Book stats:
Chapters: 4.1
Pages: 68
Words: 20,082
It's really coming along! I'm averaging 15 pages and 1 chapter a week. Not bad!
Monday, November 23, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
NaNoTRYMo Weigh-In
Chapters: 3
Pages: 50
Words: 14,671
I clearly will not finish half of my book this month. A normal month, I'd still have a fair chance at it. But next week is Thanksgiving and both of my sisters are coming to stay with us (yay!!). So this will be my last week of writing for the month. In light of that, I'm going to write my butt off.
If only I could literally write my butt off. I'd be achieving two goals at once!!
Pages: 50
Words: 14,671
I clearly will not finish half of my book this month. A normal month, I'd still have a fair chance at it. But next week is Thanksgiving and both of my sisters are coming to stay with us (yay!!). So this will be my last week of writing for the month. In light of that, I'm going to write my butt off.
If only I could literally write my butt off. I'd be achieving two goals at once!!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Santa #3
I bought my third Santa yesterday. It was love at first sight. I wish the picture was bigger!
(My mom gave me Santa #2 for Christmas last year. I need to get a picture of him up.)
Also, I'm really tempted to put my Christmas decorations up. We're leaving for my parents' house on the 19th of December and I want more than 25ish days to enjoy my decorations!
Maybe I'll wait for 20th. That'll give me a month. :D
(My mom gave me Santa #2 for Christmas last year. I need to get a picture of him up.)
Also, I'm really tempted to put my Christmas decorations up. We're leaving for my parents' house on the 19th of December and I want more than 25ish days to enjoy my decorations!
Maybe I'll wait for 20th. That'll give me a month. :D
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
NaNoTRYMo Weigh In
As of right now (haven't worked on my book for the day yet) I have:
42 pages
12,380 words
2.3 (ish) chapters
I haven't made a ton of progress, but I have made progress. This chapter is proving to be difficult because it's just filler stuff (the detail stuff between the big stuff... I just said stuff a lot).
And I missed writing yesterday and Sunday because I have bad writer's block. Just. need. to. get. over. it.
42 pages
12,380 words
2.3 (ish) chapters
I haven't made a ton of progress, but I have made progress. This chapter is proving to be difficult because it's just filler stuff (the detail stuff between the big stuff... I just said stuff a lot).
And I missed writing yesterday and Sunday because I have bad writer's block. Just. need. to. get. over. it.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Happy NaNoWriMo!
Well, I just learned that November is National Novel Writing Month. This is very fun news to me since I am a writer and I am currently writing a book. Actually, a series of three books for which I've got the outline nearly done and 2 chapters in the first book written. The official goal of NaNoWriMo is to write a 50,000 word novel by the end of the month. Instead, I'm going to participate in the Pikes Peak NaNoTRYMo. :D
Goals (and consequently doubling as my monthly goals):
Write something every day of the month--check my writing blog to see what I write every day!
Write at least half of my first book
I'm going to post my progress every Monday. So as of today, November 2nd, I have written:
2.1 chapters
37 pages (double spaced)
10,887 words
I won't be able to attend Pikes Peak Writers weekly write-ins because they're in Colorado Springs, which is an hour away. Instead, I'll write on my own every Tuesday from 5 to 8. But I do plan on attending the write-a-thon on the 21st. Locking myself in a building with complete strangers and nothing to do but write? Sounds like fun to me.
Wish me luck!
PS--Here's NaNoWriMo's official webpage.
Goals (and consequently doubling as my monthly goals):
Write something every day of the month--check my writing blog to see what I write every day!
Write at least half of my first book
I'm going to post my progress every Monday. So as of today, November 2nd, I have written:
2.1 chapters
37 pages (double spaced)
10,887 words
I won't be able to attend Pikes Peak Writers weekly write-ins because they're in Colorado Springs, which is an hour away. Instead, I'll write on my own every Tuesday from 5 to 8. But I do plan on attending the write-a-thon on the 21st. Locking myself in a building with complete strangers and nothing to do but write? Sounds like fun to me.
Wish me luck!
PS--Here's NaNoWriMo's official webpage.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Samhain
In direct opposition to last year, we had a really fun Halloween weekend this year. It started with a party thrown by some friends in the ward on Friday night. Here are my snowy graveyard brownies I took:
Kurt and James getting in some Mario Kart before the party. They are addicted. It's sad.
Kurt and I went as Apollo and Artemis. It was recycling a costume for me and Kurt's was the easiest thing in existence. But I really liked how they turned out!
Where's Waldo?
James and Camille's costumes were so cute. She was Carmen Sandiego and he was Waldo. Classic.
On Saturday, we went for my birthday present to see WICKED!! It was so awesome and I LOVED it! Happy birthday to me! (pic forthcoming)
Then Saturday night we went to Kurt's coworker's party and even though we were the only sober ones (sodas in the fridge for us!) we actually had a really fun time. Most people didn't drink to excess, but there were a few girls dancing on the coffee table. I forgot the camera and I'm really bummed because one of Kurt's coworkers, who is white, painted himself black and shaved his head and went as Mister T and another was Lady Gaga with the sweetest costume ever. I wish I'd gotten pics!
Lucky me! Candice sent me a pic of the two of us.
Gaga and Goddess
And the best part of the whole night was when we invited Mister T to church with us the next morning. He said no but said definitely another day! Wahoo!
Kurt and James getting in some Mario Kart before the party. They are addicted. It's sad.
Kurt and I went as Apollo and Artemis. It was recycling a costume for me and Kurt's was the easiest thing in existence. But I really liked how they turned out!
Where's Waldo?
James and Camille's costumes were so cute. She was Carmen Sandiego and he was Waldo. Classic.
On Saturday, we went for my birthday present to see WICKED!! It was so awesome and I LOVED it! Happy birthday to me! (pic forthcoming)
Then Saturday night we went to Kurt's coworker's party and even though we were the only sober ones (sodas in the fridge for us!) we actually had a really fun time. Most people didn't drink to excess, but there were a few girls dancing on the coffee table. I forgot the camera and I'm really bummed because one of Kurt's coworkers, who is white, painted himself black and shaved his head and went as Mister T and another was Lady Gaga with the sweetest costume ever. I wish I'd gotten pics!
Lucky me! Candice sent me a pic of the two of us.
Gaga and Goddess
And the best part of the whole night was when we invited Mister T to church with us the next morning. He said no but said definitely another day! Wahoo!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Octizzard
What happens when you have a 2 day long blizzard in the middle of October? An Octizzard
From Tuesday night to Thursday night, we got over a foot of snow. Work was cancelled for two days and the four of us holed up in our house with movies and way too much food. And lots of playing in the snow with Zumi. That dog loves him some snow. In fact, on Wednesday night he wouldn't come in until 11, preferring to nap in the snow rather than inside.
I think this is Thursday morning.
By the time all was said and done, the snow was as high as Zumi's head. This is Thursday morning.
My snow puppy
Playing in the snow is hard work!
From Tuesday night to Thursday night, we got over a foot of snow. Work was cancelled for two days and the four of us holed up in our house with movies and way too much food. And lots of playing in the snow with Zumi. That dog loves him some snow. In fact, on Wednesday night he wouldn't come in until 11, preferring to nap in the snow rather than inside.
I think this is Thursday morning.
By the time all was said and done, the snow was as high as Zumi's head. This is Thursday morning.
My snow puppy
Playing in the snow is hard work!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Sea Green
So a few weeks ago I finally decided on a wall color for our bathroom: sea green. Quite a departure from the brown stripes I was thinking of doing. The poor Winfield's still have not closed on our house, and Camille still hasn't found a job, so she's been all kinds of stuff around our house including painting the bathroom for us! She rocks! And the bathroom is so pretty now!
Monday, October 26, 2009
It's Zumi's Day!
Happy birthday to my Zoomster! He's a year old today!
To commemorate it, and also because we ran out of his food, we bought a bag of dog food. That's right, not puppy food, DOG food.
*Sniff* My puppy's all growed up.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Froota or Frooeeta?
Two weekends ago, James, Camille, Kurt, Zumi, and I went to Fruita, CO, for some mountain biking adventure. Well, Zumi had some sitting-in-his-crate-in-the-car adventure. I believe he loved every dang second of it. Fruita is directly west of Denver by 4 hours and apparently it's a mountain biking hot spot. Well, we love mountain biking and hot spots so it was the perfect destination for us.
We left on Friday after work and got in around 10. Kurt and I got there first and by the time James and Camille arrived, I was already snug in my sleeping bag.
The next morning the boys got up at 6 for some early biking while Camille and I slept in till 9, when I could pick up my rental bike. And we got delicious breakfast burritos from Nathy's. After getting my bike, we met up with the boys and biked it up in the 18 Road area.
I look so good in bike shorts!! (BAHAHAHA)
After that we went back to Nathy's for green chile burritos. Mmmmm, delicious. Just a little heavy. I think we were all feeling a little heavy after that, but it didn't stop us from hitting up one more biking area: Kokopelli. We didn't bring the camera along on this ride either and I'm so sad because it was absolutely gorgeous. We were on the cliffs above the Colorado river and it was just awesome. Well, I had an accident on this ride. I endoed (which means I braked too hard on my front brakes and went sailing over the handlebars) into a ditch, landing on my head and getting all kinds of scraped up. After Kurt saw that I was ok, he quickly assured me it was the funniest thing he'd seen all day. Glad I could oblige, babe!
I have a boo boo.
Then we took my bike back to the shop and headed home. It was a really fun, short trip!
We left on Friday after work and got in around 10. Kurt and I got there first and by the time James and Camille arrived, I was already snug in my sleeping bag.
The next morning the boys got up at 6 for some early biking while Camille and I slept in till 9, when I could pick up my rental bike. And we got delicious breakfast burritos from Nathy's. After getting my bike, we met up with the boys and biked it up in the 18 Road area.
I look so good in bike shorts!! (BAHAHAHA)
After that we went back to Nathy's for green chile burritos. Mmmmm, delicious. Just a little heavy. I think we were all feeling a little heavy after that, but it didn't stop us from hitting up one more biking area: Kokopelli. We didn't bring the camera along on this ride either and I'm so sad because it was absolutely gorgeous. We were on the cliffs above the Colorado river and it was just awesome. Well, I had an accident on this ride. I endoed (which means I braked too hard on my front brakes and went sailing over the handlebars) into a ditch, landing on my head and getting all kinds of scraped up. After Kurt saw that I was ok, he quickly assured me it was the funniest thing he'd seen all day. Glad I could oblige, babe!
I have a boo boo.
Then we took my bike back to the shop and headed home. It was a really fun, short trip!
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Ode to Diet Dr. Pepper with Vanilla (light on the ice)
So delicious.
So refreshing.
So sweet.
So satisfying.
You are the perfect celebration.
Or just-because.
Or I-need-caffeine-like-yesterday.
With just a teensy bit of vanilla,
your true colors really begin to shine.
[And don't forget about the light ice
--that way I get more of you!]
Rain or snow.
Sun or clouds.
I'll journey the 5 miles to Sonic through anything
for a sublime sip of heaven.
[Or maybe like a hundred sips,
but who's counting.]
Ah.
So refreshing.
So sweet.
So satisfying.
You are the perfect celebration.
Or just-because.
Or I-need-caffeine-like-yesterday.
With just a teensy bit of vanilla,
your true colors really begin to shine.
[And don't forget about the light ice
--that way I get more of you!]
Rain or snow.
Sun or clouds.
I'll journey the 5 miles to Sonic through anything
for a sublime sip of heaven.
[Or maybe like a hundred sips,
but who's counting.]
Ah.
October Goals
My goals this month are:
-Get back to waking up at 6 am (struggling with that lately)
-Lose 15 pounds (believe me, I need it--one of my bipolar meds made me gain that weight in a ridiculously short amount of time... and I don't expect to lose all 10 pounds in one month, of course)
-Keep the apart--house clean
-Do well at work (As of Thursday, I'll have worked at Axa for a year. Craziness.)
Wish me luck cuz I'll definitely need it.
-Get back to waking up at 6 am (struggling with that lately)
-Lose 15 pounds (believe me, I need it--one of my bipolar meds made me gain that weight in a ridiculously short amount of time... and I don't expect to lose all 10 pounds in one month, of course)
-Keep the apart--house clean
-Do well at work (As of Thursday, I'll have worked at Axa for a year. Craziness.)
Wish me luck cuz I'll definitely need it.
Monday, October 12, 2009
NEWS FLASH
I have been accepted to Converse College's MFA Program!!
Because I've been accepted to 2 programs, I'm going to choose one of them and not apply to the other 3. I'll keep you posted as to what my decision will be!!
Because I've been accepted to 2 programs, I'm going to choose one of them and not apply to the other 3. I'll keep you posted as to what my decision will be!!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Saturday, October 3, 2009
From Placemats to Pillows
When I read this post, I knew I had to try it! So I hopped down to Pier 1 (which is 2 minutes from my house--glee!), picked out some placemats I like, bought 'em, and brought 'em home. Then I realized I didn't have a sewing machine. So I thought the pillow conversion would have to wait until February when I got my sewing machine.
Weeeeeeellllll, our friends James and Camille just moved here. However, they don't close on their house for another week and a half and we insisted they stay with us (they were planning on living in a hotel room for 2 weeks!). Camille has a sewing machine and she's been showing me the ropes! So I got to do my pillows! Lemme know what you think!
They look so good a) with my turquoise walls and b) on my black and red redone Pier 1 chairs! I seriously think redoing and converting and creating gives me a high. But it's a natural high, so it's ok.
PS--high school playlist is finally up!!
Weeeeeeellllll, our friends James and Camille just moved here. However, they don't close on their house for another week and a half and we insisted they stay with us (they were planning on living in a hotel room for 2 weeks!). Camille has a sewing machine and she's been showing me the ropes! So I got to do my pillows! Lemme know what you think!
They look so good a) with my turquoise walls and b) on my black and red redone Pier 1 chairs! I seriously think redoing and converting and creating gives me a high. But it's a natural high, so it's ok.
PS--high school playlist is finally up!!
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