Is it my day to post? I don't know even know anymore. It's been a while since I've been on here. I'm so glad I've set it up so I get emails when this blog is updated because it reminds me I'm supposed to be contributing.
New Years resolutions? Let's just call them goals, shall we? I feel like with that term I will feel less guilty if it takes me a little longer to reach it than I hoped. These are in no specific order.
1. Fanfiction. I have an Outlaw Queen (Robin/Regina) saga forming in my head! AHHH! I did not want this to happen! I avoided sagas with my HP fics because I knew they were a lot of work and took forever to complete. And I really didn't want to go there. I still don't! But it is so exciting! And I don't think I can get out of this one.
Also, sidenote, I've noticed that with HP, I mainly wrote about my favorite characters - Remus, Tonks, Snape. But with ONCE, I write mostly about Regina and Archie. I love Archie, so he's the exception. But I'm going to have so much Regina stuff and I don't particularly like or dislike her in any strong sense. But I am very interested in who she could have been, so that's where the fics go. Also, I have a fic planned for the future that is mostly written from Neal's point of view. I don't even like Neal. I think he's a douchebag. But it's written with the idea that he stayed with Emma and they raised Henry together and then went to Storybrooke to break the curse. So, I guess that also kinda falls in line with who Neal could have been.
2. Novel. I want to fix up Merlin and then send it out and see what happens. I'm really struggling with this part where Arthur acts completely out of character and we don't really get a lot of insight into why that happens because the book is written in first person from Merlin's view. So, I'm struggling with making this scene not be so jarring. I don't want it to seem like it just happens because I needed it to, but because Arthur is actually dealing with a lot of crazy stuff Merlin doesn't have insight to. But I'm fighting with it. Once I can get through that, I'm sure the rest of the editing process will flow well. Maybe I should just edit everything and come back.
3. Job. I have a job, as I mentioned, but I'd really like something that pays salary.
4. House stuff. James would really like to get out from under the house that neither of us is particularly happy with. And I agree it's a good move for us to make, but it's going to take a lot of work/time/money to fix things up, and I really thought I'd have a real job before we did this. It's a good thing, needs to happen, but ugh.
5. Wedding stuff. The plan was for us to get married this Oct, which is still the plan. But with stuff and the house and me not having a real job, we are questioning if we should do the wedding in a different, less costly way. And we're not sure what that looks like, and house stuff is going to come first. So, yeah, we'll see.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Monday, January 6, 2014
My Goals Number Seven
*Scowls* Hey. Blogger. Why you gotta be making me into a liar and a failure seven days into the new year? When I know I'm gonna be super busy on Monday, so I actually write my blog post early on the weekend and schedule it to post automatically on Monday, why would you do a thing like say it's scheduled to post and then change it to a draft when Monday rolls around? Not cool, Blogger. Not cool.
I totally had this finished, saved, and scheduled to post on Saturday. I swear.
Anyway.
Happy Epiphany/12th Day of Christmas!
Yay Resolutions (and not just because I'd already typed and written most of these out for Tumblr)!
My goals for the coming year are seven-fold:
1. Reading
As you lovely ladies probably know, I keep track of my reading every year, and I set myself a goal to reach. Last year, my goal was 120 books, which I met, barely. But the sad reality of my life at the moment is that I am no longer working a job/jobs where I am paid to read a crap ton of books, like I was as a librarian and teacher of Story Theatre classes. Instead, I am working a job where I’m lucky if I have the energy at the end of the day to pick up my book. So I’m scaling back my goal to 100 books, 50 of which must be books I haven’t read before. This averages out to about two books a week, which is absolutely obtainable for me if I manage my time efficiently (which will be a recurring theme in the goals for the year).
2. Writing
I prove every November that I am fully capable of writing 50,000 words in a month, 10,000 words in a weekend, and, when pushed to the max, 8,000 words in five hours. So there is absolutely no reason beyond poor self-motivation and time management for so many of my story ideas to remain unwritten. Therefore, this year, I will write a story or at least 15,000 words of a story each month. If I meet this for a month in a timely fashion, I should feel free to write two stories. Six of these stories I work on must be original, the other six can be fanfiction. I have a list of short story ideas that is currently nine items long, and I have three unfinished novels on my hard drive, to say nothing of all my fanfiction plot bunnies. I want to significantly reduce that number by the end of the year.
3. Cooking
So, I’m a very timid cook. I have about sixrecipes
that I know I can make, and I just sort of cycle through them and
supplement with box meals. I would, however, like to learn to cook more,
and more broadly. This includes gaining confidence in cooking meats
beyond chicken and ground beef. This folds in with learning to cook healthier, too.
4. Money
I’m getting married in a year and a half. Two months ago, I drained my savings to make my portion of the safety deposit on this townhouse, which was a necessary expense, but it means that I have $2 in mysavings account
currently. I don’t make a whole lot at the moment, but I need to start
managing my finances better and putting money away for my wedding and all its related expenses.
5.Weight
I’m getting married in a year and a half. I would like to be thinner when that happens. I’m not setting a specific goal because I don’t want to fixate on a number, but I do need to develop an exercise schedule and then keep to it. I started doing that in September and did really well until the move, at which point it fell by the wayside, so I'd like to pick it up again. I’m getting married using my grandmother’s wedding ring, and my goal at this point is to lose enough weight so that it fits. Beyond that, I just want to live a little healthier.
6. The Book World
I realized the other day, while visiting the bookstore, that the Caldecott and Newbery and Printz awards are being announced in like a month, and for the first time in two years, I haven’t the slightest idea what books are in the running or considered to be favorites. Since I moved and am no longer working at a library, I’m so out of touch with the publishing world, and that’s really sad to me. I want to get back on top of the literature coming out in children’s and YA genres, in knowing about it, and in having read it.
7. Project Commitment
So, I'm currently contributing in some way to three blog projects. One, of course, is this blog. The second is a teen lit review blog, and the third is a blog adaptation of Persuasion called Only Annie. The first two, I submit posts and reviews to, the third I serve as a beta reader for, and as you all have noticed recently, I'm really bad about fulfilling my commitments in a timely fashion. I can and do make all the excuses in the world, but the truth is, any and all of these commitments only take 20-45 minutes of my time if I would just sit down and be disciplined about doing them. So I'm going to be better this year.
Basically, what my goals come down to is really the same common theme: I'm 25 years old. I'm officially an adult. I've been reliably told that you never really reach a point where you actually feel like an adult, but I can at least start faking it better! :)
I totally had this finished, saved, and scheduled to post on Saturday. I swear.
Anyway.
Happy Epiphany/12th Day of Christmas!
Yay Resolutions (and not just because I'd already typed and written most of these out for Tumblr)!
My goals for the coming year are seven-fold:
1. Reading
As you lovely ladies probably know, I keep track of my reading every year, and I set myself a goal to reach. Last year, my goal was 120 books, which I met, barely. But the sad reality of my life at the moment is that I am no longer working a job/jobs where I am paid to read a crap ton of books, like I was as a librarian and teacher of Story Theatre classes. Instead, I am working a job where I’m lucky if I have the energy at the end of the day to pick up my book. So I’m scaling back my goal to 100 books, 50 of which must be books I haven’t read before. This averages out to about two books a week, which is absolutely obtainable for me if I manage my time efficiently (which will be a recurring theme in the goals for the year).
2. Writing
I prove every November that I am fully capable of writing 50,000 words in a month, 10,000 words in a weekend, and, when pushed to the max, 8,000 words in five hours. So there is absolutely no reason beyond poor self-motivation and time management for so many of my story ideas to remain unwritten. Therefore, this year, I will write a story or at least 15,000 words of a story each month. If I meet this for a month in a timely fashion, I should feel free to write two stories. Six of these stories I work on must be original, the other six can be fanfiction. I have a list of short story ideas that is currently nine items long, and I have three unfinished novels on my hard drive, to say nothing of all my fanfiction plot bunnies. I want to significantly reduce that number by the end of the year.
3. Cooking
So, I’m a very timid cook. I have about six
4. Money
I’m getting married in a year and a half. Two months ago, I drained my savings to make my portion of the safety deposit on this townhouse, which was a necessary expense, but it means that I have $2 in my
5.
I’m getting married in a year and a half. I would like to be thinner when that happens. I’m not setting a specific goal because I don’t want to fixate on a number, but I do need to develop an exercise schedule and then keep to it. I started doing that in September and did really well until the move, at which point it fell by the wayside, so I'd like to pick it up again. I’m getting married using my grandmother’s wedding ring, and my goal at this point is to lose enough weight so that it fits. Beyond that, I just want to live a little healthier.
6. The Book World
I realized the other day, while visiting the bookstore, that the Caldecott and Newbery and Printz awards are being announced in like a month, and for the first time in two years, I haven’t the slightest idea what books are in the running or considered to be favorites. Since I moved and am no longer working at a library, I’m so out of touch with the publishing world, and that’s really sad to me. I want to get back on top of the literature coming out in children’s and YA genres, in knowing about it, and in having read it.
7. Project Commitment
So, I'm currently contributing in some way to three blog projects. One, of course, is this blog. The second is a teen lit review blog, and the third is a blog adaptation of Persuasion called Only Annie. The first two, I submit posts and reviews to, the third I serve as a beta reader for, and as you all have noticed recently, I'm really bad about fulfilling my commitments in a timely fashion. I can and do make all the excuses in the world, but the truth is, any and all of these commitments only take 20-45 minutes of my time if I would just sit down and be disciplined about doing them. So I'm going to be better this year.
Basically, what my goals come down to is really the same common theme: I'm 25 years old. I'm officially an adult. I've been reliably told that you never really reach a point where you actually feel like an adult, but I can at least start faking it better! :)
Saturday, January 4, 2014
Resolutions
Happy new year to all!
So, what will I change about myself this year? I guess there's a lot of answers to that, which I further guess is a good thing, right? I know not all changes are good, but that is the goal: to better myself =)
First, I resolve to get a job quickly after earning my paralegal certificate. I have an internship with the local public defender's office, and in the past, they have created jobs for paralegal interns who they thought have rocked enough to stay. I would love for that to happen, but should it not, the networking and experience will be invaluable.
Really, the resolution is more about moving out, and I resolve to, at least, start looking for a house or condo to call my own. This, of course, cannot happen without an income, which cannot happen without a job, hence the previous resolution =P It's not that I don't love my mother. I love her more than anyone in the world. But it's time to be on my own. It's time to be a big girl and stop being dependent on Mommy.
Third is working out. There is a sorely-neglected elliptical machine downstairs in the basement that Mom wants to bring up, and I resolve to start using it. I also received a Pilates workout tape for Christmas that I can't wait to start using. I want to make the elliptical and Pilates tape into a regimen, starting out with three times per week and working up to four or five times per week. I don't want to lose weight. I just want to feel better about myself. I feel like I don't have any energy, my appetite is screwy, I have no endurance, I've been feeling a little down in the dumps, and when it comes to heavy lifting, I'm next to useless. From what I understand, working out can help in all of these areas, and I am greatly looking forward to the effects. I plan on getting a set of weights and a yoga mat to help enhance the workout even more. That way I won't feel so useless and pathetic when helping people do things.
There are other things that I want to do this year, but they're not so much resolutions as they are general goals for the next couple of years. I want to take some sort of martial arts or self-defense class (I believe I mentioned a Jiujitsu academy close by) and to perhaps get my CCW permit and corresponding firearm. Maybe those things will happen in 2014, but if they don't, that's okay.
I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe new years eve. Be careful out there, too! The snow (at least up here) is getting a little insane!
<3
So, what will I change about myself this year? I guess there's a lot of answers to that, which I further guess is a good thing, right? I know not all changes are good, but that is the goal: to better myself =)
First, I resolve to get a job quickly after earning my paralegal certificate. I have an internship with the local public defender's office, and in the past, they have created jobs for paralegal interns who they thought have rocked enough to stay. I would love for that to happen, but should it not, the networking and experience will be invaluable.
Really, the resolution is more about moving out, and I resolve to, at least, start looking for a house or condo to call my own. This, of course, cannot happen without an income, which cannot happen without a job, hence the previous resolution =P It's not that I don't love my mother. I love her more than anyone in the world. But it's time to be on my own. It's time to be a big girl and stop being dependent on Mommy.
Third is working out. There is a sorely-neglected elliptical machine downstairs in the basement that Mom wants to bring up, and I resolve to start using it. I also received a Pilates workout tape for Christmas that I can't wait to start using. I want to make the elliptical and Pilates tape into a regimen, starting out with three times per week and working up to four or five times per week. I don't want to lose weight. I just want to feel better about myself. I feel like I don't have any energy, my appetite is screwy, I have no endurance, I've been feeling a little down in the dumps, and when it comes to heavy lifting, I'm next to useless. From what I understand, working out can help in all of these areas, and I am greatly looking forward to the effects. I plan on getting a set of weights and a yoga mat to help enhance the workout even more. That way I won't feel so useless and pathetic when helping people do things.
There are other things that I want to do this year, but they're not so much resolutions as they are general goals for the next couple of years. I want to take some sort of martial arts or self-defense class (I believe I mentioned a Jiujitsu academy close by) and to perhaps get my CCW permit and corresponding firearm. Maybe those things will happen in 2014, but if they don't, that's okay.
I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe new years eve. Be careful out there, too! The snow (at least up here) is getting a little insane!
<3
Friday, January 3, 2014
New Years' Resolutions
Hello ladies! Let's kick this new year off right. Tell us about all your New Year's resolutions. Or, if you're like me and dislike the term "resolution" or the idea of them being specifically "New Year's," share a few goals you have for 2014.
Also, just a reminder that I'll be putting together the final version of the questionnaire in about a week and a half. Please have a look at the questions I posted on Facebook and let me know if there are any you want added!
Also, just a reminder that I'll be putting together the final version of the questionnaire in about a week and a half. Please have a look at the questions I posted on Facebook and let me know if there are any you want added!
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
201...?
AAAAAAHHHHH. So apparently shooting your gun is how they celebrate new year's in the south. HAPPY 2014!!!
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Merry Christmas!
Merry Merry Christmas girls! Can you believe we've been doing this for a whole SEVEN MONTHS? Here's hoping we can continue on into the new year. Love you all! <3
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