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There’s A Day For Everything!

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Something About Nothing by Julie Seedorf posted in Albert Lea Tribune and Courier Sentinel week of November 17, 2014

Today is World Peace Day. Yesterday was United Nations International Day for Tolerance and National Fast Food Day.kindness day

We all know that for us every day is a special day in our lives because it is different from the day before. I hadn’t thought much about the days that people have named for us to celebrate until I picked up one of my AARP newsletters.

There are the days that we all remember: Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Valentine’s Day, Easter Sunday, Grandparents Day, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, but I hadn’t realized how many special days there are until I picked up that magazine.

According to my AARP magazine these are the special days for the month of November:

November is National Family Caregivers Month. Nov. 11 is Veterans Day, Nov. 13 is Embrace World Kindness Day. Nov. 23 kicks off National Game and Puzzle Week, and the 26th kicks off National Deal Week. Nov. 27 we celebrate Thanksgiving Day, and then we move on to the 29th and Small Business Saturday and on the 30th Senior Sunday.

The two I mentioned when I started this column are not mentioned in the AARP magazine but are two I found on investigating days celebrated.

Since the month is half over and you might have missed celebrating some of the days I have mentioned, here are some days for you to celebrate the rest of the month: Nov. 18 is National Adoption Week, Nov. 20 is Name your PC Day, Nov. 21 is World Hello Day,  Nov. 22 is Stop the Violence Day. Here’s one I have no idea what it is and that is on Nov. 23, and it is National Sinkie Day. I would like to give credit for finding some of these to Jill Badonsky, writer of “The Awe-manac: A Daily Dose of Wonder.”

I have a feeling that if we wanted to name a day and we could get the world to catch on through social media, we could add another day to the November calendar to celebrate.

There may be days when you wake up in the morning and feel kind of blah and you feel you have nothing to celebrate. I am telling you that there is always a day to celebrate. If you look hard enough, you will find one.

Remember, there is also your birthday. I had a friend who never liked to celebrate his birthday because he didn’t like to think about his age. I always told him that celebrating his age was better than the alternative. The alternative happened, and I would guess he would tell you to celebrate your life on your special day.  You can celebrate your life each day just because we wake up in the morning.

I decided to check out some more days to see what I can look forward to. I like June 18 because it is National Splurge Day or June 21, National Wandering Day. I am very good at splurging and wandering. It is cold where I live and Dec. 3 is one day I am going to celebrate, it is National Roof-Over-Your-Head Day.

If you can’t find a day you like to celebrate, then make one up and shout it the world and let others celebrate with you.

I think I will declare Dec. 26, Hermiony Vidalia Criony Fiddlestadt Day. She is my character in my Fuchsia, Minnesota Series, and I think she should have her own day. Why Dec. 26? It is a special day for her. I can’t tell you why — it’s a secret until my new book, “Granny Snows a Sneak,” coming out this month, gives it away.

Find a day to celebrate. Share that day with others and remember the turkey. He gives his life for us this month.

“You’ve to celebrate the good days because there are brutal days that make the good ones sweet.” — Brian O’Driscoll

GRANNY SNOWS A SNEAK IS HERE!

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From Cozy Cat Press:

The Author of the Fuchsia Minnesota Mysteries Has Done it AGAIN!

GRANNY SNOWS A SNEAK: by JULIE SEEDORF

The unique writing style of author, Julie Seedorf, has mystery lovers following twists and turns in her books with a strong, feisty, super sleuth Granny heroine. Her newest book, Granny Snows A Sneak, delivers mystery, suspense, fun and cunning that will keep you reading late into the night.

GRANNY SNOWS A SNEAK, the third book in the Fuchsia Minnesota Series, brings a new challenge to Hermiony Vidalia Criony Fiddlestadt better known as Granny. Granny may be retired as Fuchsia, Minnesota’s one-woman undercover sleuth for the Fuchsia Police Department, but that doesn’t mean she still doesn’t need a trusty weapon. Her weapon of choice? A pink snow shovel. When Granny runs over a dead body with her snowmobile, she unwittingly sets off a chain of events that involves mislabeled corpses, empty graves, and stolen money—lots of it! Who’s at the bottom of this years-old crime? Granny has an idea, but she has little time to investigate, when in just days she’s scheduled to marry the love of her life, Franklin Gatsby, in a post-Christmas ceremony. So, Granny decides to enlist the help of her friends and neighbors. Add in Christmas Holiday excitement and the arrival of Granny’s family, who are all there for her wedding, and mayhem ensues. Of course, Granny can always count on her many furry friends to provide her with moral support, but it’s quite possible that Granny—that is, Hermiony Vidalia Criony Fiddlestadt—has a secret or two of her own, which may very well be revealed as Granny Snows A Sneak.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Author Julie Seedorf is a columnist, author and dreamer. She lived her live as a wife and mom, experiencing various careers including that of computer technician, retiring from her computer repair business in January of 2014 to follow her dream and transition to that of full-time writer. Beside her Fuchsia, Minnesota Series, she is the author of the Granny’s In Trouble Series bringing mystery to the life of young readers along with sharing who Granny is under the wrinkles, so her grandchildren will always know that Granny can be forever young. Her column Something About Nothing, is written with the idea that under the nothings we all talk about there is a hidden something waiting to get out.

Julie is a longtime Minnesota resident who shares the tough Minnesota winters with her Granny character. Outside of writing she likes to read, and learn new hobbies and try to keep up with her social media. She lives with her husband and has two shysters of her own, Borris and Natasha. Her favorite moments are those she spends with her friends and family, especially her grandchildren.

Contact her via Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Julie.seedorf.author, http://www.facebook.com/grannyfromfuchsiaminnesota, Twitter: @julieseedorf,
her blog: http://sprinklednotes.com

Her website is http://ww.julieseedorf.com

Her books are sold on Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com and other independent bookstores and specialty shops.

Her book is available now as a Kindle download and will be available within the next week or two as a paperback.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PSYBB3S

GRANNY SNOWS A SNEAK

  • Print Length: 194 pages
  • Publisher: Cozy Cat Press (November 17, 2014)
  • Language: English

 

Granny Snows A Sneak To Be Released Soon!

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COVER REVEAL!        GrannySnows

JULIE SEEDORF’S new book GRANNY SNOWS A SNEAK, the next book in the Fuchsia, MN Series published by Cozy Cat Press will be out soon.

Here is a little sneak peak at the story.

Granny may be retired as Fuchsia, Minnesota’s one-woman undercover sleuth for the Fuchsia Police Department, but that doesn’t mean she still doesn’t need a trusty weapon. Her weapon of choice? A pink snow shovel. When Granny runs over a dead body with her snowmobile, she unwittingly sets off a chain of events that involves mislabeled corpses, empty graves, and stolen money—lots of it! Who’s at the bottom of this years-old crime? Granny has an idea, but she has little time to investigate, when in just days she’s scheduled to marry the love of her life, Franklin Gatsby, in a post-Christmas ceremony. So, Granny decides to enlist the help of her friends and neighbors. Add in Christmas Holiday excitement and the arrival of Granny’s family, who are all there for her wedding, and mayhem ensues. Of course, Granny can always count on her many furry friends to provide her with moral support, but it’s quite possible that Granny—that is, Hermiony Vidalia Criony Fiddlestadt—has a secret or two of her own, which may very well be revealed as Granny Snows A Sneak.

Author Julie Seedorf is a columnist, author and dreamer. She lived her live as a wife and mom, experiencing various careers including that of computer technician, retiring from her computer repair business in January of 2014 to follow her dream and transition to that of full-time writer. Beside her Fuchsia, Minnesota Series, she is the author of the Granny’s In Trouble Series bringing mystery to the life of young readers along with sharing who Granny is under the wrinkles, so her grandchildren will always know that Granny can be forever young. Her column Something About Nothing, is written with the idea that under the nothings we all talk about there is a hidden something waiting to get out.

Watch for Granny Snows A Sneak in the upcoming weeks. This is what reviewer Kate Eileen Shannon of the blog, Rantin’ Ravin’ and Reading, had to say about Granny Snows A Sneak:

Dead bodies.  Dead bodies in other people’s clothes. Dead bodies where they don’t belong. And two weddings coming up. Granny does not need this! Ms Seedorf has hit it out of the park with GRANNY SNOWS A SNEAK. I’ve called this series like Lemony Snicket for adults. And it still is. But this time out we see another side of Granny. We see her in her family life instead of her “professional life” as a snoop for the big guy. Well her family life is just as crazy. And with a wedding to Franklin just days away, a new man enters her life. Of course they hate each other… there’s a fine line… Anyway, prepare yourself for an all-nighter because once the action starts, you won’t be putting down GRANNY SNOWS A SNEAK until you are done.

To learn more about Julie’s books visit her at these addresses: http://www.julieseedorf.com, her blog: http://sprinklednotes.com. Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/julie.seedorf.author or on Twitter at julieseedorf@julieseedorf. You can also catch up with Granny at http://www.facebook.com/grannyfromfuchsiaminnesota and watch for more updates on the release of the book on http://www.cozycatpress.com.

Her books can be found on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other independent bookstores. http://www.amazon.com/Julie-Seedorf/e/B009WAAANQ/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0

And…..feel free to share this with your friends so they don’t miss out on the release of Julie Seedorf’s new book, Granny Snows A Sneak.