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Murder at the Mikado by Julianna Deering


Just as Drew Farthering thinks his life has calmed down some, Fleur Landis, a former girlfriend, reappears, in dire need of his help. She’s married now, no longer an actress–but the lead actor in her former troupe’s production of The Mikado has been murdered, and Fleur is the police’s number one suspect.

Drew would rather focus on his fiancée, Madeline Parker, and their upcoming wedding, but he can’t leave Fleur and her family in the lurch–even if she did break his heart once.

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VEEV VitaFrute Ready to Drink Cocktails

VitaFrute™ Cocktails by VEEV® are the ultimate summer drinks for your summer picnics, BBQs and parties. VitaFrute is definitely a better way to celebrate because VitaFrute Cocktails helps you #PartyOrganically.

VitaFrute’s Cocktails are USDA certified organic, made from all-natural and premium ingredients and have a  low-calorie makeup with under 125 calories per serving.  That makes them the perfect drinks to serve at all your summer occasions.

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5 Good Reads for Summer ~ Including Heather Gudenkauf’s Novel ‘Little Mercies’ & a Giveaway

I used to read.  All. The. Time.  And then life started getting in the way 😉  I say that jokingly, a bit… but between homeschooling, blogging and driving my un-licensed teenager everywhere she needs to go, the past few years haven’t given me as much time as I’d like for leisure reading like I used to.  Until now.

The homeschooling is done.  The teenager is on vacation from now until she moves into her dorm room in August. So now I have time for the books I WANT to read, for pleasure

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The Coffee Cup 2014 – Hurry for the Chance to Win your own Keurig® and Coffee for a Year!

You all know that I LOVE my coffee, and I like sharing about it too.  I just found out about a sweepstakes from Quill.com called The Coffee Cup 2014, where you can vote for your favorite K-Cup, and in turn will be entered to win a Keurig® B130 Deskpro Brewing System and free coffee for a year!

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Posted in Texas

Patriotic Style: State Traditions American Collection – What’s Your Tradition?

Fourth of July is one of my favorite holidays and celebrating it with long time friends here in Texas last week that also moved here from South Dakota made for a fun day.  There’s a unique feeling that you have toward a country and being patriotic when you CHOOSE to be a citizen of a country than when you’re born one.  I naturally have a place in my being for Canada seeing as that’s my country of birth, but the United States I chose to become a citizen of.  Have you heard the saying “I wasn’t born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could”?  Yeah, that about sums it up 😉

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Posted in Beauty

L’Oréal Paris Cosmetics Visible Lift Blur Foundation Review

L’Oréal Paris Visible Lift Blur Foundation is L’Oréal Paris’ first makeup with exclusive blur technology formulated to instantly blur lines and wrinkles. Signs of aging disappear as Visible Lift Blur Foundation hides dark spots, large pores and smooths uneven texture so you get a flawless finish you can see and feel.

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Summer’s Best K Cup Flavors in 2 Easy to Make Recipes

Donut Shop Coffee Trifle with Keurig Brew Over Ice #shop #BrewItUp #BrewOverIceWhen my friends say “let’s meet up for coffee,” what they really mean is “let’s meet up at Tammy’s house.”  You see I’ve got my very own built in coffee bar in my house, and I’ll play ‘barista’ for anyone who wants to share a cup with me 🙂  You name it, I have it, and my coffee machine collection includes not just one, but two Keurig brewers.  When I have guests in summer I replace the hot beverage concoctions and brew iced coffee, iced tea and low calories drinks, over ice.  And yes I do that with my Keurig!

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Southtree – Preserving Outdated Memories

In a little more than 8 weeks I’m going to be flying north to Canada.  What exciting thing is happening you ask?  Well I’ll be celebrating my parents 50th Wedding Anniversary with my family.  I find it hard to believe sometimes that they can possibly have been married for 50 years, but then I remember I’m going to be 41 this year and I’m the youngest of the four children, so time flies and all that jazz.

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good2grow – Where Healthy Meets Stealthy

Nutrition has some clever new allies. 

That’s right good2grow has new fruit & veggie juice blends, so kids don’t have to know that they are drinking a full serving of wholesome veggie goodness.

One look at the fun characters like Marvel favorites, Disney, Warner Brothers, Hello Kitty, TMNT and more will have them sipping and asking for refills.

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Fotor – Free Apps for Photo Editing

In March of 2013 I bought my first ‘real’ camera.  One with interchangeable lenses.  With settings that were a bit intimidating and with an array of features that I still don’t know what some of them do.  But without a doubt even in auto mode the camera takes way better pictures than my point and shoot did.  Some of that is simply because the lens I use is better, but a lot of it is because I’ve been teaching myself through books and short online courses on how to take better photos. 

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