I have declared that tonight will be date night!
I got home from work about 2 hours early last night and sat in the living room catching up with my shows on Hulu for about 5 hours whilst Hubbs ignored me and ran nerd dungeons with his friends on WoW.
Tonight, that dude is all mine! Lol. We're going to go see Bourne Legacy at the dollar theater, because we figure everyone else will be at the regular theater watching Skyfall and we should see a slightly less cool, but more badass action character instead. Then we're off to dinner at our favorite Mexican place because they sent us a buy one, get one coupon in the mail. Go us.
I managed to get some writing today while Hubbs slept off his late night. To be fair, I went to bed at 4am too... but I seem to function better on less sleep. I'm really excited about where the book is going and am almost halfway done with just over 20 days to go! Woot!
We have had our dog for a little over a year now and I had completely forgotten how much that little weirdo loves so. He prances around in it no matter how deep it is and absolutely LOVES peeing in it. I wish I got as excited about things as he does about peeing in the snow. It's funny, he hates getting his paws wet on the grass when it's raining, but will totally dive right on in to the huge (for him) snow drifts. The other adorable part is when he comes in and the snow is stuck to his curly poodle fur and he shakes it all off and rolls around on the floor in the little snow pile he makes. So cute. Best dog ever.
I did have the intention of cleaning the heck out of the apartment this weekend. Maybe I'll save that for late tonight since I'm on a bit of a writing roll and we have our date plans. I am determined to get it done at some point this weekend though. We have plans tomorrow night to go over to the other SiL's house for dinner and a game night, so any cleaning will have to be done before 6. Hopefully we can get it all taken care of. Hubbs doesn't know it yet, but there's no way I'm cleaning this B all by myself, there's gonna be some manly contribution! lol.
How about all of you? Any exciting weekend plans? Is there a project you've been meaning to get to, but just keep procrastinating?
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Friday, November 9, 2012
SNOW!
I woke up to this today.
It's not like I live in Canada or Alaska, or Siberia... yesterday it was 70 degrees. SEVENTY! Today, SNOW! MADNESS!!
Hubbs let me take the car to school today since he's still a little sickly and blew off class for the week after his fever the other day. Glad I didn't have to ride my scooter, because even with an AWD car, I was slipping and sliding all over the road, and the brakes locked up when I even remotely tried to brake. Good times. I thought I was going to die several times. I have work tonight, but I really don't feel safe in the idea of driving home after midnight when there's a high chance that the storm will only get worse. I'll see what it's like later, but pretty sure I'm not going to work tonight.
Luckily we don't have any big plans for the weekend either. We're such boring people. Really I'm just hoping to use the weekend to write, the last few days it seems like there just haven't been enough hours in the day to get everything done. Something that I'm sure will only become more of a problem as life goes on. lol.
It was funny, the other day Hubbs was like "This is why we need to have kids." I asked what on earth he was talking about and he said "So we can make them our little chore slaves, just like my parents did to me, so they can hate us." I rofled my head off. Our apartment it such a mess and we both have a bit of a laziness issue when it comes to picking up stuff. This weekend I'm planning on going completely overboard and cleaning the heck out of everything. Then we just have the job of not making messes and everything will stay nice and clean. We'll see how long that lasts. lol.
It's not like I live in Canada or Alaska, or Siberia... yesterday it was 70 degrees. SEVENTY! Today, SNOW! MADNESS!!
Hubbs let me take the car to school today since he's still a little sickly and blew off class for the week after his fever the other day. Glad I didn't have to ride my scooter, because even with an AWD car, I was slipping and sliding all over the road, and the brakes locked up when I even remotely tried to brake. Good times. I thought I was going to die several times. I have work tonight, but I really don't feel safe in the idea of driving home after midnight when there's a high chance that the storm will only get worse. I'll see what it's like later, but pretty sure I'm not going to work tonight.
Luckily we don't have any big plans for the weekend either. We're such boring people. Really I'm just hoping to use the weekend to write, the last few days it seems like there just haven't been enough hours in the day to get everything done. Something that I'm sure will only become more of a problem as life goes on. lol.
It was funny, the other day Hubbs was like "This is why we need to have kids." I asked what on earth he was talking about and he said "So we can make them our little chore slaves, just like my parents did to me, so they can hate us." I rofled my head off. Our apartment it such a mess and we both have a bit of a laziness issue when it comes to picking up stuff. This weekend I'm planning on going completely overboard and cleaning the heck out of everything. Then we just have the job of not making messes and everything will stay nice and clean. We'll see how long that lasts. lol.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Write All The Words!
At this point, I've made some pretty impressive NaNoWriMo progress. I'm about 1/4 of the way finished with my novel! I'm a little less excited now that I've found out that just anyone who finishes the 50,000 words is classified as a winner. I was hoping they actually read the books and picked good ones. You can totally just win by writing 50,000 words of complete garbage. Hopefully, mine is a little less garbage-y.
I was actually thinking about the ending to my book on my way home from school today, and I got a little misty eyed visualizing it. I'm excited! I think that means maybe other people might get all misty eyed too! So far, I've come to love these characters of mine and want everything to work out well for them. Eventually it will... but there's a little bit of heartbreak in there before the end.
Hubbs' fever finally broke and he appears to be doing well. I spent almost all night last night in a horrible nausea spiral. I woke up feeling ok though and no fever for me! It's weird, but every time Hubbs gets sick, I never seem to catch it even though we sleep in the same bed. I am immune! lol.
My current job is coming to a close, and I have to say I'm kind of glad. I'm really tired and quite frankly, the work is incredibly repetitive and boring. I am seriously hoping that I do get to move to management for the next project, but if not, I'm not sure I'll continue on with this company. We need the money and working part-time just isn't enough.
Lately I've been so ridiculously thirsty. I think yesterday I drank almost a gallon of water over the course of the day. I'm constantly parched. I'm worried that maybe this means my insulin resistance may have turned into the dreaded diabeetus. Can it even do that? I wasn't ever classified as pre-diabetic, so I don't know that this is something that could happen, but I'll sit and worry about it anyway, cause that's what I do.
Also, what the heck do breast lumps feel like? Everyone always talks about them, but I would like a little plastic boob model at the Dr's office that has a little lump in it so you can actually feel it. My boobs just feel weird. There are two little spots, one on each boob, that feel different than the rest of the boob and are a little sore to the touch... maybe it's just something that goes along with post lady time. I'll just keep checking and hope for the best. I found THIS, but i don't generally go around feeling up beans and lemons...
I was actually thinking about the ending to my book on my way home from school today, and I got a little misty eyed visualizing it. I'm excited! I think that means maybe other people might get all misty eyed too! So far, I've come to love these characters of mine and want everything to work out well for them. Eventually it will... but there's a little bit of heartbreak in there before the end.
Hubbs' fever finally broke and he appears to be doing well. I spent almost all night last night in a horrible nausea spiral. I woke up feeling ok though and no fever for me! It's weird, but every time Hubbs gets sick, I never seem to catch it even though we sleep in the same bed. I am immune! lol.
My current job is coming to a close, and I have to say I'm kind of glad. I'm really tired and quite frankly, the work is incredibly repetitive and boring. I am seriously hoping that I do get to move to management for the next project, but if not, I'm not sure I'll continue on with this company. We need the money and working part-time just isn't enough.
Lately I've been so ridiculously thirsty. I think yesterday I drank almost a gallon of water over the course of the day. I'm constantly parched. I'm worried that maybe this means my insulin resistance may have turned into the dreaded diabeetus. Can it even do that? I wasn't ever classified as pre-diabetic, so I don't know that this is something that could happen, but I'll sit and worry about it anyway, cause that's what I do.
Also, what the heck do breast lumps feel like? Everyone always talks about them, but I would like a little plastic boob model at the Dr's office that has a little lump in it so you can actually feel it. My boobs just feel weird. There are two little spots, one on each boob, that feel different than the rest of the boob and are a little sore to the touch... maybe it's just something that goes along with post lady time. I'll just keep checking and hope for the best. I found THIS, but i don't generally go around feeling up beans and lemons...
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Cowbell Fever!
So Hubbs has had a fever since yesterday, and sadly, it appears cowbell is not, in fact, a cure. I had to work last night, but I was good and made him soup before I left. It's dropped to 99.something, but yesterday it rollercoastered a lot.
I didn't manage to get any writing done yesterday, but I still think I've got some good ideas and just need to get it all down. I keep encouraging Hubbs to write, but he's got 2 huge papers due next week for school, so we'll see. He was like "This is literally the worst month ever for this." Hopefully it works out well for him because I think it would be a great self-esteem boost for him.
In IF news, we're still waiting to hear back from the doctor leading the study again to get in on the screening process. I'm really hoping that we make it through. Hopefully also, they test Hubbs' swimmers. It would kind of be pointless for us to lose weight in the hopes of curing my IF, if he's shooting blanks. I brought up him getting tested before and he was pretty squeamish about the idea, hopefully within the confines of a study FOR SCIENCE! He'll just do it. lol.
School time for me. Here's to hoping I don't screw up the widget I've been working on for about a week straight.
I didn't manage to get any writing done yesterday, but I still think I've got some good ideas and just need to get it all down. I keep encouraging Hubbs to write, but he's got 2 huge papers due next week for school, so we'll see. He was like "This is literally the worst month ever for this." Hopefully it works out well for him because I think it would be a great self-esteem boost for him.
In IF news, we're still waiting to hear back from the doctor leading the study again to get in on the screening process. I'm really hoping that we make it through. Hopefully also, they test Hubbs' swimmers. It would kind of be pointless for us to lose weight in the hopes of curing my IF, if he's shooting blanks. I brought up him getting tested before and he was pretty squeamish about the idea, hopefully within the confines of a study FOR SCIENCE! He'll just do it. lol.
School time for me. Here's to hoping I don't screw up the widget I've been working on for about a week straight.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Things I Love Lately
Yesterday was all glum and gloomy about things that make me go blaaarg rage monster!!
Today then, is going to be about things that give me a happy. I shall share with you lovely readers the things that bring a smile to my face no matter how crappy my day is.
1. This chick's whole blog is hilarious, but this post in particular sends me into a fit of the giggles.
2. This song. While I most definitely occasionally got made fun of in high school, and I'm not cool yet, but dangit, some day I will be. lol.
3. This picture of my nephew from the 4th of July. I can't even begin to think of a day I was ever this excited. That means it's got to be coming.
4. NaNoWriMo. As many of you know, I am participating for the first time in National Novel Writing Month. So far I'm about 1/4 of the way finished with my 50,000 page first book attempt. It has been so much fun! I find myself thinking all the time about how I want the story to go, and waiting to see where it takes me. It's not too late for you too! You can join and write your own book! I'm already looking forward to next year's!
5. My little furball. We cuddle in the mornings and I just cradle him whilst I browse the interwebz. I also get a kick out of how crazy excited he gets about his squeaky toys. This is his unamused face.
Today then, is going to be about things that give me a happy. I shall share with you lovely readers the things that bring a smile to my face no matter how crappy my day is.
1. This chick's whole blog is hilarious, but this post in particular sends me into a fit of the giggles.
2. This song. While I most definitely occasionally got made fun of in high school, and I'm not cool yet, but dangit, some day I will be. lol.
3. This picture of my nephew from the 4th of July. I can't even begin to think of a day I was ever this excited. That means it's got to be coming.
4. NaNoWriMo. As many of you know, I am participating for the first time in National Novel Writing Month. So far I'm about 1/4 of the way finished with my 50,000 page first book attempt. It has been so much fun! I find myself thinking all the time about how I want the story to go, and waiting to see where it takes me. It's not too late for you too! You can join and write your own book! I'm already looking forward to next year's!
5. My little furball. We cuddle in the mornings and I just cradle him whilst I browse the interwebz. I also get a kick out of how crazy excited he gets about his squeaky toys. This is his unamused face.
Monday, November 5, 2012
Things That Make me Angry
There are things in this world that just really piss me off. A few of them, I am sure I am going to get flak for, but that is why the internet exists. Where varying opinions can duke it out and be heard.
1. This. A mother directly caused the death of her child by being stupid. Is she going to serve time or be reprimanded in any way for this? Most likely not. There is something very wrong with that. Her child is dead because of what SHE did, not because of the animals at the zoo, and she should be punished for it. Sure it's tragic and all of that, but that doesn't change the fact that it is her fault and she could have prevented it.
2. Elections. I do not vote. I have never voted in a major election in the 3 elections which I have been eligible. There are several reasons for this. Mostly because all of the candidates lie. They say what the voters in a particular region want to hear in order to sway them. There have also been several indications that your vote pretty much only counts for something in a swing state. (I do not live in a swing state.) I do see the value in voting for local things, like the mayor or school board, things that will actually impact my life once I have a house and kids in school. For now though, the President of the United States literally has zero impact on any of our lives. No President can wave a magic wand and fix everything that is wrong with our country and I have a problem voting for someone who claims they can.
3. People who ask "Do you have any kids?" or "When are you going to start a family?" within 5 minutes of meeting me. First of all that is crazy personal and I don't feel like telling you that we've been trying for almost two years and just plain can't. Secondly, that is an incredibly insensitive question. You have no idea what my situation is, what is going on in my life, do yourself a favor and shut your mouth. I get asked that so often, and as an infertile, I resist the urge to yell at them "I can't have any and thanks for reminding me, jackass." Perhaps I will stop restraining myself and teach them a lesson.
4. The "Sauce Nazis" at McDonald's. Every other fast food chain will give you a mountain of sauces. I once went to BK and asked specifically for a mountain of zesty sauce, because that stuff is insanely delicious and just as addictive as crack. They literally gave me 15 of those little individually wrapped plastic tubs. McDonald's on the other hand charges you 20¢ per packet over the standard amount, which for a 5 piece order of nuggets is 1, you get 2 for a 10 piece. Stop being stingy on the sauce! I also realize that this is one of the major contributing factors to Americans being fat. People starve all over the world and I complain about sauces. I know, I'm a jackass, let's move on.
5. Recycling. I do not recycle. There is one thing, just one that I will bother to recycle, and that is aluminum cans. It is the only recyclable that is cost effective and can be recycled forever.
Off my soapbox I go, what about you, readers? What really grinds your gears and makes you take a deep breath to stop yourself from turning into a hulking rage monster every time it comes around/is brought up?
1. This. A mother directly caused the death of her child by being stupid. Is she going to serve time or be reprimanded in any way for this? Most likely not. There is something very wrong with that. Her child is dead because of what SHE did, not because of the animals at the zoo, and she should be punished for it. Sure it's tragic and all of that, but that doesn't change the fact that it is her fault and she could have prevented it.
2. Elections. I do not vote. I have never voted in a major election in the 3 elections which I have been eligible. There are several reasons for this. Mostly because all of the candidates lie. They say what the voters in a particular region want to hear in order to sway them. There have also been several indications that your vote pretty much only counts for something in a swing state. (I do not live in a swing state.) I do see the value in voting for local things, like the mayor or school board, things that will actually impact my life once I have a house and kids in school. For now though, the President of the United States literally has zero impact on any of our lives. No President can wave a magic wand and fix everything that is wrong with our country and I have a problem voting for someone who claims they can.
3. People who ask "Do you have any kids?" or "When are you going to start a family?" within 5 minutes of meeting me. First of all that is crazy personal and I don't feel like telling you that we've been trying for almost two years and just plain can't. Secondly, that is an incredibly insensitive question. You have no idea what my situation is, what is going on in my life, do yourself a favor and shut your mouth. I get asked that so often, and as an infertile, I resist the urge to yell at them "I can't have any and thanks for reminding me, jackass." Perhaps I will stop restraining myself and teach them a lesson.
4. The "Sauce Nazis" at McDonald's. Every other fast food chain will give you a mountain of sauces. I once went to BK and asked specifically for a mountain of zesty sauce, because that stuff is insanely delicious and just as addictive as crack. They literally gave me 15 of those little individually wrapped plastic tubs. McDonald's on the other hand charges you 20¢ per packet over the standard amount, which for a 5 piece order of nuggets is 1, you get 2 for a 10 piece. Stop being stingy on the sauce! I also realize that this is one of the major contributing factors to Americans being fat. People starve all over the world and I complain about sauces. I know, I'm a jackass, let's move on.
5. Recycling. I do not recycle. There is one thing, just one that I will bother to recycle, and that is aluminum cans. It is the only recyclable that is cost effective and can be recycled forever.
Off my soapbox I go, what about you, readers? What really grinds your gears and makes you take a deep breath to stop yourself from turning into a hulking rage monster every time it comes around/is brought up?
Sunday, November 4, 2012
60th Wedding Anniversary
Yesterday, the family got together to celebrate my grandparents-in-law's 60th wedding anniversary. 60 years! I remember my grandparents make it to 50, but by then my grandmother had already had her stroke and died within a year or two after.
If Hubbs and I make it 60 years, we'll both be in our late 80's. Maybe we'll live that long, but who knows.
It was great to see that even after that much time, they still obviously love each other. They are the cutest little old couple ever. Looking back over their years together via photo albums and such laid out on a table was pretty awesome. They have pictures of everything, and they've really had a full and amazing life together. I hope Hubbs and I get to be that lucky.
In driving up there and spending some time with Hubbs' siblings, I learned some interesting things. Hubbs' second oldest sister's husband thinks that her eldest sister is... I believe his exact words were "almost clinically insane" good stuff. I don't see it. Hubbs' eldest sister is the closest thing I have to a best friend around here, and she's been awesome to me, but apparently she just really hates her sister's husband. lol.
We also learned that Hubbs' brother (he only has one, and 4 sisters), after coming back from a tour in Afghanistan as a marine, has been having a very difficult time. It started out as anxiety after his buddy committed suicide upon their return to the US. Now he's developed a tick and had a flashback whilst on duty at the base. He thought he was back in Afghanistan and started searching the base for IED's. He's now getting the help that he needs from the military, but he and his wife live on the other side of the country from everyone else, and we have to rely on second hand information as to his well-being. We definitely wish him a speedy recovery and hope that there will be no permanent damage as a result of his service.
In NaNoWriMo news, I designed the cover for my book yesterday. I kind of got absorbed in it and banged out a semi decent finished product. I'm really pleased with it, considering I wound up using MS Paint because the trial of Photoshop turned out to be too difficult for me to use. I couldn't figure out how to do anything in that darn contraption. lol. I am also pleased to say that I'd given what I'd written to my eldest SiL and she loves the story so far and thinks it's a really unique and great story. It's nice to know I'm not wasting my time and that maybe there's an audience for this thing after all. She was telling me how she is dying to know what happens next, so I am super thrilled.
Hubbs has been steadily working on his as well, he hasn't shown any of it to me yet, but has been bouncing ideas off of me and his BiL (the one who hates my eldest SiL) lol. I'm really excited to see how his turns out. I just hope he doesn't keep getting distracted by WoW and missing the deadline. I know he would be extremely happy if he could just write for a living and not have to slave away in some job that he hates just to help put food on the table.
I'm also probably going to hit 1,000 page views sometime this weekend, which completely blows me away. Sure to some bloggers with well over 10,000 or 100,000 or millions, my measly 1,000 might not seem like that much. Everyone has to start somewhere, but I never imagined when I started over-sharing with the interwebz about our fertility struggles that anyone would want to read it. So thank you!! Thanks for sticking around and reading my ramblings and sharing along in this adventure with us.
If Hubbs and I make it 60 years, we'll both be in our late 80's. Maybe we'll live that long, but who knows.
It was great to see that even after that much time, they still obviously love each other. They are the cutest little old couple ever. Looking back over their years together via photo albums and such laid out on a table was pretty awesome. They have pictures of everything, and they've really had a full and amazing life together. I hope Hubbs and I get to be that lucky.
In driving up there and spending some time with Hubbs' siblings, I learned some interesting things. Hubbs' second oldest sister's husband thinks that her eldest sister is... I believe his exact words were "almost clinically insane" good stuff. I don't see it. Hubbs' eldest sister is the closest thing I have to a best friend around here, and she's been awesome to me, but apparently she just really hates her sister's husband. lol.
We also learned that Hubbs' brother (he only has one, and 4 sisters), after coming back from a tour in Afghanistan as a marine, has been having a very difficult time. It started out as anxiety after his buddy committed suicide upon their return to the US. Now he's developed a tick and had a flashback whilst on duty at the base. He thought he was back in Afghanistan and started searching the base for IED's. He's now getting the help that he needs from the military, but he and his wife live on the other side of the country from everyone else, and we have to rely on second hand information as to his well-being. We definitely wish him a speedy recovery and hope that there will be no permanent damage as a result of his service.
In NaNoWriMo news, I designed the cover for my book yesterday. I kind of got absorbed in it and banged out a semi decent finished product. I'm really pleased with it, considering I wound up using MS Paint because the trial of Photoshop turned out to be too difficult for me to use. I couldn't figure out how to do anything in that darn contraption. lol. I am also pleased to say that I'd given what I'd written to my eldest SiL and she loves the story so far and thinks it's a really unique and great story. It's nice to know I'm not wasting my time and that maybe there's an audience for this thing after all. She was telling me how she is dying to know what happens next, so I am super thrilled.
Hubbs has been steadily working on his as well, he hasn't shown any of it to me yet, but has been bouncing ideas off of me and his BiL (the one who hates my eldest SiL) lol. I'm really excited to see how his turns out. I just hope he doesn't keep getting distracted by WoW and missing the deadline. I know he would be extremely happy if he could just write for a living and not have to slave away in some job that he hates just to help put food on the table.
I'm also probably going to hit 1,000 page views sometime this weekend, which completely blows me away. Sure to some bloggers with well over 10,000 or 100,000 or millions, my measly 1,000 might not seem like that much. Everyone has to start somewhere, but I never imagined when I started over-sharing with the interwebz about our fertility struggles that anyone would want to read it. So thank you!! Thanks for sticking around and reading my ramblings and sharing along in this adventure with us.
Saturday, November 3, 2012
3am Ramblings of a Sleepy Blogger
Since it is now 3am and I've pretty much just been oogling old pictures and trying to find the wedding videos I posted on youtube on an account I can't remember for the life of me. Luckily I found them and laughed my ass off watching them all. Who played Erasure "Always" during the cutting of the cake? We did. Cause we're awesome nerds and at the time, all of our friends and us too for that matter were utterly and completely addicted to Robot Unicorn Attack. To get back on track here, I was like... hey! It's technically the 3rd! That means I can post now and get credit for posting on day 3! Hurray me! Pure 3am omgi'mtiredandhavetogetupin6hoursgenius.
I needed some cheering. Frankly, lately I've been tired and unmotivated. I feel like I've hit a plateau at work and school is just kind of dragging along. Although I never really get tired of playing with fire and melting metals to make other metals stick together. Welding is awesome that way. So I ordered myself a Bert the Farting Hippo from NCIS (it was 65% off that day), because Hubbs and I love that show to pieces and also because it's a farting hippo and farts are hilarious. Except when Hubbs farts in my general direction whilst we're both under the covers and it's super gross. No methane cuddles for me thank you!
I am also debating about actually showing my face and releasing my identity on this blog. For over a year it has been my venting place. I over-share about Hubbs, my lady bits, and all of our futile attempts at baby-making. I talked about my history of abuse and things that I haven't been able to share with anyone I know in my everyday life. You though, readers, have seen all of the sides of me that I'm sometimes afraid to show. I've been living in this safe cocoon of anonymity for as long as this blog has been around and the idea of stepping outside of that safety net is both tempting and terrifying. I'll think about it some more, and maybe one day if you're lucky, my double chinned, double cheeked face will be plastered just to the right of whatever ramblings come to mind that day.
What do you all think? Was it hard for you to put yourself out there on your blogs or did it come naturally? Do you hide your blogger identity from friends or family? Do you tell your readers things you can't tell others? Let me know and share your stories of courage or cases where blogging backfired on your real life. I'm curious.
In other news I've added a little NaNoWriMo ticker to the right there to track my word count progress. So far it's going pretty well. I'm chugging right along and think it's coming together really well. I have my SiL all set to help proofread and such. She writes an online bi-weekly column on a rather well known website, so I value her input.
Now I really have to get my ass in bed. Tomorrow is going to be a long day. We're taking a 2 hour (each way) car ride with our horribly ill behaved 3-year-old nephew and much more delightful 6-month old niece. Wish us luck. lol. We're gonna need it.
I needed some cheering. Frankly, lately I've been tired and unmotivated. I feel like I've hit a plateau at work and school is just kind of dragging along. Although I never really get tired of playing with fire and melting metals to make other metals stick together. Welding is awesome that way. So I ordered myself a Bert the Farting Hippo from NCIS (it was 65% off that day), because Hubbs and I love that show to pieces and also because it's a farting hippo and farts are hilarious. Except when Hubbs farts in my general direction whilst we're both under the covers and it's super gross. No methane cuddles for me thank you!
I am also debating about actually showing my face and releasing my identity on this blog. For over a year it has been my venting place. I over-share about Hubbs, my lady bits, and all of our futile attempts at baby-making. I talked about my history of abuse and things that I haven't been able to share with anyone I know in my everyday life. You though, readers, have seen all of the sides of me that I'm sometimes afraid to show. I've been living in this safe cocoon of anonymity for as long as this blog has been around and the idea of stepping outside of that safety net is both tempting and terrifying. I'll think about it some more, and maybe one day if you're lucky, my double chinned, double cheeked face will be plastered just to the right of whatever ramblings come to mind that day.
What do you all think? Was it hard for you to put yourself out there on your blogs or did it come naturally? Do you hide your blogger identity from friends or family? Do you tell your readers things you can't tell others? Let me know and share your stories of courage or cases where blogging backfired on your real life. I'm curious.
In other news I've added a little NaNoWriMo ticker to the right there to track my word count progress. So far it's going pretty well. I'm chugging right along and think it's coming together really well. I have my SiL all set to help proofread and such. She writes an online bi-weekly column on a rather well known website, so I value her input.
Now I really have to get my ass in bed. Tomorrow is going to be a long day. We're taking a 2 hour (each way) car ride with our horribly ill behaved 3-year-old nephew and much more delightful 6-month old niece. Wish us luck. lol. We're gonna need it.
Friday, November 2, 2012
OMG Hurray For Friday!
I cannot be more excited that it is Friday. This week has seemed like the longest week of my life and I am seriously so tired. Sure I'm blowing off both work and class today, but I'll probably still go to work tonight.
My forearms are so sore, which is guess is an improvement from yesterday when they felt like jello. lol. At school, I was grinding out a weld and kept noticing little imperfections, so I kept grinding... for like an hour. They don't have the cute little tiny grinders either, so I was hacking at my widget with a ginormous thing that had to weigh like, 30 pounds. Afterwards, when I had to hold a pen, my body said "NO!" and forced me to write with my left since it hurt the least. Good times.
NaNoWriMo is in full swing and I am pleased to say that yesterday I managed to slam out an introduction and a small portion of Chapter 1! Hurray! I'm looking forward to the weekend so I can sit down and really work on getting more of it down. I'm not sure that a 50,000 word novel can be written in 30 days, only writing on weekends, but we'll see. Fingers crossed.
Hubbs and I still haven't found time to get everything in order for the adoption agency visit. I'm kind of sad about that. Once November is over, I'll likely be switching to different hours, or a new job altogether which hopefully means we'll be able to get it together. Our new goal is to sit down and have our initial visit before 2013. Wish us luck with that.
Tomorrow we are heading up to "the city" for Hubbs' grandparents 60th wedding anniversary celebration. 60 years!! That is absolutely insane. My grandparents are all deceased, except for my step-grandmother who is now in her mid-forties I think... but that is a whole other story.
I love spending time with his grandparents. They are both in their mid-to-late-eighties now and are so kind and funny. They're always offering to spend time with us and I relish it. It makes me regret never getting the chance to know my own grandparents as an adult. The whole dynamic of the relationship changes and they give you advice and pass on the wisdom of the ages, that when you're a child, doesn't seem all that interesting. I'm hoping that we get several more years with them.
My forearms are so sore, which is guess is an improvement from yesterday when they felt like jello. lol. At school, I was grinding out a weld and kept noticing little imperfections, so I kept grinding... for like an hour. They don't have the cute little tiny grinders either, so I was hacking at my widget with a ginormous thing that had to weigh like, 30 pounds. Afterwards, when I had to hold a pen, my body said "NO!" and forced me to write with my left since it hurt the least. Good times.
NaNoWriMo is in full swing and I am pleased to say that yesterday I managed to slam out an introduction and a small portion of Chapter 1! Hurray! I'm looking forward to the weekend so I can sit down and really work on getting more of it down. I'm not sure that a 50,000 word novel can be written in 30 days, only writing on weekends, but we'll see. Fingers crossed.
Hubbs and I still haven't found time to get everything in order for the adoption agency visit. I'm kind of sad about that. Once November is over, I'll likely be switching to different hours, or a new job altogether which hopefully means we'll be able to get it together. Our new goal is to sit down and have our initial visit before 2013. Wish us luck with that.
Tomorrow we are heading up to "the city" for Hubbs' grandparents 60th wedding anniversary celebration. 60 years!! That is absolutely insane. My grandparents are all deceased, except for my step-grandmother who is now in her mid-forties I think... but that is a whole other story.
I love spending time with his grandparents. They are both in their mid-to-late-eighties now and are so kind and funny. They're always offering to spend time with us and I relish it. It makes me regret never getting the chance to know my own grandparents as an adult. The whole dynamic of the relationship changes and they give you advice and pass on the wisdom of the ages, that when you're a child, doesn't seem all that interesting. I'm hoping that we get several more years with them.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
NaBloPoMo, NaNoWriMo
November shall be an interesting month filled with writing goodness. After much deliberation, I decided to put the book I'd been working on, on hold and try to finish a new one starting today and ending on the 10th. NaNoWriMo has some great prizes and really I just think it'll be a fun challenge. I have also encouraged Hubbs to participate. We're always bouncing ideas off each other and proofreading each others work and such. I don't have that much free time, Just a few hours between school and work in the afternoons, and that will be the time that I spend writing in addition to weekends.
In month's past, I have been a bit of a slacker in posting every single day for NaBloPoMo, but this month, I figure I'm going to go for it as best as I can. I know I've promised you that before, dear readers, but this time, I mean it. Lol. I'm so terrible at sticking to it. Especially when after working till midnight and getting up at 8:30, I pretty much feel like I'm in zombie-mode for the majority of the day.
A few things that have been entertaining me lately...
1. When listening to the audio book of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, there are almost constant references to "the poop" I am certain that Verne meant the poop deck, but I giggled pretty much every time the stuffy English narrator said "the poop." I am twelve.
2. We got Gibbs this new toy which he seriously cannot figure out. It's hilarious to see him pushing it around and sticking his nose in trying to get at the squeaky treasure inside. I think he's too light to actually be able to get it out properly.
3. We still haven't taken down our Christmas tree from last year, which is great, because now we're only a few short weeks away from the time when it's acceptable to put it up. We're ahead of the game! lol.
4. I'm currently in school to become a welder, and after a long day at school I notice 2 things: I'm always picking slag out of my cleavage, and black boogers are now a daily part of my life. I'm also wondering how long it's going to be before my fingertips are permanently blackened because seriously, no matter how often I wash them, they still seem to maintain a weird grayish/blackish tint.
I'm really looking forward to sticking to the plan this month and sharing in all of these new adventures with you. Thanks for stopping by!
In month's past, I have been a bit of a slacker in posting every single day for NaBloPoMo, but this month, I figure I'm going to go for it as best as I can. I know I've promised you that before, dear readers, but this time, I mean it. Lol. I'm so terrible at sticking to it. Especially when after working till midnight and getting up at 8:30, I pretty much feel like I'm in zombie-mode for the majority of the day.
A few things that have been entertaining me lately...
1. When listening to the audio book of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, there are almost constant references to "the poop" I am certain that Verne meant the poop deck, but I giggled pretty much every time the stuffy English narrator said "the poop." I am twelve.
2. We got Gibbs this new toy which he seriously cannot figure out. It's hilarious to see him pushing it around and sticking his nose in trying to get at the squeaky treasure inside. I think he's too light to actually be able to get it out properly.
3. We still haven't taken down our Christmas tree from last year, which is great, because now we're only a few short weeks away from the time when it's acceptable to put it up. We're ahead of the game! lol.
4. I'm currently in school to become a welder, and after a long day at school I notice 2 things: I'm always picking slag out of my cleavage, and black boogers are now a daily part of my life. I'm also wondering how long it's going to be before my fingertips are permanently blackened because seriously, no matter how often I wash them, they still seem to maintain a weird grayish/blackish tint.
I'm really looking forward to sticking to the plan this month and sharing in all of these new adventures with you. Thanks for stopping by!
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