Big News, Pie, Fragments and Wine…
November 6, 2015 | 
Author Traci has taken the reins at Friday Fragments!
Welcome to Friday Fragments. If you haven’t fragged before, Friday Fragments is a place to share those thoughts, quips, and tidbits that don’t quite make a whole post, e.g. fragments or frags. I host every Friday and would love for you to join in. Please link up and visit other Fraggers.
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It looks like fall in the Philadelphia area but all week it has felt
more like summer. Today we are expecting a record-breaking –eighty-degrees. I love it!
The cold front arrives tomorrow:(
We finally got to one of our grandson’s football games. His team was 5-0 and yesterdays game should have been their 6st win but one of the referees made a terrible call so the game ended in a tie. I am not a fan of any kind of yelling and screaming at any kid’s event but the call was so blatantly bad I wanted to scream. 6-year-old Adriana did not hold back.
I finally received the official release date for The Stranger In My Recliner. It is January 19, 2016. If you signed up to do a review back in July, the review copies will be available in 4-weeks and you should have them shortly after. The real work starts now, there is so much to do for the book launch and the holidays are practically here too!
We are 6-days into NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) where 1000’s of writers attempt to write 50,000 words in 30-days. I am slightly behind but intend to catch up if not get ahead over the weekend.
I just turned my AC on. I tried not too but I failed.
A friend, Michelle Leonard aka the Hat Lady, invited several friends and me to do a pie tasting. She purchases holiday pies for her real estate clients (and there are many of them because she is fabulous) and she wanted to choose the best.
Her home is lovely and the table, oh my!
We started with 5-slices of pecan pie from different bakery’s and wine to cleanse our pallets. That was easy. The winning slice was so much better than the other 4-slices and I cannot wait to try her cupcakes!
Next was pumpkin. The winner there was:
http://www.theultimatebakeshoppe.com
I was most excited to try the apple and it was such a tough choice because there are so many varieties of apples and apple pies. For us it came down to the crust. The winner was:
I only took a few bites of each slice but honestly I’m okay with not even seeing pie or wine until Thanksgiving. Okay maybe that is too drastic, and this weekend is more realistic!
Happy November All,
Doreen
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I would be in heaven with that much Pecan Pie! My favorite! Happy to hear you have a firm release date, congrats!
Kimberly
Thank you Kimberly! Good luck to both of us on our releases!
Congratulations on your release date. I shall look forward to the release. Sorry about the bad call — Adriana’s response is priceless! And yay for pie!
🙂
Traci
That little one is a piece of work!
Love the lady with the hat and the pie. I do love my pie. 🙂
Anna from Elements of Writing
That is Michelle the Hat Lady and she is a realtor extra extraordinaire!
Will have to make a note about Fragment Friday, I like the sound of that. Been ages since we’ve chatted, but as things are rolling in for the homeless here at Bridge and Beyond, I wondered how you were doing with regard to your book.
We would love to have you join us on Fridays. The book will be out in January, finally!
Pie, I love a pie tasting. Adriana looks like my kind of girl!
She is something else!
Finally a release date. Woo hoo! I look forward to reading!
Yes, finally! Thank you!
The Stranger in My Recliner is a great title. I’m not sure what kind of book it is, but I’m intrigued!
Thank you! It is the true story of a homeless woman my husband brought home one night. She was 80 and lived with us for nearly 3 years.
Good luck with NaNoWriMo. You go, girl! I am now fixated on your pie tasting and am ready to sign up as a volunteer any time 🙂
That pie tasting was so much fun but wow you only eat a few bites of each piece and before you know it you never want to see pie again.
Of course we brought the leftovers home and the next night I had a small piece:)
More reasons to move closer to you. It’s all happening there! The pie party alone is reason enough.
I can’t wait to read your book. How exciting, my friend!
That would be fabulous!
You certainly get around! A pie tasting would be top of my list…along with all your other great news!
Thank you it was so much fun!
Pie. I was waiting for the pie. But it didn’t disappoint! I needed some good pie ideas for TG.
I had no idea apple, pumpkin and pecan pie could be so different. Not one was the same.
Mmmm…! I love apply and pumpkin pie, but will you think I’m crazy if I admit I have never, ever had pecan pie? True!
Glad to know you’re not one of those wacky adults who scream at kids’ sporting events. That behavior makes me want to scream, too… at them! (Of course I don’t.)
Cheers!
Sometimes it is SO hard to be quiet!
That red tree is gorgeous and those cupcakes looks so yummy. I am sorry about the football game. Major frustration.
What is your book about!?! I guess I need to go back and see!
I am so glad I got that picture yesterday because the leaves started falling off today:(
So fun, but I gained a few pounds reading this!!! And yep, the weather is grand…but I didn’t cave on the AC. Can’t wait for your book!
The AC felt good for 1/2 hour then it was freezing.