AND THE WINNERS ARE:

Grand Prize: Choice of any two books I have reviewed so far this year, 3/4 pound bag of Solace Coffee,  Madison Morgan: When Dogs Blog in paperback and Project Madison swag.

The Secret DMS Files of Fairday Morrow

First Prize: Two Debbie Macomber books, 3/4 pound bag of Solace Coffee, Madison Morgan: When Dogs Blog in paperback, Project Madison swag.

Amie Borst

Second Prize: No Passengers Beyond This Point by Gennifer Choldenko, 3/4 pound bag of Solace Coffee, Madison Morgan: When Dogs Blog in paperback, Project Madison swag.

Anita Laydon

The Third Through Fifth Prize:

 One 3/4 pound bag of Solace Coffee, Madison Morgan: When Dogs Blog in paperback, Project Madison swag.

Grace Benzal

Natalie Aguirre

An Education in Books Blog

The Sixth Through Tenth Prize:

Madison Morgan: When Dogs Blog in E-book, Project Madison swag.

Deb Marshall

Gabrielle Pendragast

Marcia Hoehne

Barbara Watson

Michael GG

                  

                    

                    

Other Commenters:

                    

Project Madison swag.

Holly's Studio Blog

The Accidental Novelist

Sandra Tyler

Congratulations to all the winners and thank

you for taking time to stop by the blog. 

Be sure to email your address to me so I can

send you your prizes.

torres dot pam3 at gmail dot com

Birthday Giveaway On Aug. 31st!

Don't forget that every comment you make on the blog during the month of August enters you in the drawing!

August Giveaway Prizes: Since the drawing occurs on my birthday I am giving lots of gifts and having lots of winners...

Grand Prize: Choice of any two books I have reviewed so far this year, 3/4 pound bag of Solace Coffee,  Madison Morgan: When Dogs Blog in paperback and Project Madison swag.

First Prize: Two Debbie Macomber books, 3/4 pound bag of Solace Coffee, Madison Morgan: When Dogs Blog in paperback, Project Madison swag.

Second Prize: No Passengers Beyond This Point by Gennifer Choldenko, 3/4 pound bag of Solace Coffee, Madison Morgan: When Dogs Blog in paperback, Project Madison swag.

There will be many more winners, more books, more coffee and more Project Madison Swag so stay tuned. [If you tweet this and paste the tweet url in your comment you will get two entries!]

FURRY FRIDAY: There Can Only Be One Photo Contest

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What: This is a photo contest. Send in any photo of an animal that you think is cute or funny. Entries must be your own original photo. Please include your own caption for the photo.


How: Send your photo to Pam. Be sure to include FURRY FRIDAY PHOTO CONTEST in the subject line. All entries must be received by April 20, 2012 to be included in the contest. 


When: On Friday April 27th all photos will be posted along with the caption that the entrant included. Commentors will be encouraged to vote and write captions for any of the photos entered. Two winners will be drawn, one from the photo entries and another from the commenters. 


Prizes Include: Winners will be announced on May 1st. Each winner will recieve a $25 dollar gift card to PETCO. A sneak peek at Project Madison and will be featured in the first newsletter. 


So dig out those silly photos. If you think you have a unique one of a kind pet and a snappy caption send it in. The reality is our pets are one of kind and they each have their own brand of funny. Don't miss this chance to share the love.

Fifteen Awesome Blogs!

So, last week I received an award from Angela Felsted over at My Poetry and Prose Place. 
Thanks so much Angela! I spent the weekend trying to find new blogs that I hadn't visited before so it took me a while. Here are fifteen blogs that I think deserve this Stylish Award.

Congratulations To The Following Winners! 

  ***I'd also like to challenge the winners to find 15 new blogs that deserve the Stylish Blogger award.  Happy clicking.***

Check out Beth's blog all about balance, one of my favorite words:
To The Fullest


 Over at Dark Angel, Sherry is just plain cool.

 Check out the Writing Fortress a group of published writers.  

Over at A Writers Reality Mellissa Cunningham shares her adventures in reading and writing.

Now if your looking for some motivation try Writing While The Rice Boils  where Debbie Allen gives great advice!

Cynthia Watson is another wonderful Canadian writer who writes YA paranormal fiction.

Then over at Still Writing  JEFritz is taking us on her writing journey.

Choices is always choosing the right words at Love To Teach.

Girl Unpublished is where Jessica Stanford shares her picture book writing adventure.  

Renee Miller is  Dangling on the Edge of Sanity and shares a major hottie.

At Brenda Drake Writes , Brenda lets us in on her latest coffee brew besides great blogging.   

Then hop over to DNA Writers where Brenda and her buddies are launching a new blog.  


Wendy Sparrow shares her adventures at Where The Ladybugs Roar.

Find out what Scobberlotch means (it's a verb) over at author, Karen Harrington's Blog.            

Take a hop to Sherrie Peterson's Write About Now  is a blog that is chuck full of great information.

The Winners Are...and What I Forgot!

My Little Santa Baby!

     In between rocking my grandson, changing his diaper, making a bottle, feeding, burping, diapering, playing and gazing upon his precious sleeping face...I realized that there are a few things I have forgotten about my experience as a mother. (It has been 18 years since my youngest was a baby.)

1) Little boys often pee when released from the confines of a tight diaper.

2)  Two-month-old babies need constant attention, they cat nap, 40 minutes max, during the day.

3) The energy it takes to be needed every minute.

4) Scheduling anything is usually a big mistake, writing, research, errands...yeah, not happening.

5) By the end of the day, if you don't smell like spit up, then you cheated and changed your shirt. 

    I'm sure there are more, like what a poopy diaper smells like, etc. The point being, when you are in the midst of the first-year-baby-coma, it feels like you will never, ever sleep again. The dirty diapers, and later, the scraped knees, endless questions and the constant lack of privacy seem to drag on. Suddenly, you turn around and they're gone and you honestly wonder where all the time went. Take it from me, mother of six, that it is possible to live through motherhood and there is a new life waiting for you at the other end. Enjoy each moment, even the ones that aren't so happy, because you will miss them. I certainly do!

Congratulations to the winners of  Elana Johnson's Possession!
*drum roll*  Whoops! I just tried to draw names out of my cup of tea.*quickly dries hands*
OK, *drum roll*   gabi and Laura Pauling  *wild applause*  Congrats!
Thanks to everyone for helping me to reach over 100 followers! You guys honestly ROCK!!