Is it the weekend yet?
Tuesday, September 30, is the last day to enter this month's contest to win a copy of
Clarissa Draper's
THE ELECTRICIAN'S CODE
All you have to do is click the big button at the top of right sidebar to go to the contest page and enter. Don't miss your chance!
A new contest begins on Wednesday, October 1.
The October Author of the Month is Susan Swiderski. She will be giving away one signed copy of HOT FLASHES AND COLD LEMONADE and one copy of OLD BROADS WAXING POETIC.
Click the big button on Wednesday or later to enter!
Hope all of you had a great weekend and enjoyed some of your favorite things.
Here are some of the highlights of my weekend:
Lunch with my sister on Saturday. We live a couple of hours apart, so every month or so we meet halfway-ish for lunch. There are a few spots we like, and one of them is at The Rim, in San Antonio.
Usually when we meet there, one or both of us has shopping to do. This time it was both of us. Our family birthday season begins in October and runs through December. Knocked out a huge portion of that. Yay!
It's better when we shop together when we're giving gifts to the same person/people. We think much alike, and on Saturday there were several times we found ourselves interested in the same items. People look strangely at two women playing rock, paper, scissors in the aisle :)
Just part of one bag from one store:
Date Day with Live-In Handyman on Sunday. We shuttled out to a town about an hour away to play, eat barbeque, and poke around in little shops.
All in all, a wonderful and relaxing weekend. A NORMAL weekend, and exactly what I needed. Hope your weekend was just what you needed, too.
What did you do? Anything exciting?
Comments
That's great you and your husband have date nights. (Or rather date days.)
Had a nice week-end with my hubby, too. Saturday lunch at a local Chinese restaurant, Sunday drive in the country. Breathed in the clean cool Hill Country air. We can feel the seasons changing here. All we need is MORE RAIN.
Mason - I love Susan's title, too. We have other ways of working things out, but they're not suitable for public display :)
Diane - We've always done that. Husband and I have given each other the same gifts before, too!
Karen - Quiet weekends are awesome!
L.G. - Lucky you! We lived in New Mexico for a while - love the food!
Beer - I saw all the photos on your blog. Congrats to all of you!
Bish - I really notice the light being different. Our rain was awesome, but you're right - we need much more.
Love,
Janie
This weekend? Hard work - but productive.
Love Hot Flashes - and the poetic old broads are wending their way to me already.
EC - I love when that happens. Productive weekends are usually great ones, too :)
Clarissa - Push that bad weekend to the curb and tell it to take a hike. I love promoting others! Myself, not so much.
Melissa - I like mine better, too :)
I spent a lot of time outside this weekend- it was back up in the 80s, so I didn't want to miss a minute!
~Jess
Love the titles of Susan's books, so I'll watch out for them.
Julie
Jo-Anne - The past few years, Live-In and I have each been so busy with our own things that we have to schedule time together or it doesn't happen, other than at dinner and in front of the television. It's fun!
Jemi - Boy, do I know what that's like!
Helena - I'm still tired, but getting back to normal.
Julie - My sister and I always have fun together. As do Live-In and I - but in a different way :)
Thanks for letting me share your time away.
Congrats to Clarissa and Susan on their new releases (and contests!)
VR Barkowski
It's been cold, so we're hanging out. Husband Unit was the tech help at last night's writers guild meeting. So he did author stuff with me.
VR - I know what you mean. Just taking time to enjoy :)
Christine - Yay! Glad the cast is history :)
Mary - Cold? 90s here. That's cool y'all can do author stuff together.
My family's birthdays are Oct-Dec too. Added stress around the holidays. :)
Definitely added stress :)
Happy Friday.
Dee - Oops! Let's hear it for Guardian Angels :)
(I didn't forget your contest mention in the Fri Freebies, but I forgot returning IWSG comments can be so time consuming and I haven't even been to others' IWSG posts yet... My "Celebration" post will go up next Fri with your mention.)
Hope this weekend was just as nice for you Carol. I realized I am a week late here LOL.
i have heard of the lemonade book...think i read a review on someones blog...so i will def be entering...