We made it!

I can’t believe I made it through NaBloPoMo! Total happy dance! I’ll be honest, I am ready to not have the pressure to blog every single day. And my family is too, my poor dh is starting to feel neglected. Every night he would head off to bed and there I would be, sitting in front of the laptop racking my brain as to what I could possibly write about. The curse of being a night owl.

Thanks for sticking with me, it never ceases to amaze me that you don’t get bored (or if you do you’re kind enough not to tell me!).

I’m sure I’ll find things to write about this month with all the goings-on… I’ll be around.

Sunday, Sunday

I am suffering from writer’s block. I have nothing of interest to tell you, and that is particularly sad considering we have a lot of November left. Sigh.

So here’s some random links for your enjoyment. My new favorite song, I can’t get enough of it. So melancholy. Makes you think of every guy you ever had a crush on who never reciprocated. And the dh can’t stand the singer, he says he doesn’t sing in tune. Which is totally not true. Don’t you think as a music major I would notice that? What does he know.

The most awesome way to approach decluttering I’ve heard yet Janet Jackson’s Guide to Decluttering. I mean really, what have you done for me lately?

Cleolinda’s hilarious snark filled commentary on the Twilight Books. That alone makes reading Twilight worthwhile, just so that I can laugh through that.

Tomorrow is the dutchkid’s big dental appointment. Wherein she will receive a “princess tooth”. Surely I will have some (mis)adventures to report tomorrow.

Are you ready?

Oh, but it’s that time again! That month of the year that brings my birthday, Thanksgiving and oh yeah:

Last year I missed just a few days at the end because we went somewhere for Thanksgiving. This year, I think we’re staying home, so I’m hoping to make it through. It will do me some good to write more. And when I run out of things to say I promise to bore you with mediocre photos.

Misery loves company. Won’t anyone else join me? Come on, you know you want to!

Ack!

Frantically trying to pack for our voyage today, but wanted to blog before I forgot. I don’t know that I will have internet access while at dh’s grandparents, so my NaBloPoMo streak might be over. But I’ll write if I can, otherwise see you on the other side!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

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*warning* This is really one of those days where if I was not doing NaBloPoMo I would just keep my thoughts to myself.

We had an uneventful day today, the dutchkid and I. We took a “big run” as she calls it, this morning and it was so cold I had to find her hat and mittens as well as a blanket. Went to our favorite library and played outside in the chilly weather. I did make the mistake of inviting in a neighbor whose children the dutchkid loves to play with, and got an earful of neighborhood scuttlebutt. It’s strange to me how often I find myself on the receiving end of information I was not interested in being in possession of. I must have “I’m too polite to tell you to shut up” written on my forehead.

Mostly though, today my thoughts have been about the bailout of Detroit’s Big 3 automakers and the future of the economy in Michigan. I know, lofty thoughts for this SAHM. But really that’s a fancy way to say that I’m worried about my dad and everyone else that I know and love who will be affected should things fall even further apart. I read some interesting stuff last night by one of my favorite bloggers and a Detroiter, Sweet Juniper. Even if you’re not interested in his deep thoughts, you should really go look through his astonishing photos of urban decay in Detroit. Fantastic.

eta: You can get there through his main site, but I should have made it a bit easier, here are his Flickr collections on Detroit and more recent photos with more of descriptions are on his photo site

Daily discipline

Why would I sign up for something like NaBloPoMo when obviously I need more to do like a hole in the head? It all boils down to this: it seems that when I make a commitment to do something small, but every day, it leads to an interesting outcome.

This daily stuff all started back in January, when on a whim I decided I should do a 365 days project. (taking a photo of myself daily for a year).  At first it was new and exciting, and then a chore, and then about learning how to take better photos, and now it’s something I can’t quit because I am so freaking close to completing a year.  The public nature of it keeps me accountable, which is key.  But there is something about it that is very rewarding.

In some strange way I have found that it’s not very different from the commitment I have tried to honor for years about my Christianity: reading the Bible (quiet time, prayer, meditation, whatever you choose to call it) daily.  In order to make it work and reap the benefit you have to put your “feelings” about it aside, and just make time to do it.   I’m not saying I follow through with this all the time, but I try.

So along the same lines, I’m hoping for some unforeseen benefits from forcing myself to write every day.  So that’s why.

I must be crazy

Well, here we go. NaBloPoMo is “National Blog Posting Month” which actually goes on all the time, but I only knew it was a November thing. It’s an offshoot of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) but I have no interest in writing a novel. Either it will a) force me to pay more attention to my blog and posting thought provoking things or b) it will degenerate into boringness about my day. Let’s hope for the former, shall we?

I am going into this knowing that I may not make it completely, I know for a fact we are going to see dh’s grandparents over Thanksgiving and they have no internet. Unless I can pick up some wifi somewhere it might be more like 27 posts in 30 days. But here goes nothing.