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St. Patrick’s Romance GIVEAWAY – MARCH 12-29
March 12-29, 2018
St. Paddy’s Day is coming up and we have three pots of gold we’re eager to share!
First, visit our St. Patrick’s Day giveaway and enter for your chance to win one of 7 prizes, a Kindle Paperwhite with matching leather case, Kindle Fire, or ebook prize packs where you choose the books on Amazon you want to win! Don’t miss the Rafflecopter below.
Then check back with us this St. Patrick’s weekend, March 15-18, for an epic Facebook Hop with 70 authors participating. You could be one of 70 lucky winners to take home a gift card.
And for that third pot of St. Patrick’s Day gold, readers will find more than 65 fabulous ebooks to click, buy, and read at our book fair. http://bit.ly/2tvn95r We have page-turning stories in a wide range of romance genres.
What are you waiting for, Spring on over and get your share of the St. Patrick’s Day pots of gold!!
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If the emerald isle is in your fantasy, why not join Brandy and Stefan, A Vampires’ Unlikely Alliance, for an exciting romantic fantasy that begins in Glacier National Park, winds through Australia then on to Ireland. What happens in between their travels will keep you turning pages. Will an Irish folk tale control their destiny? Pick up a copy today and find out. Not what you’ve come to expect from a Vampire Tale!
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March Weather – In Like A Lion – Out Like A Lamb
If March weather comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb?
Do you believe this? Weather folklore is as colorful as our imagination. Keep in mind many sayings are based on careful observations and turn out to be accurate, others not so much and are merely rhymes, superstitions, or beliefs of the people who came before us.
Our ancestors believed that bad spirits could affect the weather adversely, so they were cautious as to what they did or did not do in certain situations. Those beliefs often went so far as to insinuate there should be a balance in weather and life. So, if a month came in bad (roaring like a lion), it should go out good and calm (docile, like a lamb). What’s your experience with this folklore?
March is such a changeable month. One day we see warm spring-like temperatures, the next snowstorms. So you can understand how this saying might hold true in some instances. We can only hope that if March starts off stormy it will end on a calm note, but the key word is hope. However, this saying seems be to more of a rhyme than a true weather predictor. This year in Colorado March came in like a lamb — though parts of the Northeast experienced just the opposite. Only time will tell how March leaves us.
Yep, that’s April showers
In most of the country the saying is April showers bring May flowers. In Colorado its snow showers bring May flowers –and hope they don’t freeze. That’s why its ill-advised to plant flowers outside until after Memorial Day. New comers to Colorado scoff, but they are the ones outside covering up their tender plants most May nights.
Other March-related weather lore includes:
A dry March and a wet May? Fill barns and bays with corn and hay.
As it rains in March, so it rains in June. – Not in my part of the country. How about yours? In Colorado, March is one of our heaviest snow months. Big, wet storybook snowflakes, a foot to eighteen inches of the white stuff isn’t unusual.
March winds and April showers? Bring forth May flowers. –
Colorado Sunrise
So many mists in March you see, so many frosts in May will be.
Red in the morning, sailors take warning, Red at night, sailor’s delight.
One weather folklore that rings true in most parts of the country is:
When there’s a ring around the moon, rain or snow is coming soon. Well at least you can bet there will be a change in the weather. Even in unpredictable Colorado.
If you know any Weather related rhymes, please leave them in the comments. Have a great week!
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March is for Kite Flying Fun!
March 1st, was one of my favorite days as a child, it meant spring was right around the corner with warmer days. Traditionally, March is a windy month, perfect for flying Kites. Cutting the diamond shapes 
out of colorful construction paper, adding yarn tails was also part of the fun. We taped the kites to the classroom windows making our environment brighter.
Funny how those nostalgic memories stay with you. This morning I woke up with the wind whistling around the house and an urge to cut out kite shapes and adhere them to the windows of my home.
A kite is traditionally a tethered heavier-than-air craft with wing surfaces catch the wind to create life and drag. The flying creation consists of winds, 
tethers, pulleys, and anchors. In other words, you attach your string to the bridle of your kite and run like the devil until it catches a gust, release it and you watch it bounce, dance and tug on the air currents, higher and higher until it becomes a tiny speck in the bright blue spring sky. Or it takes a nose dive into the ground. Hopefully doesn’t happen to often.
As children we also made kites out of newspapers and tore up rags to make tails those flew pretty good. Nothing compared to the kites now days.
I’m still enamored with kites and own a box kite, dragon kite, a couple stunt kites. March is the month to fly them. Well, mostly. I have to admit that I’ve lost or crashed a couple kites due to strong wind gusts or stronger sustained 
winds of over 30 mph. No, it wasn’t blowing like that when I started, but the kite was high in the sky, the wind picked up snapping the line, and the kite was never seen again. I’ve also had a baffle kite pick me off my feet and transport me across the field or park I was flying it in. Dangers of flying a kite in Colorado! LOL
Do you fly kites? Tell me about your experience in the comments. Looking to purchase a kite click here. Happy flying!
Next week, Where did the saying “In like a lion out like a lamb” and other weather related sayings. Don’t miss it!
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Death Clean – A Warning For Everyone!
Boy do I have a tale to tell. Death Clean is a phrase that may not be familiar to you. First the sad part, a loved one passed away the end of January. His journey was a tough one, a few months ago his cancer returned 
with a vengeance! So at least now he is in a better place, pain-free where he can look down on the love of his life for over 60 years. She won’t miss him as she has Alzheimer’s and it broke his heart when he was living. Cancer may have been the cause of death, but we know he died of a broken heart having to put her in a memory care facility for her own protection and best interests. Alzheimers is an insidious disease.
That being said, I want to bring your attention to what may be a jarring phrase to many of you, “death cleaning.” It’s about getting rid of excess rather than leaving the situation for your heirs to sort out. I want to apply this to homes, vehicles, as well as, finances. Searching through mounds of paperwork, clothing, a lifetime of knick-nacks, and treasured keepsakes is not a fun task, especially when you have only a limited time and budget. A lost vehicle title, keys to a safe deposit box, missing deed to a home make the necessary decisions tough at a time when your heart is just not in it. Make it easier on everyone.
Death clean your possessions. Throw out what you don’t need. A life time of stuff is difficult for someone else to deal with, not to mention dispose of.
Death Clean your finances. Organizing and simplifying our financial lives can make things easier for us while we’re alive and lessen the burden for our survivors when we’re not. Believe me hunting for accounts, whether bank accounts or credit cards is an arduous task, to say the least, when you are not familiar with the town or the individual’s day to day routine or habits. Without the proper paperwork allowing access, expensive attorney fees can be accrued as you try to settle an estate. Don’t put your loved one’s through this.
Consolidate accounts. It’s easier to monitor for suspicious transactions and overlapping investments, plus it could save you money as you age. When you are no longer on this earth, it’s much easier for heirs to collect and close out accounts without fear of having some hanging out there ripe for fraud after your death.
Automatic payments – lapses in memory can lead to missed payments, late fees and credit score damage when you are alive. It’s so much easier for your heirs to follow your financial trail, ensuring that things like real estate taxes, utilities, and credit cards are current. Having a list of these items also makes it easier to shut down accounts.
Set up a watchdog (trusted person). Identify whom you want making decisions for you if you’re incapacitated or upon your death. Keep it up dated. This way should circumstances change, necessary adjustments can be made prior to it becoming an urgent matter. Verify the information that you are giving that person is correct.
I can’t emphasize enough the importance of having an “in case of emergency” file and letting your trusted person know where this is located. Included in this file should
be:
Your will or living trust,
Medical directives, powers of attorney, living wills,
Birth, death and marriage certificates,
Military records,
Social Security cards,
Car titles, property deeds and other ownership papers,
Insurance policies,
List of your financial accounts, and
Information where to find your attorney, tax pro, financial adviser and insurance agent.
Warning: keeping these items in a safe deposit box may not be the best course of action. Your trusted person may need access to these documents outside of bank hours or may have trouble accessing the box at first. An alternative is a fireproof safe or locking file cabinet. Make sure to share with your trusted person the combination or key.
I hope this post is helpful and saves others from going through what my family has experienced. If you have additional suggestions, please feel free to comment!
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