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Update:

I did it. NaNoWriMo is finished. I am so not happy with any of the 51,079 words in my word doc. What a waste. Someday I just might churn out something readable.

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• I am trying very hard to finish NaNoWriMo.
• Not liking it in the crunch.
• I have ideas and storylines and plots but they just aren’t coming out on paper right now.
• I am working on Christmas biscotti. It is $8.50 a batch (plus shipping), which is about 12 pieces and at least one pound. It is hand dipped in chocolate or left plain for your pleasure.
  Varieties are:
  Chocolate Chip
  Mint Chocolate Chip
  Chocolate Orange
  Cranberry Orange
  Cherry Almond
  Lemon
  Give a shout via email if you are interested.

• Susan McMinn from Chickens in the Road is asking for some help. Please go vote for her to get this job she has put herself out for.
• Starting tomorrow I hope to hope to do a daily post on the Christmas trees we have put up. We have 7 so far. Also 21 outdoor wreaths, 7 indoor wreath and a giant wreath on the barn (which looks amazingly small once it is hanging on the barn.
• Thanksgiving was lovely. Turkey was fabulous. Family was awesome.
• I have finished my Christmas shopping. I was actually finished a couple weeks ago. What few things I did buy I could not make. Most of my gifts are handmade.
• Christmas cards are finished except for the stamps.
• Some years I just cannot get in the mood to go all out for the season and other years I am overly excited and can’t contain my excitement and joy.
• I am beginning to worry that my ear may not be healing closed.
• This frightens me to no end.
• The fear of having surgery to fix it is quite debilitating if I let it get to me.
• It is Tupperware season. My site is up and running. Please help me be a success. If no one buys I will be a failure. That frightens me to no end right this moment. I think I may be having a minor panic attack over it.
• My coffee is getting cold
• Our chimney cleaning has been postponed several times due to rain. We have never gone this late into the year without a fire in the big fireplace.
• The little wood stove does a bang up job of warming up things but if the weather turned much colder it wouldn’t help in this part of the house.
• I wonder if I could turn out a piece of fiction worth getting published? I seem to be in a Harlequin Romance mode when I am able to write. I love vampire fiction but I think the market is saturated and I would drown in a sea of wanna be’s.
• You all are seeing my doubting weak side. I am going to stop now.

I want to try something new here and it I need your help to do it.

Ask me any question you have ever wanted to ask. I’ll answer them here the following day. The question platform is open for next couple of days.

Give me some questions and I’ll tell you no lies.

I am lagging behind in my NaNoWriMo word count. I need to spend some quality time sitting this morning and banging out some words. I need to accomplish 2000 words minimum per day. So far I am getting in more like 1500. It is developing into romantic fiction. I don’t know how steamy it will get but the steam is building between my lead characters. I am thinking about posting it here daily.

Are any of you out there in reader land joining NaNoWriMo? Feel free to add me to your buddy list.

Also? Steven got his first black stripe on his white belt in Karate class.

He was dressed as a little chick. Did you really think I would vary from my theme?

Here is the crew just before they went out.

What would trick-or-treating be without a Scarlett O’Hara?

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Once again I am setting myself up for failure for the month of November.

Please, stay tuned.

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For those who were concerned. Chicken people are honorable and most are reputable. The eggs are no big deal. They will be replaced at no charge and I’ll try again sometime this month. I am one of those crazy chicken people and I plan to some day have me a flock of blue, black and jubilee orpingtons. I will!