Good morning! Come on in and have a seat near the heater vent. It’s a bit chilly and damp today. Yesterday was a gorgeous fall day but it began to rain late last night and hasn’t stopped. Let me grab a cup of coffee today or if you prefer, I have some yummy hot chocolate that I got for Anderson who is coming for another Harry Potter movie night tonight. I won’t tell him I shared it with you. Shhhh!
I woke up early today. I kind of slept all night…like from about 5:30 Friday evening until 6 this morning with a few potty wakings. I couldn’t believe the clock when I looked at it. Then when it said 7, I really couldn’t believe it because of how dark it still was. Pitch black. It’s now 8 and it is just barely beginning to get light out. I think the time changes next weekend so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised at the darkness.
It was a good week. I was without a car for a couple of days because my youngest daughter borrowed my car for work. Hers died. Or at least the transmission did and with the age of her car, the $4300 estimate is just not a good idea. She’s trying to find a solution but she has no savings because she just moved up here and didn’t have a job for awhile so she went through all of her savings. She’s also paying off school loans. Her dad may be able to help her out with either getting her a dependable used car or perhaps a down payment on something. Or she might end up using a Zip Car for awhile. I think not having the car made a lot of things easier for me. It gave me an excuse to not run around doing things for my other daughter.
NaNoWriMo. Yes, it’s that time of year again. I had decided not to do it this year because I have so little time. However, because I’ve done it for so long, I keep thinking that I need to try it. This will be year ten for me. Yup. It has practically become a tradition for me. So I will be attempting it again this year. I will also be attempting to post here every day in November. We’ll see how that goes. I can usually do it but this year is a much busier year for me. As far as NaNoWriMo goes, my post here tomorrow (Sunday) will, most likely, include a plea for help. I am going into this year’s NaNoWriMo with nothing more than a vague idea of what I will write. So tomorrow I will tell you what my premise will be and how YOU can help! Please come back and read tomorrow’s post!
One thing I really need to do on Monday is call the Elections Office. Oregon votes by mail. Ballots have been mailed out. Mine has not arrived. My daughter got hers almost two weeks ago. So I have to contact them and find out where my ballot is. I don’t want to miss voting this time around. It’s too important. Way too important.
I’ve not read much this week because I’ve been trying to read more blogs and leave more comments. That takes up my reading time. I’ve also been watching The West Wing, again. I just finished the entire series three weeks ago but I’ve started it again, last weekend. It’s just the right thing to watch during election season. I won’t get through the whole series before the election but that’s okay. I want to make it through to the debate episode. The Bartlett re-election debate. That’s a favorite episode. I’m currently near the end of season 2, 18th & Potomac.
What about you? How has your week been going? Do you have any plans for the coming week? Have you done early voting? Does your state offer it?
That’s about all for today. Don’t forget to come back tomorrow for the NaNoWriMo and November blogging update.
Have a wonderful day and a fantastic week!
#WeekendCoffeeShare is a weekly blog linkup hosted by Diana at Part Time Monster Blog. Stop by and take a look at other coffee share posts. I’m sure you won’t be disappointed. Maybe you want to add your own post. I’d love to read it!
I hope you get your ballet in time!!
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It is a little freaky not to have the ballot. I hope this will be easy to resolve. I always wonder about the super humans who write those novels in November…it sounds very daunting to me…don’t blame you at all for skipping it this time.
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I have noticing how dark it is 8 am. We have some nice sunrises but they last long enough to get a photo. Yes, you need to find your ballot. We both like to go to polling place. Have a pleasant week
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I guess you are better off than me, as I have no idea what to write about. Nothing. Zilch. Nada… But I have signed up…
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I am only a tiny bit better off than you. Tune in tomorrow. Maybe you’ll get some ideas.
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You have reminded me Corina I intended to do it this year but at this point I will probably leave it until next year. Like you I don’t know off the top of my head what I would write about. Good luck working it out. I’m sure you’ll come up with something.
It is interesting how not having a car (in your case) and not having feet (in mine) frees up time for other pursuits. Enjoy the freedom not to have to do things as I guess it will be only temporary that you don’t have transport.
That is a long time to sleep. You must have been very tired. Hope you feel refreshed now. Have a good week and thanks for coffee.
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Incredible it doesn’t get light until 8! Best of luck with the writing!
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We’re having longer nights in the Philippines, too, but we get sunrise by 6 am. Quite interesting to imagine it’s still dark by 8 in the morning. Looking forward to reading your posts this November 🙂
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Hope you get your ballot soon. We will be heading down to the polls in person on November 8th. But, I’m fortunate that Election Day is a paid holiday for me, so I get the entire day off. Good luck with NaNoWriMo! I just committed to NaBloPoMo, and it will be the 3rd year for me. And yes, my favorite seat is by the heat vent! 🙂 Have a great week!
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In Oregon, all voting is done by mail. I don’t like it. I would rather go in person but that’s not an option in this state.
I will be doing NaBloPoMo, too. I usually do both NaNoWriMo and NaBloPoMo. Kind of a fun challenge!
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West wing was/is(?) a favorite of hubby’s. I kind of enjoyed watching some of the episides with him… I think lately he’s been watching some re-runs of NCIS (or maybe he’s done).
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Good luck with your November challenges!
~Tara
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I didn’t know Oregon only voted by mail! Hope you get your ballot soon. Good luck with NaNoWriMo! I am 90% sure I am committing to NaBloPoMo but I am worried about not having enough time.
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Write ahead of time and “bank” add many posts add you can did those days when you cannot post. I also consider picture posts as valid in November.
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Great ideas, thanks! I did do a couple of picture posts last year for NaBloPoMo. Whatever it takes.
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Yes. I am getting tired of the morning darkness! Have a great weekend! Enjoy the hot chocolate!
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That’s too bad about your daughter. Hopefully she can get a break soon where things will start to get better.
My oldest son is doing the NaNoWriMo this year. He took a novel writing class this year and that is a big part of the class. They’ve been working and planning toward starting tomorrow. Have you ever published any of the novels you’ve written.
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Good luck with getting some ideas together for NaNoWriMo. I’ve never done it. November is a crazy month for me what with the end of year dance performances and last year and this year, our daughter also does School Spectacular in Sydney which is a huge production involving thousands of students. Our daughter sings in a mass choir. It is also heading into Summer here and things also get busy socially in the build up to Christmas.
Hope it goes well!
xx Ro
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