Guess who is back…
did you miss me? I hope so! How is everyone’s summer going? Our holiday was
nice. It was good to get away although it wasn’t nice coming home to all that
washing especially when the tumble dryer decided to give up the ghost the day
after we got back. Very frustrating. Just as well, the weather has been nice to
hang it out.
On our first day of
holiday, well I say first day but really it was mere minutes after arriving, we
lost two of the kids. Completely my husband’s fault. At least I only lose items
and not humans. We pulled up outside the reception and the kids wanted to go to
the toilet so they got out of the car and my husband told me to drive around to
the accommodation and he will wait for the kids and walk around. Well he only
came back with three of the five kids that went to the toilet and it was
another ten minutes before anyone realised two were actually missing. I kept
asking where they were and they kept telling me in the car, so after the third
time of asking and being told the same thing I went out to the car. Of course
they were not there then it dawned on my husband that he had forgotten them and
everyone went into panic and rushed off to search for them. Don’t worry, they
were found safe and sound and in the same place, they were left. On the same day,
we decided to walk to the site next door to the chip shop but we had to walk
along the beach to get to it… and it would be thunder and lightning that night.
We got absolutely soaked. On a happy note, we won the family quiz and two of my
kids entered the talent show. Unfortunately they didn’t win for the simple fact
that when siblings enter they don’t like to play them off against each other in
case one gets upset but they both did brilliantly and for them to have the
balls to get up there in the first place and sing in front of strangers just
makes them winners anyway.
One night I went to
bed at midnight, leaving my husband, fourteen-year-old son and his friend
playing cards. At two am, they thought it would be funny to wake me up. They
opened the bedroom door, chucked stuffed birds at me, and legged it. I was not
amused but it was OK. Revenge was going to be sweet and it was. Just six hours
later, I woke them up with water over their heads; I nicked their bedcovers and
hid their underwear. Oh, I had the last laugh all right and come that night,
they were shattered. Mission accomplished. I don’t think they will be in a
hurry to try anything like that again. Over
all we had a nice holiday, the accommodation was spacious and the kids loved
the freedom. There was a good park and nice swimming pool. They made loads of
friends. The week went quick but it felt like we had been away for ages. I was
pleased to come home.
So while I was away I
didn’t get much reading done like I had planned but I did start reading Starr
Fated by G. E. Griffin. I am currently on 50% and I am enjoying it. Whilst it
has your typical rich businessman and poor little virgin it is nothing like all
the books that have tried to follow Mr Grey and Gideon Cross, which is a good
thing. I mean there is only so much of that, I can read, and to be honest I
haven’t really enjoyed them. This is a bit different. It has been a bit
predictable on my part but I like it and now the editing of Handbags at Dawn is
finished, I look forward to finishing it. I need to finish it so I can start
the third book in the Stark series.
I took the kids to
see Monsters University on Wednesday. From what I saw, I enjoyed it. This film takes us back to before Mike and
Sully met. Mike’s lifelong ambition is to become a scarier and while he works
extremely hard to make it, the privileged Sulley just breezes in and steals the
limelight until he begins to falter. At the final exam, Mike and Sulley's
rivalry causes them both to fail and they are dropped from the program. Mike
decides to prove himself by entering the Scare Games. Seeing the competition as
his ticket back into the scare program Sulley also joins and Mike reluctantly
accepts. Mike also makes a deal with Dean Hardscrabble, who remains sceptical,
to re-admit their entire team to the scaring program if they win, whereas if
they lose, Mike must leave Monsters University for good. The film is fun, funny,
and entertaining but unfortunately, I missed the last half an hour due to a
certain three year old playing up. I cannot wait to see Disney’s new film
Planes. That looks really good and I can never resist a good Disney film.
Handbags at Dawn ~
who has downloaded their copy? Due to a
planned power cut in my area today, I decided to bring the release a day
forward because let’s face it; we would rather have it early then late wouldn’t
we? It has been a long old progress and so much has gone into this book. I just
hope everyone likes it and I would love to hear your thoughts and feelings on
it. Remember, the best way to reward an author is to write a review. I am
nervous as hell as you guys only know me for my Cocktails & Tattoos series.
This is my first book since them and to be fair I have learnt a lot in a short
space of time. I was perhaps a bit naïve in the beginning and went in with my
eyes closed but now my eyes are fully open and I hope I have blossomed. I think
I have. A bit, maybe.
You can find Handbags
at Dawn on Amazon for Kindle and Kindle app by clicking on the following links.
Also, thanks to a very helpful author who kindly formatted my document, you can
purchase it from Smashwords too so those with Apple iPad/iBooks, Nook, Sony
Reader, Kobo, and most e-reading apps including Stanza, Aldiko, Adobe Digital
Editions & other ereader devices, just click the link to purchase your
copy.
Amazon.co.uk ~ https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00EDX06QI
Amazon.com ~ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EDX06QI
Smashwords ~ https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/345335
This week’s author of
the week is…. ME! Well why not take
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following link for my bio, some random facts, a teaser of Handbags at Dawn, and
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Until next time ~
Kerry.
Random fact #17 ~ Our fingers get wrinkly in water
because wrinkled fingers would give us stronger grip on slippery objects
underwater. How many people will be trying this later?
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