Wednesday, May 28, 2014

              SANDWICH MAKING BOOK BITCHES 1ST EVER                                                SCAVENGER HUNT


TO CELEBRATE OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY WE HAVE DECIDED TO HAVE A SCAVENGER HUNT TO CHANGE THINGS UP A BIT.

HERE IS THE LIST OF PAGES/BLOGS/AUTHORS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN OUR HUNT (these are important don't loose this list you will need it to help solve clues)



Krissy Daniels
Harmony Stalter
Rissa Blakeley
Author L. Mertz
Cat mason
Khai L. Bayne
Katheryn kiden
Sips With Sass
C. Shell Romance Author
A K Michaels
Patty Maximini
Jen Andrews (author)
Jordan Deen
V.L. Brock
M.L. Steinbrunn
E.J Shortall
A.D. Ellis
Andrea Michelle
MJ Nightingale


I know most of you are asking what do you win if you get all clues right ?? 

you guys are in luck we have 4 amazing prize packs 

Grand Prize (all clues answered correctly)

One epub of Aflame
One $20 Amazo gift card

Signed paperback copy of The Stable Boy with swag.
Swag pack and e-copy of Broekn Dreams
Ebook copies of my books falling for a muse and healing a muse
Ebook of Escaping Me 
Ebook of Exception from Patty Maximini
Ebook copy of Forgive Us Our Trespasses sent directly to Kindles
1 Sandwich Making Book Bitches Key Chain 


First Place ( 18-16 clues answered correctly) 


eBook of Indebted: A Sin from Ashes 
Ebook from Katheryn kiden
Tumbler from sips with sass
ebook of Chasing Karma (Karma Series 1)
A signed Impulses keyring from V.L. Brock



Second Place ( 15-13 Clues answered correctly)

ebook copy of  Exception by Patty Maximini
signed paperback copy of my book, The Reason, (US only please)
Full Moon ebook from Jordan Deen
Ebook copy of Forgive Us Our Trespasses sent directly to Kindles.


Third Place  (12-10 Clues answered correctly)

1 x Silver Lining by E.J. Shortall signed bookmark & postcard
A Kindle ebook copy of my book For Nicky by A.D. Ellis
eCopies of Escape the Doubt and Embrace the Moment  eBook of Afraid to Love




RULES OF THE HUNT 

I WILL POST THE FIRST CLUE ON THE EVENT PAGE FROM THERE YOU WILL GO TO THAT NEXT CLUES LOCATION FROM THERE  YOU WILL NEED TO LIKE THAT PAGE AND MESSAGE THEM FOR THE NEXT CLUE AND HEAD TO THE NEXT PAGE.  PLEASE BE SURE TO WRITE DOWN THE ORDER OF THE PAGES !!!!!

#1. WILL BE THE FIRST PAGE YOU MESSAGE FOR AN ANSWER AFTER LEAVING THE EVENT PAGE

THE FIRST PERSON TO ANSWER ALL CLUES CORRECTLY WILL BE THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER .

PLEASE ONLY MESSAGE SANDWICH MAKING BOOK BITCHES PAGE WHEN YOU ARE ALL DONE I CANT KEEP TRACK OF EVERYONE'S SINGLE ANSWERS!!!!

HAVE FUN AND ENJOY !!! 

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS DONATED THEIR TIME AND PRIZES!!!

*******VERY IMPORTANT*****************

YOU HAVE 48 HRS TO GET YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION BACK TO US IF YOU DO NOT A NEW WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN PLEASE NOTE ALL PRIZES WILL BE COMING FROM AUTHORS DIRECTLY ONLY ITEM COMING FORM OUR BLOG PAGE IS THE KEY CHAIN!  












































































Thursday, May 8, 2014

Animal Lovers Unite

This blog post is not book related at all. This post is about something dear to my heart Animals.

  I grew up in  Adams County it is a small county located in the heart of the wheat belt in Washington state.  Ritzville is a small farming community located inside of the county where I lived till I moved to Florida.  ACPR (otherwise known as Adams County Pet Rescue)  serves  Othello,Lind, Washtucna and my home town Ritzville they are a no kill organization that  spays and neuters, and rehabs animals so they can find forever homes. 

 The people who are apart of this organization not only donate their time and money but they open their homes up to help cats, dogs and horses.  I grew up around these wonderful hard working people who at a moments notice get calls about animals and are out looking for them or organizing people who can. It is a 24 hrs a day 7 days a week operation.

Below is a article from 2008  This article was my first real experience with mistreatment of animals  ( beside seeing it on TV) my father was one of the many volunteers who went to help these poor starving dogs.


March 13, 2008
Starving dogs rescued
 
Journal photos by Stephen McFadden

SCARED AND ABANDONED. This quartet of hounds huddles near a bag of dog food, the first real meal they've had in a long time. A total of nine abandoned dogs were discovered last week near the Tokio Elevator. One of the dogs was dead. Six were rescued by Pet Rescue volunteers and two are still running loose. (below) Mark Shepherd carries a severely malnourished dog to a waiting kennel in Steve and Karen Potts' vehicle.

By Stephen McFadden
Publisher

The tears were flowing when Janet Bowman realized just how horrible the scene before her was last Thursday as she counted the number of starving dogs that were swarming around her near the Tokio Elevator along Danekas Road.
Bowman is a dedicated volunteer member of the Ritzville Pet Rescue program and she was the first to arrive after the group learned that there were several dogs abandoned near the elevator.
"I didn't catch the gentleman's name, but a guy called my office and asked to talk to me. He said he was at the elevators and he said there were four skinny dogs there," Bowman recalled.
An employee in the Adams County Auditor's Office, Bowman quickly obtained permission to leave the office and drive out to the site where the dogs were last seen. On the way she stopped long enough to gather a large bag of dog food and a bucket filled with water.
What she discovered as she neared the elevator is now being considered one of the worst cases of animal cruelty the Pet Rescue members have ever seen.
Originally Bowman was expecting to find four dogs. At last count, the Pet Rescue members had identified nine abandoned dogs near the elevator. Most of them are coon hounds. One of the dogs was found dead on the railroad tracks behind the elevator. By Monday, the volunteers were still attempting to capture two of the dogs.
The others have been distributed to Pet Rescue foster homes throughout Adams County. Four of the dogs were severely emaciated, two of those in very serious shape. All of the dogs were malnourished and dehydrated.
Bowman, who wasn't prepared for what she found, quickly summoned the assistance of other Pet Rescue members. Steve and Karen Potts and Mark Shepherd all responded to lend her a hand.
"I've seen lots of skinny dogs. I've seen lots of abused dogs. I've not seen dogs that are so emaciated that their skin was sticking in between their ribs. It just made me sick," Bowman said.
Shepherd was the first to arrive. He helped cut a sheet into strips so they could use the strips as makeshift leashes for the dogs as they were able to capture them.
Steve Potts, once he arrived, loaded the dogs into kennels in the back of his vehicle and then took them to local veterinarian Tim Johnstone.
Four of the dogs quickly came up to Bowman and began drinking water and eating. The other dogs were more tentative and the Pet Rescue members had to work hard to capture the others that they had been able to gather up.
All four of the dogs that gathered around Bowman seemed desperate for attention. Their bodies were thin, and their skin was squeezing their rib cages.
"I was feeling pretty overwhelmed," Bowman recalls. "We already have so many dogs in foster care. We don't have a ton of room, but you can't leave them there."
Shepherd, while trying to capture the more tentative dogs, was frustrated by the scene. He noted that he had watched programs on Animal Planet that depicted such conditions. This was the first time the Washington State Patrol trooper had witnessed such cruelty in his home county.
How the dogs ended up at the elevator is a mystery. Pet Rescue members have their theories.
"These dogs have not been out on their own," Bowman said. "I suspect they were a backyard breeder's dogs. I think someone dumped them right here. I live out in the country and I know that people dump dogs. They didn't travel anywhere. They stayed right here.
"I wholeheartedly believe that someone was starving them in their backyard or kennel," Bowman added. "It's very frustrating. There are too many rescue groups and too many shelters for someone to have to do this."
Bowman said the discovery was disturbing for her as an animal lover.
"I was beyond angry. This is senseless," she said. "There's no need to do this to an animal."
All of the dogs have been distributed to those who can care for them. The ones in the worst shape are residing with Pat Stark in Washtucna. Stark cares for the animals in the worst shape. She seems to have a knack for bringing them back.
The two dogs she's caring for have new names. Stark named them after two wheat varieties because it appears that they have been eating wheat to survive.
She named the white one Madsen and the black one is Eltan.
"Eltan is in the worst shape. He is the most emaciated. The first night I was up with them a lot," Stark said.
Once a dog has become malnourished, bringing them back is a slow process. Over feeding or watering them can do more damage. Stark said she carefully monitors their food intake and feeds them in small increments.
Stark has been feeding them cooked white rice.
The dogs' general physical condition will take time to improve.
"They are so scratched and nicked and they have scars everywhere," Stark said. "I would bet anything that these dogs came from a disreputable backyard breeder that had jammed them all together in a very small space. The dings that they have are from other dogs' claws."
Like Bowman, Stark wasn't happy to discover this level of animal cruelty.
"It needs to be known. This is a horrible, horrible thing when anyone can treat a helpless animal this way," she said. "I feel like just blasting them. But, saying mean things just doesn't help. Everyone needs to be upset about this. I'm really proud of how everyone pitched in and helped get the job done."
Other Pet Rescue members have stepped up to take in some of the dogs that were found at the Tokio Elevator including Clyde Hiland of Ritzville and Donna Yarchak of Othello.
Adams County Sheriff Doug Barger confirmed that the agency is investigating the incident. He also said Washington state laws prohibit animal cruelty and the owner of the dogs could be subject to criminal charges.
"Assuming they (dogs) were in bad shape, then yeah, we could pursue criminal charges if we had a suspect," he said.






They have done so much more than just this one little article. They busted a puppy mill expecting to find 60 dogs they found over 120 and after many years of court battles and appeals they finally sent the defendant to jail a huge victory for them !!! I wish I could list everything they have done but then we would never get to the reason im writing this blog post.  I live in Florida now and am 3000 miles away from home and today I stumbled upon some information about a organization called Animal House and ACPR being the shelter they chose out of a 100 applications to use as their Pilot episode for TV .... EXCITING!!!! So now after hearing this I decided I definitely need to find out what was going on back home.

In 2009 ACPR shelter had a fire which destroyed the building they were using to house rescues.  ( pictures below)













For the past four years, the organization has continued to help the animals of Adams County but now, from a facility that is simply – sad. There are a few concrete runs but most of the animals are housed in pens protected only by tarps. With temperatures of over 100 degrees in the summer and below freezing in the winter, not to mention the fact that animals are being stolen and harmed at the unsecured facility, the group has worked non-stop to raise funds for a new shelter.







Adams County is a supportive yet small community and this past year, the group hit a wall with donations. Having raised a portion of their goal amount, they broke ground in 2013 and built what they could, to demonstrate their commitment to the animals and to their community and hopefully attract enough donations to complete the building. But with the community tapped out, it would take a miracle or another four years before they could raise enough money to complete the shelter. ~taken from ACPR Blog post









 ACPR submitted a application to Animal House ........Who is Animal House???? 


"Animal House" is a family friendly, inspirational and uplifting show that would help thousands of animals and the thousands of people who care for them. By providing a new or renovated building as well as program grants, training and supplies, "Animal House" will elevate the efforts of many struggling organizations, allowing them to provide better care and opportunities for the animals.



"We are very excited to be going to Othello, WA to complete the Adams County Pet Rescue shelter for our pilot episode. “Animal House” is just starting out so we are faced with limitations in relation to what we can afford to accomplish and this project fits the bill perfectly.
tears of joy and relief

sharing the great news

the director of shelter  taking a moment after hearing the news

face timing 

With the support of GENEROUS sponsors, THOUGHTFUL investors (both of which have not all been locked just yet) and a DEDICATED COMMUNITY, we plan to help get the animals of Adams County into their new, safe shelter and deliver an AWESOME show to all of you!
Please visit the Adams County Pet Rescue page to learn more about this wonderful group and just as soon as the ground thaws and we have all out ducks in a row, we will hopefully see you in Othello with your hammer. We’ll bring the sandwiches."
WE LOVE YOU ALL! THANK YOU FOR STANDING WITH US!
The Animal House Team
PS: Over the next couple weeks, we will be profiling the other organizations that we are looking at for season one. When we’re successful, we will help numerous shelters each season and even some during the off-season.~taken from ACPR blog post~
Visit Adams County Pet Rescue  http://www.adamscountypetrescue.com/
Animal House Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/AnimalHouseglp 
Animal house website  http://www.animalhouse.tv/
I am very excited about this! Animals hold a special place in my heart and any chance I get to give back and help I will and do I am hoping today after seeing this post you will do a couple things...

1. Share this with your friends and family "like" Animal House's Face Book page...  they may just end up in your home town helping out the rescues in your neighborhood.
2. Take the time to donate even if its just a few dollars every penny counts!
3. If you cant donate to this then next time you go to the store pick up a bag of dog food and drop it by a local rescue they are always in need of items old towels, blankets, food, dog crates, leashes etc. 

4. Educate your self on vaccinations and spay and neutering. Currently Othello Wa is dealing with a Parvo epidemic (horrible strain dogs die even if they get to the vet with in hours of on-set of symptoms).


Photo credits 
ACPR Adams County pet rescue
Journal photos by Stephen McFadden
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ritzville-Adams-County-Journal/164855350194335

Monday, March 10, 2014

My Confession Blog Tour Stop and Giveaway









Harrison Brooks possesses all the qualities most women admire. He’s a gentleman first, has made his own wealth and could charm the pants off of most girls with his model-quality good looks. He’s played hard with the big leagues and enjoyed the likes of many women willing to be his evening’s conquest, hoping to capture the heart of the rich playboy. When Harrison meets Monica Green, he leaves his life in Chicago behind to be with her.  With trust issues, he allowed jealousy to destroy his relationship with Monica, and even more desperate, he magnifies events as an excuse to be a jackass and leave her, shy of the alter.  Desperate and drowning in self-pity, Harrison moves back to Chicago and finds his life turned upside down one night at Logan’s Bar. The events that unfold help him discover the man buried inside himself that he really wants to become. Will he make more mistakes and find himself in shreds?












DeLaine Roberts is your typical working wife and mother. When she's not working at her day job in the medical field, you'll usually find her on the phone networking or tapping away at the keyboard. She suffers from laptopitis! Writing is a passion and it's nothing to see the desk light on at 3am. An avid cook, reader and cross-promoter, DeLaine likes to keep her options open, cookie-dough included. DeLaine loves to hear from readers, so please reach out at delaineroberts@rocketmail.com
My Confession #3 of The Running Series
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  Books in the Series


Running to you #1



Alexandra Morrison believes that she has found the perfect job as a medical sales rep in Dallas until she has an infuriating encounter with the elusive Dr.Grayson Brooks. Grayson, newly single, is used to getting his way. That is, until he crawls up the wrong side of this stunning redhead when he gives her the brush off. What starts out as a planned business meeting winds up being an unplanned entanglement. As the past haunts the couple's future, Alexandra keeps her running shoes on and the exit door in her sights. Will Grayson conquer her ultimate fear of trust in a real relationship, or will he lose out to her doubts when he makes a dreadful mistake?
Two Sides of a Heartbeat #2



"I never stopped loving you, I just stopped begging for you. There's a difference." After a beautiful proposal, Dr. Grayson Brooks pleads with his fiancée, Alexandra Morrison, not to get on the plane. Once the plane is in the air, the events that unfold turn their lives upside down. The tragedy and loss engulfs both families in a situation that spirals out of control. Secrets are revealed and the past once again haunts both families; as if that isn't enough, Olivia Balcone, once engaged to Grayson and romantically involved with his twin brother, Harrison, returns to Dallas and stirs up more feelings and a lot more trouble. Alexandra was so close to having it all: a baby, a gorgeous husband, and a family united. But is she strong enough to fight for what she wanted?
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