" September's A Winner "

Ahhhhhh September, my favorite month! It lifts my spirits to know you're here! The Virgo is perhaps the most controversial of all the signs. Both of my Grandmothers and my Mother were Virgos. I am a Virgo! Two of my best friends are Virgos, one of my DIL's is a Virgo! Virgo women are a force to be reckoned with! Perfectionists, critical (mostly to themselves) creative, serious , intelligent, passionate, loyal and often reclusive. Do you know any Virgo women and does this fit them?







Sadie spent the night at the Vets, she's having spay surgery this morning! She has been the best little Mommy to Patch-a-Poo and Duke-a-Bear but her birthing days are over! Jake and the Fat boys will go later this month for their turn.
















My dear friend Jo @ A Brit In Tn gave me this Bloody Brilliant Blog Award and I Bloody Love It! I'm passing it on! I think a writer who achieves their way to publishing is Brilliant so I'm going to pass it to some author friends who have blogs!









Vicki Lane @ Vicki Lane Mysteries









Denis Lipman @ England Rents, Rants and Raves











Kathryn Magendie @ Tender Graces/Virginia Kate Sagas











Angie Ledbetter @ Gumbo Writer AND















Elizabeth Spann Craig @ Mystery Writing Is Murder

You are all Brilliant and deserve this award! Pass It On!

And the winner of Elizabeth's book is Ros @ Ros The Quilter !! There were 32 comments and Hubby picked # 27 ! Congrats Ros and send me your snail mail address!

HAVE A GREAT WEEK EVERYONE !!!!!

" Pass It On "

"Pretty Is As Pretty Dies" by Elizabeth Spann Craig







Paperback 2009 ISBN 978-0-7387-1480-6 ( 206 pages)















This is the first book of the Myrtle Clover mystery series. Myrtle is the 80 something year old mother of Bradley, NC Police Chief Red Clover. Her son thinks she should attend senior meetings and knit, Myrtle has other ideas about how to spend her golden years! Solving a murder is more to her taste! Myrtle is a sassy, nosey Grandma who knows how to use her age and common sense to get around those who give her no credit for a lifetime of accumulated wisdom. She'll show them just how much spunk is left in her and how NOT ready she is to be "put out to pasture".







A delightful cosy mystery! An easy read you won't want to miss! I will be passing on this signed copy to one of you commenter's! So get your name in the pot!







Oh and doesn't the book look cute with the two Gnomes I got at half price the other day to go in my courtyard?
















































Missy @ Missy's Book Nook gave me this fantastic BINGO BEAUTIFUL BLOG AWARD! This is how it works! Thank You Missy!

The B-I-N-G-O Beautiful Blog Award was started by Bookin With Bingo Blog.

BEAUTIFUL......KB @ ROMPING AND ROLLING IN THE ROCKIES AND

Catherine @ A THOUSAND CLAPPING HANDS

INFORMATIVE...Willow @ WILLOW MANOR AND Katherine @ SMOKY MOUNTAIN CAFE ........










NEIGHBORLY......Lori @ THE SELF SUFFICIENT LIFE




AND Dirt Princess @ THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF A SOUTHERN GARDNER

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GORGEOUS......Jo @ A BRIT IN TENNESSEE AND




Pamela @ FROM THE HOUSE OF EDWARD ....................












OUTSTANDING....Katherine @ LADY KATHERINE TEA PARLOR AND




Merisi @ MERISI'S VIENNA FOR BEGINNERS





I did not check to see who does or does not have an Award accepting blog. If you don't then you can ignore, if you do then Pass It On!!

I also recently got the Kreativ Blogger Award form J Stanton Chandler @ Woolgatherings.

Thank you JSC ! Every blog I follow and those who follow me in turn deserve this award!

So all of you who wish to receive this award, please right click and post it on your blog from me!!

And Pass It On if you wish!!









Thank You All For Your Great Comments! There is a lot going on here and I'm slow at

answering and getting to your blogs but things should slow down soon and we will all have more time for BLOGGING!! YEAH!

" Wass Going On"

It's been a REALLY busy few days. A 10 and 7 year old can keep you hopping! I first want to say I got the brand new release " Pretty Is As Pretty Dies " by Elizabeth Spann Craig in the mail yesterday! The book is the first in the Myrtle Clover Mystery series and is set in North Carolina! It is such a pretty book I couldn't wait to start it, so I dug in last night.







Elizabeth is one of my fellow bloggers catch her @ Mystery Writing Is Murder and she also follows The Writers Porch! Thank you Elizabeth for giving me the opportunity to read and review your new book!

I ran into some pretty ominous clouds on Sunday while driving to Memphis and some rain but had a pretty good trip.

I was dreading having to drive through this black boomer

The closer I got, the more I dreaded it! I was actually able to drive out of it in a short distance thank goodness!

It has rained everyday until today so we've done a lot of reading, watching movies, eating and laying around!Oh, and puppy sitting!

" The Girl" arrived last night, she got today off from school for making an A+ on a project.

So we are heading to Pensacola Beach in the morning!

This morning, we had "puppy races". Duke won most of the time as even though he is still a

" fat boy " he's not as fat as Patch. Yes, Hoss has a new name! Patch, short for Patches!

They actually would race from the kids to Melanie who was patting the floor calling their name.

They are really growing and playing around now. They were 5 weeks on Tuesday!

Thank you all for your comments and I'll be back in full speed on Monday!

I also got a report from the GI doctor, the polyps were benign!! Thank you for your prayers!!