Rainy Day

Naturally I am taking a half day today because I don't want to lose my time at the end of the year.  All week it's been lovely weather.  Now it's pouring rain.  It started middle of the night and wind and rain kept me up most of the night hammering the windows.

NaNo is still going.  I kept with my word count yesterday but didn't write last night.  Instead neighbor and I plotted out the Thanksgiving foods.  She's roasting the turkey and I am doing spiral ham.  Already made the the stuffing and tonight I will probably make the yams and freeze.  Desserts are still being pondered. 

Summer is back sort of

Kid you not.  It's been in mid seventies to lower eighties for the past few days.  I have family and friends contending with real weather but not here.  Oh, big news story was there was a bit of fog.  This coast doesn't know fog.  A cute wisp of condensation above the golf course greens and they are all a twitter (and probably on Twitter).

Writing but not doing much but keeping up with my word count.  This weekend I hope to pad up a few days.  The Complex is going well tale wise.  I really am not putting in things I think I'll have to edit out.  In fact once I break it into Piker Press sized bites I'll actually be adding words.  Hmmm....maybe Saturday.  Half work day tomorrow because use or lose it company when it comes to vacation and personal time.  I still have two more days to use before Dec 31. 

Really

This weekend was truly 'autumn' weather. The mornings were in the mid-sixties and I was able to have the air conditioning off all weekend and keep the windows open. A friend opened a new restaurant on the docks and had a late lunch there on Saturday. I'll get some pictures up in the next few days.

NaNoWriMo is going but I am boggled down with life at times and running a day behind on my word count. The good news is I am taking half day on Friday and plan on catching up a bit and preparing for next week Thanksgiving. Making the stuffing ahead of time and freezing along with the sweet potatoes. The favorite is fresh boiled sweet potatoes, sliced and layered with butter and brown sugar then topped with marshmellos. I actually like my ex-mother-in-laws recipe with crushed pineapple on bottom, sweet potatoes mashed between with layer of walnut and brown sugar/butter on top.

What's one thing you MUST have at your table for Thanksgiving food wise?

NaNoWriMo week 2

The pep talks arrive and I scan them at NaNo.  Most of them are amusing to some degree.  Others I shrug and have to acknowledge the odds of me ever reading the author's own works slide into the abyss of 'no way'.

My weekend was full and I actually kept my word count on track to my amazement.  I did in fact make chili and a triple chocolate cake (both in a way 'reward' for me).  I also got my oil changed and filters replaced as a nod to RidgeWalker and his past job.  I can't say it was a career because it was little more than a job while keeping his sanity in an upside down world.  I felt smug at having met my car's most basic needs.  Weird huh?

Suzanne and I got some sun and story read in between brief sprinkles.  We also consumed a bottle of wine each over the two days.  Decadence in the most extreme.  Add in she brought a monster club sandwich we split I considered it was a good weekend.  A healthy respect for the rumbles of thunder kept me from actually getting in the pool.  Next weekend weather permitting. 

The Complex - my NaNo - is going along in a nice fun pace with some twists and turns my sleep deprived mind can concoct.  I really have no choice - I have to write. 

NaNoWriMo is here

So my dear friend Sand absolutely wasn't going to do NaNo this year.  I could post links to the rants from earlier this year but why?  She's already kicking my butt in word count.  I am at 5400 or so as of last night and haven't chewed on any more words so far this morning.  Not to say they aren't rolling in the deep of my mind but just saying they aren't 'out' yet. I have done NaNo ever since I first heard about the challenge.  Only one year I didn't finish due to life and whatnot.  The first year I wrote it all in long hand and then sat at the computer and keyed it all in - basically meaning I did 100K words plus.  Weird huh?  At that time I wasn't secure in writing my novels on the computer.  I felt like it robbed me of my creative spark from the pen to the paper effort.  Over time I got over that fixation and find I use both skills.  I tend to edit my work in long hand and write in long hand when out having a meal or somewhere without Internet access. 

Work has been hectic.  My direct supervisor had her father-in-law pass away and was out half the week and another employee was in an auto accident and has yet to come back to work.  He has some degree of whiplash and as the incident wasn't his fault he has indicated he is going to be very careful not to aggravate the condition.  Yeah, work can be aggravating right?  That meant I absorbed a few more job related things this week.  Month closing was slow but we were to the penny balanced so I was pleased. 

Weekend is supposed to be sunny and cooler.  I am hoping to get some warmth in my bones and Suzanne said she'd make it over to come listen to my latest story and enjoy the sunlight with me.  Now hopefully it wont pour rain defying the weather idiots.  Fall weather is some of my favorite.