Celebrate the Small Things and Fast Five Friday

Celebrate the Small Things is a Friday blog hop where we share things, big or small, during that week, and then hop around to other blogs to see what they've shared. 

Hosts: Lexa Cain, Writing Off The Edge, and Kidbits.



My celebrations...

** Tried some new recipes in the crock pot for the family. So far, the hits have been Italian Chicken and Vegetable Soup. 

** My goal is to work on closets these next few weeks, go through them, see what fits and what doesn't for the six of us. LOL I'm only a quarter of the way done on one of them, but it's a start! 

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Fast Five Friday is a weekly blog hop created by Cover Girls. Revolving around lists of five, its purpose is to connect with writers, readers, viewers, and bloggers. 

Sept 23 - Top 5 music artists you're attracted to

*Adam Levine

*J.D. Fortune

*Lenny Kravitz

*Adam Lambert

*Brent Smith

Sept 30 - 5 daily rituals/routines you do (besides hygiene)

*use moisturizer

*Change into jammie pants when I get home

*Hug my hubby and kiddos

*sync fitbit

*read before bed

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Don't forget to sign up for Spooktoberfest HERE! We can't wait to read your stories!

Express Yourself x2

Express Yourself is the weekly blog hop where Dani @Entertaining Interests and I ask a question or discuss a topic for other bloggers to share. It's a fun way to learn more about each other. Please join us!






**Sept. 19-23: You're stuck in an elevator with 1 friend, 2 celebrities, 3 items, and NO way out, however, help is on the way. List those 6 items/people to pass the time with.

1 friend:  Dani
2 celebrities:  Adam Levine and Jason Bateman
3 items:  guitar for Adam, hoodie, my handbag (because it's filled with everything one needs for emergencies such as this)

**Sept 26-30: You have to listen to a song for the rest of your life. What would it be?

Chilly Winter by Maroon 5, Woman by Maroon 5, or Radioactive by Imagine Dragons

Celebrate the Small Things and Spooktoberfest

Celebrate the Small Things is a Friday blog hop where we share things, big or small, during that week, and then hop around to other blogs to see what they've shared. 


Hosts: Lexa Cain, Writing Off The Edge, and Kidbits.




My celebrations...

** We've created puppies out of flowers for a few years, but now we have cats! I can't wait to make more of these! 

** It's finally Autumn! Yay! I love this time of year! 

** The 5th annual Spooktoberfest is up and running! 

It’s that time of year again - the 5^th Annual Spooktoberfest is here with your hosts from Cover Girls!

We cannot believe it’s been 5 years since we started this whole adventure of Spooktoberfest. And to celebrate, we're taking it back old school. If this seems familiar to you, it’s because we are bringing back the original Spooktoberfest requirements, with a few minor tweaks here and there.

Requirements:

1.) Follow Jax at Bouquet of Books, Dani at Entertaining Interests and Cover Girls if you don’t already. We do follow back, and if we've missed you, please let us know so we can follow your blog.

2.) Your Flash Fiction piece cannot be any longer than 400 words. Sorry… that’s part of the challenge.

3.) You must use the MANDATORY 5 words listed below or any version of it. Please highlight them in a way so we can locate them faster within your post.

Black

Machete

Magic

Skull

Tombstone

4.) Post your Flash Fiction piece any day from Monday Oct 24^th thru Friday, Oct. 28^th.

5.) You can tweet us, if you'd like, @Covergirlsdj to let us know when you've posted your entry.

6.) Display the Spooktoberfest badge on your blog.

7.) It’s a blog hop, so… hop around to other participating blogs and leave them some awesome comments.

8.) Have fun!

Your flash fiction piece can be scary, comical, romantic, or whatever you choose, just be creative! And, yes, this blogfest is International!!

The winners & runner-ups will be posted on HALLOWEEN! That’s right, Monday, Oct. 31^st.

PRIZES:
Winners - $20 Amazon e-giftcard

Runner-ups - A book of our choosing 

Sign up below.

Celebrate the Small Things and Kimberly Ann Miller's book release

Celebrate the Small Things is a Friday blog hop where we share things, big or small, during that week, and then hop around to other blogs to see what they've shared. 

Hosts: Lexa Cain, Writing Off The Edge, and Kidbits.

Celebrations...

**I lost 5 of the 10 pounds I'd gained over the summer. 5 more to go! 

**My beta has a book release today... Lost Reputation by Kimberly Ann Miller. 

Congrats, Kimmy!

You can purchase Lost Reputation HERE.

What celebrations do you have for the week?

Celebrate the small things

Celebrate the Small Things is a Friday blog hop where we share things, big or small, during that week, and then hop around to other blogs to see what they've shared. 

Hosts: Lexa Cain, Writing Off The Edge, and Kidbits.

My celebrations:

**Shopped at outlet mall to get my kiddos their school clothes/shoes. The deals were amazing! My favorite savings... three of our sons are runners so we purchased running shoes that were originally $120 each, We paid $22.75. 

** In the evening we went swimming and played this game called spyfall or something rather. All in all, it was a fun weekend!

**I pulled out a writing project from last year that I'd tucked away and began editing again. It feels so good to be back at it!

Express Yourself: spirit cartoon characters

Express Yourself is a weekly meme where Dani and I ask a question or discuss a topic for other bloggers to share and learn more about each other.

Please join us HERE! 

<-- EYM badge for September 




Sept 5-9: What/Who is your spirit cartoon character?

Mine is a mixture of ...

Linus from Peanuts
Patrick Star from SpongeBob
Daffy Duck from Looney Tunes.

How about you? What cartoon characters can you relate to?

Celebrate the small things and Fast Five Friday

Celebrate the Small Things is a Friday blog hop where we share things, big or small, during that week, and then hop around to other blogs to see what they've shared. 

Hosts: Lexa Cain, Writing Off The Edge, and Kidbits.

My celebrations:

I'm trying to get back into blogging, again! I hope I can stick with this on a regular basis. That's my goal.

My wedding ring is finally getting fixed, thanks to my sis! I'm so excited to get it back, I can hardly wait! 




Fast Five Friday is a weekly blog hop created by Cover Girls. Revolving around lists of five, its purpose is to connect with writers, readers, viewers, and bloggers. 

Sept. 2nd - Your top 5 beverages
Coffee
Water
Peach Tea
Zombie Dust beer
Moscato