Turkey Day and Black Friday

Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving! Jaina really enjoyed herself. We got up early and watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV. Then, we spent the morning with our good friends and went to Gramma & Grampa Pech's house for dinner. With such a busy day, Jaina was worn out by 5:30. So she was in bed early!

I'm going to brave a few stores on "Black Friday" - need to get some fabric and go to Border's to meet up w/ my writing group. So...Jaina will go with me, of course! :) I've never been out on Black Friday to even remotely think about shopping so it should be intereseting.

Happy Thanksgiving

Last week at Texas Roadhouse

Jaina with Beckie, Kira, and Korben Davis

Jaina and Grampa Bruce

Jaina and Daddy

Insanity is fun!

I've decided to do NaNoWriMo. (www.nanowrimo.org). What is that, you ask? It's National Novel Writing Month. For the whole month of November (1st through 30th), you are to write a 50,000 word novel. It doesn't have to be polished, it's simply a first draft. So yes, you'll write a lot of crap...but at least you'll be writing. Average daily word count is 1,667 words per day. About 4 pages in Times New Roman, 12 pt font.

So far, with 13 days to go, I'm at 20,000 words. 30-ish pages. About 10 pages is nothing but crap...because I'm actually thinking about what I'm writing, where the story is going next. I need to STOP THINKING and just start pounding out words! I haven't written anything in about 2 years and anything for fun/pleasure in, gods, YEARS! It's fun...kinda stressful...but still fun!

First Halloween

Jaina had her first Halloween and she couldn't decide between her costumes, so she got to wear both!
She had a ladybug costume, which was heavy but perfect for the cold Colorado weather as is the norm at this time of year, and we had a hand-me-down pumpkin costume that was uncle Ian's when he was a baby (almost 18 years old!). We didn't go trick-or-treating, but we went to our friend Daniel's wedding reception instead. There will be plenty of time for trick-or-treating next year!

New blog

To stay in touch with everyone across the country - friends & family - we've created this blog.

Keep up with us and our lives. Sometimes boring, sometimes exciting, but it's fun!