By Starla
Kaye
The holidays are very special to me,
especially Christmas. My holiday time (like most of you) includes, getting
together with friends, the seemingly endless number of parties to attend,
finding just the right gifts to give, and decorating. Sometimes there is stress
involved and sometimes I have a moment or two of “When will this all end?”
Anyone else ever feel that way?
I have an office in my husband’s
accounting firm and I am always the office that staff and clients drift to see
throughout the year. As you can guess, the other offices are…well, pretty
conservative. Not mine, ever. I like to surround myself with fun stuff, like my
collection of Western decorative items and stuffed cows. The cows represent the
Blossom the cow stories I write for fun, and plan to turn into a children’s
book series.
The firm has an annual office open house
and they decorate, again fairly conservatively. Until they see my office with
my whimsical cow tree. Then I bring in and share with everyone some of my Santa
collection, my moose collection, and my snowman collection. The party attendees
love seeing it all and that warms my heart.
I hope you all have a wonderful holiday
season.
Coming
Soon:
For Ruby’s Love
I have been drawn to cowboys since I
watched my first Western movie years ago, and I have known a few over the
years. As a writer, I have long enjoyed writing Western romance with my
versions of the hunky, rough-edged, stubborn man in faded blue jeans, chambray
shirt, scuffed boots, and a Stetson. And I have great fun matching my cowboy up
with someone who will challenge him.
My cowboy in this story, Calhoun, first
appeared in The CEO and the Cowboy, where after a surprising turn of events for
him, he ended up finding a Happily-For-Now with Daniel (the CEO).
But in the back of my mind their story
wasn’t ready to end there. They needed someone who would come into their lives,
shake it up, and weave her way into their world…someone neither could resist,
Ruby.
Where to
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As a surprise not in the original post, I am hosting a contest here.
ReplyDeleteCONTEST: Leave a comment on whatever you do special for the Christmas holidays, including whatever you do for just fun. Do you decorate your office area? Do you have a collection of favorite holiday items?
Two lucky commenters will win a couple of unique cowboy-related small gifts. Because this is so close to Christmas you can consider these gifts as the first for the New Year. The winner will be chosen December 22.
Every Christmas I send Santa letters to a couple of my cousins kids. They love reading about the elves and reindeer check on them through the year. Thanks for the giveaway!
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I love that Santa letter idea! What fun!
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When my son, Matt, was little he wanted to know why those people were standing in the cold, ringing the bell and about the red kettle. So I told him. He looked at me with tears in his big brown eyes and said, "Mommy, you have to promise to always put money in that kettle forever". And for the last 36 years I have never passed passed a red kettle without putting money in. Out loud or in my heart I say, "This is for Matthew!"
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your comment about donating to the red kettles. I almost always give something, too. Just because I can.
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I have 40 boxes, big ones, of Christmas decorations collected over the many years. I won't tell you how many however. Christmas is my favorite time of the year. I hate putting the decorations away because the house looks so bare. Have a wonderful Christmas and a happy, safe New Year.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy to announce my two contest winners: Susan White and Melody Everhart. Melody entered the contest via my email.
ReplyDeleteCongrats and Happy Holidays!