November Is Almost Done

It is hard to believe that November is almost done. What have I actually accomplished in the quilting area? I took 9 Dear Daughter blocks to India with me. I completed 4 and did all the stitching I could on the rest. I did take along some extra bits of fabric for broderie perse but did not get those done. So in the end, I did not get my November OMG met but that is okay.

Here you can see the progress. 
The next blocks will be released on Friday. I am aiming to get them all complete by the end of the year. At least that is what I am telling myself.

I am still in jet lag recovery. Some say it takes one day for each time zone to recover. India is 10 1/2 time zones away. So that gives me another 3 days. I actually slept well each night when I got home and was awake during the day. The grand kids all showed up and we had big family Christmas dinner with my husband's family. Someone shared a stomach bug and we are all moaning and groaning here as we get over that. Sigh. This is day 3 for me.

I have 900 photos from India and plan to write up a few blog posts soon. I have not felt like thinking for the past week.  

As for the NaNoWriMo, I got 25 pages written about my adventures in India. Not one page each day. But it is still 25 more pages than I had a month ago. 

I opened my Word program the other night and was reviewing all the documents in there. I have been using this desktop computer for nearly 4 years now so not a lot. I spotted a paper I had written 7 years ago on Dissociative Identity Disorder and wondered what it was doing here. So I read it. And by golly, I can hardly wait too get back into working on my Surviving Menopause book.

Blessings,

Chris 

NaNoWriMo 2018

I am off to India for 2 weeks for a ministry trip so I have prepped several blocks to take along with me. I have threaded lots of needles. Last trip I did not have enough threaded and ran out. My extra thread and scissors were in my checked bag. We will have a 15 hour train ride after we arrive with lots of time to nap, read, and of course stitch. My OMG -one-monthly-goal for November will be to get these 9 blocks completed. 

Also, there is this annual writing challenge called NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). You sign up and commit to writing 50 thousand words (about 1600 words every day) without stopping to edit and proof. Just write your next novel quickly. There will be time the rest of the year to get it ready for publishing if that is what you want to do. You have accountability partners and a whole bunch of guidelines. I have been talking about, thinking about, blogging about and planning about writing two more non-fiction books about my unique life experiences for several years and it is time to get off my good intentions and get busy writing. 

Tonight, on a facebook group I belong to, the discussion circled around doing the challenge and becoming "buddies" to keep each other accountable. I will be writing long hand in a notebook because I can do that on planes and trains and in my air conditioned room in the guest house. I am aiming for a minimum of one page each day for 30 days. I really like to edit as I write to correct all the typos, but will be using a pen and a paper note book. I can think better with a pen in hand. I will be off the grid for most of the trip so will check in at the end of the month.

Blessings,
Chris