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I do think it is safe to say that I did not write every day.  In fact, I think it is safe to say that I barely wrote for the entire month of November.  I was doing pretty good over on livejournal; but than things got hectic at work and I had a migrane that wouldn’t go away for a week and so I basically just avoided the computer and tv all together.  I did watch the NASCAR races…because I didn’t know if I wanted to go so many months without watching Tony Stewart race; but other than that, I avoided TV.  I was able to read and write though - yeah, I get silly migranes.  Of course, if I can go almost ten months without realizing that I was having migranes, than I suppose continuing to read and write really isn’t a problem.  So I worked on my pen pal letters.  I still have a few more to go; including ones to Katie and Irene which I really want to get done.  Hopefully they will be done this week.  I’m actually enjoying not being on the computer that much.  It’s quiet and relaxing and I’m slowly finding other things to do.  This week will be about finishing the pen pal letters and perhaps even finishing the scarf I’ve been working on.  Yes, I am in one of those moods; though I really don’t know if it’s a mood or just me wanting to do more in life than sit on the Internet.

Some time this week, I also want to play Little Big Planet.  I love that game.  It reminds me some of Super Mario Brothers which I always loved playing but this is just as good.  I think I love the three dimensional part in the game.  It’s actually a lot of fun to run behind trees and than run out and swing from giant balls that look like swinging cheese.  I really did forget how much fun video games can be.  Of course - you do not want me playing Gutiar Hero.  I tried the gutiar but that wasn’t that much fun and I almost hit myself in the head with the drum sticks - and while I may have been in choir, I sounded like a dying cat as I did the vocal part of the game with Steve.  Yeah, I think my brother was seriously considering killing me so he didn’t have to hear me anymore.  Of course, than who would help him with his homework when he was having problems?  Yeah, I probably get to live a bit longer.  LOL.  At least until he’s done college.  Than he may try and off me if I pick up the microphone for the game again.

Well, I think I’m going upstairs and knit/take a shower.  Mom has extreme home make over on and it’s a subject that’s a little too close to home.

I missed posting here yesterday. I posted over at livejournal so I technically posted a journal entry, just not here. Things are hectic at work and while that shouldn’t be an excuse, I’m going to use it. Tonight I’m going to go to sleep because well, I’m exhausted.

Opps, I almost missed this day. Can’t have that. Of course, I really do not have much to write; but day two of nine plus hours at work have weighed down on me; and mom wanted to run to Target so I’m even more tired.

It’s election day; and everyone keeps asking who I voted for. But I slipped out the back of the library so I didn’t have to talk to the people taking exit polls and I’ve not even told the people I live with. It’s my personal vote and I really do not feel like sharing. I do think that tomorrow morning, we’ll see that Obama has won. But we shall see what tomorrow brings.

It’s 7:30 on Monday night and my cat just climbed up to sit by my feet. She won’t stay long; she likes to lie on my mom’s legs against her notebook; but she did come and visit me. She’ll want me at bed time. That I know. Cats are interesting creatures.

J.D. Robb’s new book comes out tomorrow. With money so tight, I was going to try and get it at the library; but there is a waiting list of 27 people before me. So it looks like I will be buying it. *sigh* I wish I wasn’t so in love with the books. And she has another one coming out in January. I wonder if I can get on the waiting list now for that.

November second and it isn’t an awful day out. I actually had hoped to stay home all day since mom was resting her back in bed; but I remembered that I had to pick up a book I had reserved at the library today and I also decided to run to the Grocery Store to pick up Kidney Beans for dinner and stuff for lunch. Of course, I forgot that Steven had my visa card and thus, I was limited to what I could get since I had ten bucks in my wallet. Of course, I decided to just pick up the Iced Tea I needed for tomorrow and the Kidney Beans and I will take leftover Chili for lunch. I also managed to get a bag of french fries for dinner tomorrow night so I don’t have to stop after therapy.

Anyways, it wasn’t bad out. It was not as warm as I thought it would be but it wasn’t as cold out as it could have been. Of course, there is good news now that it’s November - WaWa has Egg Nog. Muwawawawa. So I got to get my first of the season Egg Nog. Now, I won’t have that much since I’ve managed to lose four pounds over the past month without dieting or actually adding in any exercise. I’m hoping that once I can get some more money together, I can either join weight watchers again or try the Prevention Flat Belly Diet; but we’ll see.

Once I do get some money together, there are a few different ancestry web sites that I want to join. Since we do not have that many family mementos or even information that has been passed down, I’m having to rely on what I can find on ancestry.com but I do want to learn more and expand my chances of getting more information.

And for now, this second day of posting, I need to go start dinner since it’s five and I actually have to wash the dishes before I can make dinner.

1. My Computer…Desktop = clone; Notebook = Acer Aspire 1641WI.MI

2. Tap Water…Ick…it tastes like Chlorine

3. Mystery Writer…Elizabeth George or J.D. Robb

4. Sign of Winter…A certain smell to the air

Well, I have decided to do the month of bloggin over at NABLOPOMO.  It should be interesting to see how I do.

November has come upon us and with that, we are under sixty days until Christmas.  It does seem like this year, Christmas will be a more quiet family affair than most with more of a sense of doing things together as well as giving meaningful gifts instead of quantity and more homemade Christmas Decorations.  Mom and I are already looking for pine cones to create some center pieces, so when we do that, I will have to share.  Mom is also looking to re-enact the tradition of buying us Pajamas for Christmas Eve and only a few small presents for Christmas Morning.  That’s fine with me; considering I’m twenty-six and S is eighteen.

Well, for a starting post, this is short but I really don’t know what to write about.  I am going to have to try and put more thought into this since I do have topics that I will not write about in a public blog.

This year, my holiday season will be beginning on October 1st…or this upcoming Wednesday.  Over the past few years; okay, probably ten or so; the holidays have really meant nothing.  And growing up, that just was no true.  My mom always decorated for Halloween, for Thanksgiving and for the Christmas Holidays.  And as I’ve been taking stock of my life of late, I realized that I miss that.  After sitting down with mom, we realized that we both missed it and want to go back to celebrating and enjoying the Holidays.  So this year, we will start looking for traditions again and starting them up again.  To do this, we’ll need traditions; some old and some new.  While we have a few, the next few weeks will be spent looking for traditions; not only for the Christmas Holidays but for Halloween, Thanksgiving and even the ones after Christmas.

1. How long have you been blogging?  At this blog, I have only been blogging for about a month.  And if you look, I really haven’t gotten into the hang of blogging.  I have had a “journal” over at livejournal off and on for the past six years.

2. Any advice to beginners?  No but I’ll take some.

3. What are the good things blogging has brought to your life?  In the case of livejournal, I have made some new friends over there and find support that I do not always necessarily find in my life.

4. What would you consider the pitfalls?  I almost never know what I should write about in a blog and I think I really need to learn to be more focused.

5. Tell us about your blog name. Ever think of changing it? If so, to what? Why?  My blog name is i am who i am which also happens to be the domain that it is hosted on.  I choose this name because I think it’s important that I learn who I am as a person instead of what everyone else wants me to be.

6. Knowing what you know now, was starting a blog a good thing for you? Why or why not?  At this point, I do now know if I can answer this truthfully.

7. How do you think blogging, bloggers, or the blogosphere has changed since you started?  There are a lot more people blogging now instead of just keeping journals.

8. Ultimately, what would you like your blog to accomplish for you or others?  I hope that I can get better at writing by using a blog and also to meet interesting people from around the world and better myself as a person.

The past few days, my left lower back, hip and leg have been hurting. I really cannot describe the pain; for the most part, I can deal with it; but it spazs at times and I just want to curl up and cry. Last night, I was able to get about five hours of sleep. Usually I enjoy sleeping in on Saturday mornings but I was awake at 5:30 and unable to get comfortable and fall back asleep. So I got out of bed about quarter of seven and did some general things online. The back is not as bad as it was a few years ago. That was so bad I could not pull myself out of bed or off a chair without crying or taking twenty minutes. Actually, I am not sure that it’s really the back. Rather, I am beginning to wonder if it is the sciatic nerve.

I have been doing some work on this website but it is no where near where I want it. My current project is to figure out how to make entries on different pages on the site. I was going to work on that today but instead got one of my Pogo badges - the scrabble badge. Let me tell you, that was so much fun. Especially since I have such a difficult time spelling even the simplest words. But I’ve decided that it’s time to take the weekends and relax. I’m tired but I’m not tired; so I’m thinking of taking my knitting upstairs and working on it. Have a lot of Christmas presents to make and August is nearly half over at this point. Actually wait, it is half over. Darn.