Embrace Imperfection.

Today (and every day so far) I've been working on my Nanowrimo Novel. I just reached 5,000 words. I made my goal for today. But I started on Nov. 2, not the first, so I'm still 1,667 words behind more or less. http://www.nanowrimo.com.

I'm also making sourdough bread. It's a day long project. But while it's rising I do other things, so it's not so bad. Like I ran to the fabric store to pick out fabric for 2 aprons I'm making for Christmas presents. See my cooking blog here for more about the bread: http://witcherycookery.blogspot.com/

I also worked on the Evony game, building my 2 cities. I just check in long enough to make sure something is always building. Sometimes things like walls take 16 hours to build. The game continues on in real time whether I'm watching it or not.

And I'm reading a novel. So that right there was my day in a nutshell.

First of all I want to share some funny photos of a bear I found on Twitter. http://www.wolaver.org/Humor/bear.htm

I'm cleaning off my desk today. The clutter seems to be mostly hair doo-dads, notes that are outdated, and craft supplies of things I must have been working on in front of the computer. Of course I do my hair in the bathroom, not in the bedroom, so when I go to fix my hair I wonder where all the hair doo-dads have gone.

I have various names on Twitter. Feel free to follow any or all of them: RedQuill, Zenchantress, Hypnolove, RaksGothique, wicked_dove, and Iusedtodomagic, to name a few. The funny thing is I don't even like Twitter that much, I just like making names.

The post wouldn't be complete w/o some photos I've taken recently.

So here goes.

miniature pink roses

apple head witch 2

tomatoes

I can tell I painted today because my hands ache. Still, it was worth it. It was satisfying in a way that wasn't fattening.

Today I had a new idea for a crochet project. I got the crochet part finished, but now I need the doll eyes for it before I put all the stuffing in it and sew up the bottom.  I've tripped over that bin 100 times. It is a clear bin with a blue green lid. It was sitting in my living room for months. Now I can't find it.  Did I bury it? Move it to a more logical spot? Leave it at the archery range? Or is it sitting right there and I'm suffering from temporary blindness?

Update: Yay, I found it. It was on a chair but buried under some pillows. My critters morphed into owls. I'll show you via photos or you could see them at http://www.tweetersandhooters.etsy.com.

At first I thought Twitter was a pretty good idea.  It was fun for awhile. But now most of the names that try to follow me are here to sell something. I like followers that talk about their life.  Share stuff about their pets. Give me a part of what's going on in their life. But many of those people seem to have left Twitter.  Now it's people selling seminars, memberships, cruises, or endless streams of quotes, or some such. But if you want to follow me and you are a real person on Twitter, my twitter names are Zenchantress or wicked_dove. I'll follow you back if you tell me you are from VOX.

wallop looking adorable

I haven't been able to post here at all with microsoft windows xp so my bf suggested I try Firefox, and it seems to be working. Can't figure out why though. I'm glad he thought of it. 

Here it is the day after Thanksgiving and I just realized I didn't take a single photo on Thanksgiving Day. My boyfriend made almost the entire meal. We even had oyster dressing this year.

Anyway, we are off to go to a bike shop to look at tires from my boyfriend's recently acquired track bike. I'm taking the camera along because it's a beautiful cloudy day in S. California.

 Update: The strip mall we were in didn't have much I felt like pointing my camera at, but I hate to come home empty handed so here are a few.  See how tired I look? I need a nap.

I was invited to an online game call Second Life two weeks ago, and I haven't stopped playing since. Way cool lotsa fun though. But the rest of my life misses me. I need to see if there are any Second Life groups on VOX.