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Head on over to Douglas Cuddle Toy’s website and you will see one of their newest plush. A beautiful eagle. Named what you ask?

Why Colbertt of course!

Douglas Toys makes beautiful, soft, cuddly Wildlife and Flying Eagles with distinctive expressions and gestures that speak quality and value unlike any other plush. We make breed-specific stuffed animals that go beyond the average teddy bear. The Douglas collection includes other stuffed dogs, stuffed cats, stuffed horses, stuffed wildlife, stuffed barnyard animals, stuffed bears, stuffed teddy bears, stuffed sea life, stuffed fantasy animals like unicorns and dragons, stuffed penguins, stuffed unusual beasts, accessories like Pet Saks and backpacks, infant accessories, toys and overall the best stuffed animals available.

Don’t forget to visit The Colbert Nation as well to see other Colbert’s in action!

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Just wanted to update on my Lara Adrian reading.

I have finished Kiss of Midnight, Kiss of Crimson, Midnight Awakening, Midnight Rising and am one quarter the way through Veil of Midnight.

THEY ARE SO MUCH FUN.
Wow.

yeah, go read them and enjoy!

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If you don’t crack a tear watching that, I just don’t know.

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Now, I don’t usually win contests and the like. If there is one entry, and that is me, usually there is a freak incident and someone else wins.

NOT TODAY!!!!
(by today I mean yesterday since it is now after midnight and I am still rolling with excitement).

I bought a pair of men’s riding pants from www.EquestrianCollections.com (thats plural) for my brother. I got on their email list, and while I don’t have the disposable income to buy as much of the riding clothes as I’d like, I still wanted to stay up on the trends and sales.

One day in the email was an entry for a contest. It was for larger riders to talk about their riding and showing clothes. The grand prize was a $250 gift certificate to the site. OH! The things I could get for $250!

So I entered. I talked about how it is hard to find riding pants higher than a 34 inch. And how women are not all bigger in the SAME PLACES. Some are top heavy, some are bottom heavy, yeah, it varies.
I sent off a picture of me and Wyatt from a show 2 years ago (I had updated my showing clothes since then which I included information about in the entry)… (actually I think I included 3 pictures, for variety), and off I went. Did not really think about it again.
This was the picture I submitted:

Secondary photos included:

and

Generally showing that even without necessarily good-fitting clothes, I had a great time.

So yeah, I got a call today. I AM THE WINNER!!!
So head over to http://www.equestriancollections.com/ and look on the front page. Does that photo look familiar?

oh yeah. So today was a VERY excellent day

The description from their website about their plus-sized clothing:

About 1824 Plus Sizes

1824 was created over 10 years ago to bring equestrian riding apparel to the plus sized woman rider. Up to that point, women had to shop the men’s department to find products that would fit.

1824 was an instant success from its launch, bringing equestrian apparel in sizes 18-24 for schooling and showing English style. With it too came the No Bounce Guaranteed sports bra, which you can find on Equestrian Collections under the brand name of Enell.

Thank you to all our manufacturers who work with us to bring you this collection – TuffRider, Wellington, EQ Rider, Irideon, Enell, Moving Comfort and RJ Classics to name just a few.

So a BIG thank you to Equestrian Collections.com. I am definitely a thankful and happy winner, and will continue to be a happy shopper!!!!

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I have a bag (no literally, a BAG) full of Mary Balogh titles.
As I read down through the bag I am going to do a short review of each. Some are full length novels, and some are signet romances… let the fun begin!

The Notorious Rake: 1992 So… I would say, go ahead and miss this one. The last… 3 chapters were fun, but the rest just did not fit with what I think of the Ton and London life.
A Chance Encounter 1985. A lot of this book felt similar to Pride and Prejudice but I did like some parts of it.
Lord Carew’s Bride 1995: It was odd. Tried to be Beauty and the Beast, but didn’t exactly hit the mark. It was fun seeing how a man and woman could fit in a friendship in this time period.
A Counterfeit Proposal 1992 Was it the love story of the daughter or the parents? If she could have decided, it would have been better. It was still fun though.
The Ungrateful Governess 1988: This one was fun. She, poor fired governess. He, sinfully handsome rake who offers position of mistress (a few TOO many times over the course of the book). But have no fear, this girl has connections! It was fun, but her writing has DEFINITELY improved! Also, somehow there were TWO copies of this book in the “Bag of Balogh.”
The Ideal Wife 1991. I felt that I had read this book before… which is possible. But I liked it. It was fun, the characters were fun, there was a little “ton” and a lot of love. I like the books with a lot of love.
Last Waltz:1998. Well. I liked this one! But sometimes the whole, “6 years ago they were in love, but then a brutal misunderstanding happened and she married a different man who is a tyrant (but luckily dies!), and he comes back and is amazing and they FINALLY fall in love again,” well sometimes that is overdone. (not just by Balogh, in the genre overall. but yeah… it is overdone because it WORKS!)
Courting Julia 1993:This could have been bad, and yet it was GREAT! I loved each of the male cousins, and how they all dealt with each other. GREAT!!