Thursday 13 - Unleash Your Inner Goddess

Be the light. Be your own hero. Embrace your femininity. Here is a list of a few ideas to unleash your inner goddess.

1. Go skinny dipping after dark. (Keep bug spray handy).
2. Sit in the backroom of a movie theater with your honey and steal a few kisses like a teenager.
3. Sit in the first row of a roller coaster.
4. Go on a long walk in the woods with your honey and stop to make out.
5. Choose a back table in a restaurant and play footsie with your honey.
6. Take a ride on a motorcycle with your honey.
7. Show your honey some seductive moves to distract him while playing a game of pool.
8. Take a carousel ride. It will remind you of more innocent times and encourage playfulness.
9. Go tent camping. What was that noise?
10. Attend an art gallery or museum. Impress others with your knowledge.
11. Order a chocolate martini in a hotel bar.
12. Have a couples' massage.
13. Rent a convertible for the day. Wrap a scarf around your head and put on a pair of large sunglasses much like movie stars back in the day.

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Fascinating Fact: Sexual acts lead to weight loss

The average human loses 26 calories when kissing for a minute. Furthermore, vigorous sex for half an hour burns 150 calories (you can lose three pounds in a year – if you have sex 7 to 8 times a month). Kissing is also very good for your teeth: the extra saliva released during the act helps to keep the mouth clean – reducing the risk of decay.

Decadent Publishing Nominated for a UFERE Award

I'm proud to be a part

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DP is often on the cutting edge of new genre and listen to what readers want. 

It is so cool to have readers and fans all over the world.

Let's give a shout out to authors who write and the fans who love to readAfrican Romance genre.

I'm super happy DP is nominated 

in the Best Publisher category 

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n the UFERE Awards. 

If you enjoy my and other DP authors work, 

please vote in the poll.

Ufere Awards - Romance Writers of West Africa

Decadent Publishing is honored to be nominated in the Best Publisher category in the UFERE AWARDS. This award is to honor Publishers who are dedicated to publishing in the African Romance genre and supporting African Romance authors.

Voting is now open for the Publisher of the Year and will close at the end of January 2018. The winner will be announced in February 2018.
 

Here is the direct link to the poll: https://www.rwowa.org/best-publisher

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Tasty Tuesday - MichMash Wine

Many of you know I believe in supporting our Michigan wineries. 

I tried a new wine tonight. 

MichMash Riesling from Chateau Grand Traverse. 

Not bad. Light with crisp fruity initial notes without being too sweet, with a hint of a dry finish. Sweet and tart apples come to mind. If you like a soft fruity wine on the dry side, this one is for you. It would be perfect with cheese or relaxing in a hammock on a summer evening while your honey is grilling dinner.

The average price is $12.99 and can only be purchased in Michigan.

Sorry, online sales will only ship within Michigan.

Visit Chateau Grand Traverse for more info.

After the dinner is done, dishes are washed and the game is over, grab your honey for a nice romantic stroll. A great opportunity for some alone time and a chance to work off some of those calories.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Thursday 13 - Odd Facts About Halloween

1.   Orange and black are the colors of Halloween because orange is associated with the fall harvest and black is the color of darkness.

2.  There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with Orange.

3.  Turnips and Beets once served as the original Jack O’ Lanterns.

4. Halloween is the second most commercially successful Holiday with Christmas being the first.

5.  According to superstition if you stand in front of a mirror at midnight, you’ll see the reflection of your future spouse just over your left shoulder.

6.  You can sprinkle salt and oatmeal on your child’s head to keep him or her from being possessed.

7.  In England, white cats instead of black ones are thought to be bad luck.

8.  Harry Houdini died on Halloween, in 1926 from peritonitis caused by a ruptured appendix.

9.  Burning a candle inside a Jack O’ Lantern on Halloween is believed to keep demons and evil spirits at bay.

10.            Put your clothes on inside out and walk backwards on Halloween night to meet a witch.

11. Gazing into the flame of a candle on Halloween night will allow you to see into the future.

12.            If you hear footsteps behind you on Halloween night don’t turn around, for it may be Death himself! And to look him in the eye is a sure way to hasten your own demise.

13.            If a bat flies around a house three times, it is considered to be a death omen.

* This is just a fun look at thirteen Halloween facts whether they are truth or superstition, you decide.

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Thursday 13 - Confidence Quotes

When I was growing up my two best friends were smart, athletic and confident.    I was small, an average student, shy, and far from being athletic.  I would become rather blue and my confidence would fall.  My dad would quote Max L. Forman " Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level."

I think confidence is very important at any age.  Here's a few of my favorite quotes that pick me up when I'm feeling down.

1. Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.  ~Eleanor Roosevelt

2. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.  ~Sally Field

3. It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not.  ~Author Unknown

4. We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies.  ~Roderick Thorp, Rainbow Drive

5. It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.  ~W.C. Fields

6. If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.  ~Vincent Van Gogh

7. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.  ~Veronica A. Shoffstall, "After a While," 1971

8. People are like stained-glass windows.  They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.  ~Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

9. I am not a has-been.  I am a will be.  ~Lauren Bacall

10. Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.  ~Peter T. Mcintyre

11. Never dull your shine for somebody else.  ~Tyra Banks, America's Next Top Model, "The Girl Who Is Afraid of Heights," original air-date 17 October 2007

12. Oliver Wendell Holmes once attended a meeting in which he was the shortest man present.  "Dr. Holmes," quipped a friend, "I should think you'd feel rather small among us big fellows."  "I do," retorted Holmes, "I feel like a dime among a lot of pennies."  ~Author Unknown

13. You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You're on your own.
And you know what you know.
You are the guy who'll decide where to go.
~Dr. Seuss

Tasty Tuesday - Black & White Sundae

Why wait until Sunday to have a Sundae?

Here is a recipe for a perfect pick-me-up during the middle of the week.

1 -2 chocolate wafer cookies (or use a couple Oreos or mint cookies)

2-3 Tablespoons of Hershey's Syrup

1 scoop (about 1/2 cup) of chocolate ice cream, softened

1/2 cup of Hershey's Mini Kisses

1 scoop (about 1/2 cup) of vanilla ice cream, softened

1 Tablespoon Hershe's Cocoa or Special Dark Cocoa (optional)

1 Tablespoon powdered sugar (optional)

CRUSH cookies; place on bottom of ice cream dish. Cover cookies with syrup.

COMBINE 1 scoop of chocolate ice cream with chocolate pieces; place on top of cookies and syrup. Top with scoop of vanilla ice cream.

STIR together cocoa and powdered sugar,if desired. Sprinkle over ice cream. 

Garnish with whipped cream and cherry. Just make sure you have plenty of whipping cream left over in the event you may need it after you finish your sundae.

This is yummy to consume alone and perfect to share with a special someone.