2nd half of Nano

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Day 16 – 1,930 words
Day 17 – 0 words
Day 18 – 1,684 words
Day 22 – 0 words
Day 23 – 2,271 words
Day 24 – 2,706 words
Day 25 – 3,472 words
Day 26 – 859 words
Day 27 – 4,035 words
Day 28 – 8,902 words
Day 29 – 1,018 words
Day 30 – 0 words

Novel total – 51,025 words

Woohoo! I wrote almost every day in November, which is part of the challenge. I really don’t like having 8,000+ word days because I’m so far behind. Hubby is already encouraging me to plan for next year. I’m not sure if I want to attempt another historical. There are tons of historical facts that I made up because I had no idea. This may be a silly question, but did the Egyptian houses have windows? Details like these I just had to guess about and told myself I would do more research later. Like in January.

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Complete! Well, almost…

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I finished my 50,000 words just before midnight!! Woohoo! My novel isn’t quite done yet, but I’m happy.

I’m in the middle of writing about the passover. They still have to eat the lamb and the firstborn sons of the Egyptians will die. 🙁 Then the Hebrews will be allowed to leave Egypt. I haven’t decided if I’m going to end the story there or if I will continue until the Red Sea crossing.

I finished two days early after trailing behind schedule for the last three weeks! I’m really excited about having finished the challenge this year.

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Thanksgiving

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I am thankful for:

  • My wonderful husband
  • This past year of being a housewife
  • Time to study the word of God
  • The Sabbath each week
  • My health
  • Hubby’s job
  • Long Scrabble games

O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name:
make known his deeds among the people.
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him:
talk ye of all his wondrous works.
Glory ye in his holy name:
let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
Seek the LORD, and his strength:
seek his face evermore.
Remember his marvelous works that he hath done;
his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
ye seed of Abraham his servant,
ye children of Jacob his chosen.
Psalm 105:1-6

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Oh, what a day. I am so frazzled that I have no idea what to post.

My novel is up to 36,211 words. If I work really hard for the next six days, I know I can finish on time.

Dinner is cooking. Yeah, we’re eating late.

I still have to make a pumpkin pie tonight. Thankfully it’s a cold pie and thus doesn’t need to bake. Blend and refrigerate.

The house is semi-clean. I’m glad that we’re going to someone’s house instead of having people over.

Some year, hubby and I are going to host a Thanksgiving meal. I look forward to the challenge.

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Falling behind

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How did I get so far behind? Thanksgiving is in two days and I have to make a pie from scratch. Hubby has a dentist appointment tomorrow afternoon so we will be away from home for half the day. And I haven’t even done my shopping yet!

I’m way behind on my novel. I should be approaching 40,000 words today and I’m just over 31,000. Being sick really threw me out of whack and now I’m desperately trying to play catch up. I know I can reach 50,000 before November 30th but I have to write a lot every day in order to do it.

AAAGGGGHHHHH!!!

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Small healthy changes

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Every day, I try to find some small way to improve our diet or to get some exercise. Several weeks ago, I found a way to cook onions without frying them. Today, I wanted to see if I could cook mushrooms the same way. I tossed a slice of mushroom into the pan with my onions and cooked like normal. After the onions were cooked, I bit into my mushroom. Success! I think the mushroom tasted as good, if not better, than when I fry them.

Earlier this week, I made pumpkin oatmeal to finish off my first fresh pumpkin. It turned out well, though I need to use less allspice and nutmeg next time. I’m guessing the recipe only needs 1/4 tsp of each.

Vegan Pumpkin Oatmeal

3 servings of oatmeal
1/2 c. + 2 T. fresh pumpkin, cooked and blended (because that’s what I had left)
2 T. brown sugar
1 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. allspice
1/2 t. nutmeg

1. Cook oatmeal according to directions.

2. Add pumpkin and spices. Stir.

3. Eat.

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