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Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Holiday Giveaway!
December is an awesome month! It's the best month of the year and filled with treasures for me such as my birthday and enjoying Holiday time with my family.
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Sunday, December 21, 2014
Guest Post Eilida Riley
First I have to say how pleased and honored I am to be here. With the holiday season closing in us I want to share what Christmas means to me.
The holidays have always been a time of joy and giving. My parent's never fell short. My father would decorate our huge house with lights and decorations that extended from our front yard all the way to the lake. Our house was brighter than the North Star and much louder.
My mother would cook a huge meal with all the fixings. It was far too much for the three of us to eat alone so they would make a huge party out of it and invite all our good friends, including my BFF Sage.
I'm kind of a movie buff so we spent a lot of time watching the classic Christmas movies, such as Frosty the Snowman, Rudolf, Christmas Story, The Grinch and Sage and I favorite Mr. Heatmiser.
I can't forget the Christmas tree. As a family we decorate it every year and slowly the floor around it becomes filled with Christmas magic in the form of gifts.
What I love most is my family and the merriment, surprise, and joy they have given me each and every day of my life. My parents are the most kindhearted, beautiful people and I love them with all my heart. Here is to you Mom and Dad!I love you!
Best wishes to everyone, around the world this Holiday season. May you enjoy spending the day with those you love, soaking in the pleasure of giving.
In the spirit of giving I'm offering to all of you Eye of the Storm Eilida's Tragedy for .99 here (smashwords). Use this code when checking out UV83N and have a blessed holiday!
The holidays have always been a time of joy and giving. My parent's never fell short. My father would decorate our huge house with lights and decorations that extended from our front yard all the way to the lake. Our house was brighter than the North Star and much louder.
My mother would cook a huge meal with all the fixings. It was far too much for the three of us to eat alone so they would make a huge party out of it and invite all our good friends, including my BFF Sage.
I'm kind of a movie buff so we spent a lot of time watching the classic Christmas movies, such as Frosty the Snowman, Rudolf, Christmas Story, The Grinch and Sage and I favorite Mr. Heatmiser.
I can't forget the Christmas tree. As a family we decorate it every year and slowly the floor around it becomes filled with Christmas magic in the form of gifts.
Best wishes to everyone, around the world this Holiday season. May you enjoy spending the day with those you love, soaking in the pleasure of giving.
In the spirit of giving I'm offering to all of you Eye of the Storm Eilida's Tragedy for .99 here (smashwords). Use this code when checking out UV83N and have a blessed holiday!
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Exciting Events Coming Soon!
The holidays are here and I have a lot of exciting stuff coming up I want you to know about!
I have entered the Winter Heat Blog Hop. This blog hop includes 40 blogs! Each day each blogger will be posting so that means I will have lots of posts coming your way for 2 entire weeks. There are also giveaways going on at each blog.
How do know where to go to read the various other blogs? Easy, the links to all the other blogs are on the right. Click and check them out. The blog hop starts November 24th. My giveaway is at the bottom of this page so don't forget to enter and share with your friends!
Next up, I have teamed up with a few other author to bring the world an event on Facebook, Naughty or Nice Christmas Author Party December 6th. The event runs from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. EDT. There is a grand prize giveaway going on from now until the event ends. To enter simply buy one of our books and post the order number on the event page. There will be individual author giveaways going on December 6th. Everyone is welcome. Click the link and join we want to see you there!
Last, two birthdays are coming soon. First is the one year birthday of The Troubled Oyster on November 25th. Second is my own birthday Dec. 2nd. The week of my birthday I have a special Amazon promo happening as well as some other goodies revealed Dec. 1st.
I have entered the Winter Heat Blog Hop. This blog hop includes 40 blogs! Each day each blogger will be posting so that means I will have lots of posts coming your way for 2 entire weeks. There are also giveaways going on at each blog.How do know where to go to read the various other blogs? Easy, the links to all the other blogs are on the right. Click and check them out. The blog hop starts November 24th. My giveaway is at the bottom of this page so don't forget to enter and share with your friends!
Next up, I have teamed up with a few other author to bring the world an event on Facebook, Naughty or Nice Christmas Author Party December 6th. The event runs from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. EDT. There is a grand prize giveaway going on from now until the event ends. To enter simply buy one of our books and post the order number on the event page. There will be individual author giveaways going on December 6th. Everyone is welcome. Click the link and join we want to see you there!
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Mall craziness- Cyber Monday Alternative
The day after Thanksgiving has long been termed with the title Black Friday. I spent many years of my life working in various retail stores doing a variety of jobs such as stocking, cashiering, clothing departments, layaway, returns. You name and I did it.
As a teen I loved working at the mall and window shopping on my break only to go back to the store when I got off to purchase. Heck, I went to the mall on my days off. I was a shop-aholic. Today you won't catch me in the vicinity of a mall unless it's to run in and run out and I can't find what I'm looking for anywhere else.
Today I run in the opposite direction of shopping facilities from November till after the first of the year. I had more than my share of shopping craziness.
Silly retail stories:
I worked at a toy store one year. Yeah, a toy store. Talk about insanity. It ran rampant. The day after Thanksgiving people lined up outside the store all day! They trampled each other and thrashed the store. It was packed wall to wall all day. At one point the local news crew thought it would be a great idea to interview us, needless to say it the store was packed and the lines never ending. I got interviewed as I was cashiering. I suppose I was on TV later but I didn't care. I had swarms of customers and the news crew was trying to ask me questions. Insanity!
About 10 years ago I had to take a friend to the local mall close to Christmas. I was being nice but little did I know that the small mall in my town had decided to try out valet parking. I had no idea and thought I would be sly and slip into the part of the mall that was always least crowded. Unfortunately for me that was where they had set up the valet parking which I didn't know about. I swung my truck around a corner and ran over a cone. You know the glaring orange road cones. I stopped and my friend got out and put the cone back but not before mall security same rushing at us. Did I mention yet it was night?
It was and they had no signs posted in the back of the parking lot, only the front. Mall security was pissed and called the local mall sheriff. I sent my friend to pay the valet person as I got scolded by mall security. She wouldn't let me leave because I ran over a cone which we put back and paid the valet attendant. Next thing mall sheriff shows up and treats me like I'm drunk or on drugs and does this weird 'follow the light with your eyes thing' as he shines a flashlight into my eyes which left spots in my vision afterwards. No, I wasn't drunk or on drugs so he let me go and scolded the mall security. Ha! Then he told me to go. Gladly!
Today when I shop if I don't buy it at the local Walmart I buy it online. An author/blogger friend of mine, Megan Cyrulewski, is opening up her blog for Cyber Monday shopping! She has asked if you have something to sell contact her. If you are a shopper check out her blog that day. I sent her a special coupon discount code for two of my books, As Snow Falls and Eye of the Storm Eilida's Tragedy. But don't just check it out to get a great deal from me. There will be other fantastic deals. Click the link above to learn more :-)
Happy shopping without the mess of the crowds, news crews, bright orange cones, mall security, and mall sheriff!
As a teen I loved working at the mall and window shopping on my break only to go back to the store when I got off to purchase. Heck, I went to the mall on my days off. I was a shop-aholic. Today you won't catch me in the vicinity of a mall unless it's to run in and run out and I can't find what I'm looking for anywhere else.
Today I run in the opposite direction of shopping facilities from November till after the first of the year. I had more than my share of shopping craziness.
Silly retail stories:
I worked at a toy store one year. Yeah, a toy store. Talk about insanity. It ran rampant. The day after Thanksgiving people lined up outside the store all day! They trampled each other and thrashed the store. It was packed wall to wall all day. At one point the local news crew thought it would be a great idea to interview us, needless to say it the store was packed and the lines never ending. I got interviewed as I was cashiering. I suppose I was on TV later but I didn't care. I had swarms of customers and the news crew was trying to ask me questions. Insanity!
About 10 years ago I had to take a friend to the local mall close to Christmas. I was being nice but little did I know that the small mall in my town had decided to try out valet parking. I had no idea and thought I would be sly and slip into the part of the mall that was always least crowded. Unfortunately for me that was where they had set up the valet parking which I didn't know about. I swung my truck around a corner and ran over a cone. You know the glaring orange road cones. I stopped and my friend got out and put the cone back but not before mall security same rushing at us. Did I mention yet it was night?
It was and they had no signs posted in the back of the parking lot, only the front. Mall security was pissed and called the local mall sheriff. I sent my friend to pay the valet person as I got scolded by mall security. She wouldn't let me leave because I ran over a cone which we put back and paid the valet attendant. Next thing mall sheriff shows up and treats me like I'm drunk or on drugs and does this weird 'follow the light with your eyes thing' as he shines a flashlight into my eyes which left spots in my vision afterwards. No, I wasn't drunk or on drugs so he let me go and scolded the mall security. Ha! Then he told me to go. Gladly!
Today when I shop if I don't buy it at the local Walmart I buy it online. An author/blogger friend of mine, Megan Cyrulewski, is opening up her blog for Cyber Monday shopping! She has asked if you have something to sell contact her. If you are a shopper check out her blog that day. I sent her a special coupon discount code for two of my books, As Snow Falls and Eye of the Storm Eilida's Tragedy. But don't just check it out to get a great deal from me. There will be other fantastic deals. Click the link above to learn more :-)
Happy shopping without the mess of the crowds, news crews, bright orange cones, mall security, and mall sheriff!
Friday, November 29, 2013
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