Merry Christmas!

We're finally on the homestretch to the big day.
I love Christmas and I pack a lot of traditions and celebration into the season. Sometimes, that can be overwhelming and I end up worn out and loathing my very most favorite holiday. But as I get older, I've found that I can cheat on the work side of the holiday and enjoy it more.
I'm no longer above buying my Christmas cookies or prepping a frozen pizza for Christmas dinner.
Sure, I love all the trappings, but sometimes they can be just that-- a trap.
It doesn't matter how perfect everything is if you have to feel like a raging fiend to get it finished.
It's better to do what you can, then say the heck with what you can't, and relax and enjoy.

I still have Christmas cookie baking on my to-do list, so I thought I'd take a second and share one of the simplest and delicious "sugar" cookie cheats.

Mix 1 box white cake mix with a 1/2 cup of oil and two eggs.
Let chill in the fridge for about an hour...and viola! You have dough ready for the cookie cutters!

No time to whip up icing? Add coloring to the ready-made canned variety.

You'll be Santa ready in no time!

Thanks to our hosts Lexa, L.G, and Tonja Drecker for this weekly good things check in! 

Tis the season!!I'm going to enjoy my holiday. The boys are all in and I'm ready to relax...and open some gifts. 

I'll see you in 2017. 

Deep beneath the ocean, stretching hundreds of miles alongside the Pacific Northwest coastline, lies the Cascadia subduction zone—a fault on the verge of unleashing a catastrophic earthquake, thirty times more powerful than the San Andreas. Unfortunately, like most tourists, Elena Cordova is oblivious.

She’s got her own pent-up stress to deal with, a humiliating breakup that’s driven her to end her tenure as a human doormat once and for all. So, when a pickpocket makes off with the last remnant of her relationship, she takes action—only to get trapped with him when disaster strikes.

Now, if either one hopes to survive, they’ll have to get past their initial impressions and work together . . . because in fifteen minutes, half the town will be underwater.

Title: As We Know It
Author: Carrie Butler
Category: Adult
Genres: Action / Adventure (Disaster) & Romantic Suspense
Release: December 12, 2016
ASIN: B01N0HCSBM
E-Book ISBN: 978-0-9910421-5-9
Paperback ISBN: 978-1539682073

Carrie Butler is an award-winning author and the owner of Forward Authority full-service studio—not to mention an inbound-certified marketer with a penchant for superhero socks and Firefly. Time away from her desk is spent playing with her rescue pup, yelling at the TV during hockey season, and indulging in target-based recreation. Otherwise, you’re likely to find her glued to her chair, discovering new ways to share her daydreams...

Where to buy:

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Ebooks:
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Audiobooks:
Coming soon! 

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