Deck the Halls

...or window displays!

Last year in the Big Apple.

A Girl's first trip to NYC

 for the holidays with her boyfriend

can't go without Patrick the Pup from FAO Schwartz

or a shiny red nose!

Hoping everybody's holiday preparations are going smoothly!

I have been such a busy bee with the holidays, condo hunting and such.

Plus--I had my first mass order from my Etsy store

 for my photo cards!

16 sets! Yeah...

Here they are...

All ready to go...

See the contents HERE at Simply Colette Etsy.

And one last thing...

I just want to make sure that it goes duly noted

how extremely happy I am for

Teri @ Girl Meets Paris

&

Kori @ Blonde Episodes.

Both of these wonderful and disciplined women

completed the NaNoWriMo challenge.

I know there were many people who may have completed,

even though this was no easy task.

But in some way I am especially happy for them,

because as fate goes in life and the blogging world,

they found out about the challenge from my prior post.

My humble little blog. :)

Writing a book is my biggest dream.

While my month became tremendously chaotic,

and I have not given up on this dream,

or book, as I know one day

it still will happen.

I am moved beyond emotion to know in some small way I may have helped them.

So ladies, I know I didn't put the words on paper for you, you did it all on your own.

I just want you to know with teary eyes, how happy I am for you.

Congratulations!!

NaNoWriMo

National Novel Writing Month

After my post yesterday, I was visiting some of my favorite blogs. Sorry, it's not everyday as I would like, my computer is literally running on minimal memory and keeps freezing on me. Nothing more annoying. But as I was browsing, I ran into Jen @ Haute Whimsy, and her post introduced me to NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). It was one of those "right place at the right time" kind of moments. So I signed up for the challenge.

The challenge is, for the month of November to write 50,000 words for a novel (equals about 175 pgs.) It's about quantity not quality. To plug through and see where your mind takes you. I figure that is about 5-6 pages per day. Tough for working 40 hours per week, but doable.

If you are interested, visit the National Novel Writing Month website for more details.

I'm thinking about ordering one of these cute Tees for inspiration. Aren't they adorable?

"Noveling Machine 2009"

Way too cute.

So, if your in for the challenge,

get your coffee, computers, and arthritis cream ready to type away.

Have a great day!