Category Archives: Creativity

Flattened (V)

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[+] Mom and Dad were up today as well as Jon. It was good for Dad to see Daniel and find out how all the machines worked. (He’s an engineer — it’s how he copes.)

[+] Mom and I went to Michaels to get yarn. We couldn’t find the same color that the social worker had given me yesterday so we got 5 skeins of Red Heart yarn in the French Country color. My family is referring to it as Cub Scout cammo because it’s blues and yellows.

[+] Daniel behaved long enough for us to go out to dinner. We went to Sudwerks Riverside and I had a really great hummus plate.

[+] I’m missing my bear. I’m missing him babbling, him fast-crawling, him getting into everything… I want to be able to kiss his hair and smell baby shampoo or cuddle him and clap nursery rhymes with him. It’s really hard right now and I’m having to trust that it will get better.

[+] Mom took lots of pictures and a couple movies. I’m putting a cut here so that those who would be traumatized by the sight of Daniel with tubes can avoid that. It’s tough to see but he’s not in pain and he’s just in a medication-induced hibernation.

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NaNoWriMo Update

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So I’m about halfway in and am keeping up. Yay!

I only have two people to kill off so far. In order to have the fictitious DaHorror.Com website in my story, I need more. If you want me to kill you off creatively, go to Daniel’s March of Dimes band and donate. (I don’t care how much it is — $5 is totally acceptable to me.) Leave me a comment on how you want to die and I’ll send you a copy of the paragraph where I kill you off.

The Simple Woman’s Daybook: November 1, 2010

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Simple Woman's Daybook

FOR TODAY November 1, 2010

Outside my window… nice and sunny. It’s supposed to hit 96 on Wednesday. That is so wrong on many levels.

I am thinking… about my interview later.

I am thankful for… getting to interview for a job I want and can do well.

From the kitchen… probably ramen tonight.

I am wearing… nice shirt w/camisole, black slacks, clogs — interview garb.

I am creating… my NaNoWriMo piece.

I am going… nowhere special this week.

I am reading… Sand Sharks by Margaret Maron.

I am hoping… I get this job.

I am hearing… jazz over the loudspeaker at $tarbux and Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me.

Around the house… I have some sweeping to do as well as a humidifier to set up.

One of my favorite things… an iced chai latté.

A few plans for the rest of the week: PT and OT as well as a rheumy appointment on Friday.

Here is picture for thought I am sharing… my Wookie last night

My wookie last night.

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NaNoWriMo 2010

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NaNoWriMo has come around again and in an effort to make my 30 days of writing mean something, I’ve decided to kill people off (or just write a character with your name into the story) for a donation. Here’s how it works:

Date: October 15th to November 30th (NaNoWriMo runs from November 1-30.)

Charity: March of Dimes

How This Works: Here is the link to Daniel’s band on the March of Dimes site. Click on that link to donate. I’ll check the band daily for who has donated. I don’t care if it’s a large or small amount. If you donate, I’ll write you into the story by either killing you off in the manner in which you choose (with some restrictions) or by naming a character after you. Once you donate, leave me a comment and let me know how you want to die/if you want a character named after you.

Restrictions: No ritual cannibalism. I reserve the right to veto the method of death if I find it too gruesome. (Ahem… Pisco.)

Update: I have a widget where you can see my progress.

Possible NaNoWriMo Fundraiser

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The past two times I’ve participated in NaNoWriMo, I’ve offered to kill people off and when I did it last year, I killed people off in exchange for a foodbank donation. This year, I’m pondering making mine a fundraiser this year as I didn’t get to do Blogathon. NaNo participants normally raise money for youth literacy (participants are encouraged to donate) but I’m thinking of making mine a fundraiser for a group like March of Dimes or Feeding America.

I’m in the planning phases now but if I decide to do it, I’ll let y’all know.

Homeschooling?

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A few nights ago as I was trying to get Daniel back to sleep, I was trying to get myself back to sleep by planning out how I’d homeschool Daniel for kindergarten. The reason I’d thought about it is that Daniel is developmentally delayed and I was having OMG-is-he-going-to-have-learning-problems?!?!?!? worries. Jon and his sister Joanna were both homeschooled and turned out fine and I was pondering the idea of just homeschooling him for kindergarten or something so he could learn to read, learn his letters, learn his numbers, learn basic addition, etc.

It might be all the “Your Baby Can Read” commercials that bombard us on Qubo but I do worry about Daniel being ready for school, especially since I have no idea where we’ll be once he hits school and what will be available to him as far as preschool and all that.

I was having visions of creating math flashcards out of 3×5 cards, some kind of poster with the letters of the alphabet, and just a bunch of things. We’ve got a pretty decent amount of childrens’ books thanks to my mother-in-law who gave me a huge gift certificate to Amazon.Com for that purpose last year.

For my readers who homeschool your kids: why did you decide to do so and what do you use? There’s no definite plan to homeschool Daniel but I’d love to know what’s out there.