What Carly had to say on Friday, January 4th, 2008
Hi, all. What a week! MAJOR computer crash. 4 hours with a techie here yesterday. I completely FORGOT it’s my Friday … so it’s up a little late. No photo either. FORGIVE ME!
As an apology - $50 AMAZON.COM GIFT CARD is today’s prize. You can buy all the monkey books you desire!
You know the drill. Comment to win!
I hope to be back to normal soon. It’s been insane here since I’ve been home.
Carly Phillips would like to take 100% credit for all her stories but the truth is, Carly’s strength is writing family, emotion, funky elderly people and animals. She couldn’t plot her way out of a paper bag, which is why she smartly found her plotmonkey pals early on in her writing career. Thanks to their support, Carly is now a NYT Bestselling author of 23 plus novels. Because writing doesn’t keep her busy enough, Carly is also a wife, a mother of one preteen and one teenage daughter, the primary care giver of her soft coated Wheaten terrier and an expert carpool mom.
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Amazon GC! W00t!
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Oh I love it!
Have a great weekend everyone, and stay warm. It’s finally out of the single digits, and supposed to be 50 on Sunday. Tonight I’m going to go drool over Gerard Butler in “P.S. I Love You”. Has anyone else seen this?
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Great prize!! Happy Friday.
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Dear Calry,
Great way to start the new year. But I hope things will get better for you soon. :pray: And I know everybody in the jungle appreciates all the time and effort you and the other plotmonkeys put into this blog. You don’t have to apologize for anything …But on the other hand, a $50 gift certificate is more than enough to make up 
I’m so sorry for all the stuff you’ve got to go through. I know how it is: when you think things can’t get worse they will. And now, a major computer crash, poor you :hug2: I’m feeling with you. Yesterday, I had an awful migraine. I haven’t had them in a long time…
I don’t know whether I can take part, but I figured I’ll just try and see. I really don’t want to get on your nerves because I really believe that the international stuff IS hard.
Hope everybody has a great Friday and an even greater weekend. Enjoy and take care. And Carly, you take care of yourself, too. You seem to attract trouble
See you :wave:
Vero
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Hi Carly, Leslie, Jules, and Janelle…
TGIF, sort of…Carly, I am loving the prize for today…sorry to hear about your computer…I know how nerve wracking that could be…
It doesn’t matter if you didn’t have topic today either, because you know us jungle pals…we will definitely find something to talk about…
Guys, the last chapter of Leslie’s eread went up and it is great…if you didn’t get a chance to read it, you should check it out…loved the way everything ended…
Gotta go get ready for work…ttyl…
BTW, please pick me for the prize winner…. :pray: :pray: :pray: :pray:
Good luck everyone…
Peace and love,
Paula R.
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Sorry for the computer crash.
Have a great weekend everyone and stay WARM.
Great prize! I must be psyhic – was wondering what the prize would be and was thinking, maybe a book gift certif to start off the new year! LOL. I better run out and buy a lotto ticket. :banana:
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Great prize!! I hope everyone has a great weekend!
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Great prize but sorry about your computer. What an annoyance they can be.
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So sorry about the computer crash. Have a great weekend everyone! Awesome prize!
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SWEET!! Hope your computer whoes are behind you! My keyboard started to malfunction. No …., or mmmm ‘s very hard to go to websites!!
Oh well, 2008 can only get better!
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:cold: :cold: :cold:
Actually it is finally above zero, without the windchill. But at 7 degrees, it’s not a heatwave!!
Gald your puter is better and it didn’t happen while you were trying to finish the book!!
:cold: :monkey :cold:
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Happy Friday, all!!! Have a great weekend!
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Good Morning All,
Carly, so sorry to hear about your computer crashing. Whenever I have computer problems it sends me into orbit. I hope, hope, hope, you didn’t lose any of your work!
Great prize today. Wow!
Have a wonderful day everyone,
Cher
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Oh, wow! You’ve got the apology thing down! Hope everyone has a good weekend. Try to stay warm.
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Wow Carly I am so glad you got the computer back up and running !!! And I hope you have a better weekend. I am looking forward to the warmer weekend after it being so cold the past few days. Go Buckeyes!!
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:cold: Sorry about the computer problems, hope you didn’t loose anything.
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Good Luck with the computer! Have a great weekend everyone!
Vero: sometimes I find that drinking a huge glass of water with ice sometimes works (really pounding it vs. sipping) or vitiman water works for the migranes … if you don’t have drugs … feel better!
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Hope everyone has a great weekend!
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So sorry to hear about your computer Carly. I hope the techie was able to save everything for you. No need to apologize for anything!!! Hope everyone has a great weekend!!! Awesome prize as always.
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HUGS on the computer woes!!!
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Hope your weekend gets better than the week. Great prize!
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I’m sorry to hear you’ve had computer problems! I really feel for you. Crossing my fingers for you, good luck with your computer!
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Carly, Sorry about the computer problems. I hope everyone can stay warm this weekend. Happy Friday!
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how exciting!
sorry about your computer…
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So sorry to hear about your computer Carly. No apology needed. Hope you have a better weekend. Happy Friday everyone!
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Sorry to hear about your computer problems. I hate when that happens. Just had Geek Squad in about a month ago to work on mine after getting the ‘blue screen of death’. :wallbash: Hope things are running smoothly for you now.
And the prize today…..nothing short of spectacular. Love those gift cards!
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Wow, first time here and it’s great to see other “kindred spirits” who enjoy reading Carly Phillips like I do! Have a great day!
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Nice Prize! Glad your up and running again..
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Hope your computer is better.
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I hate computer crashes hope yours is doing fine now and thanks for the chance at such a great prize!
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I love gift cards!!!!!!
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Carly you are so forgiven!!!!! I just finished Seduce Me and I gotta say…..
I don’t think I ever rooted for a hero and heroine to get together as much as I did for Mallory and Jack.
Hope everything is working better now. Have a great weekend.
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Carly,
Sorry to hear about your computer. :cold: Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. I know I will be staying inside where its warm. Drinking hot chocolate. (Just dont tell my personal trainer who has told me to cut sugar foods out.) haha.
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Ah…what a wonderful thought…the books that one could buy!
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Yikes, sounds like Its been one crazy week for you. This has been the first week I have been able to relax actually. I work in retail so its been CRAZY for the past few weeks. My hours have finally gone back to normal, and things seemed to have calmed for now. Hope you can figure everything out with your computer and hopefully things will calm down for you as well.
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so sorry to hear about the computer crash.. that would be awful…
what a great prize.. 50 bucks would certainly buy alot of monkey books…
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:wave: Everyone,
:cold: I do love the cold weather though but lately it’s been to cold for me. I even got :sicksick: Starting to feel better though.
Carly I am sorry to hear about your computer don’t you just hate that.
What a wonderful prize. Love shopping at amazon my favorite place :)
Have A Wonderful Weekend All.
Hugssss
LindaH
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Carly, sorry about the computer problems . Have a great weekend everyone. What a great prize.
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AMZ GC!! Wow, just think of the books I’ll be able to buy with it, droooooool!
Count me in. What do I have to do to win?
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Oh, wow! I want to win this bad :pray: :pray: :pray: :pray: :pray:
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Holy cow!!! That translates to quite a few books from Amazon. Sorry it is as a result of your computer problems. I hope they are all fixed now.
:cold: Couldn’t resist. If I don’t do that now I might never get to. It is about to start warming up again down here.
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psyche! count me in….love amazon…hope things get better soon, Carly!
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Sorry to hear about your computer.
Just finished Dead Guy in A Pear Tree……..LOVED the ending…
Have a GREAT weekend.
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:wave:
Computer crashes suck! :wallbash: is how I feel when I have to deal with a sick computer! I hope it is workign for you now.
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Sorry about your ‘puter, hope things get better soon. Everyone have a great weekend and try to stay warm.
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Sorry about the computer, but if this is the result … you know, if I don’t win this time, do you think the computer will crash again? Just kidding!
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Happy Friday Everyone. Gearing up for a big storm here this weekend. They say 10 feet of snow in the Sierras.
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Karen, A major crash–how awful for you, particularly when it’s your business. Good luck in getting it going again, &, hopefully, not losing anything important.
Hope your vacation was fun.
Patricia A.
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Thanks Carly, but I think you deserve a gift today! :hug2: I hope everything gets back to normal with your computer and you have a good weekend!
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GREAT PRIZE!!!! HAVE A GREAT FRIDAY!!
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so sorry on your computer woes; I love GC’s to Amazon so enter me please.
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Best of luck for 2008 and hope computer stays well. Grat prize.
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Hi there Carly,
I sure hope your computer problems are all behind you! Great Prize! There are still some of your books I don’t have, imagine that!
Cross my Heart will be my first purchase if I win!
Love your books Carly!
#1 Fan,
Michele L.
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Love Amazon.com – one of my favorite web stores. Have a great weekend everyone.
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That’s a great prize! I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.
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:cold:It is so cold! Great prize to warm us up.
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Carly, so sorry to hear about the hours with a techie–hope everything’s fixed!! Hope everyone’s having a good Friday!
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That stinks about your computer acting up. I hope everyone has a great weekend. Back to work for me on Monday (haven’t figured out if that is a good or bad thing ;P )
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Cool prize. We forgive you for being late. lol
Oh the damage I could do with $50.00…better go make my list.
Hope everyone has a great weekend.
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A gift card sounds awesome! Count me in!!
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Hey Carly – I hope your computer is all better! Have a great weekend all -
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:cold:
Have a great weekend everyone! Especially you Carly. I hope things calm down for you .
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awesome prize
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I’m sorry your computer crashed, that’s terrible! Hope you have a good weekend!
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I know the feeling when the computer goes awry. I had to call the Geek Squad and the young man was very knowledgeable so I didn’t mind paying the bill. He helped me alot.
Here’s hoping you don’t have that many more computer probs for the rest of the year.
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Sorry to hear about the computer crash. We had a popped circuit and a power outage within the last few days so our electronic stuff isn’t happy either. It’s amazing how dependent my life has become on my electronics. I had to hunt down a non-electric phone to call the power company today.
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Wow! Awesome prize! Sorry to hear about the computer crash. Have a great weekend everyone!
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wow all the plotmonkey books I want!
me me me..
Happy New Year
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Great prize……..Sorry about computer crashes……..Hope you have a good weekend everyone.
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Glad to see the computer is up and running again. Hope you have a wonderful weekend.
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I love it! I just ordered from them.
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Wow! Great prize today.
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Wow Carly Awesome prize! I hope everyone has a great New Year
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So sorry about the computer crash! Hope all is well now! Have a great weekend!
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:pray: Carly, I hope your computer problems are over. Love computers but there are times when they can bring you major frustration!
:present1: That is a fantastic Friday prize! Put my name in the hat!
I finished Leslie’s online read, so good, I loved each chapter & the ending is priceless. I also finished reading She’s No Angel which I loved. Thanks Leslie.
Plotmonkeys are the best. :hug2: Everyone have a great weekend.
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Happy Friday Everyone! Sorry about the bad week Carly, hope next week is better.
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Please add me too!!! I definitely don’t have enough books around me. . . *as they all come crashing down on her as she has the nerve to say that* :happy2: :happy2: :happy2:
Lois :cold:
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Poor you. I hate computer problems and I have lots of them as my computer quietly hates me
Oh and forgetting which day we are on is another thing I have trouble with, if it wasn’t for shopping for the MIL I wouldn’t know a Friday from a Saturday. Might explain why I forgot it’s Friday today too – she had us shop for her on Wednesday this week!! *EEK*
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Wow Carly!!!! You rock!
:fourturkeys:
Sorry about the computer problems, I hate when that happens
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Go Giants!!!!!!!!!!!
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I know how you feel Carly, last week my laptop just stopped working after hours on the phone where the tech guy tried to explain how to take the thing apart to try and fix it , it was deemed HOPELESS. The computer it less than 2 years old
now I am in the make for a new laptop and I think I’m going Mac, hoepfully I have better luck with that. Have a great weekend everyone!!
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A $50 Amazon gift card? Carly, you are SO forgiven!
Happy Friday!
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Sorry about your computer. Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend.
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Love Amazon – great prize Carly!!!! Hope your day is improving.
Happy Friday everyone!
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Good Afternoon! Wow! What a prize. Please enter me in your marvelous Friday contest. I appreciate it…..Cindi
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Computer problems are the most annoying thing! A few years ago I took my parent’s desktop to this guy to get it fixed and he somehow talked me into getting it updated to “Super Computer” which just means mixing Windows Home AND Windows XP and I unfortunately said yes so now whenever I get online, I get messages that throw the words “counterfeit” and “victim.” It’s a pain in the butt!!
God, I hope Bill Gates isn’t reading this.
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I meant Windows Home and Windows Professional…apparently there’s a difference.
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Sounds like you survived the crash. Deep breathing this weekend!
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Hope everything is healthy once again. Have a great weekend.
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Have a wonderful weekend!
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:cold: I guess that’s what I get for living in Vermont. But at least it’s suposed to warm up this weekend! Have a good one and good luck everyone! I wish I had the giftcard though…be good for me to have more books!
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Sorry to hear about your computer. Hope your weekend is a good one.
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Oh my goodness what a fantastic prize. :present1: so sorry about your computer problems.
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I’m so sorry your day has gone poorly. Hope your weekend gets better. Great prize!
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:wave: THAT WOULD BE NEAT TO WIN. NEVER WON A GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR AN ONLINE STORE BEFORE.
THANKS,
MICHELLE
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Been there, done that! Had to buy a new computer.
Wow! a great prize.
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Those computer problems can be sooo frustrating!! I have a lot of problems with our Internet. It always disconnects. Then it works for about 5 minutes anf after that I can repair it (again) for about 10 minutes.
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Oh wow, so sorry about the computer crash! That’s one of my worst fears. I contiually back up, just for that reason. The thing is you can never back up everything you have. Ugh.
I hope every thing is good now, and that you have a wonderful stress free weekend. :)
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Throw me in the hat on this one! I’ve won before so I usually don’t post on Fridays but my mama didn’t raise no fool! So sorry you’ve had computer problems, hope it’s all resolved now!!
Happy Friday everyone!
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Are you sure you don’t need the GC for the techie visit? If not, I’d be glad to spend it!!! Happy New Year to all!
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Love them when they work but when they’re down :cursing:
:cursing:
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Sorry to hear about your computer problem. Hope it doesn’t give you anymore trouble. Gotta love those gift cards though! :heart1:
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Oh. My. God. Just the thought of a crash makes me… 8O Good luck getting everything worked out!
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NICE SURPRISE FOR THIS WEEK. I JUST GOT THREW ORDERING 2 BOOKS FROM AMAZON LAST WEEK.
ALICE IN TEXAS
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Awesome prize, I always have books on my Amazon wish list.
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Awesome prize
Have a great weekend!
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Love Amazon!
Carly, I hope things settle down for you.
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I almost didn’t stop by today since it’s hubby and mine’s first anniversary and we’ve been out most of the day. I’m so glad I did! Happy Friday everybody!!!
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The whole computer relationship is a real Love Hate thing. The truth is when it crashes I just want to throw it out the window and use it for a good old fashion butt kicking workout
It would be nice to have all the important stuff on a backup and start over fresh. I’m sure the computer Fairy wouldnt mind dropping off a new one every now and again. TGIF 
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Hope things settle down for you. What a great gift to start the year
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Wow, what a fabulous prize. Have a great weekend everyone.
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Hi Carly!
Wow – what a great prize! As to the computer crash… if I lost my laptop for 4 hours… well I don’t even want to imagine it. Have a terrific weekend!
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Hi Carly! Sounds like you have had a really busy couple of weeks. I hope you find some time to relax and kick back this weekend! :tinitime:
$50 Amazon gift card would definitely get someone alot of great books!!
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Even with a day off this was a long week. Happy it’s Friday!!!!!
Would be a fun prize to win.
Have a nice weekend all.
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Great gift Just picked up Seduce Me I’ll start it as soon as the kids go to bed.
michele b
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What an amazing prize.
I am so sorry you had a sick computer.
I hope all is well now. :dog1:
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TGIF!!! Hi Carly, Janelle, Julie, Leslie,
Sorry bout the computer Carly, know how that feels…. ours has given us that problem a time or 2… I’m glad you are back and running though… I know that is what you need to be doing all of your writing..
$50 GC @ Amazon.com… an awesome gift…. :pray: :pray: Never won anything online before, so here’s wishing…
Have a fabulous weekend !!!
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Wow a lot of people responding!!Think we could all use a gift card, huh???
happy Friday all!!!
Donna
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TGIF :banana:
Sorry about your computer Carly :cursing:
:cold:
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Ugh – computers can be such a pain! My sister brought her dead computer with her at Christmastime. The first trip to Circuit City ended up with them replacing her power supply and tuning the computer up. When we got home, we found out she had no Internet Explorer. We went back to Circuit City and, after 24 hours, the guy said he wanted to kick the computer. He said he’d never had one he couldn’t fix before. We brought it home and within a few days, the USB ports stopped working so we brought it back for the 3rd time and had him set it back to the factory defaults. So I can certainly sympathize with you.
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Oh Carly, that’s such a pain when that happens. I hope you are all fixed up now.
Stay warm and cozy everyone! :cold:
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Sorry to hear about your computer problems. Hope they got fixed. Happy Friday everyone. Wow what a prize!!
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WOW… Internet problems are no problem with such Friday madness!!
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Blessings,
Rhonda
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I wish you could write faster!!!!!! I :love: your books. I think I need about one to two a month.
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Computer problems are a major downer. I finally figured how why mine was taking 30 minutes just loading windows.
I love gift cards and Amazon is my favorite online bookstore! They sure have gotten a lot of post-Christmas business from me.
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I feel for you and your computer woes – I just got mine back from the shop – it was in for three days. Hope it’s back up in tip top shape and that nothing important was lost.
Happy New Year to all!
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Wow, I am #132…LOL! That tells me this is an awesome prize….SO of course I want to be included :) :)
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I hope everyone has a great weekend! My son goes back to school on Monday. Woo Hoo!
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Great prize, to get all the books that were on my Christmas List that I didn’t get. Hope you didn’t lose any of your writing that you have worked so hard on. Happy First Friday of 2008.
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All I can say is, “Get a Mac.”
I can get lots of books with this prize – thanks, Carly!
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I hate computer problems!!! What ever did we do before technology took over? Hope all is well, Carly.
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So sorry to hear about your crash…been there, done that.
I would love to be included in the drawing
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Ouch! Hope your computer is all better now. Thanks for continuing the drawing amidst all your stress!
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I’m a lot late posting too.
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That’s definitely a generous prize.
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That would be nice to win and would definitely help shorten the huge book store list! :snowmanhead:
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:cold:
pleasse enter me
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Please enter me!
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I hope everyone had a Happy New Year. What a great gift. :cold:
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Computer troubles are so frustrating!! I now use a computer just for internet use and another for everything else. Liz
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A computer crash is so not a good way to start the new year. No matter how well you think your files are backed up you always loose something important. Hope you didn’t loose any work on your sure to be awesome WIP.
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:heart1: Love Amazon Gift Card!!! :heart1:
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Hey All!
mastree:or a Happy Chanukah! :happychanuk:Or watever you Celebrate! nd A Happy New Year. And Hope everyone is havin’ a great weekend. . lol.
Hope you all had a Merry Christmas!
~*Niecey*~
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sounds so good, happy new year to all
:elf:
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I just found this site and it’s terrific! Dulcinea is adorable! :dog1: Thanks for the contest!
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Your dogs are too cute, makes me want another one!
mari
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:darth: I just love your smilies. Come on gift card!! :pray:
And sending you “anti-computer-crashing” positive vibes!!!!
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There is no need to apolgize, a computer crash is never a good thing and it is not your fault. It can happen to anyone. You are a really sweet person and I considered you a very talented writer, and enjoy the books I have of your a real pleasure to read over and over again. Please do me a huge favor and have a great day. Sending a hug your and your family’s way. :angel7: