Chronicles of Turkey Part 3

Well, the Thanksgiving feast was a success! I didn't learn how to make gravy because my attention was turned on placing everything into serving dishes and making sure it was hot enough to serve. Kudos to people who entertain with fancy meals all the time. It's a lot of time and energy and I definitely prefer baking. As if the all day event of cooking was not energy depleting, myself and the family went out on Black Friday. The important thing is that cooking a large meal doesn't seem as daunting to me now. I think I could tackle the Christmas ham! I could, but I won't. I'm not hosting Christmas dinner.

Anyway, back to the business of novel writing. I don't like tooting my own horn, but there is something about RoV that I cannot recreate with Andy's story. It's still missing some sort of component of magic and I wonder if it's the fact that I'm holding on to these characters when I shouldn't be or if I just haven't found that something exciting to incorporate. Or I could be crazy thinking that it's missing something. I have been rereading RoV one or chapters at a time before I go to bed and I can't put my finger on it, but it's just better. That's really all I can say about it right now because I'm stuck. Any suggestions to become unstuck?

I miss blogging. My work schedule has carried me away from throwing down all my random thoughts down for all to read. As a side note, I'm happy to announce that my time substituting at a school district got extended giving me more hope that I will be able to find a job that utilizes my degree since I am getting more experience. That was a major run on sentence, but I don't care because I'm tired but blogging!

Chronicles of Turkey Part 2

Well, it was another calm day of Thanksgiving preparations and I have to admit that my nerves have been calmed slightly.

I made dips and cut up veggies for my appetizer. My husband found these bags that you put the turkey in to cook it and it keeps all the juices in. This is how my grandmother cooked a turkey and if it's good enough for grandma then it is good enough for me.

I am happy to report that I will not have to wake up super early because I am not stuffing my turkey. My mother is doing the stuffing and it's so worth the wait. So that's where I stand with my Thanksgiving feast. I will attempt to blog tomorrow mid preparation.

Any tips for success?

Chronicles of Turkey Part 1

Yes, I have decided to chronicle my whole turkey day experience. It is my first time cooking a turkey and I feel that whether this is a success or failure that I will share the experience with you. I hope I don't regret this decision...

I went grocery shopping last night and almost started hyperventilating before swiping my debit card. Lets just say that the bill was three times what I typically spend on groceries. I am cooking for ten people and taking care of all major things: turkey, mashed potatoes, veggie, and some other things that are beyond my memory.

Tomorrow I will attempt to prepare my appetizer and clean out the bird. Also, I intend to find out how one cooks a turkey. I have a plan for this...ask mom. You know that same lady who plays doctor for you and can get all stains out of clothing. I will keep you posted with my turkey adventures. Happy Thanksgiving!

My life is too busy...

I'm sorry that I haven't written in a while. I don't really have any fabulous excuses like George Clooney wanted me to housesit for him or the Pope needed my opinion about wedding dresses on Catholic brides. I've been working a lot and I had house guests for a few days. In fact, blogging is prolonging me putting my house back together. I lack the desire to do laundry right now.

I haven't been writing much or at all to be honest because of my whole lack of time, but I think about Andy's story all the time. I have thought of ways to expand certain scenes and even some things that I could add. Sadly, they are not going to be 8,000 words, but it's a start. I think about what I want to do for Mark's story sometimes. One bitter evening last week, I added to my career hunt book because I had some new fuel to the fire. This place called me and said they wanted to set up an interview. However, I left two messages expressing my excitement for this interview, but they never responded. If you don't want to meet me, don't call me in the first place. It's their loss, I'm a hard-worker and fast learner.

I hoping to find some sort of inspiration for anything on Friday night. I am going to go see Harry Potter 7 Pt. 1 with my bestest (yep, you read that correctly) friend from high school and whenever I watch movies like that, I'm always intrigued. You don't have to be a Harry Potter fan (even though you should be), but you have to admit that the idea of the whole thing is pretty cool: a wizarding world within our phone. Does anyone know the spell that Mrs. Weasley uses to clean her house magically. If you think of it, let me know because sadly I can't wait any longer to do the laundry.

The Best Store Ever...

I have been walking around the house and telling my husband that I need a new novel to read and this is always too late after the library closes and I'm too cheap to go buy a new one. My husband and I went to Garden Ridge which is like a Costco meets even cheaper prices.

Anyway, I got a new novel for like $3, will it be anything as good as Rules of Vegas or New York Times Bestseller List? Probably not, but for $3 I am willing to take that chance. I was looking at all the books and thinking, "Hmm...how could I get my book here?" Then, I was like, "Rules of Vegas is worth more than $3."
I will keep you posted with how my big $3 novel is as far as quality goes.

The big steal of the night (no we really didn't steal anything) is my new artificial Christmas tree for $75 off the original price which is below anything at Target could offer and I HEART Target. Now I want to decorate for Christmas because as you know from a few postings ago, I love Christmas decor with the exception of the big blow up things.

Anyway, I just wanted to share my new find with you. Also, I want to tell you how much I miss blogging more frequently. Needless to say, working seven days a week is kicking my butt!

I'm out of words

I finished looking over Andy's story and for now I am out of words, which is rather sad because that leaves me 8,000 words short of my goal. I really want to make my goal. However, I think this will be a good thing. I'm going to send it out to my original editing crew for ideas and take a break from Andy, Anne, and Mark. Everyone needs a break and this will be mine. Maybe I can read a novel or start my Christmas shopping.

Overall, I don't know what to think of my latest story. I'm certainly proud to have accomplished something like this once again, but I feel that it is lacking something. Again, I'm relying on feedback from others to make it better. This was my system with RoV and it worked for me the first time. I think it will continue to serve me well.

I had dreams of being a world famous novelist once again the other day. I was overlooking the appointments at work and thought to myself that working from home would top anything and how it would be nice to have my mortgage paid off because I got a really nice publishing contract. Ah...mortgage free...let us take a moment to bask in the glory of having no debt like that..............................kind of has a care-free quality to it; like sitting on the beach on a warm, sunny day.

Anyway, I guess now that I'm done with Andy's story, that means I could potentially move on to Mark's story, which can be an exciting endeavor. Who knows where all of this will take me. Being mortgage free could be around the corner for all I know.