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Archive for November, 2008

Really Quick

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

I finally have less than 20,000 words left to go on my nano.  It’s why I haven’t been around my blog lately.  That will all change as December hits.  I want to win!  I want to win!
So my husband is way into video games.  When he was a little kid and still to this day [...]

Picture Tag

Monday, November 24th, 2008

 Michelle from Madre of Angelica tagged me:
Go to your picture files.  Open the fourth folder.  Post the fourth picture.
I bet you’re expecting to see a super cute picture of my daughter, aren’t you?  Or a really embarrassing one of me from the 80s with big crimped hair and huge glasses that cover half my face?  [...]

With Love, From Santa: Secret Santa Edition

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

One of my favorite activies during Christmas is Secret Santa.  It’s fun and light-hearted and if you have a lot of people to buy for it can eliminate some present-buying stress.
Every year I do Secret Santa with two groups.
MY OFFICE
we have 13 people in our department.  Secret Santa helps my wallet because I only have [...]

Broke 20,000

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Finally.  I broke 20,000 words on my nano this morning.  Will be working on it through the weekend; I really need to catch up.  Another 5,000 and I’ll be halfway to winning!  Less than 10 days to get up to 50,000 words.

With Love, From Santa: Book Edition

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Here are the books that Santa got just for Chloe this year for Christmas (it’s a good thing my daughter doesn’t read my blog):

Dim Sum for Everyone by Grace Lin

It’s Okay to Be Different by Todd Parr:  We have his book The Family Book and absolutely adore it also.

All the Colors of the Earth by Sheila Hamanaka

The Colors [...]

It’s the Turtle that Wins the Race, Right?

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

I finally got past 12,000 words.  I’m just trudging along with nanowrimo.  This is harder than I thought it would be.  However, because of that, if I actually do this I will be very happy.
Excerpt.
“I got a better offer,” I told him flippantly; I didn’t like to think on this part of my human life.  [...]

Procrastination Station

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

I Hit Ten Thousand

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Finally.  I hit 10,000 words!  I’m at 10,028.  I thought I would never get here.  I will make this quick since I will be so happy if I can make it to 11,000 before the end of the night.  I know all I’m talking about lately is the nanowrimo and probably boring everyone but me [...]

No More Christmas Shopping for Me

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Ha!  I’m done with my Christmas shopping.  Well, technically I’m done.  I still have photobooks to make for the grandparents and then I’ll be officially done.  However, I think I can safely say that I’m done because all the kids have gifts sitting in our closet, including Santa’s gifts to Chloe.  So - HA!
I know [...]

Playing Santa

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

I got paid for one of my contracts yesterday.  I wish that meant that I was going on an IKEA shopping spree since I’ve started to redecorate.  No, it just means that I get to start our xmas shopping today.  I am trying to make it easy on myself this year since I’m starting my [...]

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