Celebrate the Small Things and Fast Five Friday

Celebrate the Small Things is a fun, weekly bloghop where we celebrate things, big or small. 
It can be anything from writing, to family, to organizing, whatever you want to share. 
CTST host's are: Lexa Cain, Kidbits, and Writing Off the Edge.

**I'm working out the rough edges in a manuscript I haven't touched in over a year. It's strange how fresh eyes pick up things I hadn't noticed before, but I'm glad I gave it a rest for a bit.

**Visited Dani's amazing new place yesterday, and helped them some with unpacking. She'll only be ten miles from me. TEN miles. I'm so excited!

Fast Five Friday is a weekly blog hop created at Cover Girls. Its purpose is to connect with writers, readers, viewers, and bloggers. With that aim in mind, we would love for you to join us!

Jan 20: What movies are you anticipating to see this year?

Star Wars: Episode VIII
Beauty and the Beast
World War Z 2
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
War for the Planet of the Apes

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Celebrate the Small Things is a fun, weekly bloghop where we celebrate things, big or small. 
It can be anything from writing, to family, to organizing, whatever you want to share. 
CTST host's are: Lexa Cain, Kidbits, and Writing Off the Edge.

I'm celebrating....

~My son's girlfriend made me a dream catcher. It's so pretty, and I love the colors, and the thoughtfulness that went into making it! She's a doll!

~Almost finished with our work schedule for Valentine's time and ready to put in our flower order for that big day - which really starts to get busy about five days before. 

Fast Five Friday is a weekly blog hop created here at Cover Girls. Its purpose is to connect with writers, readers, viewers, and bloggers. With that aim in mind, we would love for you to join us!








Jan 6:  What are 5 things you didn’t get done in 2016 but plan on doing in 2017?
Query manuscripts
Get in shape
Build a better savings
Get organized
Schedule more writing time


Jan 13: If you could only have 5 foods for the rest of your life, what would they be?
Homemade guacamole made by my hubby
Chips and salsa
Greek yogurt
Veggie pizza
Salad

Celebrate the Small Things and Fast Five Friday

Celebrate the Small Things is a fun bloghop where we share things, big or small, that are important to us. It can be anything from writing, to family, to organizing, whatever you want to share. CTST host's are: Lexa Cain, Kidbits, and Writing Off the Edge.


Celebrations...

**My son came in 11th place at Regionals for Cross Country and set a personal record. In fact, six of the runners set PR's!!! The team is headed to Semi-State tomorrow. So happy for them!

**Played Phase 10 with my family. We had so much fun-- no TV, no phones. Just us and a deck of cards! LOVED it! We used to do family game night, but with everyone's schedules, we got away from it. We're back at it. Woot!

**My sons had fall break so we had some quality time at the bookstore. I loved seeing all their different interests in reading!

Fast Five Friday is a weekly bloghop created by Cover Girls. Revolving around lists of five, its purpose is to connect with writers, readers, viewers, and bloggers, to share a little about ourselves through lists.

Oct. 21st - Name 5 sci-fi/horror books/movies that scared the crap out of you

The Fourth Kind (movie)

The Seed (book)

Salem's Lot (book and movie)

Jeepers Creepers (movie)

Paranormal Activity (movie)

And don't forget to sign up for Spooktoberfest! We can't wait to read your flash fiction pieces and divvy out some prizes!

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.

Celebrations:

**Dani, from Entertaining Interests, & I took our littles for our annual Starbucks/Fall Shopping event. It was a much needed time for all of us. 

**My 16-year-old son made 1st team All-Conference for Cross Country. So excited for him!!!

**What started out as editing on my current manuscript has turned into a revise... I hadn't planned on that, but I'm just going with it. 

What celebrations do you have for the week that you'd like to share?

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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. 

Oct. 7th - 5 horror movies you love to watch this time of year

*Halloween 1 (1978 version)

*Halloween 2 (1981 version)

*28 Weeks Later

*Dawn of the Dead (2004 version)

*30 Days of Night

Do you watch horror movies? Are there any you like to watch around Halloween time?

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!

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...

*My son graduated with honors from high school this week! So proud and happy for him, as well as his girlfriend! :)

*My hubby and I painted our den and kitchen. The color is called "promising gray." I love it!

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.

June 3 - List 5 go to breakfast foods

Greek yogurt (Chobani Flips are my fave!)

Any fruit

Granola bars

Cereal (Fruity Pebbles or Cracklin' Oat Bran)

Bagels

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.

We had two vehicles break down on us within hours of each other. The good part? No one was injured and one of them is working again.

Mailed out my oldest son's invites for his grad party!

Did some revising on one of my stories and did NOT want to stop, but I had to. I was so in the zone.

Any celebrations you'd like to share? Join in on the fun HERE.

Fast Five Friday is a weekly blog hop created at Cover Girls. Its purpose is to connect with writers, readers, viewers, and bloggers, and the topics revolve around lists.

 Go HERE to learn more about Fast Five Friday, or you can click the tab button above in this blog.

May 13th - 5 fun things to do with your bestie

Shop till we drop
Movies
Activites: bowling, walking, etc.
Anything creative: writing, painting, flower arranging, and so on

Just being in their presence 

May 20th – 5 ways to get yourself motivated

Daydreaming

Coffee, coffee, coffee

Music

Making lists

Power nap 

What fun things do you do with your best friend? What ideas do you have to get motivated? 

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. 

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

Celebrations...

*My son turned 13, and we had family/friends over to help celebrate! <3

*No writing this week, which makes me sad, but while at work, my head churns with loads of plot ideas. I write them down and pray that I don't lose the post-its! :)

*Even though, work's been crazy-busy at the shop, I love that I get to make these Santa pups out of flowers! It's one of my favorite things to do this holiday season.

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Fast Five Friday is a weekly blog hop created at Cover Girls. Its purpose is to connect with writers, readers, viewers, and bloggers, and the topics revolve around lists.

 Go HERE to learn more about Fast Five Friday, or you can click the tab button above in this blog.

Dec 18 - 5 stocking stuffer ideas

scarf

cozy, colorful socks 

tie pin

giftcards

travel size Bath & Body lotions

What stocking stuffer ideas would you like to share? Any celebrations for the week?

Celebrate the Small Things and Fast Five Friday

To join Celebrate the Small Things, visit the Lexa's Blog for the rules, and then post every Friday about something you're grateful for that week.  

 Lexa's amazing co-hosts are:
L.G. Keltner @ Writing Off The Edge
Tonja Drecker @ Kidbits Blog

Celebrating...

My two older sons' cross country team became Regional champs last Saturday and are headed to Semi-State! 

My 7th grader made the basketball team!

I've been editing an entry for the Dear Lucky Agent contest and hope to get it to my critique partner this weekend before submitting it.

What celebrations would you like to share? Join in HERE.

Fast Five Friday is a weekly blog hop created at Cover Girls. Its purpose is to connect with writers, readers, viewers, and bloggers, using lists.

Oct. 23: 5 movies you always watch at Halloween time

Halloween (1978)

Halloween 2 (1981)

Hotel Transylvania (2012)

Dawn of the Dead remake (2004)

Salem's Lot (1979)

Are there any movies you like to watch during the Halloween season? 
Check out FFF HERE.

Celebrate the Small Things and Fast Five Friday

Fast Five Friday is a weekly blog hop created at Cover Girls. Its purpose is to connect with writers, readers, viewers, and bloggers, using lists. Go HERE to learn more.

Oct. 16: 5 things that drive me bat-sh*t-crazy

*Potholes. They are everywhere. *sigh*

*When someone starts a sentence with "No offense, but" or "Not to be rude, but" ... do they think it's a free pass to be offensive and rude?

*One uppers... those that, when you're sharing something exciting or tragic in your life, they "one up you" by having something better/worse happen and usually, the story sounds sketchy.

*Inconsiderate drivers. Especially those that pull their vehicle out on front of you and drive super slow and don't use turn signals.

*Myself... for almost always running late.

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To join Celebrate the Small Things, visit the Lexa's Blog for the rules, and then post every Friday about something you're grateful for that week.  

 This bloghop is originated by VikLit, and Lexa's amazing co-hosts are:
L.G. Keltner at Writing Off The Edge and Tonja Drecker at Kidbits Blog

Celebrating...

My two older sons are in cross country together, and the team came in first place at Sectionals last weekend, which helped qualify them for Regionals. So excited for them, that they get to do this together and that the team is doing so well.

The Walking Dead and Gotham are back on the air. I've missed these shows! 

I have an idea for my Spooktoberfest flash fiction piece, but I haven't started writing it yet. Hoping to do that soon, because I don't have much time left!

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