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Third time’s a charm… I hope

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I tried the last two years.

I failed miserably.

I’m going to try it again.

NaNoWriMo.

National Novel Writing Month. It begins on November 1st. The goal is to complete a 50,000-word novel from scratch by the end of the month.

Yes, you read that right. 50,000 words in 30 days. Yes, all us participants are crazy.

For me, the hard part is that November is just BUSY. Lots of birthdays, not to mention Thanksgiving and getting ready for Christmas. Last year, I think I made it three days before I realized it was a fruitless attempt.

This year, I am more confident. I actually have a book idea. It just happens to be one I joked about writing already years ago, and my last week brought back my interest in writing it.

Tales from the hot dog stand. Or maybe the hot dog diaries. Or Chronicles of a Hot Dog Queen.

I don’t know. The title will come in time. But you get the point. Over the last several years, I’ve had many entertaining experiences in the hot dog stand. Its time to share some of them. Oh I’ll change the names and embellish to protect the not-so-innocent. But I think it’ll be fun to write, and maybe it’ll be just as interesting to read.

We will see! I am determined to finish this time. Third times a charm…

…I hope.

general-post, holidays

Mixed bag of tricks and treats!

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I’m a little sad. Halloween is drawing to a close, and the number of ghosts and goblins to visit us was definitely down this year.

I think it was in part due to it being a Sunday, a day for church as well as the last night before another week of school. Plus, several locations did “trunk-or-treat” this year… something that is brilliant for parents, but stinks for those of us who wait all year to give out candy. We absolutely LOVE to do it, and this year we were left a little disappointed.

Oh don’t get me wrong, we had some great costumes come along! Adorable princesses and witches. Stormtroopers and soldiers. Almost all of them saying “Thank you” before walking away. I hope trick-or-treating never fully comes to an end. I don’t know that Halloween is necessarily my “favorite” holiday, but I do so look forward to it every year. Its just FUN!

Now we go into November. A busy month, again, for me. And it’ll probably pass even faster than October did!

I noticed this was my 51st week to do Weekly Winners, and my 51st week on Self Portrait Saturdays. 10 days to my birthday, and I plan to start another Project 365 on the day again. I took a year off and missed it. So time to start another one.

NaNoWriMo and my chapter of “And What Happens Then…” is coming up quick. Hubby’s birthday, Mom’s birthday, and Thanksgiving approaches as well. Turkey and dressing and family and football… oh my!

Ahhh… bring it on. There’s no stopping it anyway. Might as well embrace it and go with the flow…

Happy Halloween!!!

Little Red Riding Hood & The Big Bad Wolf