Good evening everyone. I hope you all had a great weekend! It’s been quiet here as Sammy is sick and it’s so hot outside that nobody wants to move anyhow. On a good note my dad came through his surgery good and is doing well so far. We’re praying that this new-fangled surgery works because if it doesn’t back he goes for a pacemaker in both the upper and lower parts of his heart and we don’t want that at all! Poor little Sammy isn’t too happy though – he has tummy troubles and I doubt this heat is helping. It worries me sick when he doesn’t feel well though so I hope it passes soon.
This week will be busy with book reviews on the blog. Thankfully the last couple of days I’ve really felt like reading so that helps. Of course there isn’t much else to do when you’re sitting down in the basement all day with your puppy. It’s really the only place he’s comfortable because it stays cooler down there and truthfully I don’t mind it either. Because we have winter for so much of the year most people out here don’t have air conditioners but really we should because we can get some awfully hot weather in the summer. The only bad thing is when we get hot weather like this we also get tornadoes so I hope that doesn’t happen. On a blogging note I sure hope to get to reading your blogs this week. The last few weeks between worrying about dad and trying to get caught up so I could have posts ready for the week I didn’t pop by anyone’s blog.
Finally, I have some book winners for you tonight. As a side note I just finally sent in the book winners from the last few weeks so if you haven’t seen your books arrive yet that’s why. Sorry but I was sidetracked by everything else and quite simply forgot.
The Queen’s Vow by C.W. Gortner — Aimee
The Bird Saviors by William J. Cobb —Colleen Turner
The Concubine Saga by Lloyd Lofthouse — Hattie N.
The Last Romanov by Dora Levy Mossanen — Nise
The Secret Keeper by Sandra Byrd — Amanda
Ocean Beach by Wendy Wax — Mary W
Congrats to all the book winners and that’s it for this week. I hope you all have a great week. Take care everyone!
Glad to hear your dad is doing well. Hope Sammy improves as well. Have a great week.
Hey Dar,
So the heat has hit you guys as well? It was really hot here for a few days then got real nice, the past few days have been in the mid 80’s with a nice breeze.
I am so glad to hear your dad is doing well after his surgery! Yay! Lets hope he stays well.
And poor Sammy! Give him puppy Pepto! LOL
Hugs for you, Sammy and Dad!
Great news about your dad, Dar. I hope he feels better each day. We’ve been in a heatwave as well. Thankful for AC, that’s for sure! I hope Sammy feels better soon.
The heat can make anyone feel not up to par and listless. Glad your Dad is feeling a little better. Stay well, my friend. {{hugs}}
Glad to hear all went well with your dad!
I’ll be thinking about your dad praying that things work out Dar. Congrats to the book winners!
Thanks so much, Dar!!! I’m so happy to hear your dad is doing well!
Congrats to the winners. Second, thank goodness your dad seems to be doing well, and I hope that continues to be the case. Third, I hope Sammy’s tummy troubles are not the same as Buddy’s were.
The heat here in DC has been horrid…we’ve all been a bit cranky sorry to say and getting on one another’s nerves, plus I had an unexpected visit from the father-in-law…he stayed a week….it turned out to be better than expected, but still I would have liked some warning.
Have a great week.
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I’m glad to hear that your Dad is doing well. I’m sending some good thoughts for Sammy. I hope he’s recovers soon.
We are also having a heatwave. Cooler temperatures or some rain would be nice. But that doesn’t look like it’s going to happen soon.
Take care.
I’m relieved to hear the surgery went well and will pray for your dad’s recovery.
Hope everybody’s on the mend!
Poor Sammy and good to hear that the surgery went well
Glad to hear your dad is doing well! That’s great news! Hope Sammy is feeling better soon.
So glad to hear your dad’s surgery went well… hope Sammy feels better soon, too.
Poor Sammy. Hope he recovers soon! Glad to hear your dad is doing well! Stay cool!
I am glad to hear your dad is doing okay. I hope he continues to heal and no more surgery is needed. I hope Sammy recovers from the heat. I broke down and bought a large air conditioner. I couldn’t take the heat anymore. It got over 100 degrees out here. It has cooled down to the 80’s.
I wanted to let you know I received Ninepins by Rosy Thornton that I won from you. That is one gorgeous cover on the book! I know I will enjoy the story as well! Thank you so much!
I hope you are keeping cool!
Hope your Sammy is feeling better..ok, and your dad too! 🙂
Hope your dad and Sammy are both feeling better today. The excessive heat can really sap everything out of you.
It has been a hot week here, we had 3 days 100 or over, and the other 7 in mid to upper 90’s. We don’t have ac either, almost always have a nice breeze, and trees make a big difference. Today it did cool down to around 90 and we got quarter inch of rain.
Congrats to all the winners.
Glad to hear your dad is ok Dar. Belly rubs to Sammy, I hope he feels better.
Good news on your Dad. Thanks goodness. I am very happy to hear and hope he heals nicely without the need for extra hardware.
Sorry to hear about Sammy. It has to be the heat. Kona hasn’t been herself either, and believe it or not she is not fond of air conditioning. But she does like the fan.
As for blog reading…you know me girlie, we chat anyway so no worries here 🙂
You know I’m thinking of you!
So glad to hear your dad’s surgery went well … but I’m so sorry to hear that Sammy is under the weather. Poor pup. Hang in there and I’m sending good vibes your way.