Well gang, I think this is it.  I’m taking a blogging break. I’ve been thinking about for a while now and I think today’s the day I finally pull the plug. I don’t know if I am going to be not blogging on this blog permanently, but I plan to not write here for at least for a couple of months. I just don’t feel like it anymore. 

 I will still continue reading all of your lovely blogs and commenting on them. I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. 

 Maybe you will see me again in 2010. 

 See you later alligator, 

 J.

Check it out:

 

I think I like it.

It’s official. I’m getting older.

I keep repeating myself, forgetting that I already told someone something, ask a question twice.. I’m starting to lose my mind.

Ugh.. I was hoping that this wasn’t going to start to early.

Since we are visiting family this weekend, I thought it would be a good idea to open our advent calendar for day 4 & 5.

Day 4 – Give me a great big kiss! (Done)

Day 5 – Stop and enjoy a cup of hot chocolate (with or without Bailey’s)

Day 5 is a good one, especially if you’re going to be busy running around this weekend. I think we will definatly have some time to stop and have a cup of hot coco this weekend.

I’m a little sad that I’m going to be missing so many good events this weekend. There is the Santa Clause Parade and Ladyfest Craft Sale this weekend. Bummer. Are you planning on going to either event this weekend?

I wasn’t sure if Day 3 of our advent calendar was going to work, luckily with A.’s creativity it did.

Day 3 – Play a board game.

Unfortunately, we both have plans tonight. I have my mitten knitting class tonight and A. is visiting his parents. So playing a board game wouldn’t work out too well. Fortunately, A. whipped out a piece of paper and we played tic-tac-toe.

In addition to playing a quick game tic-tac-toe, we stopped into Starbucks this morning for a coffee and sat at the bar and watch people scramble into work this morning. Oh no! Watch out for that….. puddle..   It was fun.

Hooray for creativity!

In my last post, I mentioned that A. and I are not going to do the Advent Calendar this year. I had taken a look at our schedule this month and saw that it might not be realistic to do one this year. However, yesterday, I decided that we should try to do it anyway, but that we should be flexible on when we have to do the task. This week is really busy, so to open a note today that says “make an ornament,” it might be a little difficult to do that today.

So here we go on this year’s Flexible Advent Calendar:

December 1 – Make an ornament – For the ornament, I took the little perler bead Super Mario mushroom off the fridge and turned it into an ornament. When I have a bit more time, I’ll make an actually perler bead ornament.

December 2 – Wild! – We haven’t decided what to do with this wild card yet. Any suggestions?

{edit: For the Wild Card, I just remembered that we both brought Christmas cookies to work. That should be good enough!}

Hello. I’m still here. Barely. Last weekend was full of  busy fun. It was full of knitting, book club, cookie swapping, Christmas wrapping and novel-writing.

On Thursday, I took another class at Wabi Sabi to learn how to knit mittens. I have to say, mittens are probably my favorite thing to knit so far. They are much easier knit than socks and I find that I can see results quickly. Carole was mentioned that socks was her thing that she always has in her purse. I think mittens will be mine. I’m so happy with the way that mine are turning out. I can’t wait to make my next pair. (will post pictures soon)

This weekend was my first cookie swap. Have you ever done one before. It’s really fun. Everyone makes a plate of Christmas baking, brings it over to someone’s house, put the plates out to nibble on and then towards the end of the evening, you go around and take samples from each tin for yourself. I think I took too much of Amy’s. Thanks Amy. I promise, we’ll eat them all.

In other news, I’ve managed to kill all of my indoor plants. Not because I didn’t water them, I did water them. I think it’s that we don’t have much day light in our place right now. They didn’t survive very well without this light. I look at this as a learning experience, leave the plants outside.

At the A&J household, we’ve also decided to not do our advent calendar this year. I’m a little disappointed about this, but I’m afraid that our schedule’s this month would be accommodating to any extra activities. I think we’re still going to do as much Christmassy stuff as possible, but it won’t be a day-by-day thing.

I’m jealous of all you mommy bloggers doing the advent calendar. Have fun doing it this year.

I did it. I finished my novel. I’m so happy it’s done. 50,153 words later, I’m done.

Today, I’m going to celebrate by knitting and baking. I think I’m going to need a writing break for a while. I’ve defiantly done more than enough writing this month.

Back to knitting, enjoying Christmas and all your regular Pick Up Your Socks programming.

 

I’m so happy it’s done!

I was so happy to read this morning NNWM Peptalk. I’m so relived to see that I’m not alone. I have only written 36,000 words, but I know that there are many people like me, that will be rushing to the finish line this weekend.

Yesterday, I wanted to give up. I looked at my weekend schedule and thought that there is no way that I”m going to be able to write 14,000 words this weekend. No WAY!

This weekend I have a mitten class, dinner with the in-laws, baking for a cookie swap, book club meeting, Christmas party and the cookie swap lunch. I think I’ve committed to too much at the end of the month.

However, I am superwoman and can do it. I may have to miss the dinner with the in-laws or my mitten class, but I can do it. I’m confident that it won’t be a problem. I just need to stay focused.

Wish me luck.

Signed, Superwoman

Last night, I reached 36,000 words. To celebrate, I thought that I would give you a little piece that I wrote about reaching the half way mark:

So, I would say about now we are mid way through my diary. I have to say that I’m quite surprised with what I’ve found in here. I thought it was going to be worse, more embarrassing than this.

I went to visit my dad in Markham on November 20-22, 2009 in Markham, Ontario. I went through my old bedroom closest to see if I could find any more juicy details to add to this novel. I did.

I found something so juicy, that I decided to leave it where it was. I found my other diary. I totally forgot about this one. How could I have forgotten that I had another diary pre-this one?

When I opened the first page of the diary and I didn’t like what I see. I saw scribbles, wet tears, messy writing. I think I know what this diary was about. This was the one about being bullied.

I don’t know if I’m ready to open this diary up yet or not. This one is very personal. I don’t mind talking about my trails and errors trying to find a boyfriend, but this one I find too personal.

At this back of this diary, there are lots of pictures of guys that I had crushes on. This is the book/diary that Britt found out that I had that crush on her brother.

What do I do? Should I go back and get this diary and add it to this one? Should I not open it at all? I know in advance that there are things in there, that I would rather not read again, but then again, I’m curious.

This pre-diary to this current one, would explain things like why my dad wanted me to tell S.B to fuck off or maybe how I first got my crush on Johanthan Taylor Thomas.

This is a question I’ll have to ask myself once I’m done going through the first diary. I’ll have to think about it.