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July 23, 2014
Good Enough For A Wednesday
Being in my hometown lately has given me a great chance to indulge in some of my favorite local food. And if you’ve read Mr. Good Enough, you might remember Maddie’s date at Monical’s.
Well, this is a Maddie special:
A veggie pizza, no olives, with french dressing from Monical’s. It’s local custom to put the dressing on the pizza. Delicious!
It’s also been writing fuel. 
And I’m headed back into the mystical writing cave now. Have a great Wednesday!
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This month, once again I’m giving a surprise to one blog commenter! It might be a signed copy of Southern Fried Blues or Mr. Good Enough, or it might be some extra-special book-themed swag, or it might be an early copy of The Husband Games. You just never know! Want to enter? Just comment on any blog that I post in the month of July. The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to win! Limit one entry per post, though feel free to comment as much as you wish! And as always, my newsletter subscribers are eligible for a separate surprise giveaway! Sign up for my newsletter here! Full contest and giveaway rules here.
July 22, 2014
The V-Word
Today, partly in honor of Kimmie (one of Natalie’s best friends in THE HUSBAND GAMES), I bring you my favorite link of the last week.
I admit to being behind the times, so some of you may have seen this already, but I present, with minimal comments…
American Student Ends Up Trapped In Giant Vagina Statue
And if you want to know why this is partly in honor of Kimmie (who will be the heroine of the third Misfit Brides of Bliss book), you should put THE HUSBAND GAMES on your shelves at Goodreads! (And enter to win the signed paper ARC giveaway while you’re there, if you haven’t already.)
Happy Tuesday, y’all!
This month, once again I’m giving a surprise to one blog commenter! It might be a signed copy of Southern Fried Blues or Mr. Good Enough, or it might be some extra-special book-themed swag, or it might be an early copy of The Husband Games. You just never know! Want to enter? Just comment on any blog that I post in the month of July. The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to win! Limit one entry per post, though feel free to comment as much as you wish! And as always, my newsletter subscribers are eligible for a separate surprise giveaway! Sign up for my newsletter here! Full contest and giveaway rules here.
July 21, 2014
A Year of Happy Mondays – The “We Don’t Do That” Edition
Because it’s been a few weeks since I’ve updated y’all on the random stuff that’s come out of my mouth as part of motherhood, today’s Top Ten Monday Smiles are some of the rules I’ve instituted for my children. Have a great week!
Your Top Ten Monday Smiles
10. “Honey, don’t squirt in the box.”
9. “Buttercup! Don’t chew on Chewbacca!”
8. “Buttercup! Don’t climb the oven!”
7. “Hey! Don’t touch the peacock!”
6. “No! No poopy songs!”
5. “Get that out of your mouth! We don’t chew on bullets!”
4. “Don’t stick your finger in other people’s bread!”
3. “Honey, we don’t chew on rakes.”
2. “Buttercup, we don’t suck on pepper grinders.”
1. “Squeaker, we don’t put our used pull-ups in Grandpa’s laundry hamper.”
There you have it. Another day in the life of a romance writer. Happy Monday, y’all!
This month, once again I’m giving a surprise to one blog commenter! It might be a signed copy of Southern Fried Blues or Mr. Good Enough, or it might be some extra-special book-themed swag, or it might be an early copy of The Husband Games. You just never know! Want to enter? Just comment on any blog that I post in the month of July. The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to win! Limit one entry per post, though feel free to comment as much as you wish! And as always, my newsletter subscribers are eligible for a separate surprise giveaway! Sign up for my newsletter here! Full contest and giveaway rules here.
July 18, 2014
Squeaker vs. His Manners
The other day at breakfast, Squeaker stuck his tongue out and spit at the table in general. And then he announced, “I toot.”
“Squeaker,” I said, “don’t toot at the breakfast table.”
Squeaker looked at Munchkin. “Munchkin, I toot at you. Say, ‘Don’t toot at me, Squeaker!’”
Munchkin complied. “Don’t toot at me, Squeaker!” Then he added, “Squeaker, say, ‘I will.’”
“I will,” Squeaker said.
And then he stood up in his chair and turned his rear end toward his brother.
And I stood there wondering how my life had become such that the phrase, “Squeaker, we don’t show our bottoms at the table,” became a regular part of my life.
Happy Friday, y’all! Hope none of you end up getting tooted at!
p.s. Just for fun – did you see the teasers I posted for The Husband Games on Facebook this week? These are too much fun to make!
Make sure you’ve added it to your Goodreads To-Be-Read pile, and enter to win the signed advanced copy too!
This month, once again I’m giving a surprise to one blog commenter! It might be a signed copy of Southern Fried Blues or Mr. Good Enough, or it might be some extra-special book-themed swag, or it might be an early copy of The Husband Games. You just never know! Want to enter? Just comment on any blog that I post in the month of July. The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to win! Limit one entry per post, though feel free to comment as much as you wish! And as always, my newsletter subscribers are eligible for a separate surprise giveaway! Sign up for my newsletter here! Full contest and giveaway rules here.
July 17, 2014
Squeaker vs. Munchkin’s Bed
The night before we reached Kansas, our western-most destination on our recent travels, we were in the family country cabin. Buttercup was asleep in her pack-n-play in the upstairs bedroom, Munchkin was passed out cold on a hide-a-bed in the loft, and Squeaker, as usual, was fighting bedtime.
He somehow managed to convince me that he wanted to sleep on Munchkin’s bed. And maybe it was travel fatigue, maybe it was wishful thinking, maybe it was some kind of Squeaker mind-control trick, but against my better judgment, I agreed to let Squeaker lay down in Munchkin’s bed.
Squeaker climbed on up there, flipped and flopped around, rattling even the floor beneath the hide-a-bed.
Munchkin didn’t move.
Squeaker flipped around some more. “Stop moving,” I whispered. “Lay down. Go to sleep.”
I gave him a hug and kiss, and I went downstairs.
Now, from the living room, you have a clear view of the loft. SuperHubby and I were down there, him playing iPad games, me working, when we heard, “Pewm!! Pewm pewm!!”
I looked up and saw Squeaker flopping around on the bed, pointing his monkey’s arm at Munchkin and “shooting” him with his “pewm-er.”
“Squeaker!” I hissed. “Leave your brother alone. Lay down. Go to sleep!”
Squeaker paused mid-flop, which left one foot high in the air and the other about six inches off the bed, the monkey still pointing at Munchkin.
“Squeaker,” I whispered louder in that warning Mom’s-getting-unhappy-with-you tone.
He dropped his legs.
But then he raised his arm.
And dropped it.
There was a distinct sound of flesh on flesh.
And then he did it again.
I shot up out of my seat and up the stairs just in time to catch Squeaker dropping his hand on Munchkin’s cheek, and Munchkin sleeping through it all.
But then Squeaker stopped before I could say a word. Picked up his blue blankey (Lord help us if we ever lose that thing – he’ll probably get married with it), and began twirling it. Faster. And faster. And faster.
Until he noticed me standing there.
“Uuhnn,” he grunted.
Which is Squeaker-speak for, “I’m going to be asleep in approximately 2.6 minutes.”
So I smiled at him, blew him a kiss, and went back downstairs. And all was well. And we never did tell Munchkin that Squeaker was slapping him in his sleep. And we never will.
This month, once again I’m giving a surprise to one blog commenter! It might be a signed copy of Southern Fried Blues or Mr. Good Enough, or it might be some extra-special book-themed swag, or it might be an early copy of The Husband Games. You just never know! Want to enter? Just comment on any blog that I post in the month of July. The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to win! Limit one entry per post, though feel free to comment as much as you wish! And as always, my newsletter subscribers are eligible for a separate surprise giveaway! Sign up for my newsletter here! Full contest and giveaway rules here.
July 16, 2014
Southern Fried Wednesday
I’m feeling like some pie today… How about you?
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Hope y’all are having an awesome week! I’m diving into writing the second Misfit Brides of Bliss book, The Battle of The Boyfriends while my kids are at summer camp. (And I can’t wait to tell you more about Lindsey and Will!)
This month, once again I’m giving a surprise to one blog commenter! It might be a signed copy of Southern Fried Blues or Mr. Good Enough, or it might be some extra-special book-themed swag, or it might be an early copy of The Husband Games. You just never know! Want to enter? Just comment on any blog that I post in the month of July. The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to win! Limit one entry per post, though feel free to comment as much as you wish! And as always, my newsletter subscribers are eligible for a separate surprise giveaway! Sign up for my newsletter here! Full contest and giveaway rules here.
July 15, 2014
Squeaker vs. The Circus Ponies
Over the course of our travels recently, we spent some time at the Farrell family cabin in rural Missouri. Just down the road is a little field, and in that little field, there are little ponies. The first time we drove past the little ponies, SuperHubby said, “I think those are circus ponies.”
Squeaker glanced over, assessed the situation, and said, “No, Daddy.”
“Yes, they are,” SuperHubby said. “I think it’s a retirement field for the circus ponies.”
“No, Daddy,” Squeaker insisted again. “Those are cows.”
It’s possible we need to get that boy a book about animals…
This month, once again I’m giving a surprise to one blog commenter! It might be a signed copy of Southern Fried Blues or Mr. Good Enough, or it might be some extra-special book-themed swag, or it might be an early copy of The Husband Games. You just never know! Want to enter? Just comment on any blog that I post in the month of July. The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to win! Limit one entry per post, though feel free to comment as much as you wish! And as always, my newsletter subscribers are eligible for a separate surprise giveaway! Sign up for my newsletter here! Full contest and giveaway rules here.
July 14, 2014
A Year of Happy Mondays – Pool Noodle Edition
Y’all, do I have some stories for you this week… And we’re starting with some good old-fashioned goofball fun.
We recently spent a week with SuperHubby’s sister and her family on their little farm in Kansas. In addition to goats, chickens, and horses, they have a pool.
They also have pool noodles. And because I love you, I gathered a top ten list of the best things said about pool noodles during our week on the farm. 
Enjoy!
THE TOP TEN STATEMENTS ABOUT POOL NOODLES THAT MADE ME LAUGH (SOMETIMES INAPPROPRIATELY)
10. “My noodle is not melting.” (Said by Squeaker, and he meant his noodle wasn’t sinking, which I also found funny.)
9. “Munchkin, don’t blow your noodle on me.” (Said by me after Munchkin blew into the hole in his noodle to force the water out one too many times.)
8. “Get your noodle out of my face.”
7. “Will you hold my noodle?” (This one made me snort. Because I’m that kind of immature.)
6. “Don’t whack your brother with your noodle.” (Related: “Don’t whack your brother’s noodle.”) (Also? Yep. Snorting again.)
5. “I’m riding my noodle like a horse.” (Related: “I’m riding my noodle like a cow.”)
4. “Don’t call your brother’s noodle dumb.”
3. “Buttercup stole my noodle!”
2. “A goat blew on my noodle.” (Side note: It didn’t, but Munchkin gets total imagination points. Well done, Munchkin!)
1. “Honey, don’t chew on your noodle.” (And once again, my immature side is showing.)
This month, once again I’m giving a surprise to one blog commenter! It might be a signed copy of Southern Fried Blues or Mr. Good Enough, or it might be some extra-special book-themed swag, or it might be an early copy of The Husband Games. You just never know! Want to enter? Just comment on any blog that I post in the month of July. The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to win! Limit one entry per post, though feel free to comment as much as you wish! And as always, my newsletter subscribers are eligible for a separate surprise giveaway! Sign up for my newsletter here! Full contest and giveaway rules here.
July 13, 2014
Cover Reveal Winner!!
Hooray! Winner time!
Thanks so much to everyone for celebrating the cover reveal of THE HUSBAND GAMES with me this week. HUGE thanks to Confessions of an Unsuspected Bookworm, For the Love of Books by Jaime, and Herding Cats and Burning Soup for hosting me!
And a big CONGRATULATIONS to Stacey Joy Netzel for winning the advanced signed copy!
Stacey, shoot me a note at jamie @ jamiefarrellbooks . com for your prize! And thanks again to everyone who came out for THE HUSBAND GAMES cover reveal!
Stick around, y’all! More fun is coming!
This month, once again I’m giving a surprise to one blog commenter! It might be a signed copy of Southern Fried Blues or Mr. Good Enough, or it might be some extra-special book-themed swag, or it might be an early copy of The Husband Games. You just never know! Want to enter? Just comment on any blog that I post in the month of July. The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to win! Limit one entry per post, though feel free to comment as much as you wish! And as always, my newsletter subscribers are eligible for a separate surprise giveaway! Sign up for my newsletter here! Full contest and giveaway rules here.
July 11, 2014
Happy Friday!
In case you missed it, The Husband Games has a cover!!!
Isn’t it pretty? Kellie at Novel Graphic Designs did an awesome job!
The cover reveal giveaways are still open for entries!! Be sure to drop by these blogs and enter:
For the Love of Books by Jaime
Confessions of an Unsuspected Bookworm
And remember to enter the Goodreads giveaway for another chance at a signed, advanced copy!
Goodreads Book Giveaway
The Husband Games
by Jamie Farrell
Giveaway ends August 01, 2014.
See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.
And because it’s Friday, today I’ll leave you with a short little video I made about the world of Bliss, where The Husband Games is set. Enjoy!
This month, once again I’m giving a surprise to one blog commenter! It might be a signed copy of Southern Fried Blues or Mr. Good Enough, or it might be some extra-special book-themed swag, or it might be an early copy of The Husband Games. You just never know! Want to enter? Just comment on any blog that I post in the month of July. The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to win! Limit one entry per post, though feel free to comment as much as you wish! And as always, my newsletter subscribers are eligible for a separate surprise giveaway! Sign up for my newsletter here! Full contest and giveaway rules here.
