December Without Snow

It has been a while now. I don't really have a topic, so this might be a bit on the "stream of consciousness" side of things.

A few things that have been going on: Christmas is coming with all the stuff that means. I've never had to think about making goodies or sending cards before. Not that I've made any goodies, but I did go buy some Christmas cards this morning. I was thinking about making some cookies. Without chocolate chips. Mwahahahaha! ;) (Saves money!)

This Christmas is my first in many categories. My first not at home, my first after being married, my first in the springlike CaliLand. I'm excited. We're celebrating on Thursday which is only three days away! Whooo!!!! We bought a large portion of ham for Christmas Eve dinner. :) I'm not sure what to make with it yet. I bought Zack a mango; he bought me icecream. Hehe. (I'm pretty sure he's going to eat some of it, too. . . )

I love Christmas; I like Christmas cards, I like Christmas caroling; I like Christmas lights, trees, presents, food, even the guys that stand in front of the stores ringing the bells. I especially love Christmas morning when it's really dark except for the Christmas lights and the candles, we get snuggled up on the couch, listening to the Christmas story (I like Luke 2 a lot, but one year Dad read the beginning of Hebrews - it was really good, too.) with bleary eyes and lots of yawns.

In other news, I did NaNoWriMo again this year and again wrote 50k words and finished a story. It was sad and horrible and I hated it. Haha. BUT, something good may have come of it, because the winners get 5 free copies of a manuscript (just have to pay for shipping). The only question is whether or not it has to be what I wrote for THIS Nano. . . . and if there is anyway for them to know if I'm using a different manuscript.

So right now, I have two options. Write like crazy to finish my book before March, send it out for people to read and help edit, and get it "published" in May and have five copies. OR, I can use last year's NaNo (which is a thousand times better than this year's ). That option is a lot less work - that's for sure. That is, if I don't have to use the one I wrote this year - because I wouldn't want five copies of that anywhere, not even in my basement (if I had a basement).

And that, for the time being, is my life. Most things are on hiatus for Christmas.

Merry Christmas - and in case this is the last one for a while again - Happy New Year!!! =D