I go through a lot of chicken baby food, which seems a little weird since I don't eat meat. But I often get foster kittens that are technically old enough to eat solid food but haven't yet learned how. So they won't drink from a bottle and they don't know how to eat food from a plate — those are the kittens that will stand in their food and scream about being hungry. Chicken baby food in a syringe can save lives.

Anyhow, I was trying to order in bulk from Gerber, but their website wasn't working. One support person suggested I create an account instead of buying as a guest.

Well, it turns out that the people who designed the Gerber baby food website expect people buying from them to have... a baby. A human baby. When you register, they ask for the name of your child and their birthday. So I put my "child's" first name as "Foster Kittens" and gave them a birthday of January 1st. I even uploaded a picture!

I'll let you know if Foster Kittens Baumgartner gets a birthday card from Gerber in a few weeks. I hope so!

First, some exciting news: I'll be sending the next Penelope Standing book off to my critique partners within the next 48 hours, so it should be available in the first quarter of the new year! 

If you're looking for more holiday cozies, Bonny Cavaliere put together a page with a bunch: https://bonniecavaliere.com/holiday-cozy-fun/ 'Tis the season!

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It’s all fun and games until someone gets murdered.
 
Nadia Wolf has one wish: Win the World Poker Tournament and collect the one-million dollar prize. Beating Caleb, who challenges her poker career, wouldn't hurt either.
 
However, the tournament goes sideways when someone is murdered, and the prize money disappears in front of a live audience. Not one witness sees where the money went nor who killed the victim.
 
In a twist of fate, Nadia teams up with the casino’s sinfully handsome CEO in an attempt to find the missing prize and to solve a perilous mystery that plagues the casino. With Greyson’s overwhelming allure, Nadia has to keep her head in the game and her hands to herself.
 
With Caleb and Greyson claiming a stake; Nadia’s career, life, and heart will never be the same again.

When Morgen heads up to the small town of Bellrock, Washington, to settle the estate, she looks forward to taking a peaceful break from life and figuring out what she’s going to do next.

But peace isn’t to be had. The old farmhouse is full of witch paraphernalia, a fearsome werewolf has claimed the property, and contrary to what the family was told, Grandma didn’t die of natural causes.

Embroiled in a mystery, and heir to powers she knew nothing about, Morgen must turn to the only person who might be able to help: the werewolf who threatened to rip her throat out for trespassing.

This isn’t the fresh start on life that Morgen had in mind!