Find the Story Friday!! Is for the birds...oh and 7 things!

Happy Friday, everyone!  I haven't given you a place in a while, so please tell me where the following picture takes you (or your MC):

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Lovely, isn't it?  I'm seeing lovers picnicking in the park...they pause to do a little somethin'-somethin' that startles the birds!  You?

And now here's my follow up to my recent Versatile Blogger Award - 7 quick things about me:

1 - I dearly miss the old chocolate twizzlers....

2 - I have wide feet.  (do you know how hard this makes finding CUTE shoes in a regular shoe store??  Ummm. hard.)

3 - I have a little long-haired dachshund named Sammy.  Maybe you've seen him?  :)

4 - Olive Garden makes my favorite alfredo sauce.

5 - I marketed a Ouija board for a class project in Jr. High... (yah, yah...I know...)

6 - I'm an Aries.

7 - I used to have a fang  (yep, just one!)

And now to pass on the award to some other great bloggers I know!!  I found a different (looking) version of the Versatile Blogger award, so please grab it for your blogs ~



1. Caitlyn @ the great esCait.  This is my little sis, peeps!  (Sadly, with only 3 followers so far) So, of course gotta give her a shout out and wish her some bloggy success!

2. Shannon McMahon.  Have you checked out her Anoncrit series yet?  Awesome!

3. Leisha Maw.  A great blogger from my neck of the woods - yeah!

4. Lynda Young @ Wip It!  Always has some great writing advice!

5. Carol Riggs @ Artzicarol Ramblings.  Yay - she just got over 100 followers and is celebrating with a giveaway!

6. Vic @ Hairnets and Hopes.  She just sent me a dvd, a book and some chocolate - so OF COURSE she's in!

7. Danette @ There's a Place I dream about.  Yep - a fellow dreamer.

Congrats to all of you - and for those I didn't list (yet), I'm all about paying it forward, so I hope you'll be patient with me.  I'll get all you fabulous bloggers listed with lovely bloggy awards asap!  Happy writing!

100 Words and a dash of shame...

Happy Wednesday, all!  Have you checked out Elena's 100 Words for $100 contest yet?  The $$$ comes with participation and mama (aka "I") needs the cash, so jump on over RIGHT NOW and enter!!  You've got until Jan. 31st - so PLENTY of time to come up with a mere 100 words.  It's so easy!  Here's mine:

Kat fell to the soft wet earth, which cushioned her knees in mud and stained her brand new denim jeans rich brown, and let the tears fall in curtains as she pondered over her own sad fate of which she had solely brought upon herself with her callous disregard of John's heart, with her very good lies, with her snap judgements and unforgiving nature, and with the long-held secret she'd carried and should have told him about because it would have cleared up everything and made things right for them to be together, finally, after so many lonely years.

(Ok, well maybe not so easy....)

But, this totally challenges your writing.  Yes, that's right!  It's a writing EXERCISE, which is good for a writer's soul - so DO IT!  Come on.  Pop on over.  You know you want to.  :)

(Thanks, in advance, of course!)

Ok - so now for the shame part....it comes in threes.

#1 - My little sis, the great esCait, TOTALLY kicked my can in my NeToReMo challenge!!  10, count them, TEN books down in the month of December to my measly little 5.  AND she throws it in my face a little on her blog - so sweet.  :)  But, looks like she read some amazing books that I'll definitely be adding to my TBR list.

#2 - The fabulous Maria McKenzie, over at Reading, Writing, Romance passed on to me The Versatile Blogger award a whole week ago and I'm just now getting around to thanking her!  Thanks, Maria!!  If you haven't checked our her blog - pop on over asap, please!  I'm supposed to name 7 things about myself, now - and pass this on to some other wonderful bloggers, which I fully intend to do!  On Friday... :)

#3 - I also told my blogging bud, Jen @ Unedited, that I would blog about her fabulous 1 year blogoversary giveaway (last Sunday, whoops!)  She'll have been blogging AND writing for 1 (count it) ONE year on Jan. 20th!  And have you seen what she's accomplished?  Truly amazing.  And she's celebrating with a very wonderful and generous giveaway.  So, if you haven't stopped by to enter and give her some blogoversary love - do it today!

(I hope that was ALL I had to make up for....)  I've seen a plethora of events, blogoversaries, blogfests, and contests out in the blogosphere!!  Great things are happening in 2011 so far.  Make sure you don't miss out  and Happy Writing!  :)