I'm DONE-ISHED!

50,543 I believe. HOLY CRAP!

Addictions

A. My novel. I have not been writing anything on my blog because most of my creativity has been absorbed by my novel. I have to write 50,000 words by 11/30. I am at 43,500. I have been at 43,500 for about 3 days. I need to wrap that puppy up. Nothing is coming to me. I am pissed at my characters for not revealing their ending to me yet. Those Bastages. I think they are doing this to me just cause they can. They gave me such an easy time thus far, they had to show me the hard stuff now. Thanks guys. (Who am I kidding, I am having FUN!)

B. Twilight.
What can I even say, the premier is in less than 12 hours. Two friends and I are going to go on THIS Sunday during the afternoon hoping that the impending Bears game and moms with kids taking naps will prove to help bring in a less crowded theater. Cross your fingers for us.
My love to Rob Pattinson, who looks like a deer in headlights. I hope your life doesn't suffer too much from all this frenzy. I saw an interview with him while he was in Chicago and all he wanted to do was get a deep dish pizza, but all he did was stare out a window. He can't go anywhere. How crazy. Though I don't feel TOO bad for him. He's freaking famous.

C. Facebook Man. I love that it keeps me in touch with my friends near and far, and family near and far. I love that thing. I am on there constantly.

Well, I gotta go figure out this mock conclusion, come on dream peeps, a little help?!!

mom's visiting and rocking the new Woodfield play area

Shirley Temple and my impending novel

Well, I really did it this time. I cut my child's hair, and now she looks like Shirley Temple. And I can't cut curly hair worth crap. This is real honest to goodness truth. So Bella may be paying a visit to Kid's Snips or whatever this weekend to clean up mom's dingbat job...wow.
She LIKES it though, she is so proud of her haircut. I feel horrible. I am afraid to touch it up, thinking that I'll start cutting this and that and then all of a sudden she'll be freaking BALD. So I must resist the urge to fix this. Lord help me.

On to better news. I think. I have officially signed on to write a 50,000 word, yes, fifty THOUSAND word novel by the end of November. It is part of National Novel Writing Month. I have a friend at work who sent me the idea and has been tormenting me on the whys of why I should participate. Then some friends from across the state and country have been giving me the DO it notices on Facebook. So I decided to do it. It will take ALOT of time, but I really want to do it and if I do, it is only for me, but I will feel like I accomplished something big.

I have already started writing a story I got from a dream, but I am not going to use that. I am going to start fresh with an idea I pondered about a week ago when workfriend decided to start telling me about nanowrimo.org.

So I have AN idea. And I think it will work. I am nervous that I will not make the 200 pages it will take to get the 50K words, but my friend out in Connecticut assures me this is for quantity NOT quality; which workfriend also tried explaining to me in other words. So I feel a little better since workfriend has actually won writing contests and almost made a movie (FOR REAL) from one of his screenplays. And CT friend is an avid writer and critic. So with these two in my corner I feel a little better.

Hubby says it is ALL me since he has too much on his plate with school to think about participating. And so I dragged another work BFF in this and she is going to do it too. I have threatened, or vowed to bring my laptop with me everyday to work so I can take lunch and write over lunch, and then I'll write during Bella's shows, and on the weekends. I'll probably have to force myself to stay up late friday nights too so I can finish.

The rules are to not start till 12:01 am on November 1st and then submit by November 30th. So please wish me luck, and if you don't hear from me till December, you know why.

PS, please say a prayer for Bella's hair. Thanks.

Oh the friends we have

So I joined facebook and I find it pret-ty, pret-ty, pret-ty darn easy to upload photos there. Soooo, I'll still try to post some here but the majority will be over there.

Bella and I went trick or treating this weekend with bella's friend Allyson. They had a great time despite the cold weather, Bella was all warm in her Skunk costume. We did buy her a butterfly stuff, but with the weather, I think she may end up Skunking it out. She tells people she's a STUNK! too cute. She had her first M&Ms. And she LOVED them, now I have to HIDE the candy. All she wants is candy. She went from Zero to sixty in 2.5 seconds there.

Then we went to pumpkin fest. Bella has a parade friend. My friend Kris' daughter Kayleigh goes with us to 99.9% of all the parades we see. So when we say we are going to a parade Isabella, Bella will say, with Kayleigh?? Parade = Kayleigh to my kiddo.
So we went to Kayleigh's grandma's (who I lovingly call my surrogate mom or Bella's surrogate Grandma) and had lots to eat and then we all went to the parade where we even got to meet up with some old friends from both High School and college.

Isabella became more outgoing this weekend too, she went up to several people she did not know and hugged them. And most miraculously, she even let my friend Mike not only roughhouse with her but HOLD her and toss her about! And she went back for more. It was a miracle and it's not even Christmas.

Bella has also taken to not taking naps during the day anymore... it is pretty crazy and I am not liking it. Why? because she then freaking falls asleep on the way home and then is passed out cold for at least 2 hours. I have tried bouncing her to wake her, playing with her hands, sitting her up--you name it, I have tried it. All I have not done is doused her with H2O. So all this turns into her not going to bed at any kind of a decent hour. UGH!

Just got word Grandma G is coming for a visit in 2 weeks, we are excited!! yay!

Experiment

Those of you not on facebook, please click this link and let me know if you can see the photos....
http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=1459733314&k=X416Z2USPYYM5DGERA43U3

One for Aunt Jenn

Taaa Daaaa... Bella was so proud of this Carolina outfit. :)
I think she looks about ready to join Riverdance.