Archives for 2011
May your coming year be joyous, loving, and filled with good books, great friends, and a happy and healthy family!
25 Comments. Posted by Your Friendly Goddesses on Saturday, December 31, 2011 at 8:30 am.
Filed under Goddess Classics.
You know how this goes … 1) we post an intriguing picture, 2) you guys come up with fun (but clean) captions, 3) and we have an impartial person select their favorite caption for a prize! Easy, eh? Today’s prize will be three autographed books from the goddesses and a lovely, sparkly, fab-u-lous tiara! Yes, [...]
149 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Friday, December 30, 2011 at 4:43 am.
Filed under Goddess Grins, Karen Hawkins, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, caption, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, contest, goddess blogs, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, old movies, romance novels, Sabrina Jeffries, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
So, the big holiday for our family is over. I am now in decompression mode. At some point today or tomorrow I will clean up all the boxes and carry the gifts up to rooms. We wait until after New Years to take down the tree, however. We like to have the holiday linger a [...]
69 Comments. Posted by Madeline Hunter on Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 3:04 am.
Filed under Madeline Hunter, Christmas traditions, fest of the seven fishes, holiday travels.
I am talking about the days between Christmas and New Year. You know, after the big holiday celebration, after you’ve eaten too much and seen your family and are ready to return to your real life… But wait. There is another holiday coming that means more food and parties and family and celebrations. What do [...]
125 Comments. Posted by Julia London on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at 4:38 am.
Filed under Julia London, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, historical novels, historical romance, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, romance novels, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
A few years ago I did a blog on unattractive guys who, for unknown reasons, I find incredibly attractive. But every year I find new men to add to my list. So the updated Unattraction list for 2012 is: Steve Buscemi Love him in Boardwalk Empire, although my attraction to him does not extend to [...]
81 Comments. Posted by Lori Handeland on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 2:18 am.
Filed under Lori Handeland, alpha males, bad boys, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Claudia Dain, fred astaire, great guys, handsome guys, handsome men, holiday inn, Hugh Jackman, humor, humorous blog, hunks, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, love, love stories, love story, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, rocky horror picture show, romance, romance books, romance fiction, romance novels, romance writer, romantic fiction, ron perlman, Sabrina Jeffries, sexy guys, sexy men, Steve Buscemi, Susan Mallory, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, tim curry.
. . . whaddya get? This? Or this? Or this? Or this? What was the best present you got? The best present you gave? Did you get to visit with anyone special? How was the fooooood? It’s time to share!!!
46 Comments. Posted by Your Friendly Goddesses on Monday, December 26, 2011 at 4:33 am.
Filed under Christmas shopping, Barbara O'Neal, christmas, Claudia Dain, goddess blogs, Hugh Jackman, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, presents, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, shopping, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
Santa, baby. Santa looks much better without the beard, don’t you think? Merry Christmas and Happy FROS to each and every one of you!
18 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Sunday, December 25, 2011 at 4:08 am.
Filed under Goddess Eye Candy, Karen Hawkins, Barbara O'Neal, blog for women, Claudia Dain, goddess blogs, holiday cheer, Hugh Jackman, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, santa, Santa baby, sexy guys, sexy santa, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
Some of us may not be able to sing on key, but the sentiment is quite clear: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all, the best peeps on the internet!
56 Comments. Posted by Your Friendly Goddesses on Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 4:44 am.
Filed under Goddess Grins, Barbara O'Neal, blog for women, Claudia Dain, Happy Hanukkah, holiday cheer, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Merry Christmas, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. The time of sparkly lights and wreaths on doors and strangers walking the sidewalks, singing. It’s also a time of gift-giving, which means gift purchasing. I knew there had to be a fly in the ointment somewhere. I love giving gifts. It’s just that purchasing gifts, finding [...]
100 Comments. Posted by Claudia Dain on Friday, December 23, 2011 at 1:01 am.
Filed under Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, My Life As A Plebe, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christmas shopping, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, historical romance, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, romance novels, romance writer, Sabrina Jeffries, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch.
There are some people in this world — a lucky few — who can wrap a present with such precision and artistic flare that when they finish, their gifts are gorgeous enough to use on a television commercial. We’ll call them the Super Wrappers. And then there are the rest of us. We don’t wrap [...]
109 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Thursday, December 22, 2011 at 4:10 am.
Filed under Karen Hawkins, My Life As A Plebe, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Claudia Dain, gifts, holidays, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, presents, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, wrap, wrapping.
I don’t cook. It seems weird to spend more time making something than it takes to eat it. At the same time, I do like my food. And I’m happy to push the cart while mom and sisters pile the raw ingredients of Christmas dinner into it. Because shopping is always good, whatever the reason [...]
135 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 3:02 am.
Filed under My Life As A Plebe, Suzanne Enoch, baking, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, christmas, Christmas cookies, Claudia Dain, goddess blogs, historical romance, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, tamales, the goddess blogs.
He’s a man of science and is endlessly curious. A man of vast intelligence and whip-cord strength. A man who protects, taunts, and tantalizes. A man of action and thought. A man of vast surprises. He’s all things Robert Downey Jr’s Sherlock Holmes . . . AND his trusty (and equally sexy) friend, Jude Law’s [...]
55 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 8:59 am.
Filed under Goddess Eye Candy, Karen Hawkins, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Claudia Dain, goddess blogs, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, nerds, Rachel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Sabrina Jeffries, sexy men, sexy nerds, Sherlock Holmes, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
The lights are twinkling, the stockings hung and the trees are decked in their holiday finest – it is the home stretch to Holiday Season 2011! As a little break from all the chaos that may be going on with last minute preparations, here are some fun things from around the ‘net to keep you [...]
80 Comments. Posted by Your Friendly Goddesses on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 4:45 am.
Filed under Fun Contest Saturdays.
Okay, it’s probably hard to tell in the tiny format, but that dressing set is a gorgeous little miniature. I bought it while I was on vacation in New Orleans, where I came across a MINIATURES STORE. Nothing but doll houses, doll furniture, and miniatures to go in the houses. I was in love. I [...]
107 Comments. Posted by Sabrina Jeffries on Friday, December 16, 2011 at 3:29 am.
Filed under Goddess Grins, Sabrina Jeffries, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, historical romance, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, miniatures, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, santa, Santa Claus, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, Will and Jane, Will and Jane's Excellent Adventure.
Okay, it is officially ten days until Christmas and I have decided that I’m taking the rest of the upcoming days off from all the stuff I make myself do the rest of the year. I do have to go see my trainer a couple more times, but I have to admit I like him—he’s [...]
60 Comments. Posted by Barbara on Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 3:31 am.
Filed under Barbara O'Neal, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, blog for women, Christmas indulgences, Claudia Dain, cookies, goddess blogs, historical novels, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, love story, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, resting, romance fiction, susan mallery, the goddess blogs.
Today, I am going to share a little secret with you. Ok, so not really a secret, but I don’t often let the entirety of this little bit of information out. Ready? I LOVE the holidays. I think, with the exception of dealing with the malls around this time of year, there is not much [...]
63 Comments. Posted by Sheridan on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 4:30 am.
Filed under When Goddesses Fall To Earth, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, christmas, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch.
The New York Times had an article yesterday about invented languages in movies. It started with Klingon, continued with other Star Trek alien languages, and now Game of Thrones and Avatar have featured invented languages that are pretty elaborate. Not just a few words are being thrown out, but a full language with grammar rules [...]
133 Comments. Posted by Madeline Hunter on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 3:01 am.
Filed under Madeline Hunter, On Writing!, dothraki, invented languages, klingon, language, made up words, Madeline Hunter.
This year Mr. G went a little Clark Griswold. He wasn’t satisfied with just the candy canes and reindeer of past years. He put up so many Christmas lights, I think our house can be seen at the space station. I blame it on our neighbor, Bruce, a retired potato farmer who sold his farm [...]
90 Comments. Posted by Rachel Gibson on Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 11:57 pm.
Filed under Uncategorized.
We had such fun with last week’s contest FROS (For Refreshment Only Sunday) that I thought we’d do another, only this one with a movie theme. Watch the following movie trailers and tell us which FROS candidate makes you sigh the most: Matthew Macfadyen in Pride and Prejudice: Gerard Butler in P.S. I Love You: [...]
82 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 4:19 am.
Filed under Goddess Eye Candy, Barbara O'Neal, blog for women, Bridget Jones Diary, Claudia Dain, Colin Firth, Gerard Butler, Hugh Grant, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Julia London, Kate and Leopold, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Mattew Macfadyen, P.S. I love you, Pride and Prejudice, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, sexy guys, sexy men, Shakespeare in Love, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch.
As a rule, I’m not a list maker. I make shopping lists for the grocery store, but that’s about it. However, I started thinking about what I require in a friend and I realized that I have a list. It’s a short list, but still, a list. For me, a friend must either be nice [...]
54 Comments. Posted by Claudia Dain on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 1:10 am.
Filed under Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, My Life As A Plebe, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, love story, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, romantic fiction, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch.
A few days ago, the cutest kindergartner ever did not want to pick up the toys he’d strewn all over the playroom. I told him if he didn’t, he couldn’t watch Spongebob (don’t judge me ). He was mad. He shouted, “YOU. ARE. SO. MEAN!” I said, “Yes I am, kiddo, because I learned from [...]
81 Comments. Posted by Julia London on Friday, December 9, 2011 at 4:53 am.
Filed under Julia London, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Claudia Dain, goddess blogs, historical romance, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, romance novels, Sabrina Jeffries, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
You guys know how I love those wacky street signs, the ones that you drive by and then think, “What in the heck did THAT mean?” I especially love signs like the ones below: Sign 1: This looks like a hairy person throwing a head and a wrench. Why would a hairy person throw a [...]
106 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 4:54 am.
Filed under Goddess Classics, Karen Hawkins, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, Claudia Dain, death by wrench, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, rabid deers, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, street signs, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
This time of year, that is always the question at my house. For years, we dragged in a big tree, even though I have a very small house. The thing took up most of the living room. You couldn’t get past it without knocking off ornaments. The dog’s tail sent them flying, and often breaking, [...]
97 Comments. Posted by Lori Handeland on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 2:15 am.
Filed under Lori Handeland, Uncategorized, alpha males, bad boys, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, christmas, Christmas trees, Claudia Dain, great guys, handsome guys, handsome men, Hugh Jackman, humor, humorous blog, hunks, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, love, love stories, love story, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, romance, romance books, romance fiction, romance novels, romance writer, romantic fiction, Sabrina Jeffries, sexy guys, sexy men, Susan Mallory, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, the skinny tree.
Can you tell I just went to hear Handel’s “Messiah”? And not the usual abridged version, but the nearly 3 hour long version with the Easter stuff. I LOVE hearing it live–it’s just different for me, mostly because of the instruments. I like hearing “The Trumpet Shall Sound” accompanied by live trumpets. I once went [...]
94 Comments. Posted by Sabrina Jeffries on Monday, December 5, 2011 at 3:30 am.
Filed under Sabrina Jeffries, When Goddesses Fall To Earth, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, Broadway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, live music, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, musicals, orchestras, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, save live music on broadway, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
Yup, it’s time to see what sort of man you like best on the page of FROS (For Refreshment Only Sundays)! Just sit back, scroll through our candidate types, and let us know which type of FROS appeals to you: Candidate #1: He’s cultured but can be ruthless. A man of great charm . . [...]
79 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 8:54 am.
Filed under Goddess Eye Candy, 300, Batman Begins, christian bale, Clay Matthews, Colin Firth, daniel craig, FROS, Gerard Butler, Green Bay Packers, Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pride and Prejudice, the goddess blogs.
