , a singer/songwriter. He got a bunch of musicians and singers together and they dressed in Victorian era...

Happy Monday All, Before I forget, Happy Belated Mother's Day to all the Moms. I hope it was great! Mine was nice--mostly relaxing. Congratulations to Tiffany, who won a copy of Beth Fantaskey's Jessica's Guide To Dating On The Dark Side last Friday! Sunday wasn't just Mother's Day, either. It was a Church day, also, of course, but, later in the evening in was the Season 1 Finale of ABC's Once Upon A Time . Yes, I watched it. Yes, I loved it, and I can't wait until the next season! I can sense this is going to go way deeper than I originally thought. Wouldn't you know? Rumpelstiltskin is causing trouble again. Not only did he create original curse, but he's also manipulated other situations. I think he suffers from a lack of confidence and self esteem--considering that before he came into his power, he wasn't looked upon very well by those in his village. However, he gave up his son, and the woman he met later (and fell in love with...

Happy Monday All, First of all, congratulations to Kimberly L (edited last initial, because originally I had it wrong). for winning the signed copy of Melissa Ohnoutka's Faithful Deceptions . Melissa will get that to you, soon. Now...tomorrow is special for several reasons: 1.  Release day of Christie Craig's e-book, Murder, Mayhem & Mama. 2.  It's the last day of the December Days Blog Giveaway. 3.  The giveaway author? Christie Craig! She'll be giving away a signed copy of one of her in-print novels. (I'll announce which one tomorrow when I put up the giveaway post). We finally got our tree decorated and it looks very pretty. I need to get some more red bead garland for the bottom half, but the store didn't have anymore, so right now it's just the top half has red bed garland. The tree is decorated in white lights, ornaments, and tinsel. I have an artificial tree, so I don't have to worry about watering or anything like that. Are y...

Happy Friday Everybody, *****THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW OFFICIALLY CLOSED. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED. A very special thank you to Melissa Ohnoutka for supplying the prize*** We're drawing near the end of my December Days Blog Giveaway, but we're not at the end, YET. Today's prize is from the very talented Melissa Ohnoutka . Melissa is giving away to ONE lucky winner a signed in-print copy of her Romantic Suspense, Faithful Deceptions: Will Hailey survive her quest for revenge, or will she just be another victim? *****THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW OFFICIALLY CLOSED!****  To enter this giveaway, please read the following rules carefully: ***I will ask Melissa if this is for USA Citizens only or if it's international. Once I know, I will edit this blog post with the information.***  *****EDITS 10:55 a.m. Central Time:  I heard from Melissa. If someone outside of the USA wins the giveaway, they will get the E-book version of FAITHFUL DECEPTIONS. The in-print will o...