tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205245792024-03-13T10:50:02.384-07:00Scrambled Dregs ~~~~~~~ tidbits on life, food, faith, and writing.Scrambled thoughts, experiments and snippets of fun -- shaken, stirred, whipped and kneaded.Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.comBlogger2428125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524579.post-6801192416077058492017-08-17T04:29:00.000-07:002017-08-17T04:29:04.535-07:00Scrambles and Scribbles ~ Herd Control<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6UhkR8DAPSQ/WZVzUuTLoMI/AAAAAAAAnBU/m1RZ_-l_-sY_z2i-OtIVjomuSpgics5qgCKgBGAs/s1600/IMG_20170815_072651.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6UhkR8DAPSQ/WZVzUuTLoMI/AAAAAAAAnBU/m1RZ_-l_-sY_z2i-OtIVjomuSpgics5qgCKgBGAs/s320/IMG_20170815_072651.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">When I babysat for a living years ago I experienced what I called "Black Thursdays" This was the morning where I had two extra kiddos bookended with an odd and very socially awkward mother who dropped them off and picked them up. She always handed me a check with typed in details and payment to literally the second. I don't know what would have happened if she arrived a minute early. I guess she'd sit in the car. As weird as she was, she was not the reason for the title of the day. The mornings were intense because all six of the children I watched were in the 18 months to four age range. Four (or 3.92 ) hours of food and preparation, then clean up, then diapers and potty time, then short play times with redirection of fighting children, cueing up the hungry whining cycle...and rinse and repeat. And then again. And again. Breakfast, snack, lunch. Oh, the glorious nap time Thursday afternoons. Where I did all the dishes, and made the snacks. Ha. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes I experience a tiny taste of Black Thursdays when I'm around the whole expanse of my grand babies. Even though they aren't all in that range of age, some of our interactions feel very much like that cycle of craziness. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">When we first got the three kiddos they were ages 3, 5, and 7 I was a zero to three grandma and everything felt new and different. What in the world do you do with a three year old? Then their baby sister joined the club. Then Connor came along. As a new grandma I was overwhelmed by the sheer energy and whirl of activity that came with kids when I had been out of the kid business for so long. Just the three alone for a few hours would make me sleep like a baby when bedtime rolled around. With Connor and the baby sister the whole change in baby world from when I'd had babies was intense. Car seats and monitors, strollers and sleeping dos and don'ts have all changed pretty impressively. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Last Saturday, after a week away at the lake with our daughter and five of her kids, we went back to school shopping. Three stores. A three year old, who had an accident and gets hangry almost hourly, a one year old who weighs as much as the three year old and who does not like to be held, but can not walk, an eight month old who gets crazy wiggles and the ten year old and eight year old who need to try on school clothes, and the six year old who is having attitude issues came along for the ride. The only one missing was the two year old she has most weekends. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">At each stop the van exploded like a clown car. The sound volume in the van was maxed out. My daughter has grown extra arms since beginning the foster care journey. And I am able to hold two babies and shush a sassy six year old while waiting for her to grab a second cart. And now I can actually stay up past 10 p.m. on evenings I've spent massive amounts of time with her flock/hoard/cluster/herd. Maybe it's like riding a bike. This kid wrangling thing. Black Thursdays helped prepare me to be a grandma of many. And maybe interacting with odd folks. Life skillz. </span></b><br />
<br />
<br />Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524579.post-4015869719670599442017-08-03T04:38:00.000-07:002017-08-03T04:45:50.235-07:00Scribbles and Scrambles ~ Seasons<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-psq9xJTfKI0/WYMK2HADr-I/AAAAAAAAm5c/lQQy5eXJe5gJ6y0ERsO-pHWUiRe694ijgCKgBGAs/s1600/IMG_20170722_075334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-psq9xJTfKI0/WYMK2HADr-I/AAAAAAAAm5c/lQQy5eXJe5gJ6y0ERsO-pHWUiRe694ijgCKgBGAs/s320/IMG_20170722_075334.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">I think I just realized that I have fully entered a new season in my life.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">I don't know if it's weirder that I was just able to identify it or that I'm there. I think I've been considering this a temporary place. Of course it's temporary. They all are. Seasons, like people and circumstances are changing constantly. And this particular season is one I'm not hoping to move along any faster than it already is.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">You all know we went from zero to three grandkids overnight three years ago. Our number has now swelled to four forevers, one on the way to forever and five in varying stages of semi-permanency in our fold. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">I would not trade the sweet, sticky kisses or the silly laugh-a-thons for the world. Every minute I spend with any combination of my brood is a precious blessing. Exhausting. Sometimes frustrating even, but a blessing.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">I had entered a point in my life four or five years ago where I was able to plan my life on my terms. That is a joke, of course. We've all heard the phrase, "Life is what happens when you make other plans." And life did. A mere three years ago I was taking music lessons. I had coffee dates with friends, I was able to have conversations with my mom and friends on a regular basis. I was blogging almost daily and creating recipes like a beast. I had hours of quietness in my day. Hours.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Somewhere in that quiet we said yes to two beagles. And our daughters and son said yes to fostering children, or growing one the old fashioned way. My kids' journeys are their own. And I get to watch from the sidelines. But two of our kids are single parents and circumstances and realities have put my sidelines kind of front row. Maybe even standing in the middle of the playing field on a regular basis.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">On Saturday I actually had nothing until 5:00p.m. This is kind of a very unusual thing. And it was glorious. I cleaned in silence for part of the day. My Roomba was the only sound except for occasional stereo barking at a loud truck or car heading up the street. I paid some bills. Threw some stuff away, threw a couple things in a giveaway box. I was able to actually do some plotting on the book I'm supposed to be writing. Michelle is free to write after the 1st of the year after two years of constant contract fulfillment. I'm the foundation and stick builder of this second book. And it's August. Just a few months from now we need to be putting in pipes and wires, hanging drywall, and making that sucker turn-key. So Saturday was fabulous and needed.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">At 5:00p.m. I took my almost two-year-old to my other mama bear's house and we loaded all those kids into her mini-bus aka 12 passenger van and we headed to church. Crying, whining, laughing, talking, music, a voice from the back shouting that all the seats were filled. We moved into the church like a hoard of locusts. The noise at least, no one was eating vegetation. That I'm aware of. When I am with them I constantly count heads. Sometimes forgetting that number six or seven is in my arms. It's a small church so we take up a full row even with seat sharing. I felt the eyes on us, there is no graceful way to enter a small sanctuary quietly with eight children, three of whom are under two.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Sunday was a small family reunion requiring food, both mamas and seven kiddos joined us. And Monday was a softball game for the ten-year-old. Wednesday, after another long day at work where I trained in yet another clinic, I babysat five while their mom and the oldest were available to answer questions for a foster care training class. Two hours. Two bottles, dinner for the eaters, two diapers, a three-year-old needing potty help, keeping beagles from begging/snatching food from waving fingers, crying, turf battles, a riding toy that kept hurting the rider tantrum, the "mine" whines, a lost tooth celebration. (Praise the Lord I didn't throw away the plastic bag I found when prepping the meal because said baggie that appeared to be empty actually contained the tooth!!!! Mercy!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">I began this post on Monday. I've written on and off in my early mornings every day this week. My early mornings start around 5:00 a.m. Sometimes, like twice this week, I spent a little interaction time saying goodbye to my house dwelling daughter and boy-boy. Feed and potty the dogs, maybe get some marketing for Out of the Frying Pan done, get sucked into Buzzfeed or Facebook for a spell, do any financial transactions that are required. And realize it's time to hop into the shower and then get on with my day.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">That all said. I'm so grateful for every one of these people and things. So grateful. But the tradeoff is the freedom I did have to chill and chat holding full conversations at a time, or write blog posts, or play music. I know I can still carve out times, like Saturday, where I can do this. Or that I could have some shifting and moving of life. Like the "Writing Thursdays" where I head to my daughter's house at the kiddos bedtime to help make that happen smoothly so that we can keep each other accountable to focus on writing and write for an hour or two. (This has happened successfully a few times.)</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">In the meantime, I will be content to get something posted in Dregs sometimes. And if that doesn't happen, I know that Blogger will wait for me. And I'll hope you will, too. If nothing else, there will be more activity someday. Because life and seasons are constantly changing. I do know, based on the rate of growth and change in the children in the past year, that one day, too soon, they won't be carrying plastic bags containing a tiny tooth to Grandma's so excited to show her that it finally fell out! Instead I might get a mumbled awkward teenager greeting and maybe a hug of thanks after handing over a gift at birthday or holiday gatherings. The unconditional love shown by a grandparent needs to stretch and twist and remain strong through those times when peers or media are more important than family in kids' lives.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">While it is right here in front of me. Ripe for the picking and enjoying, I am embracing all that is grandma right now, because this is going to end up being my sweetest season.</span></b>Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524579.post-75521854894906712162017-07-19T15:56:00.000-07:002017-07-19T15:56:49.838-07:00Serials and Scenarios ~ Grab a Chance <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--r0SctkU1FY/WW_iZsuQUKI/AAAAAAAAmvY/X0H3uOkbc4Ezz7B2airZkoNCC57DgJ2jQCLcBGAs/s1600/61tvSrINcpL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--r0SctkU1FY/WW_iZsuQUKI/AAAAAAAAmvY/X0H3uOkbc4Ezz7B2airZkoNCC57DgJ2jQCLcBGAs/s320/61tvSrINcpL.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">There are two contests going on for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Out-Frying-Pan-little-romance/dp/1938499131/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500504743&sr=8-1&keywords=out+of+the+frying+pan" target="_blank">Out of the Frying Pan.</a> Yes. That Frying Pan where 59 people have given us 4.3 out of 5 stars and folks are beginning to clamor for another adventure. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Michelle answers questions <a href="https://inspiredprompt.com/2017/07/19/3-questions-wednesday-with-michelle-griep-2/" target="_blank">here</a>. Two of her answers surprised me. I had no idea. But the most exciting part is the copy of the book she's giving away! Woot! Woot!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">And even more exciting. (Because it's my idea and it's new.) A chance to help us create a character for the second series of adventures for Fern and Zula. Yes. That's right. You could provide a friendly port in the storm for the gals or someone to whip things into a further frenzy here <a href="http://bit.ly/2uAqsYw">http://bit.ly/2uAqsYw</a>.</span></b>Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524579.post-24004039560122737672017-07-13T04:24:00.002-07:002017-07-13T04:24:23.038-07:00Scribbles and Scrambles ~ The Shoes and Other Stuff<b><span style="font-size: large;">Bored Panda posted a bunch of funny parenting tweets. Ha Ha Ha. It says top 10 but goes on for pages. </span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.boredpanda.com/best-parenting-tweets-2017/">http://www.boredpanda.com/best-parenting-tweets-2017/</a></span></b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">#37 feels very much like our K...who is 6. Yesterday I went to the store with the herd. Seriously. There was a herd. We went to get tennis shoes for the 10-year-old. K wanted new shoes. One (one of) of her pair of dress shoes is getting too small. Her mother put her foot down. K even brought up the wedding she's in in November, surely she would need shoes for that. No worky. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Now, I have to admit that I'm a pushover sometimes. An easy mark. A weak link. In the store K who chose to rid in the cart suggested we go look at shoes in her size. Then pointed out certain features. When I stood firm I was dismissed. At least she's not the Queen of Hearts...I kept my head. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">And bonus. Have you seen the Macklemore video with his 100 year old grandmother? 😂😂😂 </span></b><a href="http://www.boredpanda.com/music-video-100-year-grandma-birthday-macklemore/"><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.boredpanda.com/music-video-100-year-grandma-birthday-macklemore/</span></a>Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524579.post-47655187432509890462017-07-12T05:18:00.002-07:002017-07-12T05:18:47.613-07:00Scrambles and Scribbles ~ Ooopssss Did I Do That?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jRIBqsDJ1z8/WWYTcvJpXnI/AAAAAAAAmqk/wW5j7QlAiVY-5LnvClqeb2NXdyLFF96AACKgBGAs/s1600/IMG_20170701_183617.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1330" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jRIBqsDJ1z8/WWYTcvJpXnI/AAAAAAAAmqk/wW5j7QlAiVY-5LnvClqeb2NXdyLFF96AACKgBGAs/s320/IMG_20170701_183617.jpg" width="265" /></a></div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">I've taken a little break from blogging. I didn't mean to. It sort of just happened. The early mornings are so quiet in my house I could, if I chose to be super disciplined, blog every single morning. But most mornings I'd rather quietly absorb than speak. Then there's the social media overload. I feel like I'm talking too much. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Then there's the life that is not fully mine that I live outside of my hour of quietness every morning. I never know which grandbaby I might be snuggling with after work, or what kind of day my husband has had, or which chore has to be done and it better be tonight. Or if the almost two year old will be snuggly and giving me fishy face kisses or chucking toys at any adult in his realm of rage. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">As a matter of fact, I should feel so much freer. Our church has dissolved and become home to another church. For the first time in over twenty years I am not a leader in our church. No meetings. No cleaning crew. No early arrival for practice. No committee conversations. Not one thing on my calendar I need to attend because I should show support because I'm a leader. I don't even know if "our" church is going to end up being in the same building we've worshipped in for 25 years. Church shopping is interesting. And I don't know if that's good or bad. There is something so freeing about not having someone come up to me and know who I am. I don't have labels yet while church shopping. But, I'm not a woman who loves to shop either, so there's that. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">My job has ramped up. Granted it's not a job where I'm attached to my phone 24-7. I don't have a lot of decisions to make. And it's not life or death. But it has grown to absorb more hours of my life. Something as tiny as having 1/2 hour lunch deducted whether you take a 1/2 break or not is an irksome reality and it etches out time from living my life. I don't want to sit in a break room. Or walk the halls of a clinic or absorb the outdoor air that is full of dust from construction or smoke. Leaving campus in not a reality when it takes 6 minutes to get to the office and 6 minutes to get to the car parked in employee parking. So I end up eating, chatting and heading back to my desk to at least be productive. Part of my job is trained monkeyish. I do a lot of scanning. Oh, it's necessary. And I certainly will gladly accept my paycheck that is based on my licensed skillset regardless of whether I'm actively doing a service they can bill for, or scanning, or waiting to see if a patient will show up or not. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Then there's the work fog of being in three different locations doing different tasks in each and not really knowing what is actually on my agenda too far in advance. And the learning curve. Every last one of those situations is full of learning and correction. The policy and guidelines and expectations are clear and very black and white but while that's true, it's also true that the computer part of it all gives us three or four different ways to do the exact same thing. I find myself often accidentally discovering a short cut or another way of doing something but not really knowing how that happened or if I can remember how to do it again. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Then the weeks of intense learning curves of late, then the plunging in and trying to translate book knowledge with a manual you cannot consult because there are literally phones ringing and impatient providers standing over you with a task that must be done now on-the-spot, hold-your-breath-and-guess training. Merging that with watching kids so mom can attend two weddings in one weekend and joining the herd for a baby shower, or softball game, or trip to Target, or dinner. And something in my very taxed brain had to give. And friends. The blog was it. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">But come back soon. Because Rob went to the lake with two grandkids and I've spent so much time with the littles and there are so many stories. I will tell them. </span></b>Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524579.post-38779044586705078092017-06-26T08:59:00.000-07:002017-06-26T08:59:00.669-07:00Serials and Scenarios ~ Latest Reviews<b><span style="font-size: large;">I know. I took a break from blogging last week. Not on purpose, just that I didn't have much to share. My job required some training and my brain is spinning with new to-dos and future duty details and the unknown of exactly what my job is at the moment. Two locations or three? Multiple hats. And no control. Yes. Is it any wonder I couldn't come up with anything to share? </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">But after signing onto Amazon I found three reviews that made me smile. So I'm sharing them. Nothing like someone getting us to add a happy sigh to my day. And equally exciting was my Saturday. I cleaned, and I filled a couple of bags with stuff that's outta here and mended/hemmed a pile of clothes that have been bugging me including scrub pants that I have to wear everyday and no longer have to roll up. Happy sigh. I hope your weekend was as great as mine! </span></b><br />
<br />
<div class="a-section review" data-hook="review" id="R2FSFMRSSRDSW2" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 22px; max-width: 80em;">
<div class="a-section celwidget" id="customer_review-R2FSFMRSSRDSW2" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;">
<div class="a-row" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 764.3478393554688px;">
<a class="a-link-normal" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2FSFMRSSRDSW2/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1938499131" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066c0; text-decoration: none;" title="5.0 out of 5 stars"><i class="a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating" data-hook="review-star-rating" style="-webkit-background-size: 400px 700px; background-image: url(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/AUIClients/AmazonUIBaseCSS-sprite_1x_weblab_AUI_100106_T1-4424f4f4dd8ca9a98584abfc3b833ba8f12eb36a._V2_.png); background-position: -5px -368px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 400px 700px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 18px; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; width: 80px;"><span class="a-icon-alt" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: inherit; height: 17.9891300201416px; left: auto; line-height: normal; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: auto; width: 80px;">5.0 out of 5 stars</span></i></a><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><a class="a-size-base a-link-normal review-title a-color-base a-text-bold" data-hook="review-title" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2FSFMRSSRDSW2/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1938499131" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-weight: 700 !important; line-height: 19px !important; text-decoration: none;">Delightful, Absolutely Delightful</a></div>
<div class="a-row" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 764.3478393554688px;">
<span class="a-size-base a-color-secondary review-byline" data-hook="review-author" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(85 , 85 , 85); line-height: 19px;"><span class="a-color-secondary" style="box-sizing: border-box;">By</span><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><a class="a-size-base a-link-normal author" data-hook="review-author" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A2ZMEETXG3WBSK/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_pdp?ie=UTF8" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066c0; line-height: 19px !important; text-decoration: none;">jubilee reads</a></span><span class="a-declarative" data-action="cr-popup" data-cr-popup="{"width":"340","title":"Help","url":"/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=cm_cr_dp_bdg_help?ie=UTF8&nodeId=14279681&pop-up=1#tr","height":"340"}" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><span class="a-size-base a-color-secondary review-date" data-hook="review-date" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(85 , 85 , 85); line-height: 19px;">on June 23, 2017</span></div>
<div class="a-row a-spacing-mini review-data review-format-strip" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 6px !important; width: 764.3478393554688px;">
<a class="a-size-mini a-link-normal a-color-secondary" data-hook="format-strip" href="https://www.amazon.com/Out-Frying-Pan-little-romance-ebook/product-reviews/B01JD9J19O/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_fmt?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews&sortBy=recent&formatType=current_format" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066c0; font-size: 11px !important; line-height: 1.465 !important; text-decoration: none;">Format: Kindle Edition</a><i aria-label="|" class="a-icon a-icon-text-separator" style="-webkit-background-size: 400px 700px; background-color: #dddddd; background-image: url(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/AUIClients/AmazonUIBaseCSS-sprite_1x_weblab_AUI_100106_T1-4424f4f4dd8ca9a98584abfc3b833ba8f12eb36a._V2_.png); background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 400px 700px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 14px; line-height: 0; margin: -2px 0.67375em 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 1px;"><span class="a-icon-alt" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 1px; height: 1px; left: -9999px; line-height: 1px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: auto; width: 1px;">|</span></i><span class="a-declarative" data-action="reviews:filter-action:push-state" data-reviews:filter-action:push-state="{}" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a class="a-link-normal" data-reftag="cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_rvwer" data-reviews-state-param="{"pageNumber":"1","reviewerType":"avp_only_reviews"}" href="https://www.amazon.com/Out-Frying-Pan-little-romance/product-reviews/1938499131/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_rvwer?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=avp_only_reviews&sortBy=recent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066c0; text-decoration: none;"><span class="a-size-mini a-color-state a-text-bold" data-hook="avp-badge" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(196 , 85 , 0); font-size: 11px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.465;">Verified Purchase</span></a></span></div>
<div class="a-row review-data" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 764.3478393554688px;">
<span class="a-size-base review-text" data-hook="review-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 19px !important;">There are so many things to like about this story: memorable characters getting into crazy situations, humor that makes you giggle out loud, plenty of red herrings to keep the reader guessing and a touch of romance. Good, clean fun wrapped up in a setting that is unique. I love the way Zula's wobbly high heels were always clipping on the concrete and her interest in fake foliage never flagged. Fern was a no nonsense delight with her practical streak gentled by her tender feelings for Philippe and her utter impatience with Fifi was a crack up. These two ladies aren't letting advanced age keep them from solving the biggest mystery to hit their retirement community yet!<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I am a Zu-Fer fan, for sure.</span></div>
<div class="a-row a-spacing-top-small review-comments comments-for-R2FSFMRSSRDSW2" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 10px !important; width: 764.3478393554688px;">
<div aria-live="polite" class="a-row a-expander-container a-expander-inline-container" data-a-expander-name="review_comment_expander" data-reftag="cm_cr_arp_d_cmt_opn" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 764.3478393554688px;">
<a class="a-expander-header a-declarative a-expander-inline-header a-link-expander" data-a-expander-toggle="{"allowLinkDefault":true, "expand_prompt":"", "collapse_prompt":""}" data-action="a-expander-toggle" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066c0; display: inline-block; outline: 0px; padding-left: 11px; position: relative;"><i class="a-icon a-icon-expand" style="-webkit-background-size: 400px 700px; background-image: url(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/AUIClients/AmazonUIBaseCSS-sprite_1x_weblab_AUI_100106_T1-4424f4f4dd8ca9a98584abfc3b833ba8f12eb36a._V2_.png); background-position: -366px -86px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 400px 700px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 7px; left: 0px; margin-top: -4px; position: absolute; top: 50%; vertical-align: top; width: 7px;"></i><span class="a-expander-prompt" style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-size-base" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 19px !important;">Comment</span></span></a><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><i aria-label="|" class="a-icon a-icon-text-separator" style="-webkit-background-size: 400px 700px; background-color: #dddddd; background-image: url(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/AUIClients/AmazonUIBaseCSS-sprite_1x_weblab_AUI_100106_T1-4424f4f4dd8ca9a98584abfc3b833ba8f12eb36a._V2_.png); background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 400px 700px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 14px; line-height: 0; margin: -2px 0.67375em 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 1px;"><span class="a-icon-alt" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 1px; height: 1px; left: -9999px; line-height: 1px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: auto; width: 1px;">|</span></i><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><span class="a-size-base cr-vote" data-hook="review-voting-widget" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; line-height: 19px !important; min-width: 20em;"><span class="cr-vote-buttons cr-vote-component" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-color-secondary" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(85 , 85 , 85);">Was this review helpful to you?</span><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><span class="a-declarative" data-action="reviews:vote-action" data-reviews:vote-action="{"voteInstanceId":"R2FSFMRSSRDSW2","ajaxUrl":"/ss/customer-reviews/ajax/vote/submit/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_vote_lft","voteValue":"1","cssSelectors":{"onError":".cr-vote-error","inFlight":".cr-vote-feedback","hideVoteComponents":".cr-vote-component","onSuccess":".cr-vote-success"},"csrfT":"gP7tLZ46LY09KXpsfCLeXWHdswa+8l/+daMkwnsAAAAJAAAAAFlOimNyYXcAAAAA","allowLinkDefault":"1"}" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-button a-button-beside-text a-button-small cr-vote-button cr-vote-yes cr-vote-component" id="a-autoid-8" style="background-color: #e7e9ec; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-color: rgb(173, 177, 184) rgb(162, 166, 172) rgb(141, 144, 150); border-style: solid; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 22px; margin-top: -1px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 50px;"><span class="a-button-inner" style="background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(247, 248, 250), rgb(231, 233, 236)); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-shadow: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6) 0px 1px 0px inset; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 20px !important; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><a class="a-button-text" data-hook="vote-yes-button" href="https://www.amazon.com/Out-Frying-Pan-little-romance/product-reviews/1938499131/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_vote_lft?ie=UTF8&voteInstanceId=R2FSFMRSSRDSW2&voteValue=1&reviewerType=all_reviews&csrfT=gP7tLZ46LY09KXpsfCLeXWHdswa%2B8l%2F%2BdaMkwnsAAAAJAAAAAFlOimNyYXcAAAAA&sortBy=recent" id="a-autoid-8-announce" role="button" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; display: block; font-size: 11px; height: 20px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 6px 0px 7px; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; width: 48.26087188720703px;">Yes</a></span></span></span><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><span class="a-declarative" data-action="reviews:vote-action" data-reviews:vote-action="{"voteInstanceId":"R2FSFMRSSRDSW2","ajaxUrl":"/ss/customer-reviews/ajax/vote/submit/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_vote_rgt","voteValue":"-1","cssSelectors":{"onError":".cr-vote-error","inFlight":".cr-vote-feedback","hideVoteComponents":".cr-vote-component","onSuccess":".cr-vote-success"},"csrfT":"gP7tLZ46LY09KXpsfCLeXWHdswa+8l/+daMkwnsAAAAJAAAAAFlOimNyYXcAAAAA","allowLinkDefault":"1"}" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-button a-button-beside-text a-button-small cr-vote-button cr-vote-no cr-vote-component" id="a-autoid-9" style="background-color: #e7e9ec; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-color: rgb(173, 177, 184) rgb(162, 166, 172) rgb(141, 144, 150); border-style: solid; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 22px; margin-top: -1px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 50px;"><span class="a-button-inner" style="background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(247, 248, 250), rgb(231, 233, 236)); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-shadow: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6) 0px 1px 0px inset; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 20px !important; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><a class="a-button-text" data-hook="vote-no-button" href="https://www.amazon.com/Out-Frying-Pan-little-romance/product-reviews/1938499131/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_vote_rgt?ie=UTF8&voteInstanceId=R2FSFMRSSRDSW2&voteValue=-1&reviewerType=all_reviews&csrfT=gP7tLZ46LY09KXpsfCLeXWHdswa%2B8l%2F%2BdaMkwnsAAAAJAAAAAFlOimNyYXcAAAAA&sortBy=recent" id="a-autoid-9-announce" role="button" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; display: block; font-size: 11px; height: 20px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 6px 0px 7px; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; width: 48.26087188720703px;">No</a></span></span></span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><span class="a-declarative" data-action="cr-popup" data-cr-popup="{"width":"580","title":"ReportAbuse","url":"/gp/voting/cast/Reviews/2115/R2FSFMRSSRDSW2/Inappropriate/1/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_hlp?ie=UTF8&target=L3JlbW90ZS9jdXN0b21lci1yZXZpZXdzLzE5Mzg0OTkxMzEvcmVmPWNtX2NyX2RwX2RfdHRs&token=5F3C2A73F86B7FDC73DE3737D419FC2733458FCA&voteAnchorName=R2FSFMRSSRDSW2.2115.Inappropriate.Reviews&voteSessionID=158-5786387-3588931&type=popup","height":"380"}" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a class="a-size-base a-link-normal a-color-tertiary report-abuse-link a-text-normal" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/voting/cast/Reviews/2115/R2FSFMRSSRDSW2/Inappropriate/1/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_hlp?ie=UTF8&target=L3JlbW90ZS9jdXN0b21lci1yZXZpZXdzLzE5Mzg0OTkxMzEvcmVmPWNtX2NyX2RwX2RfdHRs&token=5F3C2A73F86B7FDC73DE3737D419FC2733458FCA&voteAnchorName=R2FSFMRSSRDSW2.2115.Inappropriate.Reviews&voteSessionID=158-5786387-3588931&type=popup" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066c0; line-height: 19px !important; text-decoration: none;">Report abuse</a></span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="a-section review" data-hook="review" id="R3EV2N9M8SK6HC" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 22px; max-width: 80em;">
<div class="a-section celwidget" id="customer_review-R3EV2N9M8SK6HC" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;">
<div class="a-row" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 764.3478393554688px;">
<a class="a-link-normal" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3EV2N9M8SK6HC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1938499131" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066c0; text-decoration: none;" title="5.0 out of 5 stars"><i class="a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating" data-hook="review-star-rating" style="-webkit-background-size: 400px 700px; background-image: url(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/AUIClients/AmazonUIBaseCSS-sprite_1x_weblab_AUI_100106_T1-4424f4f4dd8ca9a98584abfc3b833ba8f12eb36a._V2_.png); background-position: -5px -368px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 400px 700px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 18px; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; width: 80px;"><span class="a-icon-alt" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: inherit; height: 17.9891300201416px; left: auto; line-height: normal; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: auto; width: 80px;">5.0 out of 5 stars</span></i></a><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><a class="a-size-base a-link-normal review-title a-color-base a-text-bold" data-hook="review-title" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3EV2N9M8SK6HC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1938499131" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-weight: 700 !important; line-height: 19px !important; text-decoration: none;">Zany and Funny</a></div>
<div class="a-row" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 764.3478393554688px;">
<span class="a-size-base a-color-secondary review-byline" data-hook="review-author" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(85 , 85 , 85); line-height: 19px;"><span class="a-color-secondary" style="box-sizing: border-box;">By</span><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><a class="a-size-base a-link-normal author" data-hook="review-author" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A3VN68GDSH7EEY/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_pdp?ie=UTF8" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066c0; line-height: 19px !important; text-decoration: none;">pautoyoung</a></span><span class="a-declarative" data-action="cr-popup" data-cr-popup="{"width":"340","title":"Help","url":"/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=cm_cr_dp_bdg_help?ie=UTF8&nodeId=14279681&pop-up=1#tr","height":"340"}" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><span class="a-size-base a-color-secondary review-date" data-hook="review-date" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(85 , 85 , 85); line-height: 19px;">on June 15, 2017</span></div>
<div class="a-row a-spacing-mini review-data review-format-strip" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 6px !important; width: 764.3478393554688px;">
<a class="a-size-mini a-link-normal a-color-secondary" data-hook="format-strip" href="https://www.amazon.com/Out-Frying-Pan-little-romance/product-reviews/1938499131/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_fmt?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews&sortBy=recent&formatType=current_format" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066c0; font-size: 11px !important; line-height: 1.465 !important; text-decoration: none;">Format: Paperback</a></div>
<div class="a-row review-data" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 764.3478393554688px;">
<span class="a-size-base review-text" data-hook="review-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 19px !important;">Out of the Frying Pan by Michelle Griep & Kelly Klepfer is a delightful book centered around a retirement community in Florida. I could see myself as a combination of a couple of the character and at times, laughed out loud at their conversation or antics and would have to explain myself to my husband. The two main characters, Fern and Zula Hopkins, are sisters-in-law living together and are as different as night and day. Fern, the more serious, seems to be a grouchy bear while Zula, the frilly one, dotes on her puppy and beautifying the world with her attire, makeup, and artificial flowers. Fern and Zula do have one thing in common, both are snoopers. When they run across the dead cook of the retirement village who has been murdered, the perfect opportunity for snooping arrives. Good looking Detective Jared Flynn arrives on the scene, and the ladies also develop a plot to connect him with their niece, KC. Unbeknown to them, Jared and KC have already met thru a dating website. The book twists and turns thru the adventures of the two elderly ladies thru a world of drugs, murder, and romance. If you want to read an enjoyable book where the characters are zany and funny, you will want to buy this novel. The characters and plot will not disappoint you. I received a copy from the author and publisher of The Book Club Network in exchange for an honest review.</span></div>
<div class="a-row a-spacing-top-small review-comments comments-for-R3EV2N9M8SK6HC" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 10px !important; width: 764.3478393554688px;">
<div aria-live="polite" class="a-row a-expander-container a-expander-inline-container" data-a-expander-name="review_comment_expander" data-reftag="cm_cr_arp_d_cmt_opn" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 764.3478393554688px;">
<a class="a-expander-header a-declarative a-expander-inline-header a-link-expander" data-a-expander-toggle="{"allowLinkDefault":true, "expand_prompt":"", "collapse_prompt":""}" data-action="a-expander-toggle" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066c0; display: inline-block; outline: 0px; padding-left: 11px; position: relative;"><i class="a-icon a-icon-expand" style="-webkit-background-size: 400px 700px; background-image: url(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/AUIClients/AmazonUIBaseCSS-sprite_1x_weblab_AUI_100106_T1-4424f4f4dd8ca9a98584abfc3b833ba8f12eb36a._V2_.png); background-position: -366px -86px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 400px 700px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 7px; left: 0px; margin-top: -4px; position: absolute; top: 50%; vertical-align: top; width: 7px;"></i><span class="a-expander-prompt" style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-size-base" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 19px !important;">Comment</span></span></a><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><i aria-label="|" class="a-icon a-icon-text-separator" style="-webkit-background-size: 400px 700px; background-color: #dddddd; background-image: url(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/AUIClients/AmazonUIBaseCSS-sprite_1x_weblab_AUI_100106_T1-4424f4f4dd8ca9a98584abfc3b833ba8f12eb36a._V2_.png); background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 400px 700px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 14px; line-height: 0; margin: -2px 0.67375em 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 1px;"><span class="a-icon-alt" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 1px; height: 1px; left: -9999px; line-height: 1px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: auto; width: 1px;">|</span></i><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><span class="a-size-base cr-vote" data-hook="review-voting-widget" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; line-height: 19px !important; min-width: 20em;"><span class="cr-vote-buttons cr-vote-component" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-color-secondary" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(85 , 85 , 85);">Was this review helpful to you?</span><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><span class="a-declarative" data-action="reviews:vote-action" data-reviews:vote-action="{"voteInstanceId":"R3EV2N9M8SK6HC","ajaxUrl":"/ss/customer-reviews/ajax/vote/submit/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_vote_lft","voteValue":"1","cssSelectors":{"onError":".cr-vote-error","inFlight":".cr-vote-feedback","hideVoteComponents":".cr-vote-component","onSuccess":".cr-vote-success"},"csrfT":"gJx8hdEcj/KqT6IPmWdWxucFSNxrJ9BvT3mWQR4AAAAJAAAAAFlOimNyYXcAAAAA","allowLinkDefault":"1"}" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-button a-button-beside-text a-button-small cr-vote-button cr-vote-yes cr-vote-component" id="a-autoid-14" style="background-color: #e7e9ec; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-color: rgb(173, 177, 184) rgb(162, 166, 172) rgb(141, 144, 150); border-style: solid; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 22px; margin-top: -1px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 50px;"><span class="a-button-inner" style="background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(247, 248, 250), rgb(231, 233, 236)); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-shadow: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6) 0px 1px 0px inset; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 20px !important; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><a class="a-button-text" data-hook="vote-yes-button" href="https://www.amazon.com/Out-Frying-Pan-little-romance/product-reviews/1938499131/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_vote_lft?ie=UTF8&voteInstanceId=R3EV2N9M8SK6HC&voteValue=1&reviewerType=all_reviews&csrfT=gJx8hdEcj%2FKqT6IPmWdWxucFSNxrJ9BvT3mWQR4AAAAJAAAAAFlOimNyYXcAAAAA&sortBy=recent" id="a-autoid-14-announce" role="button" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; display: block; font-size: 11px; height: 20px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 6px 0px 7px; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; width: 48.26087188720703px;">Yes</a></span></span></span><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><span class="a-declarative" data-action="reviews:vote-action" data-reviews:vote-action="{"voteInstanceId":"R3EV2N9M8SK6HC","ajaxUrl":"/ss/customer-reviews/ajax/vote/submit/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_vote_rgt","voteValue":"-1","cssSelectors":{"onError":".cr-vote-error","inFlight":".cr-vote-feedback","hideVoteComponents":".cr-vote-component","onSuccess":".cr-vote-success"},"csrfT":"gJx8hdEcj/KqT6IPmWdWxucFSNxrJ9BvT3mWQR4AAAAJAAAAAFlOimNyYXcAAAAA","allowLinkDefault":"1"}" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-button a-button-beside-text a-button-small cr-vote-button cr-vote-no cr-vote-component" id="a-autoid-15" style="background-color: #e7e9ec; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-color: rgb(173, 177, 184) rgb(162, 166, 172) rgb(141, 144, 150); border-style: solid; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 22px; margin-top: -1px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 50px;"><span class="a-button-inner" style="background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(247, 248, 250), rgb(231, 233, 236)); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-shadow: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6) 0px 1px 0px inset; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 20px !important; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><a class="a-button-text" data-hook="vote-no-button" href="https://www.amazon.com/Out-Frying-Pan-little-romance/product-reviews/1938499131/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_vote_rgt?ie=UTF8&voteInstanceId=R3EV2N9M8SK6HC&voteValue=-1&reviewerType=all_reviews&csrfT=gJx8hdEcj%2FKqT6IPmWdWxucFSNxrJ9BvT3mWQR4AAAAJAAAAAFlOimNyYXcAAAAA&sortBy=recent" id="a-autoid-15-announce" role="button" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; display: block; font-size: 11px; height: 20px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 6px 0px 7px; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; width: 48.26087188720703px;">No</a></span></span></span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><span class="a-declarative" data-action="cr-popup" data-cr-popup="{"width":"580","title":"ReportAbuse","url":"/gp/voting/cast/Reviews/2115/R3EV2N9M8SK6HC/Inappropriate/1/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_hlp?ie=UTF8&target=L3JlbW90ZS9jdXN0b21lci1yZXZpZXdzLzE5Mzg0OTkxMzEvcmVmPWNtX2NyX2RwX2RfdHRs&token=667347091AA7F7F6B032CD96BCE59F80474DB7D0&voteAnchorName=R3EV2N9M8SK6HC.2115.Inappropriate.Reviews&voteSessionID=158-5786387-3588931&type=popup","height":"380"}" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a class="a-size-base a-link-normal a-color-tertiary report-abuse-link a-text-normal" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/voting/cast/Reviews/2115/R3EV2N9M8SK6HC/Inappropriate/1/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_hlp?ie=UTF8&target=L3JlbW90ZS9jdXN0b21lci1yZXZpZXdzLzE5Mzg0OTkxMzEvcmVmPWNtX2NyX2RwX2RfdHRs&token=667347091AA7F7F6B032CD96BCE59F80474DB7D0&voteAnchorName=R3EV2N9M8SK6HC.2115.Inappropriate.Reviews&voteSessionID=158-5786387-3588931&type=popup" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066c0; line-height: 19px !important; text-decoration: none;">Report abuse</a></span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="a-section review" data-hook="review" id="R255O95MUSH4MH" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 22px; max-width: 80em;">
<div class="a-section celwidget" id="customer_review-R255O95MUSH4MH" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;">
<div class="a-row" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 764.3478393554688px;">
<a class="a-link-normal" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R255O95MUSH4MH/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1938499131" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066c0; text-decoration: none;" title="4.0 out of 5 stars"><i class="a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating" data-hook="review-star-rating" style="-webkit-background-size: 400px 700px; background-image: url(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/AUIClients/AmazonUIBaseCSS-sprite_1x_weblab_AUI_100106_T1-4424f4f4dd8ca9a98584abfc3b833ba8f12eb36a._V2_.png); background-position: -21px -368px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 400px 700px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 18px; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; width: 80px;"><span class="a-icon-alt" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: inherit; height: 17.9891300201416px; left: auto; line-height: normal; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: auto; width: 80px;">4.0 out of 5 stars</span></i></a><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><a class="a-size-base a-link-normal review-title a-color-base a-text-bold" data-hook="review-title" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R255O95MUSH4MH/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1938499131" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-weight: 700 !important; line-height: 19px !important; text-decoration: none;">Entertaining</a></div>
<div class="a-row" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 764.3478393554688px;">
<span class="a-size-base a-color-secondary review-byline" data-hook="review-author" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(85 , 85 , 85); line-height: 19px;"><span class="a-color-secondary" style="box-sizing: border-box;">By</span><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><a class="a-size-base a-link-normal author" data-hook="review-author" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A3DHR2Q3XLX14I/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_pdp?ie=UTF8" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066c0; line-height: 19px !important; text-decoration: none;">cnqrkdscncr</a></span><span class="a-declarative" data-action="cr-popup" data-cr-popup="{"width":"340","title":"Help","url":"/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=cm_cr_dp_bdg_help?ie=UTF8&nodeId=14279681&pop-up=1#tr","height":"340"}" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><span class="a-size-base a-color-secondary review-date" data-hook="review-date" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(85 , 85 , 85); line-height: 19px;">on June 1, 2017</span></div>
<div class="a-row a-spacing-mini review-data review-format-strip" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 6px !important; width: 764.3478393554688px;">
<a class="a-size-mini a-link-normal a-color-secondary" data-hook="format-strip" href="https://www.amazon.com/Out-Frying-Pan-little-romance-ebook/product-reviews/B01JD9J19O/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_fmt?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews&sortBy=recent&formatType=current_format" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066c0; font-size: 11px !important; line-height: 1.465 !important; text-decoration: none;">Format: Kindle Edition</a><i aria-label="|" class="a-icon a-icon-text-separator" style="-webkit-background-size: 400px 700px; background-color: #dddddd; background-image: url(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/AUIClients/AmazonUIBaseCSS-sprite_1x_weblab_AUI_100106_T1-4424f4f4dd8ca9a98584abfc3b833ba8f12eb36a._V2_.png); background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 400px 700px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 14px; line-height: 0; margin: -2px 0.67375em 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 1px;"><span class="a-icon-alt" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 1px; height: 1px; left: -9999px; line-height: 1px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: auto; width: 1px;">|</span></i><span class="a-declarative" data-action="reviews:filter-action:push-state" data-reviews:filter-action:push-state="{}" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a class="a-link-normal" data-reftag="cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_rvwer" data-reviews-state-param="{"pageNumber":"1","reviewerType":"avp_only_reviews"}" href="https://www.amazon.com/Out-Frying-Pan-little-romance/product-reviews/1938499131/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_rvwer?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=avp_only_reviews&sortBy=recent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066c0; text-decoration: none;"><span class="a-size-mini a-color-state a-text-bold" data-hook="avp-badge" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(196 , 85 , 0); font-size: 11px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.465;">Verified Purchase</span></a></span></div>
<div class="a-row review-data" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 764.3478393554688px;">
<span class="a-size-base review-text" data-hook="review-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 19px !important;">This is a clean, entertaining mystery with a lot of quirky characters. The main characters you will meet are KC and her two hysterical aunts who try to help Detective Flynn solve a murder.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I loved this book and would read more from this author.</span></div>
<div class="a-row a-spacing-top-small review-comments comments-for-R255O95MUSH4MH" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 10px !important; width: 764.3478393554688px;">
<div aria-live="polite" class="a-row a-expander-container a-expander-inline-container" data-a-expander-name="review_comment_expander" data-reftag="cm_cr_arp_d_cmt_opn" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 764.3478393554688px;">
<a class="a-expander-header a-declarative a-expander-inline-header a-link-expander" data-a-expander-toggle="{"allowLinkDefault":true, "expand_prompt":"", "collapse_prompt":""}" data-action="a-expander-toggle" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066c0; display: inline-block; outline: 0px; padding-left: 11px; position: relative;"><i class="a-icon a-icon-expand" style="-webkit-background-size: 400px 700px; background-image: url(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/AUIClients/AmazonUIBaseCSS-sprite_1x_weblab_AUI_100106_T1-4424f4f4dd8ca9a98584abfc3b833ba8f12eb36a._V2_.png); background-position: -366px -86px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 400px 700px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 7px; left: 0px; margin-top: -4px; position: absolute; top: 50%; vertical-align: top; width: 7px;"></i><span class="a-expander-prompt" style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-size-base" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 19px !important;">Comment</span></span></a><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><i aria-label="|" class="a-icon a-icon-text-separator" style="-webkit-background-size: 400px 700px; background-color: #dddddd; background-image: url(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/AUIClients/AmazonUIBaseCSS-sprite_1x_weblab_AUI_100106_T1-4424f4f4dd8ca9a98584abfc3b833ba8f12eb36a._V2_.png); background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 400px 700px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 14px; line-height: 0; margin: -2px 0.67375em 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 1px;"><span class="a-icon-alt" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 1px; height: 1px; left: -9999px; line-height: 1px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: auto; width: 1px;">|</span></i><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><span class="a-size-base cr-vote" data-hook="review-voting-widget" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; line-height: 19px !important; min-width: 20em;"><span class="cr-vote-buttons cr-vote-component" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-color-secondary" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(85 , 85 , 85);">Was this review helpful to you?</span><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><span class="a-declarative" data-action="reviews:vote-action" data-reviews:vote-action="{"voteInstanceId":"R255O95MUSH4MH","ajaxUrl":"/ss/customer-reviews/ajax/vote/submit/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_vote_lft","voteValue":"1","cssSelectors":{"onError":".cr-vote-error","inFlight":".cr-vote-feedback","hideVoteComponents":".cr-vote-component","onSuccess":".cr-vote-success"},"csrfT":"gJ/CIcpIvlTqdEaAUW+Sj2yid/OcM1WsU3iiozUAAAAJAAAAAFlOimNyYXcAAAAA","allowLinkDefault":"1"}" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-button a-button-beside-text a-button-small cr-vote-button cr-vote-yes cr-vote-component" id="a-autoid-20" style="background-color: #e7e9ec; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-color: rgb(173, 177, 184) rgb(162, 166, 172) rgb(141, 144, 150); border-style: solid; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 22px; margin-top: -1px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 50px;"><span class="a-button-inner" style="background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(247, 248, 250), rgb(231, 233, 236)); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-shadow: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6) 0px 1px 0px inset; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 20px !important; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><a class="a-button-text" data-hook="vote-yes-button" href="https://www.amazon.com/Out-Frying-Pan-little-romance/product-reviews/1938499131/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_vote_lft?ie=UTF8&voteInstanceId=R255O95MUSH4MH&voteValue=1&reviewerType=all_reviews&csrfT=gJ%2FCIcpIvlTqdEaAUW%2BSj2yid%2FOcM1WsU3iiozUAAAAJAAAAAFlOimNyYXcAAAAA&sortBy=recent" id="a-autoid-20-announce" role="button" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; display: block; font-size: 11px; height: 20px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 6px 0px 7px; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; width: 48.26087188720703px;">Yes</a></span></span></span><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><span class="a-declarative" data-action="reviews:vote-action" data-reviews:vote-action="{"voteInstanceId":"R255O95MUSH4MH","ajaxUrl":"/ss/customer-reviews/ajax/vote/submit/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_vote_rgt","voteValue":"-1","cssSelectors":{"onError":".cr-vote-error","inFlight":".cr-vote-feedback","hideVoteComponents":".cr-vote-component","onSuccess":".cr-vote-success"},"csrfT":"gJ/CIcpIvlTqdEaAUW+Sj2yid/OcM1WsU3iiozUAAAAJAAAAAFlOimNyYXcAAAAA","allowLinkDefault":"1"}" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-button a-button-beside-text a-button-small cr-vote-button cr-vote-no cr-vote-component" id="a-autoid-21" style="background-color: #e7e9ec; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-color: rgb(173, 177, 184) rgb(162, 166, 172) rgb(141, 144, 150); border-style: solid; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 22px; margin-top: -1px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 50px;"><span class="a-button-inner" style="background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(247, 248, 250), rgb(231, 233, 236)); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; box-shadow: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6) 0px 1px 0px inset; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 20px !important; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><a class="a-button-text" data-hook="vote-no-button" href="https://www.amazon.com/Out-Frying-Pan-little-romance/product-reviews/1938499131/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_vote_rgt?ie=UTF8&voteInstanceId=R255O95MUSH4MH&voteValue=-1&reviewerType=all_reviews&csrfT=gJ%2FCIcpIvlTqdEaAUW%2BSj2yid%2FOcM1WsU3iiozUAAAAJAAAAAFlOimNyYXcAAAAA&sortBy=recent" id="a-autoid-21-announce" role="button" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; display: block; font-size: 11px; height: 20px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 6px 0px 7px; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; width: 48.26087188720703px;">No</a></span></span></span></span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<a class="a-size-base a-link-normal a-color-tertiary report-abuse-link a-text-normal" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/voting/cast/Reviews/2115/R255O95MUSH4MH/Inappropriate/1/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_hlp?ie=UTF8&target=L3JlbW90ZS9jdXN0b21lci1yZXZpZXdzLzE5Mzg0OTkxMzEvcmVmPWNtX2NyX2RwX2RfdHRs&token=D8361CDA494EAD11A480841FFFB989F6D2B89129&voteAnchorName=R255O95MUSH4MH.2115.Inappropriate.Reviews&voteSessionID=158-5786387-3588931&type=popup" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066c0; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px !important; text-decoration: none;">Report abuse</a>Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524579.post-10282452197030523922017-06-13T04:32:00.001-07:002017-06-13T04:32:22.939-07:00Serials and Scenarios ~ Last Few Days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zb0SLwNnQ0U/WT_NE9GcKnI/AAAAAAAAmKo/VcYC9xV5AmwQe-aRvyMrFkay1ezzSPckgCLcB/s1600/IMG_20170511_184509-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1501" data-original-width="1600" height="375" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zb0SLwNnQ0U/WT_NE9GcKnI/AAAAAAAAmKo/VcYC9xV5AmwQe-aRvyMrFkay1ezzSPckgCLcB/s400/IMG_20170511_184509-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Fern and Zula are holding a contest. Just a reminder. Or a last call for any of you who might be on the fence! Here's the link with all the details. <a href="http://fernandzula.blogspot.com/2017/06/times-ticking.html">http://fernandzula.blogspot.com/2017/06/times-ticking.html</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Three winners in all. Now we have more than enough entries. But we want all of you who might want the amazing prizes to have a chance. The prizes? Glad you asked! A Hobby Lobby gift card. A Trader Joe's gift card. And an Amazon gift card/copy of the book. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">All you have to do is snap a picture of a bouquet and tag us on social media. Now. If you don't have social media just send me the picture via email and I'll put it on social media. Easy peasy...kind of. Zula might have trouble with sending a jpeg from her phone. Errr Fern's phone. Especially since she had issues with dialing 911 with those fingernails when she stumbled onto Leonard's body. Or was it Fifi who stumbled over Leonard's body. Anyhoo. You get the gist. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">My email. See how easy I'm making this is. kelly.klepfer@gmail.com. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe you're wondering if you even want to read the book. Here's the link should you want to check it out! <a href="http://amzn.to/2ndM0qv">http://amzn.to/2ndM0qv</a></span></b>Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524579.post-27233782733984309402017-06-08T04:51:00.000-07:002017-06-08T04:51:56.287-07:00Last Day of School Thoughts <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T_007lnXl7E/WTk4HoaUI1I/AAAAAAAAmDg/Th6qbQm5ldIUWfrNLe13SSDFgYlfw16YwCKgB/s1600/IMG_20170607_191114.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T_007lnXl7E/WTk4HoaUI1I/AAAAAAAAmDg/Th6qbQm5ldIUWfrNLe13SSDFgYlfw16YwCKgB/s320/IMG_20170607_191114.jpg" width="240" /></a><b><span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday was the last day of school for the last of the big kids. I now have two first-graders, a third-grader and fifth-grader mixed in with all those 4-and-unders. Wow. I'm not sure how that happened. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">O</span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">ne day at a time I guess. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">The ten-year-old is so excited her birthday in May makes her eligible to take the epic baby sitter training class her mom took as a six-year-old. Yes. There was indication way back then that her momma loved kids. Tennie might have I-pod withdrawals though. Ha. Ha. Since her birthday she has been listening to the same ten songs she picked over and over again. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Our little six-year-old who spent so much time with the principal in preschool rocked kindergarten. She even won the citizen of the month award and was labeled as a natural and fabulous leader. That girl needs to remember to use her skills for good. Oh please! </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">And finally, the second grader got a special gift from his teacher. She designed a word art with each child's name and description words from classmates and teachers. His is pictured. What I love about this is that it is framed so that he can look at it every day. And there is something soul satisfying by being reminded that people don't see us as mess-ups or frauds or dumb as we sometimes label ourselves and repeat over and over again. No. Maybe he will start including these rich truths about himself in his internal dialogue. Because he is smart and unselfish and kind and loving. Kudos to his teacher. And kudos to him for earning those kind labels. </span></b><br />
<br />
<br />Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524579.post-45951144625267103542017-06-02T05:43:00.000-07:002017-06-02T05:43:05.228-07:00Serials and Scenarios ~ Favorite Out of the Frying Pan Kind of Review<div class="_1dwg _1w_m" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px; padding: 12px 12px 0px;">
<div style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="_5pbx userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="js_9" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38;">
<div class="_58jw" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 28px; margin: 7px 0px;">
<div style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 6px;">
Best Facebook interaction this week. Or month. Or.... </div>
<div style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 6px;">
Catherine has been reading <a href="http://amzn.to/2ndM0qv" target="_blank">Out of the Frying Pan</a>.</div>
<div style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 6px;">
Catherine: </div>
<div style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 6px;">
Dibs on being KC in the movie version of this book. </div>
<div style="font-family: inherit; margin-top: 6px;">
Thanks. <br style="margin-top: 0px;" /><span class="_5mfr _47e3" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle;"><img alt="" aria-hidden="1" class="img" height="24" src="https://www.facebook.com/images/emoji.php/v9/fef/1/24/2764.png" style="border: 0px; margin-top: 0px; vertical-align: -3px;" width="24" /><span class="_7oe" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; width: 0px;">❤️</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="_3x-2" style="font-family: inherit;">
<div data-ft="{"tn":"H"}" style="font-family: inherit;">
</div>
</div>
<div style="font-family: inherit;">
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">
<form action="https://www.facebook.com/ajax/ufi/modify.php" class="commentable_item" data-ft="{"tn":"]"}" id="u_0_v" method="post" rel="async" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="_sa_ _gsd _5vsi _192z" style="color: #90949c; font-family: inherit; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 4px; position: relative;">
<div class="_37uu" style="font-family: inherit;">
<div style="font-family: inherit;">
<div style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="_3399 _a7s clearfix _zw3" style="border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; clear: both; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 12px; padding-top: 4px; zoom: 1;">
<div class="_524d" style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="_42nr" style="font-family: inherit;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="_khz" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; position: relative;">
<a aria-pressed="true" class="UFILikeLink _4x9- _4x9_ UFILinkBright" data-testid="fb-ufi-unlikelink" href="https://www.facebook.com/kelly.klepfer/posts/10158724401580375?comment_id=10158725717475375#" role="button" style="color: #f25268; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 14px; margin-right: 20px; outline: none; padding: 4px 4px 4px 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; transition: filter 200ms cubic-bezier(0.08, 0.52, 0.52, 1), transform 200ms cubic-bezier(0.08, 0.52, 0.52, 1); z-index: 6;" tabindex="0"><span class="_9zc _2p79 _1ktw _3uet" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 13px; margin: 0px 6px -2px 0px; position: relative; width: 13px;"><i class="_3j7m _2p78 _9-y" style="background-image: url(https://www.facebook.com/rsrc.php/v3/y6/r/jzd8Rf1mb4v.png); background-position: 0px -627px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: auto; display: block; height: 13px; left: 50%; margin-left: -6.494565486907959px; margin-top: -6.494565486907959px; position: absolute; top: 50%; transform: none; width: 13px;"></i></span>Love</a><span class="accessible_elem" data-accessibilityid="virtual_cursor_trigger" role="button" style="clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); font-family: inherit; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; white-space: nowrap; width: 1px;" tabindex="-1"><span class="_4qba" data-intl-translation="Show more reactions" data-intl-trid="">Show more reactions</span></span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="_6a _15-7" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit;"><a class="comment_link _5yxe" data-ft="{ "tn": "S", "type": 24 }" href="https://www.facebook.com/kelly.klepfer/posts/10158724401580375?comment_id=10158725717475375#" role="button" style="color: #4b4f56; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 14px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; transition: filter 200ms cubic-bezier(0.08, 0.52, 0.52, 1), transform 200ms cubic-bezier(0.08, 0.52, 0.52, 1); vertical-align: inherit;" title="Leave a comment"><span class="_4qba" data-intl-translation="Comment" data-intl-trid="">Comment</span></a></span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="uiUfi UFIContainer _5pc9 _5vsj _5v9k" id="u_0_u" style="background-color: #f6f7f9; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; width: auto;">
<div class="UFIList" style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="UFIRow UFILikeSentence _4204 _4_dr" style="border-top-color: rgb(225, 226, 227); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 9px 12px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">
<div class="clearfix" direction="right" style="font-family: inherit; zoom: 1;">
<div class="_ohf rfloat" style="float: right; font-family: inherit;">
</div>
<div class="" style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="_1vaq" style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="_ipp" style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="_3t53 _4ar- _ipn" style="color: #898f9c; font-family: inherit; white-space: nowrap;">
<span aria-label="See who reacted to this" class="_3t54" role="toolbar" style="float: left; font-family: inherit; margin-right: 2px;" tabindex="0"><a ajaxify="/ufi/reaction/profile/dialog/?ft_ent_identifier=10158724401580375&reaction_type=1&av=545995374" aria-label="2 Like" class="_3emk" href="https://www.facebook.com/ufi/reaction/profile/browser/?ft_ent_identifier=10158724401580375&av=545995374" rel="dialog" role="button" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 10px; border-bottom-right-radius: 10px; border-top-left-radius: 10px; border-top-right-radius: 10px; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 0px -2px; outline: none; padding: 2px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: bottom; z-index: 3;" tabindex="-1"><span class="_9zc _2p7a _4-op _3uet" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; width: 16px;"><i class="_3j7l _2p78 _9--" style="background-image: url(https://www.facebook.com/rsrc.php/v3/y6/r/jzd8Rf1mb4v.png); background-position: 0px -343px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: auto; display: block; height: 16px; left: 50%; margin-left: -7.98913049697876px; margin-top: -7.98913049697876px; position: absolute; top: 50%; transform: none; width: 16px;"></i></span></a><a ajaxify="/ufi/reaction/profile/dialog/?ft_ent_identifier=10158724401580375&reaction_type=2&av=545995374" aria-label="1 Love" class="_3emk" href="https://www.facebook.com/ufi/reaction/profile/browser/?ft_ent_identifier=10158724401580375&av=545995374" rel="dialog" role="button" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 10px; border-bottom-right-radius: 10px; border-top-left-radius: 10px; border-top-right-radius: 10px; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 0px -4px; outline: none; padding: 2px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: bottom; z-index: 2;" tabindex="-1"><span class="_9zc _2p7a _4-op _3uet" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; width: 16px;"><i class="_3j7m _2p78 _9--" style="background-image: url(https://www.facebook.com/rsrc.php/v3/y6/r/jzd8Rf1mb4v.png); background-position: 0px -360px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: auto; display: block; height: 16px; left: 50%; margin-left: -7.98913049697876px; margin-top: -7.98913049697876px; position: absolute; top: 50%; transform: none; width: 16px;"></i></span></a></span><br /></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<h6 class="accessible_elem" style="clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; height: 1px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; white-space: nowrap; width: 1px;">
<span class="_4qba" data-intl-translation="Comments" data-intl-trid="">Comments</span></h6>
<div class="_3b-9" style="font-family: inherit; position: relative;">
<div style="font-family: inherit;">
<div aria-label="Comment" class="UFIRow _48ph UFILastComment _48pi UFIComment _4oep" data-ft="{"tn":"R"}" role="article" style="border-top-color: rgb(225, 226, 227); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 12px; padding: 8px 0px 4px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">
<div class="_3b-9" style="font-family: inherit; position: relative;">
<div style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="clearfix" direction="left" style="font-family: inherit; zoom: 1;">
<div class="_ohe lfloat" style="float: left; font-family: inherit;">
<a aria-hidden="true" class="img _8o _8s UFIImageBlockImage" data-ft="{"tn":"T"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/hovercard.php?id=545995374&extragetparams=%7B%22on_public_ufi%22%3Afalse%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22ufi%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/kelly.klepfer" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" tabindex="-1"><img alt="Kelly Klepfer" class="img UFIActorImage _54ru img" src="https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-1/p32x32/14359203_10157426791120375_4256180841904031950_n.jpg?oh=edb653af975eac46a5abee7bc797ed6f&oe=59AD1F7B" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 32px; width: 32px;" /></a></div>
<div class="" style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="UFIImageBlockContent _42ef" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 8px;">
<div class="UFICommentContentBlock" style="font-family: inherit; padding-right: 12px; position: relative;">
<div class="UFICommentContent" style="font-family: inherit;">
<span class="" style="font-family: inherit;"><a class=" UFICommentActorName" data-ft="{"tn":";"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/hovercard.php?id=545995374&extragetparams=%7B%22is_public%22%3Afalse%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22ufi_admin%22%7D" dir="ltr" href="https://www.facebook.com/kelly.klepfer" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">Kelly Klepfer</a></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">You got it! We pictured her as a brunette but you are pretty perfect!</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div>
<div class="fsm fwn fcg UFICommentActions" style="clear: both; color: #90949c; font-family: inherit; padding-top: 2px;">
<span class="_6a _3-me" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit;"><div class="_khz" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; position: relative;">
<a aria-pressed="false" class="UFILikeLink UFIReactionLink" data-testid="ufi_comment_like_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/kelly.klepfer/posts/10158724401580375?comment_id=10158725717475375#" role="button" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; outline: none; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: normal;" tabindex="0">Like</a><span class="accessible_elem" data-accessibilityid="virtual_cursor_trigger" role="button" style="clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); font-family: inherit; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; white-space: nowrap; width: 1px;" tabindex="-1"><span class="_4qba" data-intl-translation="Show more reactions" data-intl-trid="">Show more reactions</span></span></div>
</span><span aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" style="font-family: inherit;"> · </span><a class="UFIReplyLink _460i" href="https://www.facebook.com/kelly.klepfer/posts/10158724401580375?comment_id=10158725717475375#" role="button" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Reply</a><span aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" style="font-family: inherit;"> · </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="uiLinkSubtle" data-ft="{"tn":"N"}" data-testid="ufi_comment_timestamp" href="https://www.facebook.com/kelly.klepfer/posts/10158724401580375?comment_id=10158724408035375&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D" style="color: #90949c; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">8 hrs</a></span></div>
<span class="_36rj" style="font-family: inherit;"><a aria-label="Edit or delete this" class="UFICommentCloseButton _1-be _5upq _5upr _5upp _42ft" data-hover="tooltip" data-testid="ufi_comment_close_button" data-tooltip-alignh="center" data-tooltip-content="Edit or delete this" href="https://www.facebook.com/kelly.klepfer/posts/10158724401580375?comment_id=10158725717475375#" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: url(https://www.facebook.com/rsrc.php/v3/ys/r/3T5iqvnSQN0.png); background-position: -86px -40px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0px !important; height: 10px; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-decoration: none; top: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; width: 10px; z-index: 1;"><span class="_4qba" data-intl-translation="Edit" data-intl-trid="">Edit</span></a></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class=" UFIReplyList" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; margin-top: -10px; padding: 8px 12px 6px 44px;">
<div aria-label="Comment reply" class="UFIRow _48ph _4204 UFIComment _4oep" data-ft="{"tn":"R"}" role="article" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(221, 223, 226); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 12px 4px 8px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">
<div class="_3b-9" style="font-family: inherit; position: relative;">
<div style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="clearfix" direction="left" style="font-family: inherit; zoom: 1;">
<div class="_ohe lfloat" style="float: left; font-family: inherit;">
<a aria-hidden="true" class="img _8o _8s UFIImageBlockImage" data-ft="{"tn":"T"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/hovercard.php?id=564322153&extragetparams=%7B%22on_public_ufi%22%3Afalse%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22ufi%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/catherine.a.vazquez?fref=ufi" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" tabindex="-1"><img alt="Catherine Ann Vazquez" class="img UFIActorImage _54ru img" src="https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-1/p24x24/18739671_10155293987332154_2910138697364186254_n.jpg?oh=a3317c3a116828ec758f836b52162bdf&oe=59DFA9CC" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 20px; width: 20px;" /></a></div>
<div class="" style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="UFIImageBlockContent _42ef" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 8px;">
<div class="UFICommentContentBlock" style="font-family: inherit; padding-right: 12px; position: relative;">
<div class="UFICommentContent" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit;">
<span class="" style="font-family: inherit;">Catherine: I</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> plan on wearing a wig.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div>
<div class="fsm fwn fcg UFICommentActions" style="clear: both; color: #90949c; font-family: inherit; padding-top: 2px;">
<span class="_6a _3-me" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit;"><div class="_khz" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; position: relative;">
<a aria-pressed="true" class="UFILikeLink UFIReactionLink UFILinkBright" data-testid="ufi_reply_like_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/kelly.klepfer/posts/10158724401580375?comment_id=10158725717475375#" role="button" style="color: #5890ff; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; outline: none; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: normal;" tabindex="0">Like</a><span class="accessible_elem" data-accessibilityid="virtual_cursor_trigger" role="button" style="clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); font-family: inherit; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; white-space: nowrap; width: 1px;" tabindex="-1"><span class="_4qba" data-intl-translation="Show more reactions" data-intl-trid="">Show more reactions</span></span></div>
</span><span aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" style="font-family: inherit;"> · </span><a class="UFIReplyLink _460i" href="https://www.facebook.com/kelly.klepfer/posts/10158724401580375?comment_id=10158725717475375#" role="button" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Reply</a><span aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" style="font-family: inherit;"> · </span><a ajaxify="/ufi/reaction/profile/dialog/?ft_ent_identifier=10158724401580375_10158724437950375&av=545995374" data-hover="tooltip" data-tooltip-alignh="center" href="https://www.facebook.com/ufi/reaction/profile/browser/?ft_ent_identifier=10158724401580375_10158724437950375&av=545995374" id="js_1z1" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><div class="_3t53 UFICommentReactionsBling _4ar- _ipn" style="color: #898f9c; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; overflow: visible; white-space: nowrap;">
<span aria-label="See who reacted to this" class="_3t54" style="float: none; font-family: inherit; margin-right: 2px;"><span aria-label="1 Like" class="_3emk _26lk" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 10px; border-bottom-right-radius: 10px; border-top-left-radius: 10px; border-top-right-radius: 10px; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 3;"><span class="_9zc _2p79 _4-op _3uet" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 13px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; width: 13px;"><i class="_3j7l _2p78 _9-y" style="background-image: url(https://www.facebook.com/rsrc.php/v3/y6/r/jzd8Rf1mb4v.png); background-position: 0px -613px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: auto; display: block; height: 13px; left: 50%; margin-left: -6.494565486907959px; margin-top: -6.494565486907959px; position: absolute; top: 50%; transform: none; width: 13px;"></i></span></span></span><span class="UFICommentLikeButton UFICommentLikedButton" style="font-family: inherit; margin: -5px; padding: 2px 5px 4px;">1</span></div>
</a><span aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" style="font-family: inherit;"> · </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="uiLinkSubtle" data-ft="{"tn":"N"}" data-testid="ufi_comment_timestamp" href="https://www.facebook.com/kelly.klepfer/posts/10158724401580375?comment_id=10158724408035375&reply_comment_id=10158724437950375&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D" style="color: #90949c; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">8 hrs</a></span></div>
<span class="_36rj" style="font-family: inherit;"><a aria-label="Remove this" class="UFICommentCloseButton _1-be _50zy _50-0 _50z- _5upp _42ft" data-hover="tooltip" data-testid="ufi_comment_close_button" data-tooltip-alignh="center" data-tooltip-content="Remove this" href="https://www.facebook.com/kelly.klepfer/posts/10158724401580375?comment_id=10158725717475375#" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: url(https://www.facebook.com/rsrc.php/v3/yM/r/-3bH_bdmBFj.png); background-position: -322px -275px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0px !important; height: 12px; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-decoration: none; top: 0px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; width: 12px; z-index: 1;"><span class="_4qba" data-intl-translation="Remove" data-intl-trid="">Remove</span></a></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div aria-label="Comment reply" class="UFIRow UFIComment _4oep UFIPartialBorder" data-ft="{"tn":"R"}" role="article" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(221, 223, 226); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 12px 0px -2px; padding: 0px 4px 4px 8px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">
<div class="_3b-9" style="font-family: inherit; position: relative;">
<div style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="clearfix" direction="left" style="font-family: inherit; zoom: 1;">
<div class="_ohe lfloat" style="float: left; font-family: inherit;">
<a aria-hidden="true" class="img _8o _8s UFIImageBlockImage" data-ft="{"tn":"T"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/hovercard.php?id=545995374&extragetparams=%7B%22on_public_ufi%22%3Afalse%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22ufi%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/kelly.klepfer" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: inherit; margin: 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" tabindex="-1"><img alt="Kelly Klepfer" class="img UFIActorImage _54ru img" src="https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-1/p32x32/14359203_10157426791120375_4256180841904031950_n.jpg?oh=edb653af975eac46a5abee7bc797ed6f&oe=59AD1F7B" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 20px; width: 20px;" /></a></div>
<div class="" style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="UFIImageBlockContent _42ef" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 8px;">
<div class="UFICommentContentBlock" style="font-family: inherit; padding-right: 12px; position: relative;">
<div class="UFICommentContent" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; padding-top: 4px;">
<span class="" style="font-family: inherit;"><a class=" UFICommentActorName" data-ft="{"tn":";"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/hovercard.php?id=545995374&extragetparams=%7B%22is_public%22%3Afalse%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22ufi_admin%22%7D" dir="ltr" href="https://www.facebook.com/kelly.klepfer" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">Kelly Klepfer</a></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh, absolutely then! Any suggestions for Flynn? Or are you mostly interested in KC's depth and inner strength?</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div>
<div class="fsm fwn fcg UFICommentActions" style="clear: both; color: #90949c; font-family: inherit; padding-top: 2px;">
<span class="_6a _3-me" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit;"><div class="_khz" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; position: relative;">
<a aria-pressed="false" class="UFILikeLink UFIReactionLink" data-testid="ufi_reply_like_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/kelly.klepfer/posts/10158724401580375?comment_id=10158725717475375#" role="button" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; outline: none; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: normal;" tabindex="0">Like</a><span class="accessible_elem" data-accessibilityid="virtual_cursor_trigger" role="button" style="clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); font-family: inherit; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; white-space: nowrap; width: 1px;" tabindex="-1"><span class="_4qba" data-intl-translation="Show more reactions" data-intl-trid="">Show more reactions</span></span></div>
</span><span aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" style="font-family: inherit;"> · </span><a class="UFIReplyLink _460i" href="https://www.facebook.com/kelly.klepfer/posts/10158724401580375?comment_id=10158725717475375#" role="button" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Reply</a><span aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" style="font-family: inherit;"> · </span><a ajaxify="/ufi/reaction/profile/dialog/?ft_ent_identifier=10158724401580375_10158724563055375&av=545995374" data-hover="tooltip" data-tooltip-alignh="center" data-tooltip-uri="/ufi/reaction/sentence/tooltip/?ft_ent_identifier=10158724401580375_10158724563055375&client_id=1496406697413%3A1108291409&user_count=1&av=545995374" href="https://www.facebook.com/ufi/reaction/profile/browser/?ft_ent_identifier=10158724401580375_10158724563055375&av=545995374" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><div class="_3t53 UFICommentReactionsBling _4ar- _ipn" style="color: #898f9c; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; overflow: visible; white-space: nowrap;">
<span aria-label="See who reacted to this" class="_3t54" style="float: none; font-family: inherit; margin-right: 2px;"><span aria-label="1 Like" class="_3emk _26lk" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 10px; border-bottom-right-radius: 10px; border-top-left-radius: 10px; border-top-right-radius: 10px; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 3;"><span class="_9zc _2p79 _4-op _3uet" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 13px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; width: 13px;"><i class="_3j7l _2p78 _9-y" style="background-image: url(https://www.facebook.com/rsrc.php/v3/y6/r/jzd8Rf1mb4v.png); background-position: 0px -613px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: auto; display: block; height: 13px; left: 50%; margin-left: -6.494565486907959px; margin-top: -6.494565486907959px; position: absolute; top: 50%; transform: none; width: 13px;"></i></span></span></span><span class="UFICommentLikeButton" style="font-family: inherit; margin: -5px; padding: 2px 5px 4px;">1</span></div>
</a><span aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" style="font-family: inherit;"> · </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="uiLinkSubtle" data-ft="{"tn":"N"}" data-testid="ufi_comment_timestamp" href="https://www.facebook.com/kelly.klepfer/posts/10158724401580375?comment_id=10158724408035375&reply_comment_id=10158724563055375&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D" style="color: #90949c; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">7 hrs</a></span></div>
<span class="_36rj" style="font-family: inherit;"><a aria-label="Edit or delete this" class="UFICommentCloseButton _1-be _5upq _5upr _5upp _42ft" data-hover="tooltip" data-testid="ufi_comment_close_button" data-tooltip-alignh="center" data-tooltip-content="Edit or delete this" href="https://www.facebook.com/kelly.klepfer/posts/10158724401580375?comment_id=10158725717475375#" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: url(https://www.facebook.com/rsrc.php/v3/ys/r/3T5iqvnSQN0.png); background-position: -86px -40px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0px !important; height: 10px; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-decoration: none; top: 4px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; width: 10px; z-index: 1;"><span class="_4qba" data-intl-translation="Edit" data-intl-trid="">Edit</span></a></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div aria-label="Comment reply" class="UFIRow UFIComment _4oep UFIPartialBorder" data-ft="{"tn":"R"}" data-testid="ufi_highlighted_comment" role="article" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(221, 223, 226); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 12px 0px -2px; padding: 0px 4px 4px 8px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">
<div class="_3b-9" style="font-family: inherit; position: relative;">
<div style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="clearfix" direction="left" style="font-family: inherit; zoom: 1;">
<div class="_ohe lfloat" style="float: left; font-family: inherit;">
<a aria-hidden="true" class="img _8o _8s UFIImageBlockImage" data-ft="{"tn":"T"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/hovercard.php?id=564322153&extragetparams=%7B%22on_public_ufi%22%3Afalse%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22ufi%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/catherine.a.vazquez" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: inherit; margin: 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" tabindex="-1"><img alt="Catherine Ann Vazquez" class="img UFIActorImage _54ru img" src="https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-1/p24x24/18739671_10155293987332154_2910138697364186254_n.jpg?oh=a3317c3a116828ec758f836b52162bdf&oe=59DFA9CC" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 20px; width: 20px;" /></a></div>
<div class="" style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="UFIImageBlockContent _42ef" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 8px;">
<div class="UFICommentContentBlock" style="font-family: inherit; padding-right: 12px; position: relative;">
<div class="UFICommentContent" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; padding-top: 4px;">
<span class="" style="font-family: inherit;">Catherine: </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="UFICommentBody" style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/hovercard.php?id=545995374&extragetparams=%7B%22hc_location%22%3A%22ufi%22%7D" dir="ltr" href="https://www.facebook.com/kelly.klepfer?hc_location=ufi" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Kelly Klepfer</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I WISH I had ideas for Flynn.</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div>
<div class="fsm fwn fcg UFICommentActions" style="clear: both; color: #90949c; font-family: inherit; padding-top: 2px;">
<span class="_6a _3-me" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit;"><div class="_khz" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; position: relative;">
<a aria-pressed="true" class="UFILikeLink UFIReactionLink UFILinkBright" data-testid="ufi_reply_like_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/kelly.klepfer/posts/10158724401580375?comment_id=10158725717475375#" role="button" style="color: #5890ff; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; outline: none; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: normal;" tabindex="0">Like</a><span class="accessible_elem" data-accessibilityid="virtual_cursor_trigger" role="button" style="clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); font-family: inherit; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; white-space: nowrap; width: 1px;" tabindex="-1"><span class="_4qba" data-intl-translation="Show more reactions" data-intl-trid="">Show more reactions</span></span></div>
</span><span aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" style="font-family: inherit;"> · </span><a class="UFIReplyLink _460i" href="https://www.facebook.com/kelly.klepfer/posts/10158724401580375?comment_id=10158725717475375#" role="button" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Reply</a><span aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" style="font-family: inherit;"> · </span><a ajaxify="/ufi/reaction/profile/dialog/?ft_ent_identifier=10158724401580375_10158725717475375&av=545995374" data-hover="tooltip" data-tooltip-alignh="center" data-tooltip-uri="/ufi/reaction/sentence/tooltip/?ft_ent_identifier=10158724401580375_10158725717475375&client_id=1496406932447%3A3705678966&user_count=1&av=545995374" href="https://www.facebook.com/ufi/reaction/profile/browser/?ft_ent_identifier=10158724401580375_10158725717475375&av=545995374" id="js_1hd" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><div class="_3t53 UFICommentReactionsBling _4ar- _ipn" style="color: #898f9c; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; overflow: visible; white-space: nowrap;">
<span aria-label="See who reacted to this" class="_3t54" style="float: none; font-family: inherit; margin-right: 2px;"><span aria-label="1 Like" class="_3emk _26lk" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 10px; border-bottom-right-radius: 10px; border-top-left-radius: 10px; border-top-right-radius: 10px; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 3;"><span class="_9zc _2p79 _4-op _3uet" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 13px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; width: 13px;"><i class="_3j7l _2p78 _9-y" style="background-image: url(https://www.facebook.com/rsrc.php/v3/y6/r/jzd8Rf1mb4v.png); background-position: 0px -613px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: auto; display: block; height: 13px; left: 50%; margin-left: -6.494565486907959px; margin-top: -6.494565486907959px; position: absolute; top: 50%; transform: none; width: 13px;"></i></span></span></span><span class="UFICommentLikeButton UFICommentLikedButton" style="font-family: inherit; margin: -5px; padding: 2px 5px 4px;">1</span></div>
</a><span aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" style="font-family: inherit;"> · </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="uiLinkSubtle" data-ft="{"tn":"N"}" data-testid="ufi_comment_timestamp" href="https://www.facebook.com/kelly.klepfer/posts/10158724401580375?comment_id=10158724408035375&reply_comment_id=10158725717475375&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D" style="color: #90949c; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">18 mins</a></span></div>
<div class="fsm fwn fcg UFICommentActions" style="clear: both; color: #90949c; font-family: inherit; padding-top: 2px;">
<br /></div>
<div class="fsm fwn fcg UFICommentActions" style="clear: both; color: #90949c; font-family: inherit; padding-top: 2px;">
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524579.post-77294512309043618102017-06-01T15:30:00.000-07:002017-06-01T15:30:07.477-07:00Book Fans...Head's Up!!!<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FO2lx8gwaJE/WTACPk_qV_I/AAAAAAAAl78/c4CJozv78nUyOMdI9BMGhHhM_buBy6T1wCLcB/s1600/BookCart_4512-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="853" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FO2lx8gwaJE/WTACPk_qV_I/AAAAAAAAl78/c4CJozv78nUyOMdI9BMGhHhM_buBy6T1wCLcB/s640/BookCart_4512-1.jpg" width="426" /></a><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZwaE5wJKZXo/WTACNlhFPBI/AAAAAAAAl74/lF6E3qftTHgJaKX2lTV0x8aTcXL5wGrswCLcB/s1600/BookCart_4520.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="213" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZwaE5wJKZXo/WTACNlhFPBI/AAAAAAAAl74/lF6E3qftTHgJaKX2lTV0x8aTcXL5wGrswCLcB/s320/BookCart_4520.jpg" width="320" /></a><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You know what I love? The smell of book stores. And even more amazing is the ambiance of an old book store. Or old library. My city rebuilt a library. The old one needed some TLC and fortunately has been turned into a museum. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But when it was the library, the smells, the creaky steps, the book catalogue with the long drawers, the hush. Sigh. You don't get that from an internet search. </span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So...Book lovers. Antique, vintage furniture lovers. Word nerds. You are going to want to pay attention to this contest.</span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif;">Do you recognize </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.dropbox.com/s/hk151wbkcf9mxaa/BookCart_4512.jpg?dl%3D0&source=gmail&ust=1496365028540000&usg=AFQjCNHpEKM2o7ZWp1RFj5AcHbDQA3DfOw" href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/hk151wbkcf9mxaa/BookCart_4512.jpg?dl=0" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: 'calibri light', sans-serif;" target="_blank">this book cart</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif;">? It is an antique book cart from the New York Public Library. </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.outofprintclothing.com/&source=gmail&ust=1496365028540000&usg=AFQjCNHEBZJfvAq6A7b_yu8P5xEt2ej-PQ" href="http://www.outofprintclothing.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Out of Print</a></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">, the literary apparel and lifestyle brand based in New York, had fun refinishing it--cleaning it up without stripping it from its character. Founders Todd Lawton and Jeff LeBlanc did some research on the cart and contacted the manufacturer--still in business</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif;">Out of Print is hosting a giveaway: an </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif;">antique book cart</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif;">, </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif;">nine galleys from Penguin Random House</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif;"> and a </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif;">$100 gift card</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif;"> to shop at </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.outofprintclothing.com&source=gmail&ust=1496365028540000&usg=AFQjCNHs9u-1x4k6eETBPmQj-C74zKlidg" href="http://www.outofprintclothing.com/" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: 'calibri light', sans-serif;" target="_blank">www.outofprintclothing.com</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif;">Go here and win a piece of the library for your home! </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.outofprintclothing.com/pages/library-book-truck-giveaway&source=gmail&ust=1496365028540000&usg=AFQjCNH_Cjx8DFTo0Z282Uo7Ddf7P7kUzw" href="https://www.outofprintclothing.com/pages/library-book-truck-giveaway" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: 'calibri light', sans-serif;" target="_blank">https://www.<wbr></wbr>outofprintclothing.com/pages/<wbr></wbr>library-book-truck-giveaway</a></span></b>Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524579.post-5422779992870487072017-05-31T18:41:00.001-07:002017-05-31T18:41:20.430-07:00Serials and Scenarios ~ Fern and Zula Snuck Out Again<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E3RKEqPIL9Q/WS9waU3ruiI/AAAAAAAAl6U/PUUgg3z89Y0Y5dyfaKIMBmD15UWcCpT-ACLcB/s1600/61tvSrINcpL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E3RKEqPIL9Q/WS9waU3ruiI/AAAAAAAAl6U/PUUgg3z89Y0Y5dyfaKIMBmD15UWcCpT-ACLcB/s320/61tvSrINcpL.jpg" width="213" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sweet Carrie invited me to hang out at her blog after <a href="http://readingismysuperpower.org/2016/11/09/book-review-frying-pan-michelle-griep-kelly-klepfer/" target="_blank">reviewing Out of the Frying Pan</a>. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fern and Zula sat in the hot seats and answered her fun questions. And Carrie upped the laughs by commenting on the ladies' answers. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Get in on the fun <a href="http://readingismysuperpower.org/2017/05/31/character-interview-giveaway-info-fern-zula-hopkins-frying-pan/#comment-34907" target="_blank">HERE</a></b></span><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">And Carrie includes the link to the contest...remember the contest???? </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524579.post-78976119878393778802017-05-30T05:15:00.000-07:002017-05-30T05:15:01.908-07:00Tiny or Not So Tiny, Ane Mulligan Talks About Tiny Houses! <br />
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">I love tiny houses. But I'll be honest. I've never actually been in one. Maybe I just love the idea of a tiny house. However, my in-laws have a single wide trailer on a lake in Minnesota that feels very much like I could live there comfortably with my husband and beagles (and hedgehogs, can't forget the pigs!) So I think I could do it. </span></b></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Jwref-rMOmI/WS1iEtWrljI/AAAAAAAAl3w/R8xthm1TSLA0SeK4SDAMguu5EOsT-WFGACLcB/s1600/ane-mulligan-HR-3%2BSML.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="429" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Jwref-rMOmI/WS1iEtWrljI/AAAAAAAAl3w/R8xthm1TSLA0SeK4SDAMguu5EOsT-WFGACLcB/s320/ane-mulligan-HR-3%2BSML.jpeg" width="213" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">My purging obsession of the past few years is kind of in response to this feeling. I don't want to be surrounded by stuff that I don't use/need any more! Ideally, I think we'd do great in an under 600 sq ft home with two bedrooms. (Gotta have room for drop in guests.) </span></b></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">I know Zula could not do a tiny house. But Fern would adore a micro tiny 184 sq ft one!</span></b></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ane Mulligan is on the hot seat today. She has written about a tiny house and I want to pick her brain. So come along for the ride. </span></b></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lzpHxI-yzWk/WS1iGETU-WI/AAAAAAAAl30/aJaUFynURkgj6KpqdaADnhUt0m6cLV1bQCLcB/s1600/Tiny%2BHouse%2BFinal%2BSML.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="414" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lzpHxI-yzWk/WS1iGETU-WI/AAAAAAAAl30/aJaUFynURkgj6KpqdaADnhUt0m6cLV1bQCLcB/s320/Tiny%2BHouse%2BFinal%2BSML.jpeg" width="207" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Q: Though I've not read your story yet, Ane. I'm intrigued. How did you come to write about tiny house living? </span></b></u></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">A: I've long been fascinated with tiny houses. I watch HGTV a lot, don't ask me why. I think I could easily live in one. After all, I'm a writer. I work in a small space. It's in my mind where I really live. That's where most of my friends live, and the others are all in cyberspace. Okay, I do have some very real flesh-and-blood friends, lest y'all get worried. But my fictional friends and I could live well in a tiny house.</span></b></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The mayor of my town (Sugar Hill, GA) has been after me to set a story </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Sugar Hill. I decided to combine those, then when some writing pals wanted to do a collection of novellas, I tossed them the idea of a tiny house being the unifier of the stories. Asfter some HGTV viewing, they became fascinated, too. </span></span></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Q: In doing your research you have to have discovered some interesting details, please share!</span></b></u></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">A: I'd watched a couple of episodes where the buyer was a traveling nurse. I decided that's what my character should be. I should have researched the job more than the house, because in the end, it didn't work. However, they appear in my story.</span></b></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">As far as the tiny houses, I've got pictures of so many that I love, I'm trying to talk the hubs into one. But I don't think it's going to work. So I guess my tiny house living will be in my mind. See answer number 1.</span></b></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Q: Do any of the other authors have tiny house history or plans? </span></b></u></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">A: Yes! Kimberli S. McKay and her husband have decided they are going to build one in the mountains as their getaway. I feel so motherly. </span></b></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Q: Anything different about writing a tiny house scene verses a traditional home like Claire's? </span></b></u></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">A: Definitely. But, most of my scenes take place in the hospital instead of her tiny house. When the hero comes for a tour, it's over pretty fast. I mean, in 300 square feet, it doesn't take long to describe it. </span></b></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Q: You have written a series, have a new release that is more political in nature, have written a novella and a cookbook, what has been the most challenging of these and why? </span></b></u></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">A: For a long time, people in the industry kept talking about staying in one genre, but after querying my street team, I find they read in all genres. And they seem to like what I've done. </span></b></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But I will say, the most challenging is writing romance. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Love is Sweeter in Sugar Hill</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is a romance. And from my crit partner, Genghis Griep, I found out I needed some real lessons on writing romance. Some of her comments in critiques were hilarious! Okay, so I learned … and turned out a story that has drawn a few sighs. Whew! </span></span></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<a href="http://amzn.to/2qROuwF" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-family: Verdana; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Coming Home ~ A Tiny House Collection</span></b></span></a></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Tiny houses are all the rage these days, but what can you do with something so small? Here are seven stories about people chasing their dreams, making fresh starts, finding love, stumbling upon forgiveness, and embarking upon new adventures in tiny houses. Travel with them around the country in this big novella collection.</span></b></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Love is Sweeter in Sugar Hill: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She has a tiny house. He lives in a mansion. She vows to charge a doctor with malpractice. His job depends on that doctor's finances. Will love find a way?</span></span></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kayla's Challenge: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She was one "I do" short of marrying the man her pushy parents chose for her. Now, half a country away, she needs a tiny house to finally be free.</span></span></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If These Walls Could Talk:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Both claim to have inherited the same Queen Anne until an unexpected blessing changes everything.</span></span></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First Love: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Betrayed by her husband and desperate for healing, she can only move forward by going back home.</span></span></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dash of Pepper: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">His responsibilities tie him to the small town he loves, but her career plans will lead her to the big city. Will he cut his roots for her or will she clip her wings for him?</span></span></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Big Love: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Homelessness expanded her world and constricted his. Now she needs his help, but he only remembers the pain. Can they find big love in a tiny house?</span></span></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Light Holding Her</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #453ccc; font-family: Verdana; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Friends since childhood. She's being stalked. He's in danger. Is their faith big enough to carry them through the trials into a deeper relationship?</span></span></b></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-19002f56-593f-39a4-611b-4a4306c11610"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While a large, floppy straw hat is her favorite, award-winning author Ane Mulligan has worn many: hairdresser, legislative affairs director (that's a fancy name for a lobbyist), CEO of a Community Theatre group, playwright, humor columnist, and novelist. She firmly believes coffee and chocolate are two of the four major food groups. Ane resides in Sugar Hill, GA, with her artist husband. You can find her on her </span><a href="https://www.anemulligan.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">website</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><a href="http://amazon.com/author/anemulligan" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amazon Author page</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><a href="http://www.novelrocket.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Novel Rocket</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/anemulligansouthernfriedfiction" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facebook</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/AneMulligan" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Twitter</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/anemulligan/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pinterest</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ane-mulligan-a0223510a" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LinkedIn</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and </span><a href="https://plus.google.com/+AneMulligan" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Google+</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span>Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524579.post-82914107254058101542017-05-24T05:02:00.001-07:002017-05-24T05:16:38.564-07:00Gigi Story<b><span style="font-size: large;">I never know what configuration of children I'm going to be encountering in a day. I drive by one homestead full of them on my way to and from work. Sometimes I see them playing on the porch swing, sometimes I stop to drop something off. When I get home I may have an encounter with a crazy boy in a diaper and he may or may not be wearing anything else. Before I go in for work I often don't have plans, by the time I'm headed home I have picked up a babysitting shift, or baby holding shift. Sometimes the first sight I see upon exiting my car is a blonde smiley kiddo standing at the door with my four-legged beagles waiting expectantly for me to enter the promised chaos. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">And I love being a grandma. A Gigi or Gaga or the ever popular gramma or G-Ma. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Last night we pulled out markers and crayons and some plastic stencils. This was my gift drawing. </span></b><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fl64kYM2fhI/WSV1QSdG_II/AAAAAAAAlwQ/LiKcVLJZkCQKvK9GS13BNwDpxu43VbWCgCKgB/s1600/IMG_20170523_204012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1263" data-original-width="1600" height="505" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fl64kYM2fhI/WSV1QSdG_II/AAAAAAAAlwQ/LiKcVLJZkCQKvK9GS13BNwDpxu43VbWCgCKgB/s640/IMG_20170523_204012.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">All the pets are drawn and labeled as you can see. The hedgehogs, Daisy and Daffodil and the beagles, Gladys and Gertrude. The picture in the bottom corner was a snapshot of the evening. I put the baby on my head and chanted, "Baby hat! Baby hat!" multiple times because. Well...kids were laughing, including the hat. However, toward the end of this ridiculousness the baby grabbed two handfuls of my hair. So I had to play that up, too. I mean it just doesn't happen every day. In hindsight I am grateful that he didn't throw up in my hair. Because that is a strong possibility.... My mom asked me why I insist on doing things like "Baby Hat!" I told her it might be because I sang the alphabet song 125 times in a on hour period to entertain the 2-year-old and then at the begging of the 10-year-old duet partner switched to Bingo. I think I'm delirious a good chunk of time. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Sigh. I sleep like a baby after spending a few hours in the sea of children. But I am so blessed and so grateful to be their Gigi! </span></b>Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524579.post-47092243737820018562017-05-18T05:31:00.000-07:002017-05-18T05:31:05.207-07:00Serials and Scenarios ~ I'm Sure You are All Wondering<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V-WyUfC2wks/WR2T0-s0c2I/AAAAAAAAloc/vO009w-hX8YcdeTTSsPd_0eNEt-5CgA6QCLcB/s1600/61tvSrINcpL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V-WyUfC2wks/WR2T0-s0c2I/AAAAAAAAloc/vO009w-hX8YcdeTTSsPd_0eNEt-5CgA6QCLcB/s320/61tvSrINcpL.jpg" width="213" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b>You can be honest. All of you who know Zula, one of our characters from Out of the Frying Pan, know Zula has a bit of flare. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>She shares some of her top Diva tips with Ane Mulligan's readers. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://blog.anemulligan.com/flash-your-flare-diva-darling/&source=gmail&ust=1495192688144000&usg=AFQjCNHrqmxn8zvuup7NGHk6R_JAdQEamw" href="http://blog.anemulligan.com/flash-your-flare-diva-darling/" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank">http://blog.anemulligan.<wbr></wbr>com/flash-your-flare-diva-<wbr></wbr>darling/</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> I'm sure you will find something of value in Zula's quick fix fashion, food and fluff suggestions. </span></b></span>Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524579.post-27569268811605216102017-05-16T19:04:00.001-07:002017-05-16T19:04:07.123-07:00Serials and Scenarios ~ Celebrating FLOWERS. Giveaway<b><span style="font-size: large;">Fern and Zula, our characters from our <a href="http://amzn.to/2ndM0qv" target="_blank">Out of the Frying Pan</a> are sponsoring a contest. </span></b><br />
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CDKIHTUtLMA/WRuudOJOnZI/AAAAAAAAllA/j3huzLJZHzskw2TAiudkD9dIzU9R9HOwQCLcB/s1600/image1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CDKIHTUtLMA/WRuudOJOnZI/AAAAAAAAllA/j3huzLJZHzskw2TAiudkD9dIzU9R9HOwQCLcB/s400/image1.JPG" width="302" /></a><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Now...this is the easiest contest you might ever enter. Simply a photo of a or some floral arrangements with a wee bit of tagging and sending said picture and you are entered into three possible categories. Fern pick, Zula pick and Wild Card. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CDKIHTUtLMA/WRuudOJOnZI/AAAAAAAAllA/j3huzLJZHzskw2TAiudkD9dIzU9R9HOwQCLcB/s1600/image1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"></span></b></a><b><span style="font-size: large;">The prizes? </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Hobby Lobby gift card</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Trader Joe's gift card</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Amazon gift card and a signed copy of our book. </span></b><br />
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g9poxd4KTIk/WRuuhsmhR1I/AAAAAAAAllE/pChjUSHNvl8snBpewupfdGyRn_-yfdvfACLcB/s1600/DSCN0005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g9poxd4KTIk/WRuuhsmhR1I/AAAAAAAAllE/pChjUSHNvl8snBpewupfdGyRn_-yfdvfACLcB/s320/DSCN0005.JPG" width="320" /></a><b><a href="http://fernandzula.blogspot.com/2017/05/announcement-announcement-announcement.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://fernandzula.blogspot.com/2017/05/announcement-announcement-announcement.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Official details here. </span></a></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g9poxd4KTIk/WRuuhsmhR1I/AAAAAAAAllE/pChjUSHNvl8snBpewupfdGyRn_-yfdvfACLcB/s1600/DSCN0005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"></span></b></a><b><span style="font-size: large;">Two entries so far. You should add to it! </span></b><br />
Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524579.post-8553665008275588302017-05-11T05:45:00.000-07:002017-05-11T05:45:03.459-07:00Serials and Scenarios ~ Feedback Part 2<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-35vfU1zsNqI/WRRcKd7hf4I/AAAAAAAAlW4/ztF8ETI8SNEixB30vSML2KgMFTFYpymVACLcB/s1600/61tvSrINcpL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-35vfU1zsNqI/WRRcKd7hf4I/AAAAAAAAlW4/ztF8ETI8SNEixB30vSML2KgMFTFYpymVACLcB/s320/61tvSrINcpL.jpg" width="213" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Get a copy here <a href="http://amzn.to/2ndM0qv">http://amzn.to/2ndM0qv</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">A follow-up to yesterday. Read it here. <a href="http://bit.ly/2q4y1BK">http://bit.ly/2q4y1BK</a> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">An author should never enter a debate regarding a review. It's just a bad idea. However. A comment made by a reviewer made me pause a bit. Her review was great and I appreciate it. But her experience is very different than mine. So I am using this next couple paragraphs to give more information about some reasons why our characters are written the way they are. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">A 78 year-old-reviewer said she didn't know anyone who acted like the ladies of Paradise. I am glad for her that she doesn't know the following story. But I have observed a whole different group of folks. Note: Some of the elderly or older church ladies I've known would not fit in with Fern and Zula. However, as with every age, there are extremes on both sides. And a wide road of gray in the middle (pun intended though I prefer to call my gray silver!) The town I live in has a very high population of over 65. We are ranked as one of the best cities for a healthy retirement. So. I have a little bit of knowledge with the over 65 crowd. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Beaches and a cruise ship are great places to people watch. What I have observed in those locations is that those who are shy and inhibited are that way at any age. I've seen older women buttoned up in seven layers and I've seen others in the exact age group out and about in yoga pants and crop tops. Or doing the back stroke, in a tiny swimsuit in one of the cruise ship swimming pools. I know a 90+ year-old diva-doll who dresses to the nines and possibly gets most of her wardrobe from the junior department...and talk about spicy tongue and attitude.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">So. When you are on a beach look around. I promise you will see at least one 65+ man in a speedo and one leather-skinned-sun-goddess in her bikini. Silver hair glistening in the sun. Neither one seems a bit concerned about showing skin. Right next to the 20-somethings in their thong bikinis.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">True story.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">One elderly lady shared her concern about her Peyton Place retirement village with me. Once, while delivering greeting cards to her neighbors she encountered a naked man. He left the room of a 70-something gal and trucked across the hall in all his glory. Right past her. Not a word. He may have winked but I'm pretty sure she had buried her head in the sand at that point. That religious holiday was ruined for the poor innocent gal.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">In my experience here's the bottom line. If grandma was a tiger as a kitten, chances are she still has a purr.</span></b><br />
<br />
<br />Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524579.post-83269263815766538362017-05-09T19:35:00.000-07:002017-05-09T19:35:19.249-07:00Serials and Scenarios ~ Feedback<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VYdXDJpUUtM/WRJ7eREJAyI/AAAAAAAAlV0/65Jd7m-8mKsayL1UQxmCACx1OZ2oN1UBwCLcB/s1600/61tvSrINcpL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VYdXDJpUUtM/WRJ7eREJAyI/AAAAAAAAlV0/65Jd7m-8mKsayL1UQxmCACx1OZ2oN1UBwCLcB/s320/61tvSrINcpL.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">You know what feedback is...right? That horrific screechy sound that feels like nails on chalkboard. Feels like. Because it is so deeply painful. A sign that you are doing something that has attracted everyone's attention. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Writing a book invites feedback. In this case feedback grabs attention and gives us details about what the tiny piece of the world we've touched thinks of our book. In the past couple of days I've gotten the following feedback. And what an interesting picture it is. </span></b><br />
<br />
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: LucidaGrande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.facebook.com/n/?JenSlatte%26aref%3D1494346137322431%26medium%3Demail%26mid%3D54f194919c0edG208b3a6eG54f1992afc3bfG52%26bcode%3D1.1494346136.AbnDMvkglKkidQvw%26n_m%3Dkelly.klepfer%2540gmail.com%26lloc%3Dimage&source=gmail&ust=1494468761820000&usg=AFQjCNFa6uVy1qwAv-39-uUoTFRMXWfnPw" href="https://www.facebook.com/n/?JenSlatte&aref=1494346137322431&medium=email&mid=54f194919c0edG208b3a6eG54f1992afc3bfG52&bcode=1.1494346136.AbnDMvkglKkidQvw&n_m=kelly.klepfer%40gmail.com&lloc=image" style="color: #3b5998; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img class="CToWUd" height="50" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/e4GzQ4jxDHucEDo9CtVKjhTMK7hI6MSmI7NYVQiWT_k_5Wyzpq0joeeAPSKbg4vM7ec7CTz4vz1n9n0Xb3suAXRv1iLGzacLbXbXufaHEDM6j-K3eNlP4i_ObQndIuwf1LfnW8KA4w56sql5aMUA8xNOo7wtKvqwna2aRkzbS5Di0KWjsYe-XbgUTBgySogwUarlSYbc5dfy8BYDgmWdy0VYyXmoGH4cvm7-uYIVf1QozA=s0-d-e1-ft#https://scontent-dft4-3.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-1/p200x200/14359070_10207325215904420_7278269981955822699_n.jpg?oh=6839ed6be38a9af45451d81001c247ff&oe=59B3DD5C" style="border: 0px;" width="50" /></a></td><td style="display: block; font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; width: 10px;" width="10"> </td><td style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="margin: 0px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.facebook.com/n/?JenSlatte%26aref%3D1494346137322431%26medium%3Demail%26mid%3D54f194919c0edG208b3a6eG54f1992afc3bfG52%26bcode%3D1.1494346136.AbnDMvkglKkidQvw%26n_m%3Dkelly.klepfer%2540gmail.com%26lloc%3Dimage&source=gmail&ust=1494468761820000&usg=AFQjCNFa6uVy1qwAv-39-uUoTFRMXWfnPw" href="https://www.facebook.com/n/?JenSlatte&aref=1494346137322431&medium=email&mid=54f194919c0edG208b3a6eG54f1992afc3bfG52&bcode=1.1494346136.AbnDMvkglKkidQvw&n_m=kelly.klepfer%40gmail.com&lloc=image" style="color: #141823; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Lucida Grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Jennifer Slattery</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="color: #898f9c; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Lucida Grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">May 9 at 11:08am</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</td></tr>
<tr><td height="10" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 10px; margin: 0px;"> </td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="3" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-6655143720572431103mb_text" style="color: #141823; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Lucida Grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px;">Working on some interview questions this morning, and in it, the interviewer asked what literary character I'd most love to have dinner with. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.facebook.com/n/?kelly.klepfer%26aref%3D1494346137322431%26medium%3Demail%26mid%3D54f194919c0edG208b3a6eG54f1992afc3bfG52%26bcode%3D1.1494346136.AbnDMvkglKkidQvw%26n_m%3Dkelly.klepfer%2540gmail.com&source=gmail&ust=1494468761820000&usg=AFQjCNEIVAw--9GUpK-eASGuKtZGjc6yIA" href="https://www.facebook.com/n/?kelly.klepfer&aref=1494346137322431&medium=email&mid=54f194919c0edG208b3a6eG54f1992afc3bfG52&bcode=1.1494346136.AbnDMvkglKkidQvw&n_m=kelly.klepfer%40gmail.com" style="color: #3b5998; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Kelly</a>, you knew who I said, right? The Ethel and Lucy of the 21st century! (I'd bring plastic flowers, of course! ;) ) #outofthefryingpan <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.youtube.com%252Fwatch%253Fv%253Dz88w0hV074I%26h%3DATOl-QOSarnvRxTZwo2pfeQZtU-fX1D_Ai_5EqEoW2r2b2R8OCmI3fCyF5X1xASbZoBjtrgI0scBNkGAOiArrycuNql-YmuIBuqgOBUTe1tGISL43cSgY4V1sir-oaxdleIBXw1sJA&source=gmail&ust=1494468761820000&usg=AFQjCNEbXp_1PnUjCtjGCY02ezZFrvdvtw" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dz88w0hV074I&h=ATOl-QOSarnvRxTZwo2pfeQZtU-fX1D_Ai_5EqEoW2r2b2R8OCmI3fCyF5X1xASbZoBjtrgI0scBNkGAOiArrycuNql-YmuIBuqgOBUTe1tGISL43cSgY4V1sir-oaxdleIBXw1sJA" style="color: #3b5998; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr></wbr>v=z88w0hV074I</a><br /><br />Here's the link to her interview. Question 5 is our spotlight. <a href="http://newhorizonreviews.blogspot.com/2017/05/q-with-author-jennifer-slattery.html">http://newhorizonreviews.blogspot.com/2017/05/q-with-author-jennifer-slattery.html</a><br /><br />This on Facebook.<br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">That moment when you're in the checkout lane and the older woman in front of you is purchasing silk flowers in red, white and blue and it's all you can do to not start laughing out loud because all you can think about is Zula, from Out of the Frying Pan. Thank you very much, </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100001023452388" href="https://www.facebook.com/jayshua.porter" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px; text-decoration: none;">Jayshua Porter</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">and </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=545995374" href="https://www.facebook.com/kelly.klepfer" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px; text-decoration: none;">Kelly Klepfer</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">!! </span><br />I think it was national love on <a href="http://amzn.to/2ndM0qv" target="_blank">Out of the Frying Pan</a> day. What did you do to celebrate? HaHaHa!<br /><br />Then this in the comments on <a href="http://fernandzula.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Zu-fer (Fern and Zula's blog)</a><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, FreeMono, monospace; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">I just love Fern!</span><br /><br />And a 3 Star review on Amazon.<br /><br /><div class="a-row" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; width: 764.3478393554688px;">
<a class="a-link-normal" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3VJ6E2YO6N6GZ/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B01JD9J19O" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066c0; text-decoration: none;" title="3.0 out of 5 stars"><i class="a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating" data-hook="review-star-rating" style="-webkit-background-size: 400px 670px; background-image: url(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/AUIClients/AmazonUIBaseCSS-sprite_1x-28bd59af93d9b1c745bb0aca4de58763b54df7cf._V2_.png); background-position: -37px -368px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 400px 670px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 18px; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; width: 80px;"><span class="a-icon-alt" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: inherit; height: 17.9891300201416px; left: auto; line-height: normal; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: auto; width: 80px;">3.0 out of 5 stars</span></i></a><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><a class="a-size-base a-link-normal review-title a-color-base a-text-bold" data-hook="review-title" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3VJ6E2YO6N6GZ/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B01JD9J19O" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-weight: 700 !important; line-height: 19px !important; text-decoration: none;">Good mystery</a></div>
<div class="a-row" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; width: 764.3478393554688px;">
<span class="a-size-base a-color-secondary review-byline" data-hook="review-author" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(85, 85, 85) !important; line-height: 19px !important;"><span class="a-color-secondary" style="box-sizing: border-box;">By</span><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><a class="a-size-base a-link-normal author" data-hook="review-author" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A2NU1IFXAL7VUS/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_pdp?ie=UTF8" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066c0; line-height: 19px !important; text-decoration: none;">rehabber</a></span><span class="a-declarative" data-action="cr-popup" data-cr-popup="{"width":"340","title":"Help","url":"/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=cm_cr_dp_bdg_help?ie=UTF8&nodeId=14279681&pop-up=1#tr","height":"340"}" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span><span class="a-size-base a-color-secondary review-date" data-hook="review-date" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(85, 85, 85) !important; line-height: 19px !important;">on May 6, 2017</span></div>
<div class="a-row a-spacing-mini review-data review-format-strip" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 6px !important; width: 764.3478393554688px;">
<a class="a-size-mini a-link-normal a-color-secondary" data-hook="format-strip" href="https://www.amazon.com/Out-Frying-Pan-little-romance-ebook/product-reviews/B01JD9J19O/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_fmt?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews&sortBy=recent&formatType=current_format" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066c0; font-size: 11px !important; line-height: 1.465 !important; text-decoration: none;">Format: Kindle Edition</a><i aria-label="|" class="a-icon a-icon-text-separator" style="-webkit-background-size: 400px 670px; background-color: #dddddd; background-image: url(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/AUIClients/AmazonUIBaseCSS-sprite_1x-28bd59af93d9b1c745bb0aca4de58763b54df7cf._V2_.png); background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 400px 670px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 14px; line-height: 0; margin: -2px 0.67375em 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 1px;"><span class="a-icon-alt" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 1px; height: 1px; left: -9999px; line-height: 1px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: auto; width: 1px;">|</span></i><span class="a-declarative" data-action="reviews:filter-action:push-state" data-reviews:filter-action:push-state="{"allowLinkDefault":"1"}" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a class="a-link-normal" data-reftag="cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_rvwer" data-reviews-state-param="{"pageNumber":"1","reviewerType":"avp_only_reviews"}" href="https://www.amazon.com/Out-Frying-Pan-little-romance-ebook/product-reviews/B01JD9J19O/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_rvwer?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=avp_only_reviews&sortBy=recent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066c0; text-decoration: none;"><span class="a-size-mini a-color-state a-text-bold" data-hook="avp-badge" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(196, 85, 0) !important; font-size: 11px !important; font-weight: 700 !important; line-height: 1.465 !important;">Verified Purchase</span></a></span></div>
<div class="a-row review-data" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; width: 764.3478393554688px;">
<span class="a-size-base review-text" data-hook="review-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 19px !important;">I enjoyed the mystery, but it took me over a week to finish it, could have done without the senior citizens acting like hormonal teenagers. I am 78 and no one I know acts like that. ;) </span></div>
<br />Our "negative" reviews are even pretty positive. We got one 2 star and the reviewer called it fluffy and cute. Well. Sometimes fluffy and cute is just what the doctor ordered. But I'm going to suggest you come back tomorrow for a fictionalized story that is based on a true event. A flip side to what sees as a 78 year-old who has chosen those around her very, very well. Just sayin.....<br /></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524579.post-45049773227730769482017-05-09T05:30:00.001-07:002017-05-09T05:30:48.811-07:00Ahhhh Now We're Talking<b><span style="font-size: large;">Friends from the great northern state of Minnesota came up for the weekend to help my daughter </span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">do some landscaping at her new house. One of the duo just got her bachelors in nursing. Shout out to Callie! Way to go.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7Mn5dzQcRLQ/WRGz144vhCI/AAAAAAAAlVY/nbvUk0w9C-IoqA_s3-JkYt60Mg07TEsEwCKgB/s1600/IMG_20170426_191433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7Mn5dzQcRLQ/WRGz144vhCI/AAAAAAAAlVY/nbvUk0w9C-IoqA_s3-JkYt60Mg07TEsEwCKgB/s320/IMG_20170426_191433.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">6 year old doing a selfie. Oh, the pics I find on my phone!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">We were laughing because I keep getting gunk from the kiddos. Between my nine grandkids I'm exposed to the germs of nine different day care/school settings. And I choose not to avoid their little hugs and kisses so it's inevitable that when someone's nose starts running I'm going to be right behind them. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">She said. "Oh you have Daycare Cold." </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">I said. "That's a thing, like Kennel Cough?" </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">"Kinda, where you can get a hybrid due to multiple things going on in the daycare, yes." </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Well, you know me. I can't not own this. I have Kennel Cough. Again. </span></b>Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524579.post-90027818374299714672017-05-04T04:39:00.000-07:002017-05-04T04:39:39.756-07:00Scribbles and Scrambles ~ Playin Grownup<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CjKa1huzTRg/WQsSpx4lQYI/AAAAAAAAlRA/Ug7RqJccqfE65AK8p_Q5ozBbrdPFYg5AgCLcB/s1600/bitmoji68360932.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CjKa1huzTRg/WQsSpx4lQYI/AAAAAAAAlRA/Ug7RqJccqfE65AK8p_Q5ozBbrdPFYg5AgCLcB/s320/bitmoji68360932.png" width="320" /></a></div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Do you ever feel like you are a child wearing grown up shoes? </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe it's all the changes and constant ebb and flow of ocean waves in my life but I'm often feeling like I'm faking this adult thing. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Case in point. I've done Dexascans at my employers for a decade. I'm in a newish location with a brand new to me machine and multiple people teaching/giving me expectations for what the outcome should look like. I was the lone ranger before, doing things for my 4 providers who just wanted the bottom line data. This new adventure is for 20+ providers and radiologists and I'm no lone wolf. One trainer says to include more femur, the other says, analyze and print right away, one says wait till you are done with the whole exam. Oh, and the anatomy lessons I memorized 20+ years ago have gotten a little rusty. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">I've been given the opportunity to do these alone, twice. Both times I've forgotten a detail. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday's oops was so obvious. Such an oops that I feel like a total idiot. My trainer came into the room and said "You didn't use the postioner." This is no small thing. The positioner is a massive foam block you put under the legs to put the spine in the perfect position. I have never. In the hundreds of Dexascans I've done. Forgotten that piece of the puzzle. But I think in trying to go through my mental checklist of the differences between my old machine, this new one, the expectations of the trainers and wanting to get off the remedial list I overlooked the elephant in the room then tripped and fell face down into a pile of elephant poo. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">The even scarier part of this. (BTW, no patients were harmed in this process. Ha. Ha.) My new bosses want me to fully utilize the degree I have. Which means I will be on a learning curve for basically forever while I begin training on the digital x-ray unit. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<br />
<br />
<br />Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524579.post-91822355797300381252017-05-01T05:49:00.000-07:002017-05-01T05:49:32.532-07:00Scribbles and Scrambles ~ Silence<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XqQ_RF8TC7s/WQcuL4uVoPI/AAAAAAAAlOU/BbLo_RgmPyk2kxcOcJSLjVtHJSMV_CueQCLcB/s1600/Collage%2B2017-05-01%2B07_21_52.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XqQ_RF8TC7s/WQcuL4uVoPI/AAAAAAAAlOU/BbLo_RgmPyk2kxcOcJSLjVtHJSMV_CueQCLcB/s640/Collage%2B2017-05-01%2B07_21_52.jpg" width="417" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When kids are over and put away the toys but accidentally put away the dog toys, too. And your sister finds the only toy you want and takes it. First World Dog Problem. </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">As I write this my house is literally silent. Well. There is ambient noise. It's an old house with 4 creatures in the same room, after all. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">This was not the case a mere hour ago. Instead it was filled with all the noise that a heaping 11 people, two dogs and two hedgehogs can make. (Hedgehogs are the least on the noise pollution scale, BTW.) </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">A baby cooing, three little ones under three and three ten and under. Oh, and five adults coming and going for all various sorts of reasons. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">I can honestly say I might like the chaos a wee bit better. However, my body says the silence is lovely. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Soaking up the silence. Ahhhhh....</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">Never mind. My daughter and husband are now debating the difference between butterscotch and caramel and it's intruding into my quiet bubble. Nice while it lasted. Ha Ha. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">If you are looking for more Fern and Zula check out the blog. There is a serial short story being put together one day at a time. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://fernandzula.blogspot.com/2017/04/stories-from-paradise-ferns-portrait.html">http://fernandzula.blogspot.com/2017/04/stories-from-paradise-ferns-portrait.html</a> Twitter bite-sized pieces per day, so it's going to take a bit. </span></b>Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524579.post-60939489652313464292017-04-26T04:43:00.001-07:002017-04-26T04:43:43.394-07:00Scribbles and Scrambles ~ Dogs and Glasses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oSuNLNhRldo/WQCHm-FBblI/AAAAAAAAlF0/_OmoffowD68IZuXvJdfO5BqpCiRvAWoCQCKgB/s1600/IMG_20170425_135619.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oSuNLNhRldo/WQCHm-FBblI/AAAAAAAAlF0/_OmoffowD68IZuXvJdfO5BqpCiRvAWoCQCKgB/s320/IMG_20170425_135619.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">It's been awhile since I rambled about my dogs. Dog observation and interaction is a little easier than observing and interacting with children. For starters, one of the dogs is staring at me waiting for food. The other is throwing around her beloved alligator. Simple life. </span></b></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Kids. Well, that's another story. Case in point. The 8-year-old "left" his glasses at my house. So we spent several hours looking for said glasses. Rob scoured the yard where the "fart in a skillet" had bounced about. I checked the upstairs toy area. Cleaned, sorted, swept and found nothing. I called to tell 8-year-old that and he asked if I had checked the area behind the toys where he is not supposed to go. So I checked there. Then he was certain they were in the downstairs toy bins, mixed in with the toy food and cooking utensils. So I checked there. Nada. His mom sighed and put a call in to get them replaced. Yesterday he called me. He found his glasses. In HIS BACKPACK!!!!!!!!!</span></b></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">See. Dogs are way less complicated. </span></b><div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">On Monday morning I had to coax them out of their toasty dog beds at 7:20 a.m. to eat and take care of business. As soon as they got all those details taken care of they tore back upstairs and launched themselves into their beds. </span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Tuesday I woke up with the head cold so my pooches helped in the healing process and snuggled with me on the couch. The snatches of rest time were punctuated with cujo barking when a heavy truck went up the road a few times. Oh, and cuddling seems to require standing on my body. Wait. They are a little crazy, too. </span></b></div>
</div>
Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524579.post-78018023631408591252017-04-23T17:59:00.000-07:002017-04-23T17:59:28.711-07:00Serials and Scenarios ~ People that Make People Look Good<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZjNpPw5qhPA/WP1LT36urCI/AAAAAAAAlD0/Ms4GtY0cQK4LCl1pNGb0PDQzSMSKGtQkgCLcB/s1600/IMG_0027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZjNpPw5qhPA/WP1LT36urCI/AAAAAAAAlD0/Ms4GtY0cQK4LCl1pNGb0PDQzSMSKGtQkgCLcB/s320/IMG_0027.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">I'm going to be honest. As members of the human race in the First World we tend to get pretty stinking selfish and self-focused. I don't need to wax eloquent about that amiright? We all know what I'm saying. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">When I run into people who think a whole lot bigger than how a traffic jam, slow barista or "#Unicorn Frappuccinos being gone so soon" wrecks their morning, day or life it's pretty refreshing. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">While doing my <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Out-Frying-Pan-little-romance-ebook/dp/B01JD9J19O/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492995151&sr=1-1&keywords=out+of+the+frying+pan" target="_blank">Out of the Frying Pan</a> tour I've met some amazingly generous people. One of the latest and most generous is Greg from <a href="http://www.abundantlifecoffee.com/" target="_blank">Abundant Life Coffee</a>. My author group gives me a chance to invite people to review Out of the Frying Pan and do occasional shout outs to ask for help in promotion. As a reward I try to offer a monthly prize for those who have signed up. A simple drawing nets someone a book or a treat of some sort. One of the options is giving away a bag of Abundant Life Coffee. I thought I'd give them a try this month. When providing the winner's mailing address I also asked how to get the payment to them. He offered this one on the house. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Paying it forward. A random act of kindness. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Oh, and the mission behind the availability of the coffee? "Ending poverty, one cup at a time." </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Abundant Life is about the farmers in Honduras. Helping the former migrant workers to develop their own small coffee farms and paying them the highest prices possible to give them far and above the wages they are used to scraping by on. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">A couple years ago I read "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Water-My-Heart-Charles-Martin/dp/1455554685/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=" target="_blank">Water from My Heart"</a> a story within a story with a thread based on true conditions and about the people working to save a small Central American coffee farm. Since that time I have become more aware that an extra buck or two a bag can make a big difference to the people picking and working hard for my luxury item. I began leaning toward fair trade or organic. Just something to feel a little less selfish. Our church partnered with a mission group by selling coffee for a ministry that was helping in El Salvador and providing great coffee, too. There have been issues within the ministry so this has not been available lately. But here is <a href="http://www.abundantlifecoffee.com/" target="_blank">Abundant Life Coffee</a>. Great coffee with a life changing mission. How do I know it's great? Here's <a href="http://coffeemagazine.com/abundant-life-coffee-a-honduran-gem/" target="_blank">a review</a> that sings some serious praises. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">I just have to share it with all my readers. If you have Mother's Day gifts to buy for a coffee lover, please buy from someone like Abundant Life. </span></b>Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524579.post-9031896375143174202017-04-21T05:17:00.000-07:002017-04-21T05:17:11.283-07:00Scribbles and Scrambles ~ Carving<b><span style="font-size: large;">My oldest daughter and I don't have conversations anymore. Not that we aren't talking to each other but more like with 4-5 or 6 little ones running amok there are just zero complete conversations. We speak in snippets. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iCCP_IHnWUo/WPn380G0-WI/AAAAAAAAlCk/fJhWvwT8fa0dWFRQELNKf_KzshuEsRVWACLcB/s1600/61tvSrINcpL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iCCP_IHnWUo/WPn380G0-WI/AAAAAAAAlCk/fJhWvwT8fa0dWFRQELNKf_KzshuEsRVWACLcB/s320/61tvSrINcpL.jpg" width="213" /></a><b><span style="font-size: large;">Which makes me grateful for texts. If I haven't heard from one of my kids for days, this happens with my man-child. Which reminds me...I need to drop him a howareya text. I can get a temperature reading with a text. "How is so and so?" (So many. My grandchild count for Easter was 8. How did that happen? Older daughter mentioned that she's sorry she's such a breeder. Hilarious since her five are adopted or foster, so not true. However, she did make me an instagrandma of three and I'm so grateful for those little stinkers!) </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Texting and snippets of life conversation are a season of life. I have reached a point where I feel like not everything has to be talked about or shared. That it's okay to pick up where you left off. Kind of like what's going on in the world, if it's important you are going to hear about it. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">But sometimes relationships and sanity and passions require creativity.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Both of my daughters blog. So oldest daughter has asked me to carve out time weekly to meet with her at a coffee shop and tandem work on our writing. Last night was our second adventure. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">The amazing thing is that in the car rides back and forth and standing in line to order and getting things fired up we do get to have conversations. And then we write. I began to plot the second novel, the follow up to Out of the Frying Pan. And I finished a couple of important blog posts. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">I came home to a house I probably wouldn't have done much with had I stayed home. And besides, I had cleaned for an hour between work and writing, looking for a young man's glasses he was certain he'd left at grandma's house "probably in the toys." The toys are sorted and organized and every corner is swept clean and the glasses were not in the toys at grandma's. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">So. There's that. </span></b><br />
<br />Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524579.post-40719140138251882992017-04-20T04:56:00.002-07:002017-04-20T04:58:14.679-07:00Serials and Scenarios ~ Where I Was...Am...Uhhhh. Where I Visited<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ug6IbyXV5LA/WPih0xoS0sI/AAAAAAAAlBk/2c2ykIs8LB4IrgfkQLjPGyMvuMf2ej29gCLcB/s1600/ElementarySchool.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ug6IbyXV5LA/WPih0xoS0sI/AAAAAAAAlBk/2c2ykIs8LB4IrgfkQLjPGyMvuMf2ej29gCLcB/s320/ElementarySchool.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><b><span style="font-size: large;">So. I wrote up a bit at Novel Rocket. It's all about the basics. The really, really bottom line stuff one needs to write a book. If you are so inclined, head over and check it out. </span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b>
<b><a href="http://www.novelrocket.com/2017/04/nearly-everything-i-need-to-write-book.html">http://www.novelrocket.com/2017/04/nearly-everything-i-need-to-write-book.html</a></b></span><br />
<br />
<br />Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524579.post-79166054113160894712017-04-17T18:37:00.003-07:002017-04-17T18:37:30.828-07:00Calling All Bargain Shoppers<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qIyg6DPmR74/WPVswchnPYI/AAAAAAAAk9E/qL6q9BkmgLALeIPqFi1WfrT8_zoUqk2gQCLcB/s1600/unnamed-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qIyg6DPmR74/WPVswchnPYI/AAAAAAAAk9E/qL6q9BkmgLALeIPqFi1WfrT8_zoUqk2gQCLcB/s320/unnamed-4.jpg" width="240" /></a><b><span style="font-size: large;">Through tomorrow, April 18th, you have access to the bargain of the century. Ok. Maybe not, but I am a fiction author, so I am required to make it exciting. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Out of the Frying Pan. The novel spanning multiple states and years in the making, is free. </span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Did you hear that? FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes. The e-book is nada. Zilch. Zippo. Z.E.R.O. at Amazon. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Now maybe you've already purchased it. THANK YOU! But think of the people on your gift giving list. Who doesn't like to laugh? Who doesn't love a gift? This one travels well. See the places it has gone???? And it is enjoyed by many ages. </span></b><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dU451yVWUWY/WPVsyf6TB7I/AAAAAAAAk9I/NohoAokoxbAJfbIM5deZMG24J2dDRV-jACLcB/s1600/unnamed-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dU451yVWUWY/WPVsyf6TB7I/AAAAAAAAk9I/NohoAokoxbAJfbIM5deZMG24J2dDRV-jACLcB/s320/unnamed-2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Here's how to grab this. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Out-Frying-Pan-little-romance-ebook/dp/B01JD9J19O/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1492465575&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Go here. Click.</a> </span><span style="font-size: large;">And my co-author says this "<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , serif;">And just in case you don't have one of them there fancy newfangled ebook reading gadgets, no worries. You can always download it to your computer and read it from there -- or if you're super lazy, install text reading software and have your computer read it back to you. Easy peasy."</span></span></b><br />
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7Hf-JBhmE4E/WPVs3K-eRjI/AAAAAAAAk9M/c2vto86ymzgVHleiZiXr3IFjUFqh2TAawCLcB/s1600/unnamed-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7Hf-JBhmE4E/WPVs3K-eRjI/AAAAAAAAk9M/c2vto86ymzgVHleiZiXr3IFjUFqh2TAawCLcB/s320/unnamed-6.jpg" width="240" /></a><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif;">"A laugh out loud mystery with quirky, lovable characters who find themselves in all sorts of trouble. The storyline is believable and comes with descriptions of mouth-watering food, which makes for a delicious plot! A cohesive and fast-moving novel." 4-Stars! RT Book Reviews</i></span></b><br />
<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif;">
<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></i></div>
<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">And here's a blurb:</span></b></div>
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8EiemPNCBFs/WPVtPqYEcSI/AAAAAAAAk9U/K-Ne9oHh_b8xP7HYHibJKBF0IhDQDBUWgCLcB/s1600/IMG_7741.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8EiemPNCBFs/WPVtPqYEcSI/AAAAAAAAk9U/K-Ne9oHh_b8xP7HYHibJKBF0IhDQDBUWgCLcB/s320/IMG_7741.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-51CnI9ooxXQ/WPVs7aoG-2I/AAAAAAAAk9Q/N4rOcz0ieoA5f1kb_aFn6AS_wUIcGCJIACLcB/s1600/14329955_10208855214289178_5082087666797227563_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-51CnI9ooxXQ/WPVs7aoG-2I/AAAAAAAAk9Q/N4rOcz0ieoA5f1kb_aFn6AS_wUIcGCJIACLcB/s320/14329955_10208855214289178_5082087666797227563_n.jpg" width="180" /></a><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif;" /><i style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif;">Murder in Paradise whips life into a froth for FERN and ZULA HOPKINS. When the retirement center’s chef is found dead, the two ladies get folded in with the case. Their zany attempts to track down the killer land them in hot water with Detective JARED FLYNN. Should he be concerned about their safety—or the criminal’s?<br /><br />But there are deadly ingredients none of them expect. Drugs. Extortion. International cartels. And worst of all…broken hearts, especially when the Hopkins sisters’ niece KC arrives on the scene.<br /><br />Life at Sunset Paradise Retirement Village will never be the same.</i></span></b><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Scrambled Dregshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.com2