Happy Monday all! I just wanted to let everyone know that my online life will be on pause for the next week (or maybe longer). I'll be playing the disappearing act a lot. Think, Now you see me, now you don't. So don't worry about me. I'm alive and well and working my little fingers to the bone.
Also, you should know that I'll probably get behind on messages, posts, etcetera. But I promise that I will get back to them as soon as I can. Please don't feel like I'm ignoring you in anyway. Talking, chatting, and blogging with all of you is very important to me, and I don't want to lose that. However, I need to take a step back so that I can focus on my WIP. I have been rolling right along, and I want to keep it that way by spending as much time as I can with the characters and their story. Immersion is my friend.
So anyway, I hope you all understand. And I look forward to seeing (and yapping) with everyone once again. XOXOXO!
Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you all had a fabulous holiday weekend filled with food, love, and lots of laughter. I have to say that mine was awesome. But as always, good things must come to an end. So I thought it would be fun to finish off the weekend with a bang. How am I going to do that? Well, you'll have to drop by When One Is Not Enough and play my newest game, You Might Be a Menage-a-holic If... to find out. I hope to see you there. If you dare. Dum-da-dum!
I just wanted to wish you all a wickedly Happy Thanksgiving. May you have lots of love and laughter. And Best of all, may you gobble until you wobble. XOXOXO!
Happy Monday! Yes, I know that it's only been officially Monday for about oh....one second. But still, it's Monday, and I can wish you a good one. Got a problem with that, buster brown? No? Good.
Now you might be wondering why I'm posting my blog in the middle of the night. Well, I have an answer, and it's a good one. Wow, I don't get to say that often. Anyone got a tape recorder? No? Oh well, maybe next time.
So...Why am I posting Mia's Monday Madness at one second past midnight? Because that's when I wear pajamas, silly. Ew! I don't like using the word pajamas. Too stuffy and formal. Yuck. I prefer jammies. But I digress...as usual.
I wear jammies to bed every night. Before you smack me around for stating the obvious, I know that most people wear jammies. But I have a point, and I'm making my way towards it. Just give me a minute to get there. Sheesh. The impatience of some people. (Snorts) Like that isn't the pot calling the kettle.
My jammies are my friends. And boy, do I have a lot of them. We're talking a bunch. It's probably because I practically collect them. Why would I do that? Well, jammies are my thing. Some women like shoes while others like purses. Some men like cars, and some kids like trains. But everyone has a thing they love to buy or be given. For me, it's jammies....and panties. However, I'm thinking you don't want to talk about my pretty panty fetish. Not today anyway.
Now what prompted this particular blog? Well, this is embarassing and completely random. But I had an incident this weekend. (Gasp) No, it was nothing bad. It was worse. (Gasp) Tragedy struck. And I have to admit that I nearly cried. Nearly being the key word. I held back the moisture valiantly. The curses? Not so much. I got a little happy and seriously colorful with my word choices.
So...I'll bet your staring at the computer screen in confusion. Well, I won't keep you in suspense. Here it is: My favorite pajamas bit the dust. These poor babies were there one minute and gone the next. Yes, that means...the waistband broke free. Go ahead. Laugh. I know you want to.
Ah, who am I kidding? If I wasn't so tramatized, I would probably be laughing my happy bottom off, too. But no. These were broken in perfectly. Twelve years tends to do that to jammies. And did I mention they stretched like nobody's business? Stretch Armstrong had nothing on these.
Back in high school, I was a teeny, tiny thing. And now...well, I'm not. But these magical jammies fit back then, and they fit until yesterday. Okay, okay. I might be stretching it a bit. Please excuse the pun. The jammies were too big back in 2000. And they were just a bit tight in 2012. But only a bit, I assure you. (Snorts)
Although, their size doesn't matter because soon I will be burying them. I shall take my Tweety bird jammies —don't you dare laugh —and stuff them in a shoe box before burying them six feet under. Okay, now you may laugh. But please don't hurt yourself. That would suck.
Hmmm...I could so say something about sucking. But I will control myself. Really, I will.
So, I bet you're probably wondering whether or not I would actually bury my jammies. Or you might be wearing the OMG...You're scaring the crap out of me look. Oreven better, you're going to the nearest phone to call the crazy house and see if they have an opening. Either way, I must confess that I'm telling the truth. I wouldn't dare throw out something that memorable, not something that precious.
Ha! I couldn't resist. Love me some Gollum, but I don't think I'm that far gone. Despite my jammie
obsession, I just can't imagine I would go completely off the deep end. The colorful fish aren't that pretty. Although....
Nah. Instead, I think I'm going to try something I've never done before. Oooh, I'm going to pop my cherry on something. Hot.
What am I going to do? Well, I'm going to attempt to make a memory quilt. Now I'm not really familiar with these things. My friend suggested that I give it a try, but I'm not one hundred percent sold on the idea. See, here's the thing. I can't draw a straight line. And cutting something has disaster written all over it...in my blood. However, I'm going to look into it. Me and Google are tight, you know. :)
Wow. For a completely random, off-the-wall discussion about one of my life's most frivolous passions, this blog has taken on a life of its own. So I guess I'm going to wrap it up. That way I can go crawl in bed and break in my newer jammies. Yes, these are only about eight years old. They've got time...and plenty of it.
Hope you all have a wonderful week. With Thanksgiving and Black Friday, it's looking to be a peach. Much love and best holiday wishes! XOXOXO!
Love and cherries,
-Mia
p.s. This is my favorite scene in a movie...Wonder why?
Happy Friday morning. Today's the big day. The Sweetest Dish is now available at Siren-Bookstrand.
Needless to say, I'm singing this song this morning...
And I think today is going to be...
Or at least, I hope it will be!
If you would like to check out the fifth book in the Sweet Serenity series, The Sweetest Dish, or any of the other books, swing by Bookstrand now. Have a great and oh-so-perfect day! XOXOXO!
Love and cherries,
-Mia
Love, laughter, friends, family, and a Thanksgiving none of them would ever forget.
After the highs and lows of the last year, Jaycee Blakemore, Shannon Dalton, Katie-Anne Jacobs, and Ella Blaylock-Asher are ready to celebrate their blessings with the people they love. But the return of their archenemy, Leila Schilling, threatens to destroy their perfect Thanksgiving.
Having spent months plotting the sweetest revenge, Leila’s arrival in Serenity, Kansas, immediately sets off a chain of events that turn Jaycee, Shannon, Katie-Anne, and Ella’s lives upside down. With an arsenal full of old hurts, veiled truths, and past scandals, Leila shamelessly exploits whatever she must to come out on top. However, she goes too far when she hurts the girls’ friend, Sarah Matthews.
Determined to rid themselves of Leila once and for all, the women unite to take her down. Only they discover on their path to vengeance that love is the sweetest dish in life—on Thanksgiving and all year round.
NOTE! The Sweetest Dish is a holiday reunion book in the Sweet Serenity series and is not stand-alone. We recommend reading this book after books 1-4.
The Prizes: The Grand Prize winner will receive a signed set of the first three Sweet Serenity books in print, as well as, one of Mia's Menage Kits. Two Second Place Winners will each receive a Sweet Serenity e-book of their choice.
The Rules
1. Each day this week I will post one line from The Sweetest Dish on this blog, Facebook, and Twitter. Yes, I know you haven't read the book yet. But I will be choosing lines that should be rather obvious if you've read the series up to this point.
2. You just jot down the character who you think said the line. *Hint: The characters will all be female. Thus, the name of the game.
3. Email me at miaashlinn@gmail.com or private message me on Facebook or Twitter with your answer. You can either send me a daily response or you can put them all together in one email/message at the end of the week. Please do not post your answer anywhere publicly (i.e. here, Facebook, or Twitter). That would give an unfair advantage. Don't you think? Besides, it would decrease your chances of winning. No one wants that. Right?
4. For each answer you get correct, you will be entered into the contest. So if you choose to play all week, you will have five chances at winning. If you choose to only play on one day, you will only get one chance. Pretty easy, huh? Well, let's find out...
Name That Chick Day 5
"Who needs to walk and chew gum at the same time? That is way overrrated."
The Prizes: The Grand Prize winner will receive a signed set of the first three Sweet Serenity books in print, as well as, one of Mia's Menage Kits. Two Second Place Winners will each receive a Sweet Serenity e-book of their choice.
The Rules
1. Each day this week I will post one line from The Sweetest Dish on this blog, Facebook, and Twitter. Yes, I know you haven't read the book yet. But I will be choosing lines that should be rather obvious if you've read the series up to this point.
2. You just jot down the character who you think said the line. *Hint: The characters will all be female. Thus, the name of the game.
3. Email me at miaashlinn@gmail.com or private message me on Facebook or Twitter with your answer. You can either send me a daily response or you can put them all together in one email/message at the end of the week. Please do not post your answer anywhere publicly (i.e. here, Facebook, or Twitter). That would give an unfair advantage. Don't you think? Besides, it would decrease your chances of winning. No one wants that. Right?
4. For each answer you get correct, you will be entered into the contest. So if you choose to play all week, you will have five chances at winning. If you choose to only play on one day, you will only get one chance. Pretty easy, huh? Well, let's find out...
