Friday, October 30, 2015
NANOWRIMO!
Otherwise known as National Novel Writing Month...I signed up. The premise is to join millions of others around the world and spew 50K or more unedited words on the pages during the month of November.
I couldn't find the stats, but I'm sure you've heard them before. A lot of people say they want to write a book. Most people never start and, of those who do, they give up at some point.
NaNoWriMo is supposed to be a fun, no pressure way to find accountability and support to write a book. I've heard about it for years, but never felt the draw. I mean, up until recently I didn't really have the time I thought it would take to write that much. And this year I still don't because I have a couple of series bibles to work on as well as my special cross stitch project to make progress on, but...
The friends I hang with online all day every day are all signed up, so I thought what the heck--I can be a cheerleader. I'm good at that. And while I don't have a book I want to write, but I do have a fan fiction assignment due Nov. 23rd, so I will be writing.
What about you? Anyone else doing NaNo? Even their own modified version?
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
American Fun Facts!
With 6640 miles of coast, Alaska has a longer coastline than all of the other forty-nine states put together!
Imaged with unrestricted permission from the USGS.
Monday, October 26, 2015
Monday, Monday...
Friday's tree pictures were taken Thursday afternoon...which was probably a good thing because it rained Friday and rained and rained. Then it rained Saturday and rained and rained. Sunday was just cloudy, but the moisture just hung in the air.
Saturday, I watched TV pretty much all darn day. First I watched some documentaries with DH on Netflix, then we watched NCIS, then ST: Voyager. Then DH had to go down to his mom's house so then I watched an episode of Highlander and several of Mad Men. Yeah, it was a very lazy day.
Sunday, after grocery shopping, and around laundry and other random tasks, I cross stitched. All day. You know that special project I mentioned a couple of weeks ago? I had to play catch up and since the weather was conducive to just staying holed up inside,it seemed logical.
I finished the R, though I actually had more complete than what shows in this picture, and started the first letter of her middle name, C... It's actually close to being done since its image is fairly simple. Thank goodness!
How was your weekend???
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cross-stitching,
laziness,
the weekend,
watching TV
Friday, October 23, 2015
Happy Fall Y'All
Yeah, it's technically been fall for a month, but sometimes it's hard to tell here in Texas, since our summer is so long it starts a bit early and tends to go a bit long.
But now we've got the wonderfully cool overnight temperatures which means we can sleep with the windows open for a few weeks.
The the most obvious harbinger of fall is of course the changing colors of the leaves, and so for a few weeks, I'm going to watch and share the changing colors of the leaves on my trees.
The one on the right is the maple, but I'm not sure about the one on the left. Apparently there are quite a few trees that use samaras ("helicopter" pods) to sow their seeds, and I didn't care that much to do the research to figure it out. Needless to say, it's already begun changing color and dropping its leaves. The oak is just dive bombing me with acorns right now.
Now this is the neighbor-across-the-street's oak. I'm sharing it is because the leaves on my tree just turn plain old brown. But if I remember correctly, the leaves on this one turn a maroon/burgundy color.
Are you a fall lover?
Labels:
fall,
Fall Friday,
leaves,
my trees,
trees
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Happy Back to the Future Day!!
How does the reality of 2015 measure up to the future 2015 from the first Back to the Future movie released in 1985?
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