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So what have i been up to? Catching up on Christmas stuff – making new decorations (will do another post on that, once we get our tree & decorate it), Christmas lists & Christmas greetings to write and send out, tying up loose ends for book biz and booking flight to Singapore (yes, we have booked – i think this is the earliest we have ever booked our flight home ;)). Oh & i want to post about the wonderful snow fall too – last week was a good snowfall & this week too – so that will come. Oh Oh as well as pictures of some of our new ski toys 😉

Today i just wanna talk about more NaNoWriMo stuff – yes, i can’t get enough of it – hehehhheee 😉

So in my last post, i sobbed about NaNo ending – we had a little party to celebrate the end of it – of cos, just a reason to get together and have fun & delicious chocolate cake 😉 belenustenebrae  was kind enough to host it & allow us to bring "terror" to her home in Nyon – thanks 😀

Most of the party got there early – 3.30pm i was told – i only got there at about 6pm i think – had a book sale that morning so could not make it earlier – anyhow, by the time i got there, they had finished the singing competition but had not yet dive into the yummy food 😉 We played Nintendo & Twister while waiting for a couple more people & oh we also gave out awards for the following:
1) Winners – meaning u finished 50,000 words
2) Most number of words
3) Latest Date of joining NaNo
4) Highest average daily word count
5) Largest word count in a day
6) Largest Number of posts on the forum
7) Largest Number of Characters
8) Highest Number of deaths in the novel
9) Longest villain’s name
10) Shortest protagonist’s name

Then it was into the yummy food!

Here are some pictures:
This is the delicious and wonderful chocolate, chocolate cake which moeshas  made – see that fantastic icing – it’s the NaNoWriMo crest :O
amazing!

Playing Nintendo…

Twister fun!

People who were there…

SwissNaNoWriMo Award badges – i made 😉 *smiles proudly* (picture shows 2x awards side by side)

Oh there are many more pictures – but i will not bore the non-NaNo people out there 😉
That’s it for now – more posts to come – hopefully soon now that my Christmas lists are all done ;p
syc

So it’s true – i have to face the facts – NaNoWriMo is over – Today is 1st of Dec.
And i did not finish – sob! i managed 32191 words.
But still i had loads of fun – it was a great feeling writing and writing – honestly, the writing bug hit me hard quite a while back and i had been searching for an outlet since … oh can’t remember … but a long time now – soooo HAPPY that NaNo has allowed me to channel all that writing itch into something.
Plus i met lots of fun and funny people along the way 😉
i’m looking into taking part in Script Frenzy now.
i have also found something which i hope DH (darling hubby) will take part in – February Album Writing Month. Tobias and myself will be in Singapore almost all of February – of cos Walter will be with us for some part of that time – but i think he would have fun doing this – an outlet for his musical genes 😉 and to occupy him while we are away – not that he needs help with that – there is snow and snow sports to occupy him – lots of snow this winter.
And i’m planning for Tobias to start with the Young Writers Program for NaNoWriMo as well as YWP for Script Frenzy – if he even shows a slight interest – hahhahaha – such an ambitious mummy i am ;p
Well, he has showed no inclination towards the arts (like drawing, fine art) so i’m hoping for a literary genius – too much to ask for? 😉
Ok back to the realities of this world now – need to go do accounts now – sigh!
syc

Back in the middle of April, we found out that a friend’s little daughter was sick with a very rare cancer and i had posted a couple of times since asking for prayers. Thank you those of you who have prayed for little Jillian. She passed away peacefully last night. She had taken a turn for the worse at the start of last week – it had seemed that she was getting better a couple of days ago – but i guess it is time for her to go home to Jesus, she has gone home where there is no more pain and suffering – a place of peace. Please do pray for her parents and the rest of the family as they go through this time of grieve.
syc