{"id":6145,"date":"2013-12-07T08:35:50","date_gmt":"2013-12-07T15:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/?p=6145"},"modified":"2014-08-01T02:38:17","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T08:38:17","slug":"saturday-status-12713","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/saturday-status-12713","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Status 12\/7\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"6147\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/saturday-status-12713\/5865997_blog\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/5865997_blog.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"299,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5865997_blog\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/5865997_blog-224x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/5865997_blog.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6147\" alt=\"5865997_blog\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/5865997_blog.jpg\" width=\"299\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/5865997_blog.jpg 299w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/5865997_blog-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\">Tis the sea\u00adson! Where I&nbsp;actu\u00adal\u00adly don\u2019t mind shop\u00adping, (much) and play my favorite Christ\u00admas tunes and eat lots of sug\u00adary sweets and com\u00adfort foods galore! We got our first big snow\u00adstorm this week, enough to make me break out my trusty green Sorels. Also it has\u00adn\u2019t been above zero for a&nbsp;few days. If you guys want to know where the term \u201ccab\u00adin fever\u201d comes from, check back with me in about five&nbsp;days.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Work in Progress News ~<\/span><\/strong> Plug\u00adging away on my Christ\u00admas friends-to-lovers m\/f short sto\u00adry. At least it\u2019s short for now, who knows how this will end. I&nbsp;don\u2019t expect I\u2019ll get much done between now and the end of the year, but I\u2019m already plan\u00adning a&nbsp;new year\u2019s over\u00adhaul on my writer\u00adly work&nbsp;ethic.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Favorite Song of the Week ~<\/span> <\/strong>Maybe my favorite ren\u00addi\u00adtion of this song ever. I\u2019ve got such a&nbsp;crush on Josh Groban, so he can do no wrong in my book, but seri\u00adous\u00adly, this guy\u2019s pipes are pret\u00adty much golden.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SIuXRicwZK4\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Tweet of the&nbsp;Week&nbsp;~<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>After your first drone arrives, five oth\u00aders will arrive bear\u00ading items we think you might also&nbsp;like.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ama\u00adzon Drone (@AmazonDrone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmazonDrone\/statuses\/407612702844932096\">Decem\u00adber 2,&nbsp;2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Indus\u00adtry News ~<\/span><\/strong> So as the above tweet sug\u00adgests, Ama\u00adzon has announced its plans to have home deliv\u00adery by drone with\u00adin the next few years. They say they\u2019ll be able to deliv\u00ader ordered mer\u00adchan\u00addise with\u00adin 30&nbsp;min\u00adutes. I&nbsp;find the prospect of drone deliv\u00adery fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading, though I&nbsp;doubt it will reach me here in the mid\u00addle of nowhere. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/tech\/2013\/12\/01\/amazon-bezos-drone-delivery\/3799021\/\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Midnight-Ink-Orleans-romances-Bestselling-ebook\/dp\/B00GR272ME\/?tag=alannacoca-20\"><img data-attachment-id=\"6148\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/saturday-status-12713\/attachment\/18515315\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/18515315.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"317,475\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/18515315-200x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/18515315.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-6148\" alt src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/18515315-200x300.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/18515315-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/18515315.jpg 317w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\"><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">What I\u2019m read\u00ading ~<\/span> <\/strong>I\u2019ve been work\u00ading my way through this boxed set of eight novel\u00adlas. It\u2019s a&nbsp;great way to read new-to-me authors while still ensur\u00ading I\u2019m get\u00adting at least one sto\u00adry I\u2019ll like from an author I&nbsp;know and love. I\u2019m read\u00ading book #6&nbsp;in the set, and so far it\u2019s won\u00adder\u00adful. All eight sto\u00adries are cen\u00adtered around a&nbsp;tat\u00adtoo shop (Mid\u00adnight Ink), so the books are woven togeth\u00ader beau\u00adti\u00adful\u00adly. I&nbsp;think novel\u00adla boxed sets are my new favorite things.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Today\u2019s Tear\u00adjerk\u00ader ~<\/span> <\/strong>I&nbsp;hope you all appre\u00adci\u00adate how many tear jerk\u00ading videos I&nbsp;go through to find just the right one to share with you here. I\u2019m keep\u00ading Kleenex in busi\u00adness, that\u2019s for sure. This one is kind of long, but you can skip ahead. The real mag\u00adic starts after most of the kids fin\u00adish the race at 2:35<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JeM4J3zpM1s\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Book Snip\u00adpet ~<\/span> <\/strong>From Pre\u00adView:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>I need to talk to&nbsp;you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She wait\u00aded for him to con\u00adtin\u00adue. It irri\u00adtat\u00aded her when he didn\u2019t. \u201cGo&nbsp;ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>No, not over the phone. I&nbsp;was hop\u00ading to meet you somewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Right now?\u201d Ryann shot upright. She wasn\u2019t pre\u00adpared to meet him. Emo\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly or even phys\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly. She\u2019d have to show\u00ader&nbsp;and\u2014<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>No, not right now. It\u2019s Sat\u00adur\u00adday night. I\u2019m sure you have plans.\u201d Again he paused. If he expect\u00aded her to fill him in on her Sat\u00adur\u00adday plans, or lack there\u00adof, he would be sore\u00adly dis\u00adap\u00adpoint\u00aded. \u201cTomor\u00adrow. Cof\u00adfee somewhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>I don\u2019t know.\u201d But cof\u00adfee was com\u00adplete\u00adly innocent\u2026<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Look. I&nbsp;know I&nbsp;didn\u2019t make the best first impres\u00adsion on you. I\u2019ve apol\u00ado\u00adgized for that, and I&nbsp;hoped you were adult enough to let it&nbsp;go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Mr. Kear\u00adney, there is no need to ques\u00adtion my matu\u00adri\u00adty.\u201d Ryann saw red again, as was becom\u00ading a&nbsp;habit with him. \u201cIf you want to talk to me, one good way to start is by see\u00ading me as a&nbsp;woman and not a&nbsp;flighty lit\u00adtle dreamer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His qui\u00adet laugh only made her angri\u00ader, and she almost hung up on&nbsp;him<\/p>\n<p>His voice dropped to an inti\u00admate pitch. \u201cI know you\u2019re a&nbsp;woman, Ryann.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Okay, that\u2019s a&nbsp;wrap! You all have a&nbsp;great week!<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tis the sea\u00adson! 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