Okay, so I got all the “Autographed Copy” stickers on the books.
Oops, forgot to insert oodles of book marks, of which I have plenty.
But I got all ten winners of the A Scottish Love drawing (actually, 12).
And all the winners of the recent guest blog drawings.
And I autographed all the books – whew!
But I didn’t put in the little cards that said WHY readers received the books.
Ahem.
So, some of you are going to get books in the mail and you won’t know why.
Here are the reasons you received the books:
1. Either I ran across your entry and thought – wouldn’t it be fun to send them a book?
2. Or I drew your name in a drawing.
3. Or I had extra books and went looking for entrants from which to choose extra people.
Hint: if you send your physical address to me, you’re more likely to be chosen for one of those extemporaneous mailings.
This post made me giggle. Its nice to see you are as human as I am.
Not that I thought you were a robot or anything…….
Hey, I could elope with one of my Roombas – Pedro, the one who cleans the living room and has an alluring mustache.
Karen, nice to know I’m not the only one who does this kind of thing.
Oh, I’m glad I’m in good company.
Hi Karen, you are so sweet!
Everyone loves a surprise. 
Hope your hving a great week.
I’m having the funniest week, Gail. Things are just amusing me no end, like Flash trying to herd butterflies for the last hour.
Ha Ha thanks for the laugh Karen. I don’t feel as bad for being a scatterbrain today, actually all week. Maybe I will blame it on PMS or for the fact that I do not have a Pedro in my life to distract me. Maybe I need to eat some chocolate or potato chips. Have a good rest of the day.
Wait, I think I’ll blame it on Flash!
Loved the new post!!
Thanks, Pauletta!
I think I must have missed a couple of your contests. This post does perk me up though. For everyone who’s received a book, whether expected or not it’s a good feeling!
I’m trying to remember to put them on the side of the blog. Those people who subscribe to my newsletter get their own drawings.
Hi Karen! Loved this post. It’s nice to know that other people do things like that also. When I went to bible study yesterday, I picked up some keys in a chair that I thought had fallen out of my coat pocket. One of the ladies thought I might need a ride on the way home, and asked if she could drop me off at home. I told her no thanks, that I already had a ride. She started searching all over the church for her keys. YEP, you guessed it! I got home and found out that I had 2 sets of keys in my coat pocket instead of just one. I felt terrible. I called my friend that I had gotten my ride from, and told her I had the lady’s keys in my coat pocket. She came back by later to pick them up. MIA CULPA!
Oh, too funny, Cathy! (Don’t you just HATE to lose your keys?)
I think the little card explaining “why” being absent will not matter. Whoever receives a book from you will be too tickled to care why they received it
I spent last weekend licking and stamping Court’s wedding invitations. They come with a small pinwheel type thing that you slip into the invite. I hope I got those into each envelope but knowing me, there may be a few extra when we do get through sending them out. After 120 of the boogers, my tongue was beginning to stick to the roof of my mouth. Wriggling nose here. We ran out of stamps so get to continue this weekend. What’s a little nastiness on the tongue compared to taking a task away from her and freeing her to worry about something else?
That second sentence didn’t sound right. I didn’t mean it to sound like a person wouldn’t care. I meant they wouldn’t question the why of it
And not to worry about how something sounds – we’re all buddies and pals here.
When is she getting married, Leah?
May, 26th. I’ll e-mail you one of their engagement pictures.
Karen, I now see that you NEED me as your next-door neighbor to help you with all of this stuff. AND…I promise not to laugh at the woodpecker part!
Connie, it was so bad that I went to an out of the way post office, where there was NO traffic.
Ummm.. kinda like sticking the bil into the envelope and sealing it.. turning it over… yup … no address showing!
But did it take your mind off the ..rooster tail??
Worse than that, mailing the bill without putting the check in!! LOL!!
Karen, we love ya no matter what!
Since I do online bill pay, I haven’t had that problem in years! But, yes, I’ve done both!
Now getting a book in the mail woldmake me think of Christmas or Birthday. Yep Birthday it is. It is like getting a letter in the mail for no reason, just because. Yeap. that is a very good reason. Woodpecker? roster? better go and re-rad thes blog, I did not see them. LOL
It’s a Facebook thing. We’ve been talking about my Haircut From Hell.
You are the BEST to your readers. I know all \those that receive a book will be thrilled even if there is no ‘reason’ included as to why they are LUCKY……
Even without being one to receive a book from you, the rest of us are WINNERS by having read your books. So happy Feb 22 to YOU!!! Helen in Ark.
Thank you, Helen! If I can’t give back to readers, who else can I give back to? They’re the reason I’m published!
Thanks for the smile. I have too many days like that. Proof we are human I guess.
My new word for the day has to be “extemporaneous”.
Everything I do these days involves a list! Groceries, ‘chores’, etc. I agree with everyone – anytime we get a book from you, we consider ourselves blessed.