Another winter, another cold that I can't shake. Bronchitis has hit me again because of this damn cold. I cough like a smoker and can't get a decent nights sleep without the help of nighttime medicines. The air is so dry too, that I wake up completely stuffed and with my mouth and throat feeling like it's lined with cotton balls. I even have a little humidifier near my bed and keep a 32 oz jug of water next to my bed. UGH!

Had a pretty good Christmas. It was a brown Christmas, but good anyway. We didn't get any real snow that stuck around until late last week. Funny how weather can be. New Years was uneventful, which is just the way I like it.

Got the tickets to the WWE Live Tour. Cost me a fortune, but I'm okay with it. Just hoping the weather is good. Going to make sure I have plenty of money in my checking account just in case we need a motel room if the weather gets bad.

I'm thinking of getting Dish Network or DirectTV in the near future. My parents have Dish Network and are quite happy with it. I'd only have one TV, so I don't need to worry about additional boxes or anything. I'll just have to wait and see. Maybe this spring.

Not much more to write about. TTYL.

Again I have failed to update this blog as frequently as I would like to do. I guess when one leads a life with little drama, things to write about become quite lacking.

Thanksgiving went well. I was originally scheduled to work, but ended up not having to. Very nice. I'm not scheduled for Christmas either, so I'm a happy camper.

I'm going Christmas shopping on Friday. I don't think I'm going to be spending much that day, since it's just before payday. I need to save money because...

...I'm ordering tickets to a WWE show in Fargo. I've got to order 6 tickets, so I have to save my money. Fortunately, three of the six of us will be paying me back and we're content to live in the cheap seats, so that's all good. Just figured it would be easier to charge the tickets to one card. This will be the first live WWE show I and the others have ever been to. My fave, Christian, is scheduled for the card, but things can change. Just got to keep my fingers crossed.

Spent all weekend trying to clean my apartment. So far, I have this desire to just take a match to at least my bedroom. Who knows whats lurking under my bed and in my closet.

In quite possibly the best thing I've bought this year, I got myself a PS3. I love it, and it seems to have paid for itself quickly, since I tend to use it more as a DVD player and for Netflix streaming. I game on it too. Bought several used games when I picked it up. I have bought just one new game, but it has yet to arrive from Amazon. Hopefully tomorrow or Wednesday.

Chose not to participate in NaNoWriMo this year. I feel creatively drained lately, so I'm giving that part of my brain a rest this year. I'm quite honestly planning to complete and edit a story or two in the coming year and see if I feel they are worth putting up somewhere. I'd even consider publishing for the Kindle. I've seen that work for a few people, and I think it would be kind of fun. Who knows.

Well, I'm off. Hopefully I will start blogging more heavily again. I don't ever want to see this blog die.

Franken Destroys Focus On The Family Witness

Seriously though, thank you to all the men and women who serve our country. Very big thanks to those who carried out the operation that took out Bin Laden.

Ohmehgosh! I've been slacking on posting any entries. I feel so bad, but honestly not much goes on that I feel warrants any posting.

I guess I can start with my most recent purchase for myself. I bought an Amazon Kindle. It wasn't even on the top of my list of most wanted gadgets. Go figure. I considered myself a purist when it comes to reading. I love the feel and smell of books, but I find the Kindle just perfect. And I've found so many free and cheap ebooks, that I've got a pretty good start on the amount of books on it. Over 70 so far, and I've only had it for a little over a month. The freebie books have been the public domain classics, which is perfect when my mood requires a little Jane Austin. But I've also found some pretty good cheap ones. I read one called Hollowland by Amanda Hocking. I liked it a lot. I can also download some games. I got a word one that I play quite often. I do recommend the Kindle if you want an ebook reader, but I played with the B&N Nook too, and liked that as well.

I got a Acer netbook last week. That was near the top of the list for wanted gadgets. My dad bought it for me. My old laptops power jack died, so I've been without a portable computer. The laptop is fixable and is going to my 7 year old niece. I like the netbook so far. I like being able to slip it into my purse.

Still waiting for the new phone and switch to AT&T. They keep moving it back. Now it looks like April they will come. Still unsure of the whole thing.

Not much else to speak of. Hopefully I'll have more to write about later. Bye.

I was so writer's blocked Friday that I just had to give up for that day. Got maybe 1000 words written. *sigh*

Since I've never linked it before here is my NaNoWriMo profile.

Today, I had a long shift at work and managed to squeeze out over 2,000 words, so yay. Still at least 10000 words behind, but not too bad.



Not giving up yet though. Friday night, after I gave up for the day, I sat in bed with a notebook and began making an itty bitty outline of how I wanted the story to go. I would have tried out that outline on Saturday, but I had to take my grandma shopping, which turned out to be a shopping day of hell. Oh yeah. My favorite niece hates me now. It actually got me majorly down when that happened. No way was I going to write then.

Today there was hope on the writing front. I opened the notebook to the outline (which really isn't an outline, just a bunch of ideas scattered but, eh)and looked at the first thing I had written down. I sat, thought some, and then, words flowed. It was so awesome!

Got rid of my six foot Christmas tree. I offered it to my parents and they took it. They even already put it up. lol But it's nice. They recently repainted the family/living room, so it's all nice and fresh. They went from a trendy 10 years ago blue to a very sophisticated taupe, with an accent wall that is a shade of pink, but not an in your face pink. When I saw that one wet, it gave me a nervous tic because it was Pepto Bismal pink when wet (which apparently scared my dad too), but when it dried and cured it darkened a lot. It looks really nice.

This Friday, I intend to make lefse. I'm going to try a new recipe using potato flakes instead of fresh potatoes. I really hate peeling, and I need to find something that is easier. I even invested in a lefse griddle, which nicely enough came with some recipes, including the one I'm going to try. I have brought it up with various relatives and friends and they find nothing wrong with trying it. If I don't like it, well, off I will go to the store and buy russets.

Yeah, right! NaNoWriMo update:


I have to write at least 9000 words Friday to be all caught up. My plans are to steal my parents laptop, truck on over to the coffee shop and take over a booth there. It may work out better than being at home with all its distractions.

Fortunately I have Friday and Saturday off. Unfortunately, I have to work Monday. Monday there is a school choral and band concert. My favorite niece has a vocal solo. I'm going to miss my favorite niece's vocal solo. That sucks!

If I can get my word count up Friday, then I am going to reward myself by going out of town for a little shopping Saturday. My grandma needs a few things, so it will work out well.

After several nice days, it is starting to get chilly here in NW Minnesota. I was so enjoying the 60 degree days. *sigh*

Was a little ticked Tuesday. I had to restore my iPod to factory settings. Lost everything. There was quite a bit of stuff on there that I no longer had. I always meant to get a program to get the stuff of there, but never got around to it. But I am looking at the bright side of things. I need to go through my mp3s and delete some of the corrupted ones. That's going to be a chore, because I have thousands from way back during the original Napster days. I think it will be good though. Get rid of things I don't really listen to and all that. It did suck losing some movies that were on the iPod, but then I remembered I work at a convenience store that rents out dvds. The ones I lost are at the store. Problem solved.

Bye for now.

I think I'm catching myself a little cold. I've been run down lately, and actually slept very late on Saturday. I took some Alka Seltzer Plus, which, my goodness, I swear is the best stuff for quick relief. At least I was able to get through work, and I managed to eek out quite a bit of my NaNoWriMo Story. See:



I was very please with how much I wrote while at work. I don't really have much time to make up words this week, but next weekend I have off, so I'll be hoping to play catch up. Until then, I will try my best to at least reach the daily word goal so I don't fall to far behind.