{"id":7068,"date":"2015-07-04T09:16:35","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T15:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/?p=7068"},"modified":"2015-07-04T15:34:23","modified_gmt":"2015-07-04T21:34:23","slug":"saturday-status-742015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/saturday-status-742015","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Status 7\/4\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theoatmeal.com\"><img data-attachment-id=\"7072\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/saturday-status-742015\/10527601_10154378816465078_4785437202459364629_n\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10527601_10154378816465078_4785437202459364629_n.png\" data-orig-size=\"700,700\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"10527601_10154378816465078_4785437202459364629_n\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10527601_10154378816465078_4785437202459364629_n-300x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10527601_10154378816465078_4785437202459364629_n.png\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7072\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10527601_10154378816465078_4785437202459364629_n-300x300.png\" alt=\"10527601_10154378816465078_4785437202459364629_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10527601_10154378816465078_4785437202459364629_n-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10527601_10154378816465078_4785437202459364629_n-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10527601_10154378816465078_4785437202459364629_n.png 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/a>Hap\u00adpy Inde\u00adpen\u00addence Day, <span class=\"caps\">USA<\/span>! I&nbsp;hope you all have some plans to get out and enjoy your free\u00addom. (Did you know it\u2019s per\u00adfect\u00adly legal to go top\u00adless in most states?) So have&nbsp;fun.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Work in Progress News ~&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>Work\u00ading on my fire\u00adfight\u00ader sto\u00adry. This one is due mid August, so I&nbsp;real\u00adly need to get my poop in a&nbsp;group. I&nbsp;still don\u2019t have a&nbsp;title.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong> Favorite Song of the Week ~&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span>Sor\u00adry, no real video. Some\u00adone tweet\u00aded a&nbsp;link to this song, wish I&nbsp;could remem\u00adber who so I&nbsp;could cred\u00adit&nbsp;them.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NLkxDSQaUfg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong> Back\u00adlist Review&nbsp;~&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span>From For a&nbsp;Price, reviewed by <a href=\"http:\/\/theromancestudio.com\/reviews\/reviews\/forpricebrynn.htm\" target=\"_blank\">The Romance Stu\u00addio<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This was an easy and enjoy\u00adable read. Mau\u00adreen is stuck between devel\u00adop\u00ading a&nbsp;rela\u00adtion\u00adship with a&nbsp;too good to be true guy and hold\u00ading to the plan that can save her moth\u00ader. While the char\u00adac\u00adters are not com\u00adplex you find your\u00adself root\u00ading for Mau\u00adreen to throw the auc\u00adtion to the wind and run off with Nicholas\u2026The love scenes are hot and find you wish\u00ading they would keep going. Absolute\u00adly a&nbsp;fun and quick&nbsp;read!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong> Tweet of the&nbsp;Week&nbsp;~&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"caps\">WEDDING<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">CEREMONY<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">TIP<\/span>: Some\u00adthing old, some\u00adthing new, some\u00adthing bor\u00adrowed, some\u00adthing blue; some\u00adthing fleek, one canoe, some risot\u00adto, d\u00e9j\u00e0&nbsp;vu.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pants (@onedumbshark) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/onedumbshark\/status\/614380713815584768\">June 26,&nbsp;2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br>\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Indus\u00adtry News ~&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span>Since I&nbsp;last post\u00aded, Ama\u00adzon has changed the rules for their sub\u00adscrip\u00adtion ser\u00advice. They\u2019ll now pay by the page rather than per bor\u00adrow. This makes a&nbsp;lot of sense to me, and will reward those authors who write good beefy page-turn\u00aders. Ama\u00adzon\u2019s move is much bet\u00adter than Scrib\u00add\u2019s move. Scrib\u00add\u2019s sub\u00adscrip\u00adtion ser\u00advice was los\u00ading mon\u00adey, appar\u00adent\u00adly they did\u00adn\u2019t real\u00adize how vora\u00adcious romance read\u00aders can be. So rather than look\u00ading for oth\u00ader ways to stay afloat\u2013and there are oth\u00ader ways if one stops to ponder\u2013Scribd just delet\u00aded&nbsp;90% of books&nbsp;labeled romance from its ser\u00advice. That did\u00adn\u2019t go over well at all. I&nbsp;went ahead and delet\u00aded my remain\u00ading books from Scribd, sor\u00adry for any inconvenience.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Angel-Wyoming-Book-Johanna-Lindsey-ebook\/dp\/B00512LSNK\/?tag=alannacoca-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-attachment-id=\"7074\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/saturday-status-742015\/51f-zcvggzl-_sx307_bo1204203200_\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/51F-zcvggZL._SX307_BO1204203200_.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"309,499\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"51F-zcvggZL._SX307_BO1,204,203,200_\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/51F-zcvggZL._SX307_BO1204203200_-186x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/51F-zcvggZL._SX307_BO1204203200_.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"shadow alignright wp-image-7074 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/51F-zcvggZL._SX307_BO1204203200_-186x300.jpg\" alt=\"51F-zcvggZL._SX307_BO1,204,203,200_\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/51F-zcvggZL._SX307_BO1204203200_-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/51F-zcvggZL._SX307_BO1204203200_-93x150.jpg 93w, https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/51F-zcvggZL._SX307_BO1204203200_.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\"><\/a>What I\u2019m read\u00ading ~ <\/strong><\/span>Angel, by Johan\u00adna Lind\u00adsey. A&nbsp;nice his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal western:<\/p>\n<p>Hop\u00ading to cool off a&nbsp;twen\u00adty-five-year-old feud between two neigh\u00adbor\u00ading fam\u00adi\u00adlies, Cassie Stu\u00adart only suc\u00adceeds in pour\u00ading kerosene on the flames. Both sides have warned her to get out of Texas pronto\u2026or they will burn her father\u2019s ranch to the ground. What Cassie needs is a&nbsp;peace\u00admak\u00ader but she ends up with a&nbsp;wid\u00adow-mak\u00ader instead.<\/p>\n<p>He is called Angel , a&nbsp;rugged\u00adly hand\u00adsome hired gun with eyes as black as sin. Unwant\u00aded and unwel\u00adcomed by his ungrate\u00adful employ\u00ader, he would just as soon leave Cassie to fend for her\u00adself. But a&nbsp;stub\u00adborn sense of duty , and a&nbsp;desire to taste the sweet\u00adness of her kiss steels Angel\u2019s resolve to make Cassie want him, come hell or high water\u2026and for more than his gun&nbsp;alone.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Today\u2019s Tear\u00adjerk\u00ader ~&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span>This is in Finnish, but you don\u2019t need to under\u00adstand the&nbsp;words.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KBylQxZMEjE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Book Snip\u00adpet ~&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span>From For a&nbsp;Price:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>When should I&nbsp;pick you&nbsp;up?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Few peo\u00adple knew her cell phone num\u00adber, even few\u00ader had hint\u00aded at a&nbsp;night out. She knew exact\u00adly who was on the oth\u00ader end of the phone, but she couldn\u2019t let him know that. She also need\u00aded some time to steady her rac\u00ading&nbsp;heart.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Who\u2019s this?\u201d She tried not to let her smile come through her voice. There was a&nbsp;long pause on the oth\u00ader&nbsp;end.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Did you agree to more than one date tonight?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Well, I&nbsp;can\u2019t be sure.\u201d She lay back onto her bed, throw\u00ading her free arm over her head. \u201cIs this the sev\u00aden\u00adty-five year old gymnast?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Guess again.\u201d She heard his&nbsp;smile.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Are you the man who\u2019s been breath\u00ading heavy in my ear every Fri\u00adday since I&nbsp;got to&nbsp;Vegas?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>I\u2019m the man who\u2019s going to make you a&nbsp;very wealthy woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mau\u00adreen bolt\u00aded upright. What did he mean by that? Did he know who she was? Her heart beat loud\u00adly, its pres\u00adsure pound\u00aded in her eardrums. Aside from the fact that she didn\u2019t want this man to know about her upcom\u00ading pros\u00adti\u00adtu\u00adtion stint, she won\u00addered if he intend\u00aded to make the final&nbsp;bid.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>What do you mean?\u201d Her voice sound\u00aded as thin as tis\u00adsue&nbsp;paper.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Your invest\u00adment strat\u00ade\u00adgy, or did you find your\u00adself anoth\u00ader advisor?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She released a&nbsp;pent up breath, and tried to clear her mind. \u201cOh, well I\u2019ve got one final inter\u00adview before I&nbsp;make my decision.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All right, folks. That\u2019s it for me. I\u2019m off to a&nbsp;fam\u00adi\u00adly bar\u00adbe\u00adcue. then to watch the fire\u00adworks! Stay safe out&nbsp;there.<\/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>Hap\u00adpy Inde\u00adpen\u00addence Day, <span class=\"caps\">USA<\/span>! I&nbsp;hope you all have some plans to get out and enjoy your free\u00addom. (Did you know it\u2019s per\u00adfect\u00adly legal to go top\u00adless in most states?) 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