Thursday Thoughts

Last day in Myrtle Beach...

Wednesday was an absolutely beautiful day in Myrtle Beach.

Unfortunately, I spent all morning uploading Uninhibited to the major ebook sites. 

It should be live on Amazon by the time you read this.The others may take a little longer.

I really hope you all enjoy this one.

If I were ever to write a contemporary romance where the hero was practically an alien, this is it. 

I finally made it down to the beach at about 3PM. Unfortunately, this lovely day was a bit on the cool side, so I wound up in the heated pools and the hot tub. 

I know... Such a hardship...

Whopping Weasel Wednesday!

Tuesday in Myrtle Beach...

We went to a place called The Market Commons, which is a recently developed area near the airport that used to be an Air Force base. It has lots of new housing going up, a huge park, and a several shops. Overall, it's a little more upscale than Ocean Boulevard, but there isn't a whole lot there yet.

One thing they do have is a Barnes & Noble. I, of course, checked out the romance section, but only found one lonely copy of Stud. I'm hoping they had lots of copies of Wildcat that they sold out of, rather than sending them back.

Must be nice to be Suzanne Brockman, Robyn Carr, and Carolyn Brown and have several of your books on the shelf. Alas, I believe the days of B&N keeping a full set of my backlist on the shelf are over. Guess that's what I get for writing in a genre that I pretty much invented. Not straight sci fi or true erotica and not your typical romance, but a mix of all three. Maybe someday...

I plan to upload Uninhibited today. Will let you know when it goes live!

Black Bike Week starts on Friday, but there are quite a few bikers here already. They're a lot quieter than the Harley crowd, mostly riding the Honda/Kawasaki/Suzuki "crotch rocket" type that have better mufflers. They have other assets, as well.

For example, I found this guy floating in the pool.

Happy Hump Day!

Tasty Tuesday Ice Cream Bread!

It was kinda rainy in Myrtle Beach yesterday, so we went to the mall and then to Crabby Mike's for dinner. As a result, I didn't take many pictures.

Just the rain...

And Sam and the dinosaurs. 

 

Hoping for better weather tomorrow!

A friend sent me this recipe, and I can't wait to get home and try it. The bread in the photo was made with butter pecan ice cream, which sounds fabulous. Can you imagine making it with Rocky Road?????

ICE CREAM BREAD 

Makes One 8 x 4 loaf

Ingredients
2 Cups Ice Cream, any flavor, softened
1 1/2 cups Self-Rising Flour

Directions
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Spray and flour a 8 x 4 loaf pan, or line it with parchment paper.
In a medium bowl mix the ice cream and flour together until just combined.
Scoop into the loaf and smooth out.
Bake for about 45 minutes or until a toothpick stuck in the loaf comes out with a few crumbs stuck to it.
Remove from the pan and allow to cool.
For best results..use full fat ice-cream!

For those that are scratching their heads wondering how this could work - let’s consider that most ice cream is made of eggs and fat/dairy. Toss in some self-rising flour and you have some basic ingredients for a bake-capable product. Just choose the flavoring of ice cream that seems promising and have a fun weekend of experimentation.

Oh, one more thing...others asked about the self-rising flour (or if they didn’t have it, could they simply use regular flour). You must - MUST have a rising agent in the flour. Self-rising flour is an easy solution (and commonly available). However, if you don’t have self-rising flour accessible, you can make it very simply:
For every cup of flour add 1 1/2 tsp baking powder and 1/2 tsp salt (sift together).

There you go, now you have self-rising flour!

Hmm... Think he'd stand up straighter if we sprinkled him with a little baking powder?

Monday Moons!

Sunday in Myrtle Beach...

I'd have taken some pictures of the bikers for you, Donna, but this was the last day of Bike Week, and I didn't see very many. They'll be gone by tomorrow. I certainly won't miss the noise!

After a late start, we went to Broadway at the Beach. Great weather, and for once, I didn't buy any cool kitchen gadgets!

We went to Ripley's Aquarium, and I took several videos, which turned out a lot better than the still photographs. This is the first one I took, and it's probably the best.

Sam loves to feed the fish and saves up quarters to buy the food for months in advance. 

I've taken pictures of these fish before, but a video gives you a much better idea of the feeding frenzy a handful of fish food can incite.

We had a late lunch/early dinner at a Scottish restaurant. Sam wasn't happy about our choice (he wanted stuffed shrimp) until he saw the waitresses. For once, I got to take a pic of my guys with a pretty girl instead of them taking pictures of me with the knights!

We went to see The Croods after that, which was surprisingly good. It only took me about half of the movie to realize that Nicholas Cage was the voice of Mr. Crood. Once I realized that, the character started to look like him. Weird, huh?

We saw Iron Man 3 on Friday night, and it's every bit as good as everyone says it is. The new Star Trek movie is next on the agenda. But first, it's Monday, so there must be moons!

The danglers are just there to add a bit of spice!

Sunday's Hunk of the Day!

Saturday in Myrtle Beach...
You wouldn't believe how many motorcycles are currently in this town. However, as we drove south to Pawley's Island, they thinned out considerably. We did some shopping there--if you're ever in that area, don't miss the Hammock Shops.

There's this one called The Carolina Gourmet that is one of the coolest kitchen gadget stores ever. After shopping a bit, we went to the Island Shops where there was another neat kitchen store. Do you see a pattern here?

That evening, we went to Medieval Times for the dinner and tournament. They put on a great show, as always.

I hadn't been there since 2011, but two of the knights--Mark

and Victor, remembered me.

Our knight, The Black and Yellow Knight, asked me if this was our first time there.

I told him we'd been there eight or nine times, but honestly, that's an understatement, especially when you consider that a few times we've gone twice during one vacation!

I think Sam wants to go to Broadway at the Beach tomorrow. Me, I'd just like to go to the beach. 

Saturday's Hunk of the Day!

Congratulations, Susan! You're the winner of this week's Friday Fun contest! Email me at cheryl.brooks52@yahoo.com and tell me whether you'd like the Kindle, Nook, or Kobo version of Unbridled, and I'll get that gifted to you ASAP!

It's Bike Week here in Myrtle Beach, and with all these dudes riding around on Harleys, I'm thinking we need a hunk with tattoos and bad boy biker potential. Cover model John Quinlan recently sent me some of his more risque pics, and he seems like the right type.

So, grab your favorite do-rag and enjoy your Saturday!

Friday Fun!

I haven't had a chance to take many vacation pictures yet. That's the trouble with the long drive through the night to get here. The first thing I want to do is take a nap and a shower. We didn't even order pizza this time. We went to the grocery just prior to check-in, and I had eggs and toast for dinner. Not sure what the guys ate, but since we'd stopped at Sparky's on the way into town and bought pecans in various forms, I think that's what they had.

No matter. Today, we'll do something different, and I'll have hopefully had enough sleep to feel human again. I'm planning to publish Uninhibited, book 2 of the Unlikely Lover series, while I'm here, so to celebrate that upcoming event, let's have some fun!

You know the drill! It's time once again to...

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Post a comment with your email address and whether you'd like the Kindle, Nook, or Kobo version of Unbridled! I'll choose the winner at random, but as always, you'll get extra points for making me laugh!