February was an awesome month. A little insane but awesome. I had the greatest guest authors and bloggers who in turn had some of the greatest readers and visitors. I can’t thank you all enough. You made my birthday far better than I imagined.
Of course, when you look at the title of this post, you must wonder then why it says what it does… Well, the day after my birthday, my husband woke with the stomach flu. Because of his diabetes, it takes longer for him to recover and by the time he had, my son came down with it. My daughter and I managed until Monday evening to fend it off, but not no avail.
I think we are on the mend and there are two things I learned about this stomach flu… The upside: You can lose 10lbs in 36 hours. The downside: You feel like crap for 36 hours, sometimes longer.
I had told y’all I would be posting pictures yesterday (Tuesday) of presents. Yeah, that didn’t happen. It’s not happening now either. Tomorrow, yes. Today I have tried hard to just function with a little…meaning, not do too much. I didn’t want to end the party being sick, but that’s what happened. I didn’t mean to leave all of you hanging in limbo.
Presents and their winners will be announced on the blog Monday, March 7th. I had intended to do it Sunday, the 6th, but I’m going to wait until Monday. If you missed a post, failed to comment on a post, failed to follow the blog, or leave an email address, etc… the next few days are the time to do so if you want to be entered the drawings for presents…
Of course, the big present is an Amazon Kindle… and there quite a few smaller but not less important presents.
Again, thank you all for participating, for celebrating with me as I turned 40, for making my birthday special and memorable. I read each and every comment made throughout the month and I was so giddy over many of them…
Next year, I may just ask the readers to be in the spotlight…
~lissa
I am so sorry you got sick after throwing such a wonderful party for all of us! I hope you feel better really soon. ((((hugs))))
Aww Lissa! Hoping for a speedy recovery!
Hope you and your family get feeling better soon!
Get well soon. I have a really bad cold so I feel for you.
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Yeah, that definitely stinks! I hope you’re feeling much better soon since that’s definitely not how you want to celebrate.
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Here’s wishing you, and your family, a speedy recovery! I know that flu, people at work have been going down with it in droves. It seems to finally be tapering off, thank god. The dreaded cough that sticks around though? Still live and kicking my butt LOL.
Quick question. I put my email address in the first two posts, and then for some reason, I thought that one of the posts said we didn’t need to put it in every post and so I stopped. Was I hallucinating? Do I need to go back and add a post with my address to each birthday bash blog post? I can be such an idiot, sigh.
Get well soon
I hope everyone gets feeling better soon. I’m sorry to hear that everyone was sick.
get well soon hun..bg hugs
I am so sorry to hear you were sick, hope you are feeling better now. I like your idea about readers in the spotlight next year, sounds very interesting.
Feel Better Soon! I heard chocolate does wonders for recovery.
Get Well Soon Lissa! How horrible that you all came down with it. Lot’s of rest and chicken broth on the menu….
Just in case, I went back and put in a comment with my email address – itmfiddler (at) gmail (dot) com.
I hope that you are feeling much better today!
Oh no, Lissa, that is just so wrong! Hope you and your family get to feeling better soon. Don’t worry about us, we will be here whenever you feel like company.
Get well soon!!
feel better
WOW that stinks. Hope you get better real soon.
Hope you feel better soon!
Hope you feel better soon!
feb went really really really fast. thanks for all the new authors that I have found and the great books
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thanks for the contest bash!
carol.byles@yahoo.com
Thank you Lisa for all the chances to win great prizes. I enjoyed reading so many new blurbs and new authors
forettarose@yahoo.com
Oh, feel better soon! When we had 12 people living in the house, someone was always sick. I can’t wait untill spring. So, I’m sending hugs and happy thoughts. Hope it helps.
Lisa I hope you know how much we all have loved your blog. Thanks for introducing me to an outstanding group of ppl
terrilee.byles@yahoo.com
I hope you are now feeling better. February was a hard month around our house. When one gets sick they all get sick EXCEPT they never do it at the same time but one after the other. erg!
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Thanks for contest!
donnasing777@yahoo.com
This contest blast was fun thank you to all the authors that participated I enjoyed reading about all the books. Boy let me tell you my list has gotten much longer.
evelynmoly@yahoo.com
I did enjoy all the posts and seeing what authors had out. Hope you are all recovered and ready to move forward.
linze_e at hotmail.com
Thanks again for the great celebration. I have had a sick family this week also. In fact, it hit me yesterday. Hope you and your family are all better.
Man! It sucks that you got sick on your bday! Glad to hear ya’ll are on the mend.
I just got a Kindle for my bday (a prezzie from myself) & it’s BADA$$ (or @ least what I’ve managed to figure out is…LOL)! Can’t wait to see how it all shakes out w/ the “loot”.
I’m so glad you’re on the mend, Lissa–what a way to wrap up the month! May the rest of the year be far superior 😉