I'm alittle late in posting this, but thank you to Joy for giving me this pretty award. http://librarylady64.blogspot.com/

Here are a few of my fav blogs:

Writers At Play
Diane Craver
Bitten By Books

Here are the rules:

1. Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link.
2. Pass the award to other blogs.
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30 Days of Demons Contest

Interview And Contest With Author Jaye Wells

http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=7492
CONTEST: Readers, here’s how to enter the contest. You can do just ONE or ALL of these things, and each one will give you additional entries at a chance to WIN. Jaye will be giving away A RED Apple iPod Nano 8 GB (4th Gen)!! If a reader outside of the US/CAN wins, they will receive an Amazon Gift Card in the amount of $150.00. The contest portion of the event will run until 5/26/09 and is open to readers worldwide!

1. The easiest way to enter is by purchasing a copy of any of Jaye’s book! Yep, it is true, just use the link below or the BBB search box on the right hand side of the site to make your purchase during the contest. Good for 100 entries to the contest for EACH copy you purchase.
Red-Headed Stepchild
It is NOT mandatory to purchase anything to enter the contests, there are plenty of other ways to enter and win. Just email me a copy of your purchase receipt to racoo.smith @ gmail.com (no spaces). Sorry no faxes or snail mail copies.
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Still bummed hockey is over........

It's not even been a week and I am still so bummed that our hockey season is over. :(

They should have won, they were the better team, but for some reason they blew the 7th game of the playoffs. This is what everyone looks forward too, a game 7 to decide who will advance. After a 7-0 victory last Monday to just fall apart on Wed, it was just so sad. I feel bad for the guys too, I know they tried, it just didn't look like it. No control of the game at all. Most of them will not return next yr to the Ads, including my fav player and that makes it even sadder. I wish them all the very best in their transactions and hopefully they will go to teams where they are happy and are appreciated.


I did get my jersey in time and thanks to my friends, they got it signed for me and I wore it Wed night.

They come home......

:-) Sigh of relief that the Ads won their last rd game in Houston to bring the game back home on Monday. It is and was so nerve racking to see them go from 4-1 score to final 4-3 with 3 mins left. It is so hard to watch right now, because they have to play everything so well and win or they are done for the season. They have the ability to win, now just need to make sure they do!!

I am also waiting for a jersey that I finally gave in and purchased of my fav player, it was a great offer, so I treated myself, but I thought I'd get it Monday in time for the game, only to find out now I won't get it til Tuesday, so now I'm sad and frustrated about that and am trying very hard to figure out how to get it sooner. Or of course, I hope they win Mon and then play again Wed, now I really like the sound of that!! I have no much going on now, that all I want is alittle happiness, even it's a hockey game win or getting my jersey signed before he leaves.

So, all my friends out there keep you fingers crossed for me, ok. ;-)

Bummed......

I am so bummed right now. :( The Admirals are not playing very well in this round and they are so much better than the team they are playing. They lost 1 of 2 games at home last week, which is not goo, but they came off a long reat time in between series and lost yesterday in the opposing teams city and they play there again tomorrow and Sat and MUST pull it off and show up to play and WIN!!!! If they win 1 of the 2 they return home and then MUST win the last 2 games to advance. I know they can do this, they just need to come together as a team again and do it!

It is heart wrenching to see them lose, esp at home, but I'd like to see them again either way, of course I want them to WIN though. Just wanted to speak outloud, so to speak.

It is so hard when you have a passion and you have to let it go, even for only a short time until it returns, I'm not ready for hockey to end yet, it's not June. ;)

Admirals Sweep the 1st round!!

The Milwaukee Admirals sweep the Icehogs in the first round on the playoffs. WOOHOO!!!!!

I am so happy about my fav line of Jed Ortmeyer, Mike Santorelli and Ryan Jones. They dominated the 4th game with all points scored!! Jed had a goal and 3 assists, Mike had a hat trick (3 goals), also an assist and Ryan 2 asists. The team was outstanding!

Now the waiting game of seto see who we play in the next round, either Houston or Peoria. Hoping for Peoria, Ill. for possible road trips. We were supposed to have a game tomorrow night, but since they won, our next game is not until next Thursday.