I just completed my National Novel Writing Month novel, on time. Last year, I tried it, but only made it about 5,000 words in–I was just too busy with a job and a 1-year-old. Two or three years ago, I completed a NaNoWriMo novel. This one builds on my previous two stories. [...]
“I need a post! I need a pencil!” — every time I go to my writing desk, she wants a Post-It note to write on.
“No grandma. Talking to B! So, B…[babbling on with a long, involved story]” — OLC was talking on her play phone, and I asked her if she was calling [...]
I hung up a row of pegs in the entryway, for hanging up our coats. It’s amazing what a difference having four little pegs makes!
Well, it seems that the chain of miracles and $$$$ repairs that kept our car running is going to continue unbroken for a little longer….God came through with the miracle this time (by allowing us to get the car to the mechanic JUST BEFORE it would have died, and actually a little after it should [...]
From Carfree Cities:
The invention of electronically amplified music has severely taxed the ability of people to live in close proximity to one another.
Though I must admit that our present apartment is the quietest one I’ve ever lived in. Most of the noise we get is from the one of the “elephants” upstairs playing his [...]
I checked out Cut the Clutter and Stow the Stuff from the library. I haven’t found it to be very helpful, except for the descriptions of the various “clutter types” in the beginning. It seems that I am a “Concealer” type (lots of stuff, but very well organized) and MFH is an “Accumulator” [...]
From the Minnesota unofficial election results:
John McCain 44%
Barack Obama 54%
Margin between Obama and McCain: 297890 votes
Votes for on-ballot third party candidates: 52079 votes (1.8%)
Write-in votes: hard to tell from the table, but looks like at least 9500 (probably not all tabulated yet)
Thanks to MaxedOutMama for the link to this article:
House Democrats Contemplate Abolishing 401(k) Tax Breaks. Which means either taxing contributions, or interest and dividends. Also, there’s a little proposal mentioned about making retirement contributions into a government-administered account mandatory. Never mind if you want to focus on paying off [...]
I watched some of the election coverage on CBS last night. Katie Couric and company were certainly very eager to call it for Obama early on. I had to keep putting my skepticism filter back on. Also amusing, as the night went on, was the repeated comment of “Look how well Obama [...]