NaNoWriMo

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm on my knees humbly begging forgiveness for waiting this long to post anything...
Um, never mind.
I participated in something called NaNoWriMo this year http://ywp.nanowrimo.org. It's a yearly program where everyone jumps on their computers and notebooks and try to spit out a certain number of words in just one month. The default (and mandatory in the adult program, to which you can find a link to in the kid program) number is 50,000, but my mom gave me a more realistic number for my hectic schedule (or lack thereof), 30,000.
I made it.
I wasn't sure if I would, but I did.
I got thirty thousand words written this month.

And here I am, typing more...
Speed practice, that's what this is, speed practice...
Never mind.

I meant to post about this earlier, but I never got around to it. If you want to participate (it's fun really, although it wears out your fingers) you'll have to wait until next year, since today's the last day, and I know that it's humanly impossible to write that many words in one day.

I hear they have a July program, I'll see if I can get a link, I had fun this go round.

I'm told that the July one is easier, as it's twenty-three hours longer (November time change, we have and extra hour that month), and you can start with an already started novel.

The book I wrote this year was called "Sew, It's a Quest" and is fantasy. It sprang from an idea my mom and I had to "finish the fairy tales".

I mean, did Sleeping Beauty really like the guy who barged in and woke her up from her peaceful slumber? Somehow, I don't find that a very good first impression.

It was way more complex than that, I found, writing this book, I'll post the first chapter in my next post ... as soon as I finish proofreading it.

I wasn't very careful this month, while I was speed typing, and a lot of errors got in it. Don't worry, there aren't too many. I should have them corrected quickly enough.

Ice Skating

Today I went ice skating. My first lap was all on the side, but once I figured it out I would let go for short periods of time. I never was too far away from the edge. I did fall five or six times, though. Ice skating is very different from walking.
Then we went to build a bear, they didn't have any giraffes, and I didn't care for the one purple bear they had, so I got a pink and orange one. I had the dress I wanted picked out before I had the bear stuffed. Since they were having a sale that made any bear/outfit/shoe combo the same price, I picked out a more expensive dress. The bear was a more expensive one, too. The dress is dark purple with black accents. It came with an adorable choker. The shoes I picked out are purple flip flops.
Then we went to Mimi's to eat.
Then we went to Joann's. Aunt Cindy got a teach yourself crochet kit and a bunch of fabric. I got a set of circular crochet hooks - still trying to figure them out - and two skeins of purple yarn. One will be for a scarf, the other for a hooded cloak that I would like to make. I also got some really sparkly purple fabric that Aunt Cindy's going to make into a shirt for me.

The Children's Museum and More

I am staying at my Aunt Cindy's this week. She took me to a children's museum yesterday. She got a few pictures of me being dramatic - like being eaten by a dragon - and of me in the dinosaur's footprint - which she wanted since neither Vannan nor Joel would sit in when they were up here. It was a really interesting place. I got an purple ooze tube and a small bag of pretty rocks for souvenirs.
Then we went to Mardel's where Aunt Cindy picked up a bunch of things that she needed for when school starts back up - she's a teacher.
Then we came home and waited for Uncle Tommy to come home so we could go to the gym.
After we got home I made spaghetti, which every one thought was really good. My secret, I season it my self - I don't use Ragu.

Math Trick?

I love math. I love math tricks, especially ones that are a lot more complicated than they should be.
Here's one I found the other day.
Take any two numbers from 1-9.
Multiply the first number by 5.
Add 7.
Double the number.
Add second number.
Subtract 14.
And wa la. You have a number with your two numbers as its digits.
In algebra this expression would look like this:
2(5x+7)+y-14
Let's simplify.
10x+14+y-14
10x+y.
So, it's not magic after all.

Grammy's Cake

I used to love watching Grammy decorate cakes. She helped me make one for Aunt Ruth one year.

This one I decorated by myself. I put a picture of Grammy decorating a cake on it.
I, for lack of artistic ability back then, gave her really long arms.

It was a surprise cake. They had to keep Grammy out of the office the whole time I was decorating it.