Brrr. (and an eye candy blogfest entry...if you scroll down a bit)

snow can be beautiful...

 ...and snow can be fun...



...but snow can also be bitterly cold.

We know.  We live in Wisconsin.

For our own comfort and joy we've decided on a blog theme for the month of January.  And it will be...

ALL THINGS HOT.

We'll be busy preparing our writing for ABNA this month (when we're not blogging and doing the other things we do). What else?  We'll be working on WIPs when we have time and inspiration, and we'll  be trying to stay warm!

We hope you'll continue to visit with us.  For your blog hopping convenience, here's our weekly blog schedule for the month:

Monday Mealtime Madness (recipe) (probably something HOT, duh)

TWOfer Tuesday (you just never know what duo we'll blog about)

Writerly Wednesday (creative...since it's a writing blog)

THEME THURSDAY (this will be the HOT day)

Fri-Sun...expect one or two fun little posts or a book/hook review, or um, nothing at all because we're going to be writing our little hearts out. In front of our fireplaces, of course.

OH, AND I THINK THERE'S A BLOGFEST POST HERE SOMEWHERE...*TOSSES WORDS, PUCTUATION, REJECTION LETTERS*  AH YES, HERE IT IS!

Vicki Rocho at Rambles and Randomness (click blogfest pic to visit her and the other participants) is hosting this blogfest. 

The Eye Candy Blogfest. To participate, on New Year's Day, just post a favorite picture.

A warm beach scene or sunset.
Your kids or pets.
A favorite painting or sculpture.
A celebrity hottie. (to be kept PG)
An optical illusion.
Something you made.
Whatever you want, just as long as it is something that makes you smile every time you look at it.

This is christy being indecisive (sharing 3 vs 1 picture pick):

it's not really me, but if it was, i'd be ecstatic

i love trees, especially this one.  artist: ansel adams.  this particular piece of art serves as a muse for my WIP.

let's pretend for a moment i won't be turning 34 in just a few days...could we start out our month of hottness with anyone other than jacob black taylor lautner? (okay, maybe we could have, but we didn't.)

so there you have it.  a blog theme for the cold month of january, a schedule, and three blogfest eye candy pics to make you smile before you take off to blog hop some more, do laundry, eat, play a board game, cuddle your kids, grocery shop, explain to your boss why you didn't work for the past hour and a half (unless you don't work saturdays,or holidays, of course, or write an amazing novel that will be on shelves one year from today. 

whatever calls you away from us now, have fun and stay warm!