tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79461316096804590852024-03-13T04:00:22.698+00:00The Wittering Woman ...I mean writer ... mother ... Teresa F. MorganTeresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.comBlogger752125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946131609680459085.post-65978922398767691572024-01-20T10:27:00.002+00:002024-01-20T10:27:22.755+00:00Plus One is a Lucky Number - Cover Reveal <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Erqo4KPtWCAhb-Q1-q21y0odjotj4YKTu1k5eLyN-6uWOoa7Hf11MPWyPWPZW_C40LWiorfYJzldx6P-xygGF5SAeX1OI7or5lG6c45QxqkLM68N3f3pLhK8yPjkOHPNhQ2oTvjX89KRQUJpbBoaM1ES2DRilCVac2-nE51Jps0Siekq3qLN14eLL00/s763/Plus%20One_MediumCover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="763" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Erqo4KPtWCAhb-Q1-q21y0odjotj4YKTu1k5eLyN-6uWOoa7Hf11MPWyPWPZW_C40LWiorfYJzldx6P-xygGF5SAeX1OI7or5lG6c45QxqkLM68N3f3pLhK8yPjkOHPNhQ2oTvjX89KRQUJpbBoaM1ES2DRilCVac2-nE51Jps0Siekq3qLN14eLL00/w263-h400/Plus%20One_MediumCover.jpg" width="263" /></a></div>Last year, I celebrated <a href="https://teresa-morgan.blogspot.com/2023/09/10-years-published.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">10 years as a published author</a> and it's all thanks to this book - <i>Plus One is a Lucky Number.</i><p></p><p>Anyway, this year, we have a new book cover! I'm soooo excited about it I could burst. What do you think? Do you like it? </p><p>It's not gone live on Amazon or all the other good ebooks sellers where you can purchase this book but watch this space! </p><p>I'm hoping it's going to get into some promotions and give the book the boost it deserves. </p><p>Blurb: </p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">A swoon-worthy, fake dating romance perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella and </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: italic !important;">The Proposal</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sophie Trewyn is going to a wedding where the invite is strictly Plus One. But with her single-girl status not quite complying with the dress code, and the best man being none other than the shady ex she would rather forget, Sophie needs a wedding favour and she needs it fast…</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Enter dreamy co-worker, Adam Reid. But after the wedding weekend, on the sunny Cornish coast, Sophie must decide… is their relationship real or is it all for show?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00EB0JZKG#SalesRank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00EB0JZKG#SalesRank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00EB0JZKG#SalesRank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon UK buy link here.</a> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">If you love films like <i>Just Go With It </i>and <i>The Wedding Date</i>, and any friends to lovers stories, you'll love this! </p>Teresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946131609680459085.post-13493132610646092452023-10-20T19:34:00.009+01:002023-10-20T19:34:54.490+01:00Life At Nifty Fifty<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguEB5NthETGU7MQTmObqOgrn4G-7SKnGr0th33ZfVQvr2ZgjOjwUnToKQ9RZb4F0Hjs8nd7IIoiSZL5r2sgD-srz9sNPg_1ivFKC0a9wUACUvSiKVCp-Nm1HrCBK6-I4_Zj0dh5ltszHbpDO2e8LPvlDESvMrjioRYbCCO7a_AzRRqn8nzvGQsGSXq68U/s2252/20231014_094233.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="2252" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguEB5NthETGU7MQTmObqOgrn4G-7SKnGr0th33ZfVQvr2ZgjOjwUnToKQ9RZb4F0Hjs8nd7IIoiSZL5r2sgD-srz9sNPg_1ivFKC0a9wUACUvSiKVCp-Nm1HrCBK6-I4_Zj0dh5ltszHbpDO2e8LPvlDESvMrjioRYbCCO7a_AzRRqn8nzvGQsGSXq68U/s320/20231014_094233.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I thought I best blog about turning 50. <p></p><p>It happened last week, and if you follow me on Instagram, then you'll know I was doing a reel in the last days of my forties - much to my sons' delight. <i>(You're so embarrassing, mum!) </i></p><p>The interesting thing is, I just filmed myself, no make-up - maybe brushed my hair and did it. Twenty years ago, or even ten, I would have needed full make-up on and a change of top! </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvsgyEUFOQ0Tq7e6DEWXbZ6cO3Qpe_TzootFFo3fyAHtZyR9HmSFZfri6OzSXmlUjf_mBvrZSZteYQkSX11-IuamqTMqtZYOKkhay1Sz8xxun0cziIgwPok6mtj9VMLXbNQfwvK3hxereLgK8KgCraPX5Ce0YK217gJncMQ6uRtd68-Ffcb0PjrWwwnjA/s2048/391496546_10161535012181079_8522936782898002961_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1153" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvsgyEUFOQ0Tq7e6DEWXbZ6cO3Qpe_TzootFFo3fyAHtZyR9HmSFZfri6OzSXmlUjf_mBvrZSZteYQkSX11-IuamqTMqtZYOKkhay1Sz8xxun0cziIgwPok6mtj9VMLXbNQfwvK3hxereLgK8KgCraPX5Ce0YK217gJncMQ6uRtd68-Ffcb0PjrWwwnjA/s320/391496546_10161535012181079_8522936782898002961_n.jpg" width="180" /></a></div>Being fifty doesn't really feel very different. Age is just a number really, and with a positive mindset, you'll keep yourself young. It's just the body that will let us down sometimes ha ha! But even then with good diet and exercise, you can help keep your body working too. I am trying to grow old gracefully, or disgracefully... depending how you want to look at it.<p></p><p>But my aim is to work on my fitness and my health so I can continue to live life to the fullest. </p><p>Turning fifty has meant that I have been spoilt with cards, messages and presents. And CAKE! (Thank you, Sara, The Bentley Road Baker!)</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8290Lii7tRM9g9GO06aGI4zBmZ8GTPZOorR6EaML-TuJyTMa09-EI9yO0B1R70qL4j41szU08YbKz7NeaZQCJdFlCdMcKZQ3jwxZ2Hww-ceCsutNUbw403ofT0sw1CpZUiHt00kBjrFTU4F7TxtAj6_mLOH1oqiO6wpGG5IFUfoy0ckF4cAOwW-nw7K8/s4000/20231013_195620.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8290Lii7tRM9g9GO06aGI4zBmZ8GTPZOorR6EaML-TuJyTMa09-EI9yO0B1R70qL4j41szU08YbKz7NeaZQCJdFlCdMcKZQ3jwxZ2Hww-ceCsutNUbw403ofT0sw1CpZUiHt00kBjrFTU4F7TxtAj6_mLOH1oqiO6wpGG5IFUfoy0ckF4cAOwW-nw7K8/s320/20231013_195620.jpg" width="180" /></a></div>My day was spent with some good friends at Bath Thermae Spa and then a late lunch at The Ivy. <p></p><p>I had drinks on the Friday evening with even more of my valued friends, and visited my mum on Sunday, to get another cake - carrot cake made with love by Mum. </p><p>And then, just to add more grey hairs, an adrenalin filled day at Thorpe Park on the rollercoasters! </p><p>Anyway, I never get depressed about being a year older. Some people don't get to make it to fifty... or whatever age. We should always be grateful for every day we get to live life. </p><p>Some days are harder than others, as life can throw curveballs at times, but I have found writing down my three positives from my day just before I go to bed has helped me have a much more positive outlook on life, and even when I look back over the year. </p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip6jJ30XrdrRirm4hm111eYDsgssELR0FqV2ykIzM-Vdw9uHxTXaTOY7Csg5eRq9_yRlCm95UKDtWkgt5BA3uu9W6nlia2B2AeDTV3GvgI6xWtQdmPVLKvpkGpBVHXjck7z4gFHZ4DKsGynRzP-U6mvKjRRvV99XRmqivNClDefvG8G6nRAmS9YvzdhXU/s4000/20231015_132502.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip6jJ30XrdrRirm4hm111eYDsgssELR0FqV2ykIzM-Vdw9uHxTXaTOY7Csg5eRq9_yRlCm95UKDtWkgt5BA3uu9W6nlia2B2AeDTV3GvgI6xWtQdmPVLKvpkGpBVHXjck7z4gFHZ4DKsGynRzP-U6mvKjRRvV99XRmqivNClDefvG8G6nRAmS9YvzdhXU/s320/20231015_132502.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carrot Cake!</td></tr></tbody></table>I've focussed on the good, not the bad.</p><p>For things to change, you've got to change.* (*by Jim Rohn)</p><p>I started journaling in 2017 when my self-esteem had reached its lowest. By the end of 2019 I came off online dating. And in 2020, where I discovered in Lockdown I was happy on my own, I joined UW to improve my financial situation and fund my writing passion. </p><p>And through this business, it sent me on a massive personal development journey.</p><p>Life is good. I am happy, albeit perimenopausal - ha ha! Here's to the next 50 years! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /><br /></p>Teresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946131609680459085.post-41242755184837537492023-09-03T15:07:00.002+01:002023-09-03T15:08:51.947+01:0010 Years Published <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjase85nPSCAFe2hBN3WAeMhTHyzMi0-cMXf-HltkfMcQ8Bj2-d8YWhRA3wIvNh9QdvaxayNfV2bZ-ZLc2gsaQymZ9iaWqfgT0SLDJEt7Eno9DrNbrCARchgh6cLRGTDj6eKOK8l9HYVtbBqKArDCKkQ5LUjtJr1YChaXTpt_orlI-I8j_9gWlyGElt8mY/s6205/Plus%20one%20is%20a%20lucky%20number_highest%20res_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6205" data-original-width="4063" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjase85nPSCAFe2hBN3WAeMhTHyzMi0-cMXf-HltkfMcQ8Bj2-d8YWhRA3wIvNh9QdvaxayNfV2bZ-ZLc2gsaQymZ9iaWqfgT0SLDJEt7Eno9DrNbrCARchgh6cLRGTDj6eKOK8l9HYVtbBqKArDCKkQ5LUjtJr1YChaXTpt_orlI-I8j_9gWlyGElt8mY/s320/Plus%20one%20is%20a%20lucky%20number_highest%20res_2.jpg" width="210" /></a></div>On Tuesday, I celebrated ten years published as an author. <p></p><p><a href="https://t.co/V5nOC3rgn6" target="_blank">Plus One is a Lucky Number</a>, my debut novel, was published on the 29th August 2013.</p><p>Can you believe that's ten years and how they've flown! </p><p>I can remember the day the email dropped into my inbox by HarperCollins' imprint One More Chapter (HarperImpulse back then) and offered me a two book deal. It was a good job I was sitting down! </p><p>I now have six books traditionally published, 3 of which are in Audible.</p><p>I'm a bit slower than some of my author colleagues but as we say in UW and the personal development that I do, don't compare your journey to others.</p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi66TrpyHMuKV3aEKfM4dvLxgzxuZNuj1kt59m3po3FhcmlQddNhoWg6AN8rqSHluM3HiLR5jcIGr7-Z9dyy89b8aASYFwPbmoiv5137wdTwGjlnLC10tMMT3LscOBU0jG5k3AuAonwdu90Zr90HjUyvkbtEkiPT_f6G-Ki9KIYEzDpijHYmHQSlbu5DYQ/s2048/372986463_1695731594257144_2326865726260220317_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi66TrpyHMuKV3aEKfM4dvLxgzxuZNuj1kt59m3po3FhcmlQddNhoWg6AN8rqSHluM3HiLR5jcIGr7-Z9dyy89b8aASYFwPbmoiv5137wdTwGjlnLC10tMMT3LscOBU0jG5k3AuAonwdu90Zr90HjUyvkbtEkiPT_f6G-Ki9KIYEzDpijHYmHQSlbu5DYQ/s320/372986463_1695731594257144_2326865726260220317_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rachel Brimble & Jane Lark</td></tr></tbody></table>We are all in our own race - if you want to call it that.</p><p>Anyway, a massive thank you to all the lovely ladies who could join me on Tuesday. And to those that sent messages. I knew not everyone could come as it was a work day. </p><p>Unfortunately we couldn't go out in the garden as hoped, due to the great British weather. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohte6jbazeQXw73pZUKrKYx_F75nNumUhlpnidKfj5bruPbF5lshcz9c2A8s5Pi6le-SI78IHpwfCdpSzGkwYGDW31BhZXuw1HzNYsN9NojJUiK4SGVwJtMQK42B71o4bmnX65wsBMqsWxHbdInjg0YurohmVBJ2I2M4T-NjztFJCx9w9ggxdQNjWmtw/s1800/372900467_838440897965057_2521309194778621490_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohte6jbazeQXw73pZUKrKYx_F75nNumUhlpnidKfj5bruPbF5lshcz9c2A8s5Pi6le-SI78IHpwfCdpSzGkwYGDW31BhZXuw1HzNYsN9NojJUiK4SGVwJtMQK42B71o4bmnX65wsBMqsWxHbdInjg0YurohmVBJ2I2M4T-NjztFJCx9w9ggxdQNjWmtw/s320/372900467_838440897965057_2521309194778621490_n.jpg" width="256" /></a></div>It's glorious sunshine today and over 23 degrees.... Of course, the schools go back tomorrow. <p></p><p>Anyway, here are a couple of photos from the day! But if you head over to my<a href="https://www.facebook.com/teresafmorgan12/" target="_blank"> Facebook page,</a> you'll see more. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8x1n3G9iivUWWKGYIIDkg6jwFxs__KwrkMwNtXZ23Q7ONYVzV8HznATxFahEqI8N4cNaX5JWr3Jfen8q-nTe3BnU3rkydIqHLN4I3wkSrUBTd-u2K8_7Np9dAlkif6SdUhv9aC2K735ZRE9a4ZUL_OGheze-Imb18jpVMmGCYW7ZPCCHDDh8Cuh3AS8c/s2048/372057031_1695731334257170_1750288724052177346_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1153" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8x1n3G9iivUWWKGYIIDkg6jwFxs__KwrkMwNtXZ23Q7ONYVzV8HznATxFahEqI8N4cNaX5JWr3Jfen8q-nTe3BnU3rkydIqHLN4I3wkSrUBTd-u2K8_7Np9dAlkif6SdUhv9aC2K735ZRE9a4ZUL_OGheze-Imb18jpVMmGCYW7ZPCCHDDh8Cuh3AS8c/s320/372057031_1695731334257170_1750288724052177346_n.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><p></p>Teresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946131609680459085.post-15813550134975245402023-07-11T13:30:00.006+01:002023-07-11T13:31:36.151+01:00I Am Happy! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCNifFs6Fo2Aluxpooppsm5-0aAc9Mv2lMyNXci-8soRuhoDLePrsColQsQIDsZCBOGbSPLxXJXcQ4fkLGhk-rj1KNdv92ynKS7wn5w1Rqp71JJQq3ueHiILGkr--8socjejbqKHXylAFB4NedUjqqzzUbyUKTd3IXMSIu5EIs5LP09Q6PIsri4XrI73Y/s958/306501381_1467289260434713_7851079280865886212_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="958" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCNifFs6Fo2Aluxpooppsm5-0aAc9Mv2lMyNXci-8soRuhoDLePrsColQsQIDsZCBOGbSPLxXJXcQ4fkLGhk-rj1KNdv92ynKS7wn5w1Rqp71JJQq3ueHiILGkr--8socjejbqKHXylAFB4NedUjqqzzUbyUKTd3IXMSIu5EIs5LP09Q6PIsri4XrI73Y/s320/306501381_1467289260434713_7851079280865886212_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I was speaking to one of my bestest friends on Sunday evening. We catch up regularly over WhatsApp and have a video chat. It's a habit we got into during lockdown, and when we haven't seen each other in a few weeks, we like to have a chat. I love her dearly. <p></p><p>Anyway, I threw into conversation that I was thinking about going back to online dating. Just to maybe get a date. Nothing serious. Not like before. And she said, "I was just telling Nicola the other day that you're the happiest I've ever seen you. Don't do it." </p><p>And she is right. I am happy right now. I love my life, I love being single and quite frankly, not having unfit middle-aged men that have so much baggage and drama mucking me around.</p><p>Don't get me wrong, some days are tough, like everyone, I have my good and my bad days. But generally, I am more than happy sharing my life with my boys, my family and my friends, and even going it alone. I am happy! </p><p>I caught up with another friend yesterday. We lunched in Bristol. She was telling me about her online dating dramas and it assured me that I didn't need it. My mental health is so much better off with not doing online dating. </p><p>It's so time consuming and mentally draining. Mainly this is because the messages you receive, and the lack of quality of men who message you, really starts chipping away at your self esteem. You start thinking is this the best I can do? Do I only deserve to be treated like crap? </p><p>So nope. Not doing it. Not going back there. I love my single life. And quite frankly, if a guy does come along, he really is going to have to be some hot hero to turn my head.</p><p>I'll wait for the Universe to provide... (If it could provide a fit 50-something Norman Reedus, that would be perfect... ha ha!)</p>Teresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946131609680459085.post-85083457932358900102023-07-05T18:06:00.002+01:002023-07-05T18:06:58.558+01:00Kittiwake Cove Series Out In Audible<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDo64l0dihj2ADY7gjoxCWo4fFe7QvIZXkeiNM5R-e45He2beLDrd6UA0qynr1uzZNlQmgB2dD1PHhQf6UA9jo4pXdc63CU7_GzLq_IcSdzmIliNAugU6M8ijjQuJtdnRTH3cOmo-_iMfClUu2Rk_IXg_lsdxsBl8rY4RI1sXM51zJZeZKXPZxeyT3lr0/s500/51RCP7s4hqL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDo64l0dihj2ADY7gjoxCWo4fFe7QvIZXkeiNM5R-e45He2beLDrd6UA0qynr1uzZNlQmgB2dD1PHhQf6UA9jo4pXdc63CU7_GzLq_IcSdzmIliNAugU6M8ijjQuJtdnRTH3cOmo-_iMfClUu2Rk_IXg_lsdxsBl8rY4RI1sXM51zJZeZKXPZxeyT3lr0/s320/51RCP7s4hqL.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I have some exciting news for the summer. My Kittiwake Cove series are out in <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=Teresa+F.+Morgan&i=audible&ref=dp_byline_sr_audible_1" target="_blank">Audible</a>. <p></p><p>I wasn't able to share this for a while, but it has been my exciting 'writing' news since last year. So this is what I have been teasing about for some time. (Sorry.)</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C4PNYMPP" target="_blank">Cocktails at Kittiwake Cove</a> & <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C4PPKXLW" target="_blank">Sunsets and Happy Ever Afters </a>were published in Audible on the 8th June.</p><p>The 15th June saw the second book birthday of <a href="http://getbook.at/CocktailsCove" target="_blank">Cocktails at Kittiwake Cove</a>, too! </p><p>Of course I have listened to both of the books and just love the narrator, Catrin Walker-Booth. </p><p>Have you listened to them? What do you think? </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMsHO4VaHQ6trRDkuzuedpKM4uyys-BFB6xYxe2pqA8Uf7zlkLGnBBLqIk-554B6Ht52xylUmfDSLtIFO8yEbsoBa35bID9wmvJ6Mpf_c368E8lzbsmJxTvkUU67yF4kOazqtGwAgZqX_lqW94g577iCk7UF7j80uWZ0mTu2eBEJ2uAu3aOgRC2fnK0qM/s500/Sunsets%20and%20Happy%20Ever%20Afters_tag.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMsHO4VaHQ6trRDkuzuedpKM4uyys-BFB6xYxe2pqA8Uf7zlkLGnBBLqIk-554B6Ht52xylUmfDSLtIFO8yEbsoBa35bID9wmvJ6Mpf_c368E8lzbsmJxTvkUU67yF4kOazqtGwAgZqX_lqW94g577iCk7UF7j80uWZ0mTu2eBEJ2uAu3aOgRC2fnK0qM/s320/Sunsets%20and%20Happy%20Ever%20Afters_tag.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>I love the new covers for the audible books, too.<p></p><p>And don't panic, as Mistletoe At The Manor will be out 5th September, ready for Christmas! I'll share the link nearer the time. Although you can <a href="https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/search?query=teresa%20f%20morgan&ac=1&acp=teresa%20f%20morgan&ac.author=teresa%20f%20morgan&sort=Temperature" target="_blank">pre-order on Kobo. </a></p><p>They were released out of order as it was felt the two summer books could be read as stand alones. However if you want to read them in order - or should I say listen? - then Sunsets and Happy Ever Afters. </p><p> Anyway, I have some freebies to give away. But you'll need to subscribe to my newsletter to be in with a chance of winning! There's a subscription form on my blog! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8XXg6sHmdBc4CK0Arxaf1am2wMkIoBdfJ-3BRm2Suuy97kCU1cjImYSQNWrPTVMFnJWHaC0aNvGAvWgpTvcPfhwIh7bPferGyCurD6vNCxaXEum4AglIYh1jFHPVt-bvDWZJWYoLp9KoaFsj4qngaOmhZyTHgBgYWhqcbyLaHW4bxQ9z7u6pKWw_R7mA/s353/mistletoe-at-the-manor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="353" data-original-width="353" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8XXg6sHmdBc4CK0Arxaf1am2wMkIoBdfJ-3BRm2Suuy97kCU1cjImYSQNWrPTVMFnJWHaC0aNvGAvWgpTvcPfhwIh7bPferGyCurD6vNCxaXEum4AglIYh1jFHPVt-bvDWZJWYoLp9KoaFsj4qngaOmhZyTHgBgYWhqcbyLaHW4bxQ9z7u6pKWw_R7mA/s320/mistletoe-at-the-manor.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>Teresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946131609680459085.post-41870439854909067372023-03-26T13:21:00.002+01:002023-03-26T13:21:22.116+01:00My Baby Boy Turns 16<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKj3pkVIvO7i1GtbRq-f_VLobKimNZ5irrh3Hl0Vrcar9xuHFqdraRlpGPeAVi4MU0Wputy85VEH-IiRx12FAFs4ZF5qY7OUZwTWoQSy8ksTMreWFilEgagst1aanWGFbk5o-285mSn0Ut-MSenNWQvHYuWhBQwXQprwxMRuP7Jzbmkm7XZDoObHZo/s4000/20230324_071734.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKj3pkVIvO7i1GtbRq-f_VLobKimNZ5irrh3Hl0Vrcar9xuHFqdraRlpGPeAVi4MU0Wputy85VEH-IiRx12FAFs4ZF5qY7OUZwTWoQSy8ksTMreWFilEgagst1aanWGFbk5o-285mSn0Ut-MSenNWQvHYuWhBQwXQprwxMRuP7Jzbmkm7XZDoObHZo/w360-h640/20230324_071734.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>And my other baby boy is all grown up. How has he got to be 16?<p></p><p>Kieran turned 16 on Friday. But my bad, I've just not had a chance to write a blog post, and my RSI has flared up so I am limiting the work I do on my PC. </p><p>Where has the time gone? </p><p>Seriously, I can remember his birth like it was yesterday. He was a lot quicker and easier entering this world, compared to his big brother. And maybe being the second child, I was more relaxed so we took to each other much easier. </p><p>Since he could walk, Kieran has loved kicking a ball. So, still, 16 years on, it's no surprise he's into his football. He's now having to consider playing for a men's team as he's too old for juniors! </p><p>And Kieran has become much more image conscious than Ben. I can't buy him clothes unless he chooses them! (So we had a bit of a shop for his birthday!)</p><p>But he's also very thoughtful, liking to buy gifts for me or his dad whenever we're away on holiday. </p><p>He's as tall as me, so it won't be long before he's taller than me, just like Ben. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5-Y_FNMXyPqwTN13nLpYzYGo3zE0fuP-S1ktpq06EpHCWyrPKugtTFv407HBxuipJWzNfwrzSxgT6L1vgkHXYmfhskhh0oYdNCarMK0kaS6tXuiWtpZ9EyOnhQ75yXIogJxp16ZbY5nTuB5-j_pKuBROIuSv9uvEXa2kZBszM8UF4DCMwgi-83mLx/s1080/54799308_1189721551201517_6736820572174417920_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5-Y_FNMXyPqwTN13nLpYzYGo3zE0fuP-S1ktpq06EpHCWyrPKugtTFv407HBxuipJWzNfwrzSxgT6L1vgkHXYmfhskhh0oYdNCarMK0kaS6tXuiWtpZ9EyOnhQ75yXIogJxp16ZbY5nTuB5-j_pKuBROIuSv9uvEXa2kZBszM8UF4DCMwgi-83mLx/s320/54799308_1189721551201517_6736820572174417920_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Kieran will finish school this summer, and that means no more school-aged children. As of September, he's going off to college to study Sports Science. <p></p><p>Anyway, my Bubba, Happy Birthday! Even when I'm moody, and cross with you - because you can be quite moody too, I love you to the moon and back... You're working hard towards your exams, and I'm proud of you for that. </p><p>Thankfully, you've lost Kieran The Destroyer instinct... wrecking your toys, and although still adventurous, you're not quite the Kamikazi Kieran we used to know as a toddler... <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9TNdetdJ907oARJyX92x9BzsJZNBO0xs6I5TN0EDeHRxxFwZzGuoD86XRkSd8ViJ7lwyqhqOZFVuVqv3uIyD8ZgFZZDUksdPSHg2FnVyouC5pjFSsTEe4Le8QW00RKokRmYw4Y1UugnJjkl_Ugcv5wI4r79jSoe44aYAZrz7uI7lROcYWnvnjYHSL/s1600/IMG_6928%20(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9TNdetdJ907oARJyX92x9BzsJZNBO0xs6I5TN0EDeHRxxFwZzGuoD86XRkSd8ViJ7lwyqhqOZFVuVqv3uIyD8ZgFZZDUksdPSHg2FnVyouC5pjFSsTEe4Le8QW00RKokRmYw4Y1UugnJjkl_Ugcv5wI4r79jSoe44aYAZrz7uI7lROcYWnvnjYHSL/s320/IMG_6928%20(1).JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><br /><p><br /></p>Teresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946131609680459085.post-32439352613992700952023-03-20T11:59:00.004+00:002023-03-20T11:59:51.066+00:00The Reality Of Mother's Day<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcl5wJnuemd-z4LrrSMHbNtk3nLiYp_qFTq9-ctULSjijFjHcc_qwY7hFVVpNH_NXa-she3YolgxTALgL5WW0UbUXskMUNu5bjeDMO4GBds3oMBU4VriP2TeH732sjbXgWaOKnIz3IFfEoxSExptJcswCKwu3gZW2c2TZgAva2sVMf8pip-SbsKD55/s4000/20230319_111337.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcl5wJnuemd-z4LrrSMHbNtk3nLiYp_qFTq9-ctULSjijFjHcc_qwY7hFVVpNH_NXa-she3YolgxTALgL5WW0UbUXskMUNu5bjeDMO4GBds3oMBU4VriP2TeH732sjbXgWaOKnIz3IFfEoxSExptJcswCKwu3gZW2c2TZgAva2sVMf8pip-SbsKD55/w225-h400/20230319_111337.jpg" width="225" /></a></div>Does anyone else actually find Mother's Day exhausting? <p></p><p>Although my boys are older now (nearly) 16 & 18, they tend to spend the weekends at their dad's and so Mother's Day weekend was my weekend to have them. </p><p>I made waffles with bacon & maple syrup for breakfast - which was yummy, and I decided to cook a beef roast dinner with homemade gravy (a first for me) and yorkshire puddings. I had to cook the beef to my son's specifications - medium-rare. (I did a good job considering I've not really cooked beef before.) </p><p>As it was sunny, prior cooking the roast dinner, I did get out in the garden and spent a couple of hours with Dad preparing the garden for Spring's arrival. Hard work, but therapeutic. And Ben did help until he had to go off to work.</p><p>Luckily, I do have a dishwasher, but I still had a mess of a kitchen to deal with after a roast... and the boys did manage to put their plates in there - at least! </p><p>My eldest had to work so he couldn't help with making the dinner, and well, my youngest, came home from his football match and plopped himself in front of the telly... Man United was playing... </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja6HUNLtZ2-SgpLbl5aQECnbYBBVrVJ3kVoLMkTnElTQ1KGatMhkKBU2pZC5ZUbGiBSXSO79urV71Qb7ciW025EwtDTeLrxWZHCo6JnhXwU2Zp9FREgTmPWn_s8JZsxDcKSNq4hJB5PdeZaqml5_9vyNalWWAm3-aDtudp04CJtPXuJx_J6rGt6WIh/s4000/20230319_111513.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja6HUNLtZ2-SgpLbl5aQECnbYBBVrVJ3kVoLMkTnElTQ1KGatMhkKBU2pZC5ZUbGiBSXSO79urV71Qb7ciW025EwtDTeLrxWZHCo6JnhXwU2Zp9FREgTmPWn_s8JZsxDcKSNq4hJB5PdeZaqml5_9vyNalWWAm3-aDtudp04CJtPXuJx_J6rGt6WIh/s320/20230319_111513.jpg" width="180" /></a></div>I barely had time to sit on the sofa and read my book! (I'm not very good at doing 'nothing' mind you.)<p></p><p>I think next year I'm going to actually have the day to myself and not spend it with my kids - or just go out for dinner! - because Mother's Day just reminds me how much I have to work when they're about.</p><p>I love them. And they're not bad boys. But it doesn't matter how hard I try not to over mother them... it's still a lot of work. <br /></p><p><br /></p>Teresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946131609680459085.post-44129240707081387332023-01-16T14:49:00.000+00:002023-01-16T14:49:35.378+00:00I Am Grateful <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip9Y6C1T5eHXHGQuAnwMLtMlx4d6nU0Q05hjf30zbDkKBG73-k7lxN1wHawMCKwfyNf4tlQArKa68FnYoli3HnqXV1w5egZL5u8O2P7mG4xvbKnoSaJyjrDIcm3wYVAVEYrg2zOjCmWNsp5yc5Mg7q6gsEy2imCdUc7sHE-bEUnfF05apF5d9IRZ7M/s1080/Untitled%20design%20(4).png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip9Y6C1T5eHXHGQuAnwMLtMlx4d6nU0Q05hjf30zbDkKBG73-k7lxN1wHawMCKwfyNf4tlQArKa68FnYoli3HnqXV1w5egZL5u8O2P7mG4xvbKnoSaJyjrDIcm3wYVAVEYrg2zOjCmWNsp5yc5Mg7q6gsEy2imCdUc7sHE-bEUnfF05apF5d9IRZ7M/s320/Untitled%20design%20(4).png" width="320" /></a></div>My RSI is still playing up, even with much rest over the Christmas period, so I'm going to very quickly bash this out but possibly not take too much time over editing... sorry. I'm finding it quite frustrating if truth be told. And I love using my PC, I love my new admin job and I love typing, etc. <p></p><p>However, it's made me very grateful that I got involved with UW two and a half years ago. If my RSI suffering stresses nothing else, it shows I can't go back to full-time work in an office, even if I love the work. </p><p>I joined UW to fund my writing passion but now I know it also needs to fund me not going back to full-time work. </p><p>But to be honest, I don't want to go back to full time work, and in fact I would love to ditch it altogether, one day! Hence I joined my network marketing business to achieve this. Imagine, my desk time could be just for writing, and I would be able to manage my RSI even better - being my own boss. </p><p>So, if you're like me, you've got a passion that doesn't really pay that well. Or is a bit sporadic. I've not been paid badly this year, but the royalties aren't reliable, and being a single mum, I don't have someone else bringing in a reliable income, so that I can be the full time writer I desire to be. </p><p>It takes a while for some writers to get to the stage that their royalties from their back list are earning them enough to write the next book. Because when you're writing that draft, you're not getting paid. We only really start getting paid from publication day. And how much we get paid will be down to the publisher and their marketing strategy. And the reality for most writers is that we're not paid anywhere near a full time salary.</p><p>I'm not really a New Years Resolutions setter... but I'm stealing this from UW. </p><p>My New Years resolution is to help more people save money and/or like me, earn money. And in turn help change people's lives for the better. Imagine that second pay day every month that can eventually be more than your salary. Fancy something like that? If you're in a Journey of Boredom (JOB) each day, maybe it's time to look at making a change. Life is way too short... Long-term you'll free up time to be able to do the things you enjoy. It won't happen overnight, but if you start NOW, you'll get there quicker than waiting until you're ready, the time is right, or for that lottery win... </p><p>Message me if you'd like a chat friend to friend. No obligation. </p><p>Life is too short to wish every day away. </p>Teresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946131609680459085.post-25546646827675819152022-12-04T08:00:00.015+00:002022-12-04T08:00:00.171+00:00There's Another Adult In The House<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK87Cfz9roLMOk47NWVCAJWzHMY_UwcM8VhG1i8uDq-x8Hkld5jrhtV1WWg9VSocmu4XkvYGDvn5ANIvKJnkY_Q5TM9lKxU26R7ZxyDLMLyyOOQ-TP2Lem0Tbw0AyQLiyKB8KZZ1U0ZejpRvXUOAW8yLtrG6sSHJqrGncXW1vbaeP3mz7aWYrfBR_f/s320/Picture%20067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK87Cfz9roLMOk47NWVCAJWzHMY_UwcM8VhG1i8uDq-x8Hkld5jrhtV1WWg9VSocmu4XkvYGDvn5ANIvKJnkY_Q5TM9lKxU26R7ZxyDLMLyyOOQ-TP2Lem0Tbw0AyQLiyKB8KZZ1U0ZejpRvXUOAW8yLtrG6sSHJqrGncXW1vbaeP3mz7aWYrfBR_f/w400-h300/Picture%20067.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Where has my baby boy gone? All of a sudden I am now the owner of an adult! I don't even feel mature enough to have an adult as a child. <div><br /></div><div><b>Happy 18th Birthday, Ben.</b> </div><div><br /></div><div>Even when you drive me to frustration, I do love you. I am incredibly proud of your achievements. </div><div><br /></div><div>Continue to work hard and follow your dreams, and the universe will provide. But the MX5 might not be an ideal first car ha ha! </div><div><br /></div><div>And now for the photos! I know I post this picture a lot (above), but it's my favourite. I could watch him sleep and I just loved that blue sleepsuit on him. It was my favourite. These moments I do miss. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPymHo3wJhp_Q0NeEAuLDr82GuNKxaj3BiPTik9rB62hPJQAuZAeSQukQWAOu_Xrgvot9xE97J2BSQ8qWgqgj3JmbC0hP0pOiNT5j_0g7B2w6-KajwGYqfc8BEW8NlndqV-Cwnlf0GAOzNGWaJE6zlRqqGiragCchUN-Pu_Z-2cXkK-nDJo0ep6Dgm/s604/FB_IMG_1517326167920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="604" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPymHo3wJhp_Q0NeEAuLDr82GuNKxaj3BiPTik9rB62hPJQAuZAeSQukQWAOu_Xrgvot9xE97J2BSQ8qWgqgj3JmbC0hP0pOiNT5j_0g7B2w6-KajwGYqfc8BEW8NlndqV-Cwnlf0GAOzNGWaJE6zlRqqGiragCchUN-Pu_Z-2cXkK-nDJo0ep6Dgm/w400-h300/FB_IMG_1517326167920.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>And then this is Ben off to his first ever football practice, and Kieran would watch from the sidelines until he was old enough to join him. </div><div><br /></div><div>I love how Kieran looks at his big brother so adoringly, and yet now, the bickering drives me mad! Hopefully, when they both emerge from their teenage years, they'll be the best of friends again. </div><div><br /></div><div>I could share loads of photos as I have LOADS of photos. </div><div><br /></div><div>But this is Ben pretty much now. Taller than me, and possibly the spitting image of me (poor boy). Ben on holiday in Corfu. Still only 17. </div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFOdJGk8x63NjlMuopsNSvRdFMezmU1ziGf7oXvL0_eW6KLCn7m0yUUy1VCV-wdDJuLfWo7d6w2XFl4OH_pKEIf1e1Ci9ho9z2160uBSIAL_mJ2gGUuu_t7-yhdRoTzwirLhU9j3mYs2K0SUcbZyKVH_05znK38g0Glv4OAWiVYWpfLVxifGdjc159/s4000/20221024_181615.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFOdJGk8x63NjlMuopsNSvRdFMezmU1ziGf7oXvL0_eW6KLCn7m0yUUy1VCV-wdDJuLfWo7d6w2XFl4OH_pKEIf1e1Ci9ho9z2160uBSIAL_mJ2gGUuu_t7-yhdRoTzwirLhU9j3mYs2K0SUcbZyKVH_05znK38g0Glv4OAWiVYWpfLVxifGdjc159/w225-h400/20221024_181615.jpg" width="225" /></a></div>He's training to be a civil engineer, and to be honest, it's such a suited job. He's always loved building things with lego. He's loved steam trains, and still does, and once, Grandad couldn't drag him off the seafront, where he was more than happy to watch the cranes building the new Grand Pier after it had burnt down. </div><div><br /></div><div>I love how you're afraid of dogs but not swans. I love that you send me funny reels via instagram, some of them proving we both have the same silly sense of humour. I love that you drink coffee. You appreciate nature, the stars, and good quality chocolate. </div><div><br /></div><div>You're not perfect. Nobody is. But I do hope that your dad and I have done enough for you to go out into this big wide world, and make it your own. </div><div><br /></div><div>Lots of love, Mum x x x </div><div><br /></div><br />Teresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946131609680459085.post-44728205557670319282022-11-29T17:33:00.000+00:002022-11-29T17:33:19.017+00:0049<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAkB2BY1Y6-lZ_IdcOMXRNzUEX3_HQqxQfUbceYtNM7XFIuXW3GIITKUuSj82Xnv_1sD24yKstBrsmlae-eXn_XLdczaMS2aNff_D7hdb0j2wX5TqwCipQZBC32envtvrXlUhylMqUxvNfOenTd7OdL7oXWTv4pbi8zVTZF29rCZRgPNufb1bE8pC0/s4000/20220911_130443.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAkB2BY1Y6-lZ_IdcOMXRNzUEX3_HQqxQfUbceYtNM7XFIuXW3GIITKUuSj82Xnv_1sD24yKstBrsmlae-eXn_XLdczaMS2aNff_D7hdb0j2wX5TqwCipQZBC32envtvrXlUhylMqUxvNfOenTd7OdL7oXWTv4pbi8zVTZF29rCZRgPNufb1bE8pC0/s320/20220911_130443.jpg" width="180" /></a></div>So I'm now in the last year of my 40's. This is technically, my 50th year... <p></p><p>The last couple of years has been a dramatical change to my mindset, all thanks to joining Utility Warehouse. I was probably getting stronger already, as I'd dropped online dating. I'd clearly got to the point where I didn't want timewasters in my life anymore and that if I was meant to be with someone, eventually the universe would provide. </p><p>However, the past couple of years has really strengthened my belief that I am more than happy to live on my own. I have enough friends and things going on around me to keep me busy. And I'll never be bored because I will always have writing. </p><p>UW has given me something that I also desired; financial freedom. And the belief that I will have it. </p><p>I am concerned that if I did find someone else in this life, I don't want to lose my financial independence. I will want to own my own house. I don't want to be in a relationship to rely on that person's income. And I definitely don't want to give up on the decision making. </p><p>In my marriage it had been so easy to hand over all the financial reins to my husband. But now I've got them back, I don't want to ever lose that again. </p><p>I was supposed to post this around my birthday... I started writing it in October, the day before my birthday, but opps... I've neglected my blog. </p><p>Anyway, here's to the last year in my forties, and to my fifty things for fifty... </p>Teresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946131609680459085.post-3288846779070090102022-07-21T19:45:00.000+01:002022-07-21T19:45:26.078+01:00Social Media Overwhelm Anyone? <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWTvgW6dZkEZrRcksj4tHY6trObfNSk9QFsqczDcHqfalcOocinPn07iSLGDELpc4sw9zlqjc2Z2Xsoms7bjN3RDp0TgTlg2CWDT4PhfE65kVZWjHE9BGQ4PtwbhDBdxFo-_TvwQl0z3MCoJFUfa181A03HT2HDxw62GUZ_93sucFmjN-Rl5-TLxB5/s4118/shutterstock_3210555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4118" data-original-width="4118" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWTvgW6dZkEZrRcksj4tHY6trObfNSk9QFsqczDcHqfalcOocinPn07iSLGDELpc4sw9zlqjc2Z2Xsoms7bjN3RDp0TgTlg2CWDT4PhfE65kVZWjHE9BGQ4PtwbhDBdxFo-_TvwQl0z3MCoJFUfa181A03HT2HDxw62GUZ_93sucFmjN-Rl5-TLxB5/s320/shutterstock_3210555.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Is anyone else feeling social media overwhelm? Or even overload? <p></p><p>If you own a business you get told that you need to be on social media. Although, you're not to 'sell' but you need to be showing you, your human side, not some robot. People buy from people and all that. </p><p>On the writer side, I'm on there to connect with readers, but find myself followed by other writers, or book reviewers offering to review my books - for a fee! A few readers connect, but I've not got to the point of being bombarded with fan mail! </p><p>And when I think, right, let's do some social media, but there are so many social media channels... Where do I go first? </p><p>I sit on business networking, listen to all these social media gurus that tell us what we should and shouldn't be doing. But quite honestly, I don't have the time. I'm a fairly organised woman but bloody hell, the last thing I want to do on a Sunday is schedule my social media for the bloomin' week! And it really feels like a life suck sometimes. But once upon a time social media was spontaneous... now it's scheduled... </p><p>And it's not always positive. We're all comparing, and bitching. It's just drama. I try to keep my posts on my social media positive now, but that doesn't mean my life is all rosey. (It's not bad actually, I can't complain. UW has changed my mindset for the better, two of my books are in Prime Reads... I'm happily single... and I'm digressing...) </p><p>It used to be about friends connecting - especially on Facebook - which I do love, because I've reconnected with so many people that I wouldn't have done otherwise. But now Facebook feels like it's an advertising platform - so I see these friends less and less. And then you're panicking if you're still actually 'friends'. </p><p>Seriously, I Google something for research purposes, or take a look at something on Amazon, and the next minute I'm constantly seeing adverts for these things either via Instagram or Facebook. It's a good job I write romance... dread to think what my adverts would contain if I wrote horror or crime. </p><p>I bought a phone case from a company and now all I see is this company! FFS! I've bought the phone case - how many more do I need? Or do phone's need a wardrobe of phone cases now? </p><p>I've tried Reels. But that can frustrate the hell out of me. Take half-an-hour, or longer, just when I should be putting my phone down to go to bed, to create a reel for it to not load, or there's a typo, or it's not quite done what I wanted it to do. Or it's just fucking crashed! At midnight! FFS! </p><p>It's taken me less time to write this blog post - but nobody will read it because it's not a video. I don't even get comments anymore... Do you remember when people left comments on blogs? God, those were the days! <br /></p><p>If you have read this blog post, all the way to the end, thank you! Xxxx I just needed to get that off my chest. </p><p><br /></p>Teresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946131609680459085.post-58993058421865252542022-06-07T13:52:00.001+01:002022-06-07T13:56:34.932+01:00Dear Book Reviewer<p>This may seem a weird blog post but I've decided, as an author who is constantly directly messaged and emailed on a regular basis on this subject, that I would share my thoughts to new writers/authors out there. Just in case you're not really sure on this subject. </p><p>As a writer/author we <b><u>do not</u></b> pay for book reviews. </p><p>It's bad enough we don't get paid that much in royalties really - the average author doesn't earn enough to live off. Unless we're selling books in the hundreds of thousands... we don't earn a lot for a year's work (or longer). </p><p>If a "book reviewer" messages you about reviewing your book, you say, "Thank you very much, I would love you to review my book. Here are the places you can buy it. It's only 99p on Amazon!" (Or words to that effect.)</p><p>My understanding is that these people just want free books. And then want to be paid to give an "honest" review. But how honest is it if you've given them the book for free and paid them to write a review? </p><p>And quite frankly, if I've given them my book and PAID for a review, it better be FIVE STARS! </p><p>And you have to think, am I going to earn that fee back in royalties? Probably not. </p><p>If a book reviewer wants free books, this is what NetGalley is for - and I have my gripes about NetGalley too, but I won't go into that here. </p><p>I'm really sorry, dear book reviewer, but genuine book reviewers are <b>readers</b>. </p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZ2REYuGP7erefk4C0iAWt1ecAinwqwQZmMNP52Ivt7oH7U306FOx9c1E-9jk90-3FLf69Cky9loYaOfsZiUv1bv2lmuaijLV21ffjvAisX9xESOh_w18chx4c6CQ_c5b0gRNiGtCxBEibaopPjMfOQoj9v-5jkqVL1erU8ni_EFNrlTkaASVC-xs/s2048/IMG-20220328-WA0001.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZ2REYuGP7erefk4C0iAWt1ecAinwqwQZmMNP52Ivt7oH7U306FOx9c1E-9jk90-3FLf69Cky9loYaOfsZiUv1bv2lmuaijLV21ffjvAisX9xESOh_w18chx4c6CQ_c5b0gRNiGtCxBEibaopPjMfOQoj9v-5jkqVL1erU8ni_EFNrlTkaASVC-xs/w400-h400/IMG-20220328-WA0001.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">taken from The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell</td></tr></tbody></table>If you read a book and you enjoy it, you leave a review. Some like to rip it to shreds too. Us authors would prefer they kept those comments to themselves, as we are human and usually blood, sweat and tears has gone into writing our books. <p></p><p>And if it's traditionally published, therefore gone through editors and a publisher feels it's good enough to invest in, then I believe there is no such thing as a bad book. It just wasn't a book for you. (I agree with Phin in The Family Upstairs.) </p><p>I know for some writers, me included, this may mean that reviews can be few and far between. But dear author, please do not pay for reviews!</p>Teresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946131609680459085.post-55558889409458005652022-05-23T14:26:00.000+01:002022-05-23T14:26:00.212+01:00Two Books In Prime Reads<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxYXM25Lu1ZLtLyDNLPyP6Vlfaco-t_2IH_KbpDyV1-emNRFoZwc-UZfvsMaILvbTmgt61xwYvijCvrZLAvflmMpQ2tFoIFjdFyk4jIe5NhqUVi4U6KTa3Uvyn7zCLpRu4MpD9OIZyJ0_2oxihRZVieyOC3MZMYXNvpK_BqBOZwle8mPmMVFDokaa/s1080/FB_IMG_1530808635341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxYXM25Lu1ZLtLyDNLPyP6Vlfaco-t_2IH_KbpDyV1-emNRFoZwc-UZfvsMaILvbTmgt61xwYvijCvrZLAvflmMpQ2tFoIFjdFyk4jIe5NhqUVi4U6KTa3Uvyn7zCLpRu4MpD9OIZyJ0_2oxihRZVieyOC3MZMYXNvpK_BqBOZwle8mPmMVFDokaa/s320/FB_IMG_1530808635341.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I am majorly excited. Meet Me At Wisteria Cottage AND One Fine Day are in Prime Reads and they're doing fantastic in the UK Amazon charts! <br /><br />Meet Me At Wisteria Cottage was (at the time of posting this blog post) in the top 10 for contemporary fiction and top 20 for women's fiction! That is huge!<p></p><p>Check them out if you don't believe me!</p><p> <br /><a href="http://amzn.to/2kUTi1b?fbclid=IwAR2jBVO7qQA9XzsEY5G0qVQt66JhCuuT4Ea5A96Ns_Cj4n2bWGrHRapisQA">http://amzn.to/2kUTi1b</a><br /><br />What will Meet Me At Wisteria Cottage hitting over 10,000 sales in eBook... I'm looking forward to see the impact this is also having.</p><p>Today has been a good day, because I have also managed to write a 1000 words towards my next novel. I am toying with the idea of writing a sequel to One Fine Day :) </p><p lang="x-none"><a href="http://amzn.to/1p1xhdC">http://amzn.to/1p1xhdC</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2wTAJqfmbVr6wyndkt_QubYkZqiRM0OwCGTu82tVv8uL1FoUK9Zwh7qvuqhWNbYvuYZC3vr018Y61QdkX-SHiPCor9d-hbF5snBQi8czDFy7S-48GxCa0q4bGMg-1c6vDFWLbakfCAy20UnKmYwN6k9pxmtaUE13mGtxEuWv2TXYldqFzBtu1Yi4t/s1080/One%20Fine%20Day%20promo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2wTAJqfmbVr6wyndkt_QubYkZqiRM0OwCGTu82tVv8uL1FoUK9Zwh7qvuqhWNbYvuYZC3vr018Y61QdkX-SHiPCor9d-hbF5snBQi8czDFy7S-48GxCa0q4bGMg-1c6vDFWLbakfCAy20UnKmYwN6k9pxmtaUE13mGtxEuWv2TXYldqFzBtu1Yi4t/s320/One%20Fine%20Day%20promo.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Teresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946131609680459085.post-41564778333949738712022-05-02T12:32:00.001+01:002022-05-02T12:32:21.426+01:00Sunsets and Happy Ever Afters<p>Exciting news alert! I can now confirm that Sunsets and Happy Ever Afters, the third book in my Kittiwake Cove series, is available to <a href="http://getbook.at/SAHEA" target="_blank">pre-order</a> and will be out Friday 8th July! </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBb3FrdXETK_MG7QxHql3VL7XYMCjkjdHD25txT77tj7ENbPjQ9Obo9KW8T9BFKUW03qAev2fx91XulBf4NO-ZLiHM9IuarnCHMDFVDe846EyQSgmTNa64ggayRS-L7XqEULhlfNZcNGJ5IeKG76IufgXJ8y8fpku-35lfsn5bB2PrMPzCF_f3esYR/s1640/available%20to%20pre-order%20Out%208th%20July%202022.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBb3FrdXETK_MG7QxHql3VL7XYMCjkjdHD25txT77tj7ENbPjQ9Obo9KW8T9BFKUW03qAev2fx91XulBf4NO-ZLiHM9IuarnCHMDFVDe846EyQSgmTNa64ggayRS-L7XqEULhlfNZcNGJ5IeKG76IufgXJ8y8fpku-35lfsn5bB2PrMPzCF_f3esYR/w492-h277/available%20to%20pre-order%20Out%208th%20July%202022.png" width="492" /></a></div><br /><p>I am also have a publication day party! The invitation is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/556483899230557/?ref=newsfeed" target="_blank">here over on Facebook</a>! All friends welcome! </p><p>We will be having drinks and nibbles from 7pm until the sun sets! (So fingers crossed for sunshine.) </p><p>Here's the blurb to Sunsets and Happy Ever Afters: </p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Will Maya ever find the right man for her…?</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Having recently gone through a painful divorce, </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">Maya Rosevear</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> has been concentrating on running her mobile beauty business and raising her two young children. Now ready to meet someone new, she decides to give online dating a try.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />As she juggles her responsibilities with her love-life, Maya keeps crossing paths with </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">Sam Trescott</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, the father of her daughter’s best friend. Despite initially getting off on the wrong foot, the two bond over their children and form a tentative friendship.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />As a widower, Sam understands what it is like to be lonely. Watching Maya launch herself back into the dating world, he questions whether he is also ready to pursue a new relationship.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Seemingly unable to meet the right man, Maya takes solace in Sam’s companionship more and more. And as they grow closer, both begin to wonder whether they have finally found what they’re looking for…<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;">Can Maya and Sam help each other heal? Will they have a second chance at love?</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">Or will their painful pasts come back to haunt them…?</span></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://getbook.at/SAHEA" target="_blank"><b>PRE-ORDER NOW!</b></a></p>Teresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946131609680459085.post-12806839116356361592022-03-24T16:04:00.004+00:002022-03-24T16:04:33.018+00:00Happy Birthday, Kieran! <p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_Q-8JE3WzcBMx77qdVJC5deuXR8nHk9bph7F0yMmtMSw2L4K_8sov2_mBgekhRYBt2MYBq1rBNxeGLGbJGxibH-KN_XIQQwFpH1YfjsmeYym7XQj3EfHHcH-ldC7x_e2--tBk6F0F7m3Oms_rpoAiGRu9sPM6Lgn6ypmj-AYq9v5cvHUDp9bbdAQ/s4032/20220104_175540.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_Q-8JE3WzcBMx77qdVJC5deuXR8nHk9bph7F0yMmtMSw2L4K_8sov2_mBgekhRYBt2MYBq1rBNxeGLGbJGxibH-KN_XIQQwFpH1YfjsmeYym7XQj3EfHHcH-ldC7x_e2--tBk6F0F7m3Oms_rpoAiGRu9sPM6Lgn6ypmj-AYq9v5cvHUDp9bbdAQ/s320/20220104_175540.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">January 2022</td></tr></tbody></table>And so Kieran turns 15. And today marks 2 years of going into full lockdown. </p><p>Today has been spent not in school because 2 years on, Covid still affects our lives. He's had to stay home for two days of home-schooling due to a shortage of teachers. At least he did manage to go into school last year, even though we were still in a lockdown. </p><p>He hasn't minded it today. He has done some school work but the sun has been shining so he's been out with his friends playing football. </p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ZdD1MuvC0Ee0XrLIx6f23aL6abcq1Lua2SET7djsOcqz4N06m_4kpu9KlAB0VBG0YxYD7aPVb8mq8ig_kL1u6-4aug4w3FS4r-mUD5_aFSdskfLCHKn7aWtDT3fw4jrm9XOL5cE0fYVBNSsmbubYQmr_F3j8eFIgZoTes15N1DqLVfju7oYe3bmL/s4032/20170911_184315.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ZdD1MuvC0Ee0XrLIx6f23aL6abcq1Lua2SET7djsOcqz4N06m_4kpu9KlAB0VBG0YxYD7aPVb8mq8ig_kL1u6-4aug4w3FS4r-mUD5_aFSdskfLCHKn7aWtDT3fw4jrm9XOL5cE0fYVBNSsmbubYQmr_F3j8eFIgZoTes15N1DqLVfju7oYe3bmL/s320/20170911_184315.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A couple of years ago with Rio!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Although a bit grumpy at times - that's the teenager in him - Kieran is my most organised child, and much much tidier than his brother. He's also quite thoughtful, buying gifts for either me or his dad when he goes away on holiday and things like that. </p><p>He also forgets himself sometimes, and has a cuddle, to soon realise he's (now) 15 and shouldn't be cuddling his mum - ha ha! But I do love our sofa time. (Currently watching Superstore which we're finding hilarious.) </p><p>Love my boys. So much. <br /></p><p>We have pizza for tea planned, plus his favourite cake; cinnamon Nutella cake. </p><p><br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgliB3kaGZEhMOVC9mHEPnNFxNwIvGt27f-8BTbYxAe8Nw9iKj0lCGGqywUJwYG_CUyWV4dpMvWEqqbY__uamzeQTwLmVckyVcOG3NN3JtAUOh7eUa5_5cufxIYm_Tjn3AWnhibVPdPNQ6OZE8jMYM8EIlWxKUS5VuvJCelN0lCjOhK9WCxN8LTlTsZ/s1415/277219109_10160281437911079_4664551505185077801_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1415" data-original-width="1408" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgliB3kaGZEhMOVC9mHEPnNFxNwIvGt27f-8BTbYxAe8Nw9iKj0lCGGqywUJwYG_CUyWV4dpMvWEqqbY__uamzeQTwLmVckyVcOG3NN3JtAUOh7eUa5_5cufxIYm_Tjn3AWnhibVPdPNQ6OZE8jMYM8EIlWxKUS5VuvJCelN0lCjOhK9WCxN8LTlTsZ/s320/277219109_10160281437911079_4664551505185077801_n.jpg" width="318" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The birthday cake! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Teresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946131609680459085.post-54762154390732363202022-03-15T16:27:00.003+00:002022-03-15T16:27:29.584+00:00My Book and Wine Club - update! <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjd2UpgDJbKQWxGBfMvLN9oFgl9jFH5rDr_qhxGbSdeL2nTVIbt1bhgbFIJSs6kxHVPIN1r25MlYRWv6NNZHKvnlql6XvYUktM1DKsMOqf__H1jmlTz4z6rLmU4xnCGvxiDqZ6oUKXTz2QHols5a_G6lQmn7WMgKKyQyEDuO3UlI7cCmDvGC49KbaQQ=s2264" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2263" data-original-width="2264" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjd2UpgDJbKQWxGBfMvLN9oFgl9jFH5rDr_qhxGbSdeL2nTVIbt1bhgbFIJSs6kxHVPIN1r25MlYRWv6NNZHKvnlql6XvYUktM1DKsMOqf__H1jmlTz4z6rLmU4xnCGvxiDqZ6oUKXTz2QHols5a_G6lQmn7WMgKKyQyEDuO3UlI7cCmDvGC49KbaQQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div>I held my first book club with <a href="https://seenobounds.co.uk/" target="_blank">See No Bounds </a>last Thursday and it was such great fun. <p></p><p>I wanted to keep it quite flexible and just be a discussion on what books we were reading, whether they be self-development, business development, general non-fiction or fiction.</p><p>As a writer, I've always struggled to read the set book for a book club, so I wanted this to be a relaxed discussion about books generally. And it worked! An hour wasn't long enough. </p><p>Also an interesting thing came out of the discussion. And it relates to the passage that is in <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42448022-the-family-upstairs" target="_blank">The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell</a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42448022-the-family-upstairs" target="_blank">.</a> (Great book by the way!)</p><p>Phin is basically saying there's no such thing as bad books; that if you didn't like a book, it's not that it's bad, but that book weren't for you. </p><p>I wholeheartedly agree with him! (And wonder if this be the point of view of Lisa Jewell too!)</p><p>And this topic was highlighted perfectly in my book club. Where I love Harry Potter and Lord of The Rings, a couple of the book club members don't. And it's not that they are bad books, it just proves that they are not to everyone's taste. </p><p>I will be hosting another book club. I just haven't set a date yet, but it's likely to be mid-April some time. (It's going to be tricky with Easter in the way.) You'll be able to register via the See No Bounds website. The event is free and online so it doesn't matter where you are. We'll probably stick to a Thursday (although I'm toying with the idea of it being a Friday) but with the amended time of 7.30pm. </p><p><a href="https://seenobounds.co.uk/members/teresa-morgan12gmail-com/" target="_blank">So watch this space! </a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifR9R96hi_tCBHyAUJ2vjBur_IG-f0w3OzKRxYHwnG7E9kj0eM3Wx5wzLoQGU29hUad6R31bcK8YkIGmqlqhpU_A8Kp7MjzL8KWsQM9cDZvXH7fP-LKXwLtwD4iE-r5n37RbRXbvn6rjgAauL6emDWRVWO2h5WrIqjhcTtwfW1mEIhCAnbNSUd9brQ=s540" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="540" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifR9R96hi_tCBHyAUJ2vjBur_IG-f0w3OzKRxYHwnG7E9kj0eM3Wx5wzLoQGU29hUad6R31bcK8YkIGmqlqhpU_A8Kp7MjzL8KWsQM9cDZvXH7fP-LKXwLtwD4iE-r5n37RbRXbvn6rjgAauL6emDWRVWO2h5WrIqjhcTtwfW1mEIhCAnbNSUd9brQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Teresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946131609680459085.post-7774085050937033922022-02-13T12:29:00.000+00:002022-02-13T12:29:03.125+00:00No More Working Saturdays! <p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZIla4PF7qGQ8eoV8Q9JL7KJzzNvBNJ_vWGw7uNjNywSfneMSMqlC41DOEtPmx84MZtU9MhfLy6JR9A4z25RrE3fC3FoVoUDJSRipOBPmuGwaW6L6_OcFOFw96t266OFGgd7gRFUzlU3K7R_KrIOhtiv9RTb2FfztRU2-A42b-dcem--cCSJtxCi-M=s1080" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZIla4PF7qGQ8eoV8Q9JL7KJzzNvBNJ_vWGw7uNjNywSfneMSMqlC41DOEtPmx84MZtU9MhfLy6JR9A4z25RrE3fC3FoVoUDJSRipOBPmuGwaW6L6_OcFOFw96t266OFGgd7gRFUzlU3K7R_KrIOhtiv9RTb2FfztRU2-A42b-dcem--cCSJtxCi-M=s320" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Friday evening, it felt strangely weird locking up the Post Office for the last time, and walking out of the store... if not a little scary. </span><p></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I've worked for Tesco for over 16 years, the last 8 of which were in the Post Office.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I started back in 2005 when Ben was only 6 months old (he's now 17!) as it fitted around my new 'mum' life.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">16 years is a long time. You get set in your ways, your routine.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm not sure I will miss the job (or the company) per se, I've had real ups and downs, but I will miss working with some colleagues who have now become my friends. (So it's not really goodbye to them!)</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Time to move on to pastures new, the next chapter... </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm still writing, and still helping people save money on their bills and/or realise their own dreams, but after a couple of weeks off, I will be joining North Somerset Council part-time. Eek!</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">No more working Saturdays! Yay!</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I wrote a goal to find a new job by 31st March 2022 and I only went and done it!</span></div></div>Teresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946131609680459085.post-34551057483409422942022-02-02T17:28:00.003+00:002022-02-02T17:28:48.894+00:00Hello 2022<p>It's a good job I haven't put blog more as one of my goals for 2022 because I think I would epically fail. </p><p>However, I have some FAB news and I want to share on my blog (although I know I do have a newsletter that needs writing too!)</p><p>I'm not very good at setting New Year Resolutions. I am sure I've told you this before. However, with my new network marketing side show, I am encouraged to set goals, and to write them down and visualize them, as well as say affirmations. I've even recently done a positive coaching session with <a href="https://lizdoyle.net/" target="_blank">Liz Doyle</a> who calls them intentions rather than goals. </p><p>So among some business goals/intentions for 2022, I wrote on a post-it note as well as on my little white board to find a new job by 31st March 2022. (I wanted to change my job back in 2020 and then became a key-worker, remember?)</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLpc_7yDlkjx6VMt0wR5W9QCMqUB4mnCEjujjtSiGJqktLHQh_1tAn9r2quXJQsH0mA7ELo9zEoFYHbE4ONtGx4naeEyfkcThWnv8WSgNrHINROsQF5GR-8sRMye74Ya0__b31gTYMd_U7SzgCv4eFfK2I97a2CBNxP20FTdglNwqFCSZH2czNMdRa=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLpc_7yDlkjx6VMt0wR5W9QCMqUB4mnCEjujjtSiGJqktLHQh_1tAn9r2quXJQsH0mA7ELo9zEoFYHbE4ONtGx4naeEyfkcThWnv8WSgNrHINROsQF5GR-8sRMye74Ya0__b31gTYMd_U7SzgCv4eFfK2I97a2CBNxP20FTdglNwqFCSZH2czNMdRa=w400-h225" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Well, peeps, I've only gone and done just that! </p><p>2022 has started off superbly with <a href="http://getbook.at/MistletoeManor" target="_blank">Mistletoe At The Manor</a> selling well and remaining a Best Seller for over 2 months (more on that in my newsletter.) But now I also have a fresh start! </p><p>I have only four more shifts at the Post Office and then I'm having a couple of weeks off before I start my new job! It's more hours, and I will be working in Corporate Services for my local council. It'll include some home working too once I am fully trained. </p><p>I will still have time to write (more on that another day) and time to work my home-based business. </p><p>The great thing is no more working Saturdays and no more Christmases in the Post Office! </p><p>So I am now fully onboard with this visualising your goals business because the Universe WILL provide. </p><p>Write them down, make them visible and say those affirmations every morning! You can do this! </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWRmTNZafMOM6X67Iypvf4c0Nr7cQdzLikij5Ub0sc8x2kkLf2nKuTR_yxyVZ525FAkgLRpvYd2v3flYI6WGEiUGSYpfz2dOPj-OKuD8qRZeioe6Qvr9wlX-bEX-imHXRdxFV5O-ZHiTVOxjRLFnHhmNcIC4VW20dopRZnRN7vK4mynfokwdMRdXL_=s886" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="705" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWRmTNZafMOM6X67Iypvf4c0Nr7cQdzLikij5Ub0sc8x2kkLf2nKuTR_yxyVZ525FAkgLRpvYd2v3flYI6WGEiUGSYpfz2dOPj-OKuD8qRZeioe6Qvr9wlX-bEX-imHXRdxFV5O-ZHiTVOxjRLFnHhmNcIC4VW20dopRZnRN7vK4mynfokwdMRdXL_=s320" width="255" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Teresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946131609680459085.post-18638283106317518212021-12-30T15:39:00.003+00:002021-12-30T15:42:21.358+00:00Goodbye 2021<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicMyxJhebZwXvd_s1Tr_z4P0SjF5oG3Zp14ZHhS1P1PJ2B69d8hfFT4PjQTn1hZspLw6WMfZoz9RSC8i10YeaVa8Rw6HeHJZnwT7AYusPfgCrO7yScsGhVueFQwe7IfQAfMsLaWYhxzFsn08z6SJOuChnCaAnt3eGaQ9JcNlTtNZNR2QX2ThnvTgRe=s940" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicMyxJhebZwXvd_s1Tr_z4P0SjF5oG3Zp14ZHhS1P1PJ2B69d8hfFT4PjQTn1hZspLw6WMfZoz9RSC8i10YeaVa8Rw6HeHJZnwT7AYusPfgCrO7yScsGhVueFQwe7IfQAfMsLaWYhxzFsn08z6SJOuChnCaAnt3eGaQ9JcNlTtNZNR2QX2ThnvTgRe=w400-h335" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>As the year comes to a close, I thought I would reflect a little. 2021 hasn't been all bad, (thanks to journaling my 3 positives a day) although it does feel like it amalgamated with 2020 a bit. I am so done with Covid! I really hope we do see the back of it in 2022! </p><p><a href="http://getbook.at/MistletoeManor" target="_blank">Mistletoe At The Manor </a>has remained in the top 500 in the UK Amazon charts for a month! I can't believe this. It's been No 1 in Inspirational Religious Fiction (only because it's set at Christmas lol!) and as I type this, it's No 2 in British and Irish Humour and Satire Fiction - which is a little more my category! This is a great way to end the year with my writing career. </p><p>I do have edits for my third novel (due summer 2022) which I will look at next week. But I have really taken the last two weeks off. It's been hard to concentrate with the kids home and getting ready for Christmas, from cake decorating, mince pie making and present wrapping! </p><p>One of my best friends bought me a Jane Austen puzzle for Christmas, and I have spent time finishing this. Something I'm not very good at doing is taking time to do nothing - without feeling guilty about it. Christmas feels like the only time I can justify stopping everything and doing a puzzle. So I did! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTdewIDMRdZXilHBOW8K-PpMsepjmFEg3eOV6YwRleQ1PwDXo2EB2amSUIWyeJlJI1_ZXN-RtLY2NZIeRX4EeRFpNus0LVqibWq37ka9bVy8r7tQhNoLgI9L2Q2FIw_cPE6zCqQ7Ly4tJ1zgWOVRvIxu1Zs6GlI9Eh63vCns9QSyl32XekaZpvRpBY=s960" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="960" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTdewIDMRdZXilHBOW8K-PpMsepjmFEg3eOV6YwRleQ1PwDXo2EB2amSUIWyeJlJI1_ZXN-RtLY2NZIeRX4EeRFpNus0LVqibWq37ka9bVy8r7tQhNoLgI9L2Q2FIw_cPE6zCqQ7Ly4tJ1zgWOVRvIxu1Zs6GlI9Eh63vCns9QSyl32XekaZpvRpBY=w400-h244" width="400" /></a></div><p>With my UW business, it came to a halt with not many people wanting to take a look at their bills with Christmas approaching - completely understandable! But in 2022, I really want to help more people save money on their bills. There are more price increases coming, and the cost of living is just going up and up. With this in mind, I'd also love to help people make some extra cash like I do. £250-500 extra a month to most people will make a huge difference to their everyday lives. I know it does with me. 2022 we have a holiday in Corfu to look forward to, and I wouldn't have been able to book this without my UW business income. </p><p>But UW hasn't just given me a financial benefit. It has taken me on a path of personal development no other organisation I've worked with has even thought to give me. I want to grow and develop and be a better version of myself in 2022. And I hope that will make me a better person to support the people closest to me. </p><p>Also, if I want to get another book out there, I need to start writing properly again, so I'm setting myself a word target for each week of 2000 words. </p><p>I'm not really one for New Year Resolutions, and if anything, I've learnt it's best to set goals. Do you set goals? If so, what are they? </p><p>Another of my goals is to find a part-time job as I really need to get out of the Post Office!</p><p>On that note, Happy New Year, everyone. I hope 2022 brings you happiness and health, because these two things are what makes real wealth. </p><p>Xxxx </p>Teresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946131609680459085.post-54918776784154251492021-12-06T16:33:00.001+00:002021-12-06T16:33:03.019+00:00My Latest Newsletter Is Out! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pFFnnPfzfG4/Ya46yTnSS4I/AAAAAAAAYvA/0tYIMeT5OnoS0g7_Z-kojep0PgFiJDZawCNcBGAsYHQ/s2508/banner%2Bmistletoe.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="2508" height="281" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pFFnnPfzfG4/Ya46yTnSS4I/AAAAAAAAYvA/0tYIMeT5OnoS0g7_Z-kojep0PgFiJDZawCNcBGAsYHQ/w562-h281/banner%2Bmistletoe.png" width="562" /></a></div><br /> My latest newsletter is out! Have you subscribed? <p></p><p><a href="https://mailchi.mp/492047d4dca8/and-now-its-december" target="_blank">Well here it is if you'd like to read it! </a></p><p>Let me take this opportunity to wish you all a very merry Christmas, and a happy New Year! </p><p>Keep reading, and writing. Much love, Teresa x </p><p><br /></p>Teresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946131609680459085.post-90555954818897628002021-12-04T14:41:00.000+00:002021-12-04T14:41:28.262+00:00Happy 17th Birthday, Ben! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-laGqxTX_rv4/Yat4uwQiF3I/AAAAAAAAYuQ/D9v7Ja_kzHYyvvMFz3S0G0qf2NOacHJ7gCNcBGAsYHQ/s1065/263916279_10160079749216079_8727960832628158174_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="1065" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-laGqxTX_rv4/Yat4uwQiF3I/AAAAAAAAYuQ/D9v7Ja_kzHYyvvMFz3S0G0qf2NOacHJ7gCNcBGAsYHQ/w200-h200/263916279_10160079749216079_8727960832628158174_n.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Oh, Lordy! Where does the time go? I'm pretty sure the years speed up as soon as you have kids! <p></p><p>I can still picture my son as he was laid on my tummy after I'd given birth to him for that early bonding. Labour had been a tiny bit traumatic. But being a new mother, I was shocked that he had his eyes open. Bright, blue eyes stared at me (not that he could probably see me much.) </p><p>And now I have this 17-year-old! (I know, I don't look old enough to own a 17-year-old!)</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OXO16yGQy-k/Yat4u90ewkI/AAAAAAAAYuM/_i1e6WA8STET7byXSET-vG8EFs6-Hj4CQCNcBGAsYHQ/s960/263534022_10160079748961079_5160757697881740008_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="540" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OXO16yGQy-k/Yat4u90ewkI/AAAAAAAAYuM/_i1e6WA8STET7byXSET-vG8EFs6-Hj4CQCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/263534022_10160079748961079_5160757697881740008_n.jpg" width="180" /></a></div>He will always be a blessing. After suffering an ectopic pregnancy at the age of 29, and losing a fallopian tube, I really didn't think I would get pregnant again. I was in a very dark place for a while. So when Ben was born I considered myself incredibly lucky. <p></p><p>I remember (he won't as he was barely a day old) that I did tell him when we were on our own, I would do my best as a mother, and that whatever life threw at us, we'd handle it. (I was incredibly nervous as a new mother and knowing my patience wasn't the best, I was worried I'd be terrible at parenting.)</p><p>Ben has continued at the pace that he entered the Earth, by taking his sweet-arsed time with things - which can be frustrating! He's a little away with the fairies and dis-organised, (compared to Kieran!) and then he can surprise you by being super organised with some random thing!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MgXqBtyObR0/Yat6B0zrR6I/AAAAAAAAYuc/YAuiZdFOpVM3_n663Dpn3TSIQnb9MhKlwCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/_MG_7422.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MgXqBtyObR0/Yat6B0zrR6I/AAAAAAAAYuc/YAuiZdFOpVM3_n663Dpn3TSIQnb9MhKlwCNcBGAsYHQ/s0/_MG_7422.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>But he does help with the dinner, and odd jobs around the house, and he's achieved excellent exam results, which means he's able to study towards becoming a civil engineer. I just wish he'd remember to turn off the lights as he leaves a room and tidy his bedroom. Oh, and remember to shut cupboard doors! <p></p><p>He does have a great sense of humour, and doesn't suffer fools lightly. His laidback, chilled persona, and the fact he's not too worried about what other people think, should help with not taking things too seriously, and not get too stressed in life, as well as not suffering with peer pressure. He has always been sensible, and used to get quite annoyed as a child when rules weren't stuck to! <br /></p><p>Happy 17th, Ben! Love you more than you can imagine, Mum x x x </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GqFM-rV2cko/TD3TlmzMYHI/AAAAAAAAAFA/w2hXpurijgswbsHwD0-YciVPCNn_H-sXgCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/Picture%2B067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GqFM-rV2cko/TD3TlmzMYHI/AAAAAAAAAFA/w2hXpurijgswbsHwD0-YciVPCNn_H-sXgCPcBGAYYCw/s320/Picture%2B067.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This will always be one of my favourite photos! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p></p>Teresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946131609680459085.post-65193410981714087822021-11-24T08:30:00.001+00:002021-11-24T08:30:00.160+00:00Publication Day for Mistletoe At The Manor<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mistletoe At The Manor is out today! </span></h2><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">It is the second novel in my Kittiwake Cove series, and is my first official Christmas novel. You can order from <a href="http://getbook.at/MistletoeManor" target="_blank">here</a>!</span></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lYAWJ3mTvXc/YZy-GDq-ffI/AAAAAAAAYs0/dib6LECwoyA7Kr9PjskJOqHPDvArHZSCQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/mistletoe%2B%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lYAWJ3mTvXc/YZy-GDq-ffI/AAAAAAAAYs0/dib6LECwoyA7Kr9PjskJOqHPDvArHZSCQCLcBGAsYHQ/w266-h400/mistletoe%2B%25282%2529.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 20px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">A heart-warming Christmas romance set in Cornwall! Perfect for fans of Trisha Ashley, Victoria Walters, Heidi Swain and Phillipa Ashley…</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Can Beth learn to open her heart this Christmas…?</i></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Between setting up her boutique and raising her six-year-old son, single mum <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Beth Sterling</span> has little time for romance.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Keen to expand her clientele, Beth moves her business into a cosy converted stable on the scenic Trenouth Estate.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />However, her focus soon wavers when she meets <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Tristan Trenouth</span>, the handsome but aloof owner of the estate. Each wilful and outspoken, Beth and Tristan are soon clashing whenever they cross paths.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />With the estate’s charity ball and Christmas fayre on the horizon, the two grudgingly put their differences aside and agree to work together. And as they spend more and more time in each other’s company, their uneasy truce blossoms into a strong mutual attraction.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />But with a young son, a fledgling business and a painful past to contend with, Beth needs someone she can rely on. And Tristan has demons of his own to face…<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Can Beth get her boutique up and running in time for Christmas? Will she and Tristan find happiness together?</i></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Or will the shadows of the past drive them apart…?</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">MISTLETOE AT THE MANOR</i></span> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">is a contemporary festive read you won’t be able to put down. Get lost among the snowy hills of Cornwall in this glittering Christmas romance, perfect for cosy winter nights.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div class="a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header" style="background-color: white; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; opacity: 1; outline: 0px; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.4s ease-out 0s; width: 597px;"><a class="a-declarative" data-a-expander-toggle="{"allowLinkDefault":true, "expand_prompt":"Read more", "collapse_prompt":"Read less"}" data-action="a-expander-toggle" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007185;"><i class="a-icon a-icon-extender-collapse" style="background-image: url("https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/sash/McBZv0ZvnbehkIx.png"); background-position: -94px -293px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 400px 900px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 9px; margin-right: 0.385em; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 7px;"></i></a></div>Teresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946131609680459085.post-12989048161226468682021-11-23T09:55:00.002+00:002021-11-25T10:07:12.722+00:00The Top Five Festive Books by Elizabeth Shields<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BG3r_XZmN9E/YZy6DsPA7kI/AAAAAAAAYso/xwwK95FCAg8kZd_0FqSXIb7-RMAW6OVOQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2508/banner%2Bmistletoe.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="2508" height="232" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BG3r_XZmN9E/YZy6DsPA7kI/AAAAAAAAYso/xwwK95FCAg8kZd_0FqSXIb7-RMAW6OVOQCLcBGAsYHQ/w463-h232/banner%2Bmistletoe.png" width="463" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h1 align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a name="_Hlk88135178"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Top Five
Festive Books<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></h1><div style="text-align: center;"><a name="_Hlk88135178"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This blog post was written by Elizabeth Shields </span></b></a></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Christmas is a great time to unwind and relax
with a good read.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Books centred around
the festivities are perfect winter reading material, and there’s plenty to
choose from this year.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In this blog, we
showcase the top Five Festive Books to warm your heart and soul this Holiday
Time.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We’ve also got some tips about
getting your reading space </span>cosy<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> and welcoming ready for your Festive Book
Fest.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<h2 style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"></span><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Storyteller-Tales-Life-Music-ebook/dp/B08Z349VJN/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=12I7W8CRQH8G3&keywords=dave+grohl&qid=1636635738&s=digital-text&sprefix=dave+%2Cdigital-text%2C176&sr=1-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzOTRCSUdJN0JOSzg5JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMDY2Nzk3MkhFQ05JVkozNVMyTCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNDY3OTY3MUEyWDFDMU00UUhNUyZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU="><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: #2f5496; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music</span></b></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> by Dave Grohl (2021)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Dave Grohl’s zest for life is clear within the
pages of his recently published autobiography.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As the legendary drummer for Nirvana, and now front-man to the Foo
Fighter’s Grohl has over 35-years’ experience in the music industry. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In the Storyteller, Grohl takes the reader on a
journey through some of the many adventures along the way, charting what it was
like to be a kid from Springfield, Virginia, with dreams of making it big as a
musician.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The book deals with the pain
and grief Grohl felt at the death of his friend and bandmate, Kurt Cobain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s also plenty of positivity, too, as
Grohl shares his upbeat and relentless urge to create music.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grohl manages to intertwine accounts of
jamming with Iggy Pop, dancing with AC/DC meeting Sir Paul McCartney and a
chance meeting with Little Richard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Somehow, despite his celebrity status and connections, Grohl remains
grounded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His self-deprecating drawl is
clear throughout the book, making this a great read for hunkering down with
this Winter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<h1><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"></span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Spirits-Season-Christmas-Hauntings-Tales/dp/071235252X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Spirits+of+the+Season%3A+Christmas+Hauntings&qid=1636635655&qsid=141-3497188-1881749&sr=8-1&sres=071235252X%2CB08TYQ6P1T%2C0999604007%2CB08998PHPX%2C1631680137%2C1925946223%2CB081DC33PJ%2C1943910561%2C1715868447%2CB07H8LYVD8%2CB000003JLM%2C1647221218%2CB086PCZVYW%2CB015VOROGM%2CB08HHFKR4D%2CB00YE9RN2Q"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span lang="EN-US">Spirits of the Season:
Christmas Hauntings</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span class="a-size-extra-large"><span lang="EN-US"> by Tanya Kirk (Oct 2018)</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If you’re after a classic Seasonal Ghost story,
this book won’t disappoint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
compendium of classic spooky tales from the 1850s to the 1960s, this collection
will send a shiver down your spine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Seasonal festivities contrast with the eerie and the sinister, as you
read of ghouls, hauntings and mysterious happenings. You’ll be glad of the
warmth of a cozy home, and a hot drink to accompany your book as you read this
collection. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<h1><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"></span><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09JKKSBRL?geniuslink=true"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span lang="EN-US">Mistletoe at the Manor</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span class="a-size-extra-large"><span lang="EN-US"> by Teresa F. Morgan (Nov 2021)</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">you are after something heart-warming this
Christmas, choose Mistletoe at the Manor. Set in the glorious scenic Cornwall,
this romance follows single mum and entrepreneur, Beth Sterling, in her quest
to get her business off the ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Beth
has little time or headspace for romance and her headstrong clashes with owner
of the Country Manor, Tristan Trenouth, don’t exactly melt Beth’s heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Both Beth and Tristan have their demons and
shadows to face. Yet, it’s clear that their uneasy truce has the potential to
blossom into a strong mutual attraction:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i>if</i> they can manage to find a way to allow the ice to thaw. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This romance is perfect for fans of Trisha
Ashley, Victoria Walters, Heidi Swain and Phillipa Ashley.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">With the action </span>centred<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> around plans for a
Christmas Ball and Christmas Fayre at the Manor, there’s plenty of seasonal
cheer to delight your senses.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A must
read for a relaxing Christmas.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<h1><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"></span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Celebrating-Seasons-Yorkshire-Shepherdess-Delicious-ebook/dp/B09442WH1C/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2FTN0F4LB1IGQ&keywords=celebrating+the+seasons+with+the+yorkshire+shepherdess&qid=1636635589&qsid=141-3497188-1881749&sprefix=celebrating+the+seasons%2Caps%2C277&sr=8-1&sres=1529056853%2CB07XQYBW1V%2CB07KKMQTR5%2CB007NIC6FE%2CB07FN9V4C1%2CB0795T8NG6%2CB00F6ZOC0S%2CB003H7KV8Y%2CB07XCMGBLX%2CB08HRSZDTD%2CB07VBPJ6B2%2CB07FLQL9F6%2CB08L2562YS%2CB079J4YFQQ%2CB089WJ4NFP%2CB09J52HF2H&srpt=ABIS_BOOK"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span lang="EN-US">Celebrating the Seasons with
the Yorkshire Shepherdess: Farming, Family and Delicious Recipes to Share</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span class="a-size-extra-large"><span lang="EN-US"> by Amanda Owen (Oct 2021)</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This book combines funny and charming stories
from Yorkshire shepherdess, Amanda Owen, with seasonal, tried and tested
recipes that keep Amanda’s nine-children coming back for second helpings. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Amanda is a bestselling author and star of TV’s
Our Yorkshire Farm.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This book features
breath-taking photos from the famous Swaledale landscape that Amanda helps
farm, with its wild moors and rare wildflowers.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">She writes with a simple elegance and respect for nature as she
describes the challenges and highlights of caring for her flock of sheep, and
tending to the working farm.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There’s a
real sense of warmth and </span>humour<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> as Amanda walks you through the difference
seasons on the Farm and with the family.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Taking a gentle journey through the seasons, this
book is a beautiful coffee-table keepsake this Christmas, inspiring you and
your imagination to escape to Yorkshire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<h1><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"></span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Stories-Heartwarming-Classics-Angels/dp/0785249656/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=a+christmas+carol+2021&qid=1636635521&qsid=141-3497188-1881749&sr=8-6&sres=B09L3C69F6%2CB08NW3XFDX%2CB08S2QPRXD%2C0996956662%2C1338790234%2C0785249656%2CB09JRN6LX4%2C1982189401%2C1732458480%2C142015107X%2CB08QSKB8RL%2C1797207954%2C1948481065%2C1728223555%2C0874860318%2CB09L3F73HW&srpt=ABIS_BOOK"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span lang="EN-US">Christmas Stories:
Heartwarming Classics of Angels, a Manger, and the Birth of Hope</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span class="a-size-extra-large"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by Max Lucado (Oct 2021)</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This giftable collection of Christmas stories
offer yuletide hope and warmth, inviting the reader to pause a while and
ponder. Beloved storyteller, Max Lucado, combines the traditional Christmas
story with modern day characters and dilemmas, to explore the mystery of
Christmas. Take time to consider the meaning of Hope in your own life as you
turn the pages of this elegant book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Perfect for slowing down and taking time to rest
and reflect, Christmas Stories, point to Hope in what – sometimes – feels like a
dark, cold world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<h2><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">A Cozy Christmas Reading Space</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">So – with Five Festive Books to choose from,
you’ll want to find ways to feel cosy and comfy as you snuggle down to
read.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As well as choosing the right
books this Christmas, consider your own reading space.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Whether that’s a small nook you can retreat
to in the corner of your bedroom, or a luxurious sofa and elegant bookcase,
make the space warm, clean and inviting.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Have a soft textured blanket to hand and keep your reading space clutter
free to maximise relaxation. You can organize your books in a way that suits
you:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">whether that’s by author surname,
subject matter or even grouping books by </span>colour<span style="font-size: 12pt;">.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Besides this, </span></span></span><a href="https://www.happycleans.com/2021/11/guide-to-cleaning-and-organizing-a-bookshelf-happycleans/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">make sure your bookshelf is clean and organized</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> for a better reading experience.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">With the perfect books, and a cosy space, you can
find your own slice of Christmas Reading Heaven this Holiday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk88135178;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> <span> </span></o:p></span></span></p>Teresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946131609680459085.post-66229199945388053282021-10-23T15:57:00.003+01:002021-10-23T15:57:28.112+01:00Mistletoe At The Manor Available To Pre-order<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FNxcg5ySdys/YXQh6b00nkI/AAAAAAAAYrQ/BHA7muntxCgq_gjjhoq8Y9zXxi8dDnEuwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1640/kittiwake%2Bcove%2Bseries%2Bbook%2B2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="293" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FNxcg5ySdys/YXQh6b00nkI/AAAAAAAAYrQ/BHA7muntxCgq_gjjhoq8Y9zXxi8dDnEuwCLcBGAsYHQ/w520-h293/kittiwake%2Bcove%2Bseries%2Bbook%2B2.png" width="520" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>So we have a publication date for Mistletoe At The Manor! 24th November 2021! </p><p>To pre-order<a href="http://getbook.at/MistletoeManor" target="_blank"> click here. </a></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Blurb:</h3><p><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i>Can Beth learn to open her heart this Christmas…?</i></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Between setting up her boutique and raising her six-year-old son, single mum </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Beth Sterling</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> has little time for romance.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Keen to expand her clientele, Beth moves her business into a cosy converted stable on the scenic Trenouth Estate.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">However, her focus soon wavers when she meets </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Tristan Trenouth</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, the handsome but aloof owner of the estate. Each wilful and outspoken, Beth and Tristan are soon clashing whenever they cross paths.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">With the estate’s charity ball and Christmas fayre on the horizon, the two grudgingly put their differences aside and agree to work together. And as they spend more and more time in each other’s company, their uneasy truce blossoms into a strong mutual attraction.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">But with a young son, a fledgling business and a painful past to contend with, Beth needs someone she can rely on. And Tristan has demons of his own to face…</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i>Can Beth get her boutique up and running in time for Christmas? Will she and Tristan find happiness together?</i></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Or will the shadows of the past drive them apart…?</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /></p>Teresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946131609680459085.post-42182951201895988942021-10-10T11:45:00.004+01:002021-10-10T11:45:41.612+01:00October's Newsletter is out NOW <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h48UlILJFRE/YWLD-D_6-_I/AAAAAAAAYqg/IaMXT4YS18U8LeNpsi1WKNPuhhU5vfsvwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1640/teresa%2Bf%2Bmorgan%2Ball%2Bbooks%2Bheader2%2B%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h48UlILJFRE/YWLD-D_6-_I/AAAAAAAAYqg/IaMXT4YS18U8LeNpsi1WKNPuhhU5vfsvwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h225/teresa%2Bf%2Bmorgan%2Ball%2Bbooks%2Bheader2%2B%25281%2529.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I'm never sure about newsletters, I feel they're taking away my blogging time (not that I'm blogging that much lately!) </p><p>I only issue one newsletter a month and there's a little surprise in this one! And there's a competition! </p><p><a href="https://mailchi.mp/efe20a8fece7/my-birthday-month-is-here" target="_blank">October's Newsletter is HERE</a></p>Teresa F Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368928238008888457noreply@blogger.com0