Merry Christmas!

I just got back from visiting with family for Christmas.

The next two days will also be filled with family gatherings.

I just wanted to take a moment to say that I hope everybody has an awesome Christmas.

Also, Happy New Year! (In case you don't hear from me before then.)

What have I been up to?

I never meant to wait so long to update this blog. Time just got away from me. 
I only have 3 things to talk about in this post.

1. NaNoWriMo: I won! I even finished a few days early which is always great. This is my third year winning and I have to say that it doesn't get any easier. I am always surprised at how tired I get about half way through.

2.Christmas: Like everybody else, I have been busy preparing for the holidays. The first thing my husband and I did to celebrate was to go see the beautiful Plaza Lights in Kansas City.

Sorry for the blurry pic, it was taken with my phone will the car was moving. (I was not driving.)

I've also been decorating the house, trying hard to get into the Christmas spirit.

3. Thanks to my amazing husband, I was able to order my Christmas gift a little bit early.

It is a Kindle DX and I have wanted one for a very long time. I love it and can't wait for the case I ordered last week to get here. I've been keeping it in the box it came in so it won't get scratched, but once I have the case I plan on taking it everywhere.

That is all I have for this post. I hope everybody is doing well and that you all had  a nice Thanksgiving.

Crazy Month

This month has been a crazy one for me. I just feel like a lot has been going on.


- writing a novel (in a month)
- trying to make it to write-ins every week (which I've managed to do so far..)
- celebrating our 7th anniversary with my husband
- having to go to the doctor because I was sick
- not getting a minute of sleep last night and getting a call this morning because a family member is n the hospital and it could be serious.


I was going to say that this month seems to be dragging, but then I realized that Thanksgiving is this week and holy crap it's almost December and I've only bought 3 gifts.


Anyways, I'm going to go make coffee and try to just get through the day. 




NaNoWriMo Update:


Day #21
Words Written- 36,462
Words Remaining- 13,538

Quick Update

I thought I would just check in to let you know how I was doing with NaNoWriMo.

I am almost to that half way point.

Somehow I have managed to stay mostly on track. 

Day #15
Words Written- 24,543
Words Remaining- 25,457

You Capture: Fall

This was an easy You Capture.

Fall is my favorite time of the year.

I love when the leaves change color.

NaNoWriMo Update:

Day # 10
Words Written-14,354
Words Remaining- 35,646

I'm just a little bit behind today. I guess that means I'd better go write.

Quick Update

Just thought I would check in to do a NaNoWriMo update.

I actually got a little behind this weekend. I went a couple days without writing anything.

However, I went to a write-in on Sunday night and I was quickly caught up again.

It's amazing what a few hours surrounded by other writers can do for your word count.

Day #7
Words Written- 10,104
Words Remaining- 39,896



In other exciting news, I felt my very first earthquake on Saturday night!

It was pretty exciting.

At first I had no idea what was happening. I heard some noise outside and my windows were rattling, which doesn't happen often. I thought that there must be some really strong wind outside. Then I realized that the wind doesn't usually shake my couch.

I looked online to see if it was what I thought it was and the only place I could get any information was Twitter. Nobody was talking about it on Facebook and none of the local news stations had any information until later that night.

I guess Twitter is the new source for late breaking news.

Can't Sleep

I was up at 5 this morning.

Actually, I never completely fell asleep. I had to hang halfway off the bed just to keep the dog comfortable.

That's why it's 6 in the morning, I'm watching Marley and Me, and I've already started a load of laundry.

I figured, why not write a blog post too?

I thought you might want an update on NaNoWriMo.

I will say this, either it gets harder each time I do it, or I just forget how hard it is.

I'm pretty sure it's harder this time around.

That might have something to do with the fact that about 6 hours before NaNoWriMo started, I threw out pages and pages of outlines and character profiles and decided to go with a different story.

A story I knew nothing about. I had 2 characters and a very vague plot idea.

That was it.

Still, I think I'm doing pretty good.

Day #4
Words written: 6,503
Words remaining: 43,497

My goal is to reach 8,000 words today.

I'd be really happy to hit 9,000 but I'm not sure I can do it on no sleep.

We'll see. I'll keep you updated.