Julie’s Jungle Madness Friday!
It’s the first day of Autumn. It’s actually under 80 degrees here in Florida (right this minute, anyway…and hey, beggers can’t be choosers) so let’s celebrate! With chocolate!
An assortment from my favorite chocolate makers, See’s. Here’s the description:
Autumn Treasure Box
A flurry of fall colors, this elegant gift box arrives filled with a special assortment of See’s milk, dark and white chocolates. Magnetically held lid and reusable 6 ” square box are ideal for organizing special photos and keepsakes.
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Be sure and stop by tomorrow (Saturday) for another guest blog post, this time from a writer very near and dear to my heart. Please stop by and tell all your friends! The place to be for aspiring writers is Plotmonkeys.com on Saturday!
OH! And I almost forgot…last Saturday’s guest blogger, KAREN ROSE, just found out she made the NYTimes bestseller list for the FIRST TIME! I don’t think her appearance at Plotmonkeys had anything to do with it…but we should at least help her celebrate! Yeah, Karen!!
That’s enough to make a day much brighter. I love their chocolate!
Comment by KimW — September 21, 2007 @ 6:27 am
I’ve never had their chocolate but it sounds hard to resist. Just what I need.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Comment by Cheryl S. — September 21, 2007 @ 7:07 am
Happy Autumn!
Comment by Theresa N. — September 21, 2007 @ 7:18 am
TGIF! It’s warm here in Boston too - supposed to reach high 70’s today and 80’s tomorrow.
I absolutely LOVE chocolate and I’ve never had See’s - what a great prize!
Congrats to Karen Rose!
Comment by Carolyn A. — September 21, 2007 @ 7:29 am
OOOH chocolate. How yummy. Plz pick me, pick me, pick me!!!!!!!
Comment by KIMMY — September 21, 2007 @ 8:06 am
Good Morning everybody! What could be better its finally Friday and a chocolate prize on top of it this day just keeps getting better and better!!! Have a good weekend!!!! Tammy
Comment by TAMMY — September 21, 2007 @ 8:27 am
First day of autumn in TN highs will be in the upper 80’s maybe even low 90’s this weekend. See’s makes some of the best chocolate. Hope everyone has a great Friday!
Comment by Liza — September 21, 2007 @ 8:27 am
Ohhhh! Chocolate, wonderful chocolate!!! My favorite treat!
We have just had rain, rain and more rain with lots of wind and a few tornado sightings…not very nice weather for us right now, but things are starting to look up with sunshine, hopefully, by this afternoon and brighter days ahead.
What wonderful news for Karen Rose…love her books!
Wishing everyone a happy and safe week-end.
Comment by Shari C — September 21, 2007 @ 8:35 am
OOOOHHHH chocolate, I absolutely loooooooooooove chocolate. I’ve never had See’s before, they don’t sell that here in Ohio, at least not anywhere I’ve been. Temps are supposed to be in the low 80’s here for today and the weekend. That is absolutely fabulous weather for this time of year here in Ohio.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone. Congrats to Karen!!!!
Comment by Kathy — September 21, 2007 @ 8:49 am
Congratulations Karen
Living in Georgia, I too am appreciating the cooler air. It is finally cooling off in the overnight and we can open the house for fresh air. Have a great weekend everyone.
Comment by Linda — September 21, 2007 @ 9:12 am
Oooh chocolate. Who wouldn’t love this
Have a great weekend everyone.
Comment by Crystal B. — September 21, 2007 @ 9:18 am
Happy Friday!! Love the prizes.
Comment by Stacy S — September 21, 2007 @ 9:20 am
Sounds like an awesome prize! Everyone enjoy your weekend.
Comment by Julie — September 21, 2007 @ 9:22 am
Yummy! Sign me Up!!!!
And Congrats Karen!!!
Comment by Kathleen — September 21, 2007 @ 9:29 am
75 and muggy in MN - and please, no more storms/tornados. Congrats Karen!
Comment by Karen B — September 21, 2007 @ 9:37 am
The chocolate sounds YUMMY!!! I just love fall.
Enjoy the weekend everyone.
Comment by Barbara — September 21, 2007 @ 9:44 am
Luuuuuv chocolate. Count me in! Have a great weekend everyone!!!!
Comment by Shari A — September 21, 2007 @ 9:51 am
Yay! Autumn!!! I luv this time of year. And chocolate candy.
Susan
Comment by Susan — September 21, 2007 @ 9:57 am
I love Sees Cafe Latte hard candies
Hope everyone has a great Friday
Comment by Beth — September 21, 2007 @ 10:06 am
Three cheers for Autumn! It has definitely arrived here in Colorado.
I’m lactose intolerant so don’t enter me in the drawing.
Have a wonderful Friday and weekend everybody. And YAY for Karen making the NYT list! How cool is that!
Cher
Comment by Cher — September 21, 2007 @ 10:34 am
Thank you! It was such a pleasure blogging here with the Monkeys last weekend. You all are a fabulously warm and inviting group!
Thanks so much for all the good wishes and congratulations and your support! Making the Times is such a milestone. I still am in a bit of stunned shock but mostly I’m just so darn happy! And very glad there is no tax on exclamation point use, LOL.
Okay, icon-partay time!
Comment by Karen Rose — September 21, 2007 @ 10:41 am
Have a great weekend, everyone! Congrats Karen!!! I love chocolate and I’ve never had See’s . What a great prize!
Comment by Emma — September 21, 2007 @ 10:49 am
Chocolate is my anti-drug! LOL
…why is it that I thought Sunday was the first day of FALL????
Oh well, 80 here in NYC
Oh my, I love this
LOLOLOL When did she get here? 
These are coll too
Comment by Lisa — September 21, 2007 @ 10:51 am
*cool* not coll
Comment by Lisa — September 21, 2007 @ 10:52 am
Hope everyone has a great autumn weekend
Congratulations Karen
Comment by Tina Martinesi — September 21, 2007 @ 10:59 am
I love chocolate!
Count me in for the drawing.
Congrats Karen Rose. What an amazing accomplishment.
Comment by Patty L. — September 21, 2007 @ 11:12 am
I love Autumn and I love chocolate! Everyone have a great weekend.
Comment by Carol R — September 21, 2007 @ 11:36 am
Happy Friday!!!!
Comment by katie — September 21, 2007 @ 11:49 am
Mmm…See’s. Wish I could win one!
And congrats again, Karen, that’s just marvelous news1!
Comment by Leslie — September 21, 2007 @ 11:55 am
Congrats, Karen!! And mmm… chocolate! I LOVE chocolate
And Sees is quite fabulous! Happy weekend, everyone!
Comment by Fedora — September 21, 2007 @ 11:56 am
Julie, I finished your book, and loved it… Will you be doing a Josie/Rick story?
Comment by Elisa V — September 21, 2007 @ 12:02 pm
Chocolate is a fave around this house! If my chocolate sniffing husband catches wind of this prize in our house it will be gone before I know it! A while ago I wanted to make chocolate chip cookies. I bought two bags of chocolate chips and hid them in a tin can on the top most shelf in the kitchen. They were up there maybe two weeks at the most. Somehow my husband sniffed them out! When I went to make my cookies they were gone! I asked my husband if he ate them, he said “Sure did! About a week ago!” I couldn’t believe it! If I win this prize I will have to think of a better spot to hide it or better yet! I will share them with him!
Comment by Michele L. — September 21, 2007 @ 12:13 pm
Happy Friday!
Comment by nancy — September 21, 2007 @ 12:17 pm
Congrats to Karen Rose! Happy Friday.
Comment by Jamie — September 21, 2007 @ 12:20 pm
I would love to win this! Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Comment by Claudia — September 21, 2007 @ 12:23 pm
Have a great weekend! Wonderful chocolates. Love them and fall is my favorite season.
Comment by anne — September 21, 2007 @ 12:25 pm
Elisa, yes, I’m writing Josie and Rick’s story now. It’ll be out in August of next year! Thanks…and I’m glad you enjoyed the book!
Comment by Julie Leto — September 21, 2007 @ 12:29 pm
Tina M - throwing up a prayer for you, hope it’s a good day!
Janelle - thinking about you and I hope the dentist is being kind. Quick
for you as well.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Comment by Jodie — September 21, 2007 @ 12:30 pm
Congratulations Karen on making the bestseller list! That chocolate sure looks yummy. I hope everyone has an awesome weekend.
Comment by Janet — September 21, 2007 @ 12:33 pm
Congratulations Karen
Julie, Your in Florida, I’m in Georgia 35 miles north of Tallahassee. The change in temps has been wonderful. I am soooo looking forward to the arrival autumn.
What a wonderful way to start it off with chocolate.
Comment by Gigi — September 21, 2007 @ 12:43 pm
chocolate maske ME feel better and with all my stress I could sure use some….(hershey bar here I come) Congrats to Karen Rose she sure deserves it she is one of my favs!!!!
Donna
Comment by donna — September 21, 2007 @ 12:45 pm
See’s chocolate sounds divine.
I’d like it to be mine.
Now back to kids and dishes,
Biding time with Hershey’s kisses.
Comment by Serenissima — September 21, 2007 @ 1:20 pm
It’s in the 80’s in Pittsburgh too - I am not complaining. Thanks for a chance to win.
Comment by catslady — September 21, 2007 @ 1:21 pm
Awesome prize! Have a great weekend everyone!
Comment by Amy S. — September 21, 2007 @ 1:25 pm
Chocolate doesn’t make the world go ’round, but it sure does make the trip worthwhile!
Comment by Christy H. — September 21, 2007 @ 1:30 pm
I love all of these new emoticons, can ya tell? lol
Great prize, as always. Hope everyyone is having a wonderful Friday, and has a great weekend!
Comment by Shannon Upright — September 21, 2007 @ 1:38 pm
Yummmmmm! See’s candy! It is the best.
Fall is my favorite time of the year.
Karen Rose, Congratulations on hitting the NY Times bestseller list. After reading your blog on the Plotmonkeys I got two of your books.
Carly, I just started reading Cross My Heart. I think I will be doing a lot of reading today & tomorrow.
Everyone have a great weekend. Enjoy whatever you do.
Comment by Donna M — September 21, 2007 @ 2:03 pm
As much as someday I would love to try See’s candy, not this week.
I feel so lucky to have won both Jaci Burton’s book and a digger.
I want someone else to feel lucky too!
Zoey is at the puppy day spa getting her first puppy full treatment.
Wish it was me
DON’T COUNT THIS POST.
Good Luck Everyone!
Comment by Jeannie & Zoey — September 21, 2007 @ 2:18 pm
Have a great weekend.
Comment by Maureen — September 21, 2007 @ 2:23 pm
I love chocolate - yummy. But I don’t want to be greedy since I won Carly’s contest. Happy Friday and have a good weekend.
Comment by Michelle — September 21, 2007 @ 2:39 pm
CONGRATULATIONS KAREN. THE CANDY SOUNDS YUMMY IN
THE TUMMY, CALORIES AND ALL.
ALICE IN TEXAS WHERE IS ALREADY 90 TODAY.
Comment by ALICE — September 21, 2007 @ 2:39 pm
Awesome prize! Happy Autumn! I live in Florida as well and I am glad for the cooler weather as well! Have a great weekend everyone!
Comment by Cherie J — September 21, 2007 @ 2:52 pm
Happy autumn to everyone.. but it sure feels more like the dog days of summer in Iowa..but thats ok the blizzards will be here before we know it…
TGIF time for some home town school football game tonite.. yay..
yum chocolates.. my favorite staple of life..
congrats Karen
Comment by Jolene — September 21, 2007 @ 3:48 pm
Have a great one!
Comment by Georganna — September 21, 2007 @ 3:52 pm
Happy weekend everyone! Congrats to Karen Rose
Comment by Shannon T. — September 21, 2007 @ 3:52 pm
Congrats to Karen. Your blog post turned me on to her writing, now I just have to decide which book to start with.
Comment by Cathy M — September 21, 2007 @ 5:15 pm
I live in Florida too, I got my Pottery Barn Fall Cataloge and it has some great Fall decorating Ideas. We don’t see much of a change in Season in South Florida so we have to remind ourselves by decorating.
It’s time to put away the sea shells and bring out the fake Fall leaves
T.G.I.F.
Comment by Christine — September 21, 2007 @ 5:52 pm
I just love See’s chocolate ~ great prize!!
Comment by Shelley — September 21, 2007 @ 6:32 pm
Another great
from the 
It is
here in Connecticut today also
TGIF
Comment by Cherylann — September 21, 2007 @ 6:36 pm
Oh god i love chocolate. I’ve started counting my calories…but can I pretend those don’t count?? lol and congrats to Karen! I love reading her.
Comment by Jess — September 21, 2007 @ 6:42 pm
Ooh, intrigued about tomorrow. Have to remember to be here.
Congrats, Karen!
And I love the box - so autumny. But I’m not much a fan of chocolates (*ducking*), so you can count me out, lol.
Comment by Kate Scott — September 21, 2007 @ 6:42 pm
Yeah, autumn here in Arizona means days of temps UNDER 100 degrees so If I win the chocolates they won’t melt when the mailman puts them on my doorstep
Comment by JOYE — September 21, 2007 @ 7:38 pm
Janelle hope your resting.
I Know you lie to hear about Zoey so here goes.
Zoey went to the puppy day spa today for the first time.
She came out looking mighty spiffy with her 2 bows and
smelling like a walking perfume bottle. She hasn’t looked at me since.
Hard to be mad for long with the person who spoils you rotten.
I figure after some quality time with her sympathic father
later this evening she’ll come around. Maybe.
I sent him a pic on the phone today and he said,
“What did you do to that poor dog now?”
He is absolutely no help at all when the pets or kids need
someone to wallow in their woes.
Yes Carly she is getting a little more sympathy than you.
But come on now: We’re talking 3 root canals and a bone graph.
Comment by Jeannie & Zoey — September 21, 2007 @ 8:02 pm
OOO CHOCOLATE!!! I shall fight to the death…or maybe until they are all eaten
Comment by Melissa — September 21, 2007 @ 8:53 pm
mmm! happy autumn and congrats karen!
Comment by Melissa V — September 21, 2007 @ 8:54 pm
I haven’t been able to celebrate Halloween “properly” for the past two years but for some odd reason I am SO excited that autumn has finally arrived. I mean, I just got back from Walmart and I’m “puppy wiggling” excited about all the cool Halloween/ autumn things. Yay!
Hmmm… maybe I don’t need any chocolate but I sure want some!
Comment by Jen — September 21, 2007 @ 9:49 pm
It was warmer here than in FL??
Comment by ev — September 21, 2007 @ 9:57 pm
The weather news was only good until this afternoon…by 3pm, we were at 90+ degrees!
Comment by Julie Leto — September 21, 2007 @ 10:23 pm
Oh boy! Chocolate.
Comment by Estella — September 21, 2007 @ 10:25 pm
Still
in South Florida and today rain, rain, rain and more rain! Congrats to Karen Rose! I haven’t tried See’s chocolate but I’ve heard it’s great. Good prize!
Comment by Susan P. — September 21, 2007 @ 11:26 pm
lov e some candy. have a good weekend all
Comment by kim h — September 22, 2007 @ 12:11 am
loved born to be wilde and overexposed. thanks for writng great . sexy books ladies.
Comment by kim h — September 22, 2007 @ 12:13 am
Thanks everyone for the sympathy on my root canals. The endodontist did ALL THREE of them today. He had to get them all opened up and the infection cleaned out. By the time I got home I was in such excruciating pain!
I spent most of the day doped up on vicoden! 
Jeannie — I bet Zoey looked like a cute fluff ball by the time she got home from the puppy spa! Unfortunately, our four legged pets HATE the spa! I know mine does! The first thing she does when I get her home is run outside and roll around on the grass to get all the frou-frou smell off of her!
Comment by Janelle — September 22, 2007 @ 12:47 am
Happy Fall and to any people from the other side of the hemishere.. Happy Spring.
hmmmm.. Chocolate.
Ann M.
Comment by Ann M. — September 22, 2007 @ 12:49 am
Yeah for Autumn and chocolate, hope everyone has a great weekend!
Comment by Teresa W. — September 22, 2007 @ 2:00 pm
Hope everyone has a great weekend
Comment by Marie — September 22, 2007 @ 5:55 pm