So Close To Amazing / Free Printables / Farmhouse Tour / Giveaway

I am sitting here with a smile on my face …a heart bursting with happiness and pride and it is all because my special friend KariAnne from the infamous Thistlewood Farms has seen her dreams come to fruition! She has written a book that will make you smile…laugh…cry…”feel” and so much more. As you turn the pages there are times you are wondering if she is talking about you! All of her words are so relatable to each one of us and laced with humor. The book is called “So Close To Amazing” but don’t let the title fool you…this book is Amazing and so is Kari!

I feel especially honored because I had a sneak peek into the books process. Kari even read a chapter to me before anyone had heard it! Hearing the excitement in her voice each time she took another step to the culmination of this masterpiece warmed my heart. She is a master story teller …you know this if you are a follower of her blog! Be assured her endless talent of spinning the perfect yarn is present in every word of this book!

Come and take the big JUMP with KariAnne and her fabulous family as they go from a “big city” to the country. Experience the excitement…the obstacles…the joys…the tears…the fears…the laughter…the heart that makes the pages come alive. She has a talent for making YOU feel as though you are amazing and sometimes…let’s face it…we all need that.

I have been so close to amazing in my life all too many time. Like the time I made an entire Thanksgiving Dinner and had to transport it to my cousins home which was only 5 blocks away. I loaded all the yumminess into the hatchback car…dish by dish …kind of feeling all about myself (I was really young) and set off to take that 5 block journey. Well on the way Mr. Squirrel decided to run in front of me and anyone that knows me…knows exactly what I did…I swerved and slammed on my breaks… as Mr. Squirrel was happily climbing the tree on the other side of the road I got out of my car to see that I didn’t close the hatchback and my beautiful dinner was smashed on the road! So close to amazing! Thank God I decided to keep some of the food for leftovers at home and then a little trip to the grocery store saved Thanksgiving! Like KariAnne would say…Total Aside…after this incident I started preparing 2 loaves of peanut butter sandwiches every morning for my squirrel friends. I wonder if that was his plan all along!

This beautiful illustration was created by a wonderful Etsy Seller you can see her creations right here.

Then there was the time I was in Art School and was almost finished with a pen and ink stippling piece that was pretty awesome…every dot was exactly where I wanted it and there were literally 10’s of thousands of them…well I was ready to finish what I thought was my best piece ever…so I picked up that pen…loaded it with ink and proceeded to put the finishing touch on it only I forgot to move the ink back and…you guessed it…I spilled the ink ALL over the piece…SO CLOSE to Amazing for sure! By the way…there was no bringing it back!

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Oh yes…then there was the time I made this “special” bread that took so long to prepare and placed it in the oven. Then I started to smell something and it wasn’t good! The smoke came pouring out of the oven… OF COURSE the smoke alarm goes off and I was besides myself…I open up the door to find out that I had forgotten one of the plastic containers I thought I had removed and it is was melting and dripping all over the oven and the bread! SOOOOO close!

KariAnne’s stories are filled with humor that you will find refreshing and fun. You will even get a little DIY Project surprise at the end of each Chapter and we ALL love a good little DIY right! I know that you will also want to share this book with all of your friends and of course family…the minute they hold this pretty present and unwrap all of these stories the circle of sharing will continue.

So I suggest you grab a comfy blanket…pick out your favorite place to relax and don’t forget to bring a large cup of your favorite brew and if it is nighttime when the house is quiet…Might I recommend a smooth Merlot or Chablis : ) and then open this book up and enjoy your little escape. Oh…and don’t forget to read the beautiful Dedication to Kari’s Father…it will make you feel just about every emotion a person can feel. Then check out the next page of thank you’s …and yes…that Andrea in there is me…I mean what an honor…I just love her and seeing my name there did make me feel Amazing. It’s been a very tough year for me so far dealing with the rare hereditary heart disease I have but through it all…KariAnne lifted me and she always makes me feel like I am amazing! Thank you for being you.

You can get your copy right here (no affiliate link) I have the link hooked up to my Smile Account on Amazon so the donation will be made automatically to Almost Home Dachshund Rescue where they do AMAZING things for our furry friends.

GIVEAWAY

All you have to do to enter the GiveAway which is a signed copy of
SO CLOSE TO AMAZING is to leave a fun comment!

You can get a copy of this fabulous book for yourself…family and friends…it is truly a perfect gift!

SO CLOSE TO AMAZING
available here!

Now it is time for a collection of AMAZING Free Printables. All you have to do is click on the print size you would like 8X10 or 5X7…”save as” and then print…it is that simple! Add a little bit of Amazing to your life!