Seen Any Centipigs Lately?
by Lynn Daniels on Monday, November 17, 2008 at 7:39 pm
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NaNoWriMo Day 17
I’ve come to a conclusion. You see, every time I’ve predicted a good writing day here on the blog, it becomes a crap writing day. Crap writing day meaning I don’t get much written, not I wrote crap — that can happen any day and twice on Sunday. Of course, chances are one has absolutely nothing to do with the other. Or I could just be psyching myself out. Whatever the cause, I’m not doing it anymore. Not taking that chance. From here on out, I won’t talk about my writing day until after it’s occurred.
As you can see by my word meter, my total has gone up, but only marginally. In my defense, last week was a busy one with the tournament and all. And now that soccer’s over, it’s time for me to buckle down, BICHOK, and get Chester and Rube to the Land of the Larrys so they can finally confront the evil Centipig.
And speaking of soccer being over… We got no sleep this weekend, as we had early games, but the girls all had fun. They won one game and lost two, but they were still in great spirits at our little celebration on Sunday after the game. It’s funny; MiniMe has played soccer every spring and every fall since she was five years old. And every season, by the time we reach the end of the season I’m absolutely ready for it to end. Ready to get my weekends back. This season is no different; I was glad to see the end show up. Still, there’s a part of me that was sorry to see it go. A small consolation — MiniMe will be playing with some of the girls from this team this spring on the JV team. I’m still going to miss seeing these girls, though.
Now I have to go and steam my vegetables for tonight’s meal. And pray I get a lot more words in this week.
Evil Plot Revealed
by Lynn Daniels on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 1:56 pm
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NaNoWriMo Day Twelve
Didn’t make much progress over the weekend, but I didn’t expect to. The good news is MiniMe’s soccer team finished the season in second place after a lovely end of season party on Saturday. Soccer games and parties don’t leave much time for writing, though, so although I didn’t produce a big ol’ goose egg number of words, my weekend total was pathetic.
More good news, yesterday was a great writing day between LittleDude’s TKD lesson and MiniMe’s soccer practice (she’s playing a tournament this weekend and then we’re done!). I anticipate another good writing day today — LittleDude’s got a doctor appointment so he won’t make it to TKD, but MiniMe will be going to her lesson. And Wednesday’s usually a light day, so chances are LittleDude will get to take the lesson with her. So tonight, Chester and Rube will finally make it to Cranky Canyon on their way to the Land of the Joes. I’m thinking that while in Cranky Canyon, they’ll learn of the evil Centipig’s plot to take over Feckerson Forest.
This story has been fun to write and fun to plot, and MiniMe’s been a tremendous help with it. Bouncing plot ideas off her has been enlightening; she’s got a great mind for fiction.
And now it’s time to prepare for LittleDude’s arrival, after which I’ll whisk him away to the doctor.
Have a great day!
Mud Bubbles
by Lynn Daniels on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at 10:08 am
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NaNoWriMo Day Four
Whooda thunk writing could be so much fun? I certainly haven’t reached prolific status, but I’m sure making progress. And I attribute it all to letting myself go.
Wow. 
That just sounded wrong. But you know what I mean, right? Writing a totally different kind of story, in a totally different style, without regard for plot or rules or whether or not it makes sense. My only requirement is that it be fun. And fun it has been. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of writing a scene about a duck blowing bubbles in the mud. What’s more fun than that?
And I’m happy to report that Chester the duck with the smart blue felt fedora escaped the Red Trees and made it to the Orange Tall Grass without being attacked by sporgled bloonks.
(See what I mean? PAR-TAY!)
In other news, we’re fast approaching the end of soccer season. Three more practices, one more season game, and three more tournament games and I get my Monday nights back! Although I must admit, this season has been great for MiniMe. Playing with the older girls has forced her to step up her game, and she’s accomplished it with flying colors. She even scored a goal and a sweet assist in Sunday’s game.
If I’m reading the stats correctly, her team will finish second in their division. Not too shabby!
The kids are out of school today, so it looks like I’m taking LittleDude shoe shopping. He’s got his little heart set on a pair of Converse, so tomorrow continues the quest. At least I’ll get to spend their TKD lessons playing with Chester. Maybe I’ll finally get to write the scene where he meets Rube, the pompous purple dinosaur.
Can They Say That?
by Lynn Daniels on Sunday, September 28, 2008 at 8:57 pm
MiniMe had a game today against a team her coach kept saying was a really good team. The game ended in a tie, 4-4. So after we got home, we were talking about red cards and yellow cards — our opponents were yellow carded today — and I decided to check the red card status on our state soccer association website.
I got to the site, clicked to check the red cards, and nearly fell out of my seat laughing when I saw this unfortunate abbreviation for Arsenal:
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Fresh Water for the Horses
by Lynn Daniels on Friday, September 5, 2008 at 11:25 pm
With sword and shield in hand, I’ve bravely been battling that which has been trying to attack me all week. A nasty bug. And not one of those cool writing bugs, either, but one of those bugs that forces extra rest and a big ol’ case of the icks.
I’m fighting in the morning and trucking the kids ’round to their activities every afternoon. I think by the evening, the bug is a bit worn out. Lucky for me (yeah, right), when morning shines through my bedroom window it’s rejuvenated and ready to rock. Even better, I get to be up again six hours from now to get ready to take MiniMe to her first soccer game this season.
I hate games that start at dark-thirty. 
Wish me luck. 
Have a good weekend!
Relief! Ahhh….
by Lynn Daniels on Friday, August 22, 2008 at 2:28 pm
You have no idea how nice it is for me to have all my stuff back! I can go upstairs and find my processed pictures, my writing, crochet patterns… It really is a relief. After a morning of running errands with SoundGuy, I’ve spent this afternoon moving Photoshop and running my hand across the hard drive with my recovered pictures. My pretty…
Tsk, Tsk.
by Lynn Daniels on Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 3:29 pm
I’ve been lazy today.
Laid in bed all morning (after the kids went to school and SoundGuy went to work, of course) sleeping and reading on and off. Didn’t shower until noon. And you know what?
It was AWESOME! 
Two Sides of the Coin
by Lynn Daniels on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 11:49 pm
I’ll be getting back to vacation trip reports tomorrow, but I wanted to post a quick life update first.
First, the worst news. The hard drive I use for picture storage decided to give up the ghost yesterday. And it took all my pictures with it. Luckily, I do have my original files also stored on DVDs — kind of like photo negatives. I have negatives, but no finished pictures. SoundGuy says the drive is still under warranty, so he’ll be sending it off for repair, and hopefully file recovery.
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Vacation Day Four - Cooke City, At Last
by Lynn Daniels on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Sorry for the late post — MiniMe was invited by the high school girl’s soccer coach to participate in a couple scrimmage games today, and we just got home. She played very well, I’m proud to say, and it looks like something good might come of it. But that’s a discussion for another day. As for right now, on to the trip report.
Morning four in Cody was the first we didn’t have to jump out of bed and get right on the road. Cooke City isn’t too far from Cody, and our check-in time wasn’t until four that afternoon. So on day four, we woke up, hung out in the bed a while, then eventually got up, packed up, checked out, and headed for a good, leisurely sit-down breakfast. After a quick trip to Wal-Mart (just picked up a few staples), we were on our way to our final destination, Cooke City, Montana.
Is That a Moose in the Road?
by Lynn Daniels on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 10:21 am
I got to talk to my father last weekend. He lives overseas, and we don’t talk as often as we should. Probably has something to do with the fact that we’re cut from the same cloth and both equally stubborn.
Anyway, he called to see how we’re doing in the aftermath of the accident. At some point in the conversation, he became horrified to learn I had never watched Northern Exposure. I had to explain that, heck, I didn’t even start watching Everybody Loves Raymond until the show was syndicated. That didn’t seem to sway him.
Guess what arrived on my doorstep yesterday. The full series DVD set of Northern Exposure. Of course, I had to start watching immediately. What fun! I’m almost through season 1.
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