Book Winners

Our sweet peas are holding on in this warm weather although they don’t really smell nice anymore.  They’re still pretty though!

Happy Monday everyone.  I hope you’re all enjoying what’s remaining of summer.  We sure are here as we’ve been having some beautiful weather for our end of summer enjoyment.  As anyone who has read for my blog for any length of time knows I do not like winter so I’m just hoping that this warm weather will hold out and the ‘s’ word (sssssh – snow – can’t say it too loud) will not even think about showing up until around December.  While I don’t love the fall I do like that it’s a bit cooler out especially for my walks with Sam except that now that he’s cooler when he’s walking he can keep going forever and I can’t.  He’s having his hair cut today so that it grows in some in case the weather changes quickly to cold.  Guaranteed he’s going to be some upset with me by the time he gets home.  I’ll get my camera out and take some pictures when I get him home.  Since Sammy just turned two and I saw that Jenners got herself another puppy I went back to reminisce and look at some old pics of Sammy when he was a baby and I wanted to share…

Wow, I can hardly believe he was ever this tiny!!!  He’s 28 lbs now!  Wasn’t he just the cutest!

And here’s my baby two years later.  Still gorgeous as ever.  Sorry for the bad quality of the pic.  I took it off my iPod and should have used my iPhone instead. 

For those following along with my dad’s health I want to say thank you so much for your prayers.  I appreciate them so much.  He’s now waiting for a surgery date for a pacemaker.  As both his upper and lower parts of his heart don’t work properly the pacemaker will be attached by wires to both.  I’m really scared about it but I know it’s his only option and I’m more scared of him having a stroke.  I’ll keep everyone posted – he should be going in within the next month, but in the meantime I’d appreciate it if everyone could keep up the prayers. I’d also like to thank those of you who have stuck by my blog while I haven’t been visiting yours or blogging as much as usual.  I appreciate that as well.  I’ve met so many great people since I’ve started this blog four years ago and I’m honored to call many of you friends.  Love you guys!

Again, I’m late with book winners.  I hope to be able to get the blog back on its feet properly after all this with my dad is properly settled.  Until then it may be up in the air.  As a note I’m just sending in the book winners from the last draw – sorry.  Somehow I totally managed to forget about them.  Here are the newest ones…

Magic Gone Wild by Judi Fennell — Viki S

Spider Brains by Susan Wingate — Carol from Carol’s Notebook

The Twelve Rooms of the Nile by Enid Shomer — Lara

The Things I Do For You by Mary Carter — Steph from Steph the Bookworm

One Last Thing Before I Go by Jonathan Tropper — Lisa G

Giving Up The Ghost by Eric Nuzum  — Patricia N

The Trouble With Magic by Patricia Rice — Anita Y

The Kingmaker’s Daughter by Philippa Gregory — Carl and mamabunny13

The Salt God’s Daughter by Ilie Ruby — Ann H

The Crown by Nancy Bilyeau — Beverly S and Anita Y

Written in Ashes by K. Hollan Van Zandt (eBook) — Nan

The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson — Andrew

Wow, that is quite the load of winners isn’t it!  That will teach me not to keep up better than I am.  Well congrats to you all and I hope you’ll enjoy your books.  That’s all for me today.  I’ve got a few things that were booked this week so the blog will be a bit busy again.  I hope you all have a great week ahead!

Hi you guys!  Long time no see.  Mommy’s been too busy to take pictures but she got this one when I was begging to go outside.  How can you resist this face?  One thing for sure – mommy can’t!

Well it’s been a hectic week for me and for those following along with my posts we finally have my Dad back at home.  He’s pretty tired and likely will be until they can go ahead and put a pacemaker in for him.  Because of his past surgery in July they still have to wait for his heart to heal fully before they can go forward.  Last weekend he was having a very hard time breathing and it turned out that he had well over a liter of fluid and blood around his heart.  They drained that and he spent the week in the hospital.  He’ll be seeing his surgeon the first week of September so we should know more then.  I just want to see my dad feeling good again.  Seeing him in the hospital and this sick is pretty scary.  Again those of you who pray I’d appreciate any and all prayers sent up for him.

Other than that there hasn’t been much going on here.  Summer is coming to a close and things are starting to die off already.  We’re in for some hot days this week though so it’s still summer like out there and if not for those awful mosquitoes would probably still be quite enjoyable.  Poor little Sam was sick this past week too.  I think it was the stress of dad being gone and in the hospital and me in and out of the house to see him.  He’s a pretty sensitive puppy so things bother him really easily.  Hopefully things will settle a bit before Dad has to go back in again.

I’ve been doing some reading and listening to some audiobooks.  I hope to catch up on some reviews of them at some point.  It’s been much easier for me to concentrate on audiobooks than actual reading.  When they are well done they can sure take you away from things for a while.  I did finish The Montclair Sisters by Cathy Holton today though and it was fantastic.  I’ll be posting a review this week both on the blog here and on BookTrib.  I really enjoy her books and once again she didn’t disappoint me.  This week will be a slow week and that’s fine for me.  I’m spending most of my time keeping an eye on my dad anyway.

Now for some book winners – as usual I’m a bit behind.  Just as a note if you won a book last time I announced winners I haven’t had a chance to send those in yet and will do so this week.  My dad hadn’t been feeling well for about a week before he went in the hospital and I just didn’t have the chance.  Here’s the winners for the last few weeks…

A Girl Like You by Maria Geraci — Michelle James

The Making of Us by Lisa Jewell — Mary from Bookfan, Lisa G, and Tammy J

The Shadow Queen by Rebecca Dean — Patricia N and Kay G

Dance, Gladys, Dance by Cassie Stocks — Cassandra G and Leslie from Under My Apple Tree

The Sisters Montclair by Cathy Holton (very good book!) — jennygirl from Jenny Loves to Read and Carl

Big Sky Mountain by Linda Lael Miller — Ann H

India’s Summer by Therese — Bethie

House of Shadows by Rachel Neumeier — Suz Reads

That’s it for today.  I hope you all had a great weekend.  I’m sorry I haven’t been by anyone’s blogs but I hope to this week.  I feel so completely out of touch lately.  Anyhow, have a great week everybody!