C.A. Salo's Blog, page 47

Happy Mother's Day!!

Happy Mother's Day to all you Mom's out there!!
A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.  ~Tenneva Jordan
Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love.  ~Mildred B. Vermont
Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.  ~Author Unknown
All mothers are working mothers.  ~Author Unknown
Love you all and read lots!!C~
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Quotes on Flowers

Earth laughs in flowers.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"
I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.  ~Emma Goldman
People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.  ~Iris Murdoch, A Fairly Honourable Defeat
The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.  ~Tennessee Williams
Break open a cherry tree and there are no flowers, but the spring breeze brings forth myriad blossoms.  ~Ikkyu Sojun
Flowers don't worry about how the're going to bloom.  They just open up and turn toward the light and that makes them beautiful.  ~Jim Carrey
Have a wonderful day all!!
C~
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Samsung Galaxy S3 - Upgrade :-)

Woot!! I can't tell you how excited I am to FINALLY be in the 'smart'!! :-)For my birthday my wonderful husband went and bought me a  Samsung Galaxy S3  and I love it!!I know the S4 just came out, that's ok, I didn't want that one LOL. 
So I'm finally tuned in to the smart phone world. My old phone text, made calls and took pictures, which was fine with me, but I wanted to be more hooked up :-) and after playing with my sister-in laws G3, I wanted one, hehehehe.
So yes, I have the marble white one like in the picture above and I can't wait to see everything it can do. My husband's showing me the 'basic' stuff so I don't get frustrated and throw it across the room :-)
He asked if I'd played with it, to customize it to my likes and I told him... "I didn't want to hit the wrong button and have the thing crash on me or something." LOL.He chuckled then told me there's nothing I can do that he can't fix. *Phew* I love it that he's so techie!! And cute, he's cute too!! Woot!! :-D  YAY!!
Hope everyone has a great day and read lots!!
Hey, now I can download the  Nook  app, and the  Amazon  app and....   :-D LOVE IT!!
Have a great day all!!
C~
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Quotes on ... Silence

True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.  ~William Penn
Silence is the true friend that never betrays.  ~Confucius
Silence is a source of great strength.  ~Lao Tzu
The silent man is the best to listen to.  ~Japanese Proverb

Have a great and enjoyable Wednesday!!Read lots!!C~
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Iron Man ... Drool ... Thor ... Sigh

Ah yes, another Iron Man movie with the delectable Robert Downey Jr, playing one of Marvel's hottest super hero's ... did I just say delectable?? *Grins* hold on and let me grab a tissue to wipe the drool.

Being an avid hero watcher :-) I do love the Marvel movies, although I have to say so far Thor and the Iron Man movies top the other pre-Avenger releases. I did love them all, and the Avengers was awesome! I can't wait to see Iron Man 3 releasing on May 3rd, 2013, and the next Thor movie releasing in November 2013. 

I just hope the makers and Stan Lee, know when to stop. 
Please don't let them go on like Freddie and Jason 2000, Rocky, and I hate to say it, Disney's Pirates. While I love Johnny Depp and his role as Jack Sparrow, they really should have stopped at Pirates 3. I don't think they did anything for themselves by making a 4th movie. I know I scowled a bit, and said, Another one, really *sigh*.
And I LOVE the Pirate movies! 

Here are the trailers .... have fun watching ;-) I know I did.


And of course here's Thor 2 - The Dark World



Have fun all and remember these movies started out as Comics so read lots!! 

C~


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4 Hot Lips and 2 Chili Peppers from TwoLipsReviews.com!!

SWEEEEETTTTT!! Check this awesome review out!! Thank you Tangie and TWO LIPS for taking the time to review my book!!!!

Ms. Salo gave her readers a well written story filled with believable chemistry.The characters were well developed and the chemistry felt real. I found the town to be totally believable and I am looking forward to meeting more of the residents of Alston.

Heat Level:  M/F, oral sex, graphic language  Rating:


Reviewer: Tangie


For the Full Review go to: 
http://www.twolipsreviews.com/content/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8649&Itemid=36 

Have a great day everyone and read lots!!

C~

Release Date - The Other Kin Series Book 2

The Dragon's Vamp  will release July 2013!!How sweetly awesome is that!!!! 
The Dragon's Vamp  is the love story between Mari & Rhys from 
Book 1 - The Werewolf's Mate .
The 3rd manuscript is almost finished and the fourth is already plotted. Hehe :-)I LOVE my job, which is also my passion!!!!
Here's a little tid-bit of what to expect with  The Dragon's Vamp ...
What does a Dragon shifter do when she’s told her soul mate has been chosen—fight like hell.
Welcome to Alston, Maine a place where different Other Kin species have lived in peace and thrived for centuries, because dragon shifter, Mariwen Gawain placed them there.
Wanting the freedom to live her life and see the world after her first battle with the darkness, Mari handpicks certain Other Kin who want nothing but peace, and lead them to a place where they can live their lives free of clan or tribal fighting. The only stipulation, they must protect it with their lives, for unbeknownst to the first settlers. Mari’s full-blood dragon father sleeps beneath their feet at the heart of his territory, and she will protect him at all costs.
Centuries later, Mari’s back in Alston to deal with the darkness, her mother, the ancients, and her soul mate. Mari’s fiery spirit takes no hostages when dealing with them all.
Vampire coven leader Rhys Beven is annoyed and distrustful of Mari when she first appears, but then settles down when he trusts his instincts and knows Mari is the one who’s supposed to be his—forever.


Here are a few reviews from Book 1 - The Werewolf's Mate
The Werewolf's Mate  has everything it takes for a fun and sexy read. It has hunky Lyken, sexy vampires, and bad-ass fairies all living together in peace until an ancient evil threatens not only their town but their very souls Now, an outcast has returned to save them all - and to claim the man she still loves...
...I must say that I was very impressed with the author's writing. The plot was very interesting. The storyline was consistent. Rating: 4 stars
Reviewed by Tulip - Long & Short ReviewsFor the FULL review go to:  Long & Short Reviews - The Werewolf's Mate
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 Ms. Salo gave her readers a well written story filled with believable chemistry.The characters were well developed and the chemistry felt real. I found the town to be totally believable and I am looking forward to meeting more of the residents of Alston.Rating: 4 LipsHeat Level: 2 Chili'sReviewed by: Tangie - Two Lips ReviewsFor the FULL Review go to: Two Lips Reviews - The Werewolf's Mate

Well there we go :-D
Hope everyone has a great day and read lots!!!!
C~
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Dare to Be GREAT Quotes

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. ~Les Brown

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. ~Henry Ford

If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up. ~J.M. Power

Spread joy. Chase your wildest dreams. ~Patch Adams
Have a great day all!!
C~
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Spring is Here

Spring is here, or it seems like it is, although it's pretty hard to tell sometimes in Florida. LOL

It's been a little rainy, the humidity and mugginess is back, so yeah defiantly a change in the weather from the nice cool mornings. 
I hate walking out a 6:30 am and being stifled from the humidity of the day before it's really even begun. But what's the other choice?? Move, yeah that's a good one, but not in the immediate future :-)
So suffer I will with the pollen, and asthma and "crap get out of my way so I can get to my damn inhaler!" Yeah, it's wonderful right now. ;-p 

Don't get me wrong, I love Spring!! I grew up in New England were Spring is appreciated and welcome. I loved when Spring hit, snow melting, flowers blooming, t-shirt weather was back! To me it's just more pronounced than the Florida Spring, which yes, I know, it's the climate and different parts on the country have different weather. 

Happy Spring all, Earth Day is quickly approaching, and Arbor Day is looming out there somewhere. :-)

Here's a few quotes to leave you with, as always, have a great day and read lots!!

C~

Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's party!"  ~Robin Williams

Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer.  ~Geoffrey B. Charlesworth

April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks Go.  ~Christopher Morley, John Mistletoe

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.  ~Charles Dickens, Great Expectations 

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Arbor Day Quotes

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.  The next best time is now.  ~Chinese Proverb

You can live for years next door to a big pine tree, honored to have so venerable a neighbor, even when it sheds needles all over your flowers or wakes you, dropping big cones onto your deck at still of night.  ~Denise Levertov

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer.  But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.  ~Henry David Thoreau

I never saw a discontented tree.  They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do.  They go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the sun two million miles a day, and through space heaven knows how fast and far!  ~John Muir

Hug a tree and have a wonderfully happy day ... oh and read lots :-D

C~

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