NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month which challenges you to write 50.000 words in one month. i have decided to take part this year after seeing something about it on BBC Breakfast. I will also try to blog on a semi regular basis about how i am getting on. I have started well writing more than the average words per day needed for today ( average need is 1667 per day to get to 50.00. in 30 days). Whether this trend continues is hard to say but its a start. I did make the mistake of deciding to do this abut 3 days before had and spending that time pondering plot lines and main characters. I have my main character or at least the start of him, no idea on what he will face or how he will overcome if he does overcome or anything. Just writing day to day and using the time i spend dog walking with Dave to work through ideas and hopefully get some idea as to what to write that day.
I'm pretty sure most of what i write will be rubbish and that if i ever get brave enough to read it through and try editing it i will be there for awhile. However i feel this is something i should do as i used to be so good at writing when i was younger and i miss being creative. I'm not overly musical or arty, i could do jewelry with mum but shes so much better at ideas than i am. We shall see how it goes, i also want to do it just to see if i can do it, its like with video games I'm so good at starting them but i hardly ever finish one, i can currently think of around only 10 -15 games i have finished. it would be nice to finish even if it is rubbish, also by then Dave might be wanting to read it as he is being my sounding board for ideas and he will be curious as to how I've put keystroke to screen.
Any who, I've spent the best part of 3hrs today staring at a screen wondering about things to write, i now intend to relax and hope for random ideas to pop into my head that i may write them down for the future.
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Driving, dogs and Dave
Well it's been awhile and a few things have happened, some good and some sad.
I booked my theory test, took it and passed it :D I was soo chuffed, one step closer to driving. I'm now working on my diving confidence and hopefully it won't be too long til im passing the practical. We shall see though, not in any rush just so long as I do it right.
The sad news is that Jazz who we had rehomed from The Dog's Trust passed away at the end of march. The whole family was gutted, but we gave her a good year with us and she didn't have to be stuck in a kennel.
From this sad news does however come some optimistic news, we have rehomed a new dog from The Dog's Trust, this time coming from Evesham. Hs name is Bowie (even if he doesn't seem to think so) and we get the feeling he was not well treated before being found as a stray. His and english setter cross and he has a lovely nature when he lets you see it. He is however very nevous and anxious of people, sudden noises etc so while we know hes got a loving home, it's going to take some time for him to get the hang of it. I'm writing my blog downstairs just to keep an eye on him, i don't mind tho as every so often he comes up to have a nosey at me.
In other news, dave has been offered training with barnardos for thier summer scheme, unfotunatley they didn't offer him the job that is after the training. he still might get work if one of the other is ill/absent though so theres a small glimmer of hope. he has applied for a scholl position but i get the feeling it's going to be a who you know rather than personal merit type deal so hes got no chance. However you never know and hey may go for him, he has got best part of two years at Roseheyworth to back him up.
I'm currently plodding along at work, theres some overtime hours going at the moment and i'm getting a few of them which is keeping me busy. Currently on a week off which im going to enjoy as much as i can. Today is dog sitting day as i'm the only one in and we only had him on sun so still very unsure of everything. Plannng a lil trip out 2m with dave as a birthday pressie for him as im working next week when his actually birthday is.
Thats about it really, been playing wow a fair bit and watching csi miami on dvd. I've rented The Last Airbender to see how it compares to the series (i've heard not too well so i'm not expecting much)
Off i go then take care all
I booked my theory test, took it and passed it :D I was soo chuffed, one step closer to driving. I'm now working on my diving confidence and hopefully it won't be too long til im passing the practical. We shall see though, not in any rush just so long as I do it right.
The sad news is that Jazz who we had rehomed from The Dog's Trust passed away at the end of march. The whole family was gutted, but we gave her a good year with us and she didn't have to be stuck in a kennel.
From this sad news does however come some optimistic news, we have rehomed a new dog from The Dog's Trust, this time coming from Evesham. Hs name is Bowie (even if he doesn't seem to think so) and we get the feeling he was not well treated before being found as a stray. His and english setter cross and he has a lovely nature when he lets you see it. He is however very nevous and anxious of people, sudden noises etc so while we know hes got a loving home, it's going to take some time for him to get the hang of it. I'm writing my blog downstairs just to keep an eye on him, i don't mind tho as every so often he comes up to have a nosey at me.
In other news, dave has been offered training with barnardos for thier summer scheme, unfotunatley they didn't offer him the job that is after the training. he still might get work if one of the other is ill/absent though so theres a small glimmer of hope. he has applied for a scholl position but i get the feeling it's going to be a who you know rather than personal merit type deal so hes got no chance. However you never know and hey may go for him, he has got best part of two years at Roseheyworth to back him up.
I'm currently plodding along at work, theres some overtime hours going at the moment and i'm getting a few of them which is keeping me busy. Currently on a week off which im going to enjoy as much as i can. Today is dog sitting day as i'm the only one in and we only had him on sun so still very unsure of everything. Plannng a lil trip out 2m with dave as a birthday pressie for him as im working next week when his actually birthday is.
Thats about it really, been playing wow a fair bit and watching csi miami on dvd. I've rented The Last Airbender to see how it compares to the series (i've heard not too well so i'm not expecting much)
Off i go then take care all
Saturday, January 15, 2011
A new year
and i'm already worn out. It is of my own doing though so there we go. I decided before xmas that my room needed a good clean up, the easy solution would be to kick Dave out but i am rather fond of him so instead of doing that i've spent currently about 5 days going through everything and getting rid of all that i don't want/need. So far 4 black bags have gone to charity, a rather large amount of paper has been recycled, and 3 bags or so of rubbish. I was amazed at some of the stuff i'd kept, i mean did i really need my maths book from secondary school, nope. I haven't gone through absolutely everything as i'm no loosing my will to live, but i have gone through more than first anticipated as i decided a small rearrange of the furniture was in order so i got in the big cupboard thats normally hidden. It was hard work moving everything and my muscle keep reminding me but i think it was worth it as the bed is now in a better place for getting out of and it more organised so keeping it tidy should be easier.
Aside from doing that on my days off, work is back to basic hours and going slowly at the moment as not many people are about shopping. Other than that my driving lessons are back to normal and im getting there slowly. I'm hoping to get my theory test booked and done soonish and passing my practical this year would be awesome.
Not much else going on at the mo, just been playing alot of WoW now that i've got cataclysm and ive been going on the wii fit alot too, forgot how much fun it was. I am kinda trying to lose weight but im not going on some silly diet of doing exercise til it kills me, i'm just going to try to eat less rubbish and get up and about a little more. There a certain furry dog that probably wouldn't mind a few extra walks than she gets now. I'm never going to get down to the weight the wii wants me to, i haven't seen that weight since before secondary school so ive got no chance and i'd probably feel too thin then anyway. We'll see how it goes, as long as i don't put on anymore i'll be happy.
Well im off to try and get a trojan off my pc again, they always turn up a couple of days after i install antivirus software which is rather annoying. oh well.
Aside from doing that on my days off, work is back to basic hours and going slowly at the moment as not many people are about shopping. Other than that my driving lessons are back to normal and im getting there slowly. I'm hoping to get my theory test booked and done soonish and passing my practical this year would be awesome.
Not much else going on at the mo, just been playing alot of WoW now that i've got cataclysm and ive been going on the wii fit alot too, forgot how much fun it was. I am kinda trying to lose weight but im not going on some silly diet of doing exercise til it kills me, i'm just going to try to eat less rubbish and get up and about a little more. There a certain furry dog that probably wouldn't mind a few extra walks than she gets now. I'm never going to get down to the weight the wii wants me to, i haven't seen that weight since before secondary school so ive got no chance and i'd probably feel too thin then anyway. We'll see how it goes, as long as i don't put on anymore i'll be happy.
Well im off to try and get a trojan off my pc again, they always turn up a couple of days after i install antivirus software which is rather annoying. oh well.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Snow, christmas and all that
Well its been snowing most of the day so far, and we woke up to about an inch or so. The buses haven't been running all day and i didn't fancy getting in to work with dad and then not coming home again especially as mum and dad aren't back til mon. Luckily i have sat and sun off so i am not likely to miss too much work thankfully.
It does give me a chance to relax and rest before next week which is going to be a bit hectic as long as the snow eases off which they are saying it should do but then again they have been wrong before :P
Since my last post ive been mainly working or playing wow or watching stuff. My driving lessons are going ok although it has bee a month since my last one as it was snowing for one lesson and i had to reschedule the other due to work. I've got one on thurs hopefully tho :)
Watched a film called Pandorum the other night which was good. I was worried it was gonna be a bit too scary as im not a big fan of scary films even though i will watch them. However this was doen well and i could feel the suspense throughout and even though dave and i did guess about the major plot points we weren't entirely right which made a nice change to most of the usual stuff that comes from the movie world. I was also surprised by the ending, i really didn't think it would end the way it did but yet again i was wrong. Overall i did enjoy it, not sure its one i'm gonna rush to add to the collection but if it ever popped up on tv i'd prob give it another viewing.
Not much else going on really, daves applied for his PGCE and we are crossing our fingers and hoping. I'm looking forward to some family time over the xmas weekend and thats about it.
It does give me a chance to relax and rest before next week which is going to be a bit hectic as long as the snow eases off which they are saying it should do but then again they have been wrong before :P
Since my last post ive been mainly working or playing wow or watching stuff. My driving lessons are going ok although it has bee a month since my last one as it was snowing for one lesson and i had to reschedule the other due to work. I've got one on thurs hopefully tho :)
Watched a film called Pandorum the other night which was good. I was worried it was gonna be a bit too scary as im not a big fan of scary films even though i will watch them. However this was doen well and i could feel the suspense throughout and even though dave and i did guess about the major plot points we weren't entirely right which made a nice change to most of the usual stuff that comes from the movie world. I was also surprised by the ending, i really didn't think it would end the way it did but yet again i was wrong. Overall i did enjoy it, not sure its one i'm gonna rush to add to the collection but if it ever popped up on tv i'd prob give it another viewing.
Not much else going on really, daves applied for his PGCE and we are crossing our fingers and hoping. I'm looking forward to some family time over the xmas weekend and thats about it.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
One day i'll blog reguarly
So it's been awhile since my last post and a few things have happened, nothing overly major.
I'm still having driving lessons every fortnight and they are going well, keep making a few silly mistakes but i think I'm improving overall and its just a case of remembering to do everything properly and in good time.
Dave has still not had an success getting a job altho he did manage to get an interview even if he didn't get it, its still a good sign that someone may give him a chance. He did have some good news in that he was asked to cover for another teaching assistant at the school he volunteers at for 2 days so he should hopefully be getting the money for that soon. He has been looking into doing a PGCE but most unis want a 2:2 degree or higher which sucks given that hes had a decent bit of experience and is quite keen to do the course. I keep poking him to email unis to see if they will consider him. We shall see, there is an undergrad course for teaching but it would be the cost that would be an issue. It's a shame things always have to come down to money.
We have recently got back from a visit to Dave's parents up in Doncaster which was nice. We had a lovely time up there and went to visit Vikki and Mark while we were up there too, I'd forgotten how nice Domino's pizzas were :) I spent far too much while we were up there tho, mainly because we found out the new magic the gathering set had been released and we got ourselves some decks from that. I did enjoy myself tho so its not all bad.
I'm back in work on Monday and normality resumes but its payday Tues so looking forward to that. Also Anna is planning on visiting again next weekend as long as the parents say yes :) Shes left a bag of stuff here as she visits soo much at the mo. Got a trip to Cardiff planned for the dreaded Xmas shopping, if i start now i might actually get it all out of the way and then i won't have to worry about it :)
I think that covers everything, there's been a new patch in WoW preparing us for Cataclysm but i have a separate blog for my geeky WoW rambles :)
I'm still having driving lessons every fortnight and they are going well, keep making a few silly mistakes but i think I'm improving overall and its just a case of remembering to do everything properly and in good time.
Dave has still not had an success getting a job altho he did manage to get an interview even if he didn't get it, its still a good sign that someone may give him a chance. He did have some good news in that he was asked to cover for another teaching assistant at the school he volunteers at for 2 days so he should hopefully be getting the money for that soon. He has been looking into doing a PGCE but most unis want a 2:2 degree or higher which sucks given that hes had a decent bit of experience and is quite keen to do the course. I keep poking him to email unis to see if they will consider him. We shall see, there is an undergrad course for teaching but it would be the cost that would be an issue. It's a shame things always have to come down to money.
We have recently got back from a visit to Dave's parents up in Doncaster which was nice. We had a lovely time up there and went to visit Vikki and Mark while we were up there too, I'd forgotten how nice Domino's pizzas were :) I spent far too much while we were up there tho, mainly because we found out the new magic the gathering set had been released and we got ourselves some decks from that. I did enjoy myself tho so its not all bad.
I'm back in work on Monday and normality resumes but its payday Tues so looking forward to that. Also Anna is planning on visiting again next weekend as long as the parents say yes :) Shes left a bag of stuff here as she visits soo much at the mo. Got a trip to Cardiff planned for the dreaded Xmas shopping, if i start now i might actually get it all out of the way and then i won't have to worry about it :)
I think that covers everything, there's been a new patch in WoW preparing us for Cataclysm but i have a separate blog for my geeky WoW rambles :)
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
It's raining again :P
Ok so since my last post, i can safely say that the Abertillery Blues festival was fun and more successful than first thought, being in the beer tent was an added plus point :) and mum and i got nicely merry while we were there.
The abergavenny craft fairs continue to pod along with varying amount of success, there isn't one in September due to the food festival even though that's the weekend after we'd have a craft fair.
This coming weekend is the food festival and luckily this year i am only working the sat morning which is awesome. it also gives Anna, dave and i a chance to have a wander around and enjoy the atmosphere. i have never really explored the food festival so this year i might have a little wander.
Anna is with us from Friday night til Monday night and aside from a wander about town on sat there will be a lot of WoW played. She's got a gamecard and shes not afraid to use it :P That and its brewfest next week and she wants to try the boss for the first time ever and needs to level to do so. I'm sure theres a list of things she wants to do over the weekend and it could mean a few late nights but as I'm off sun and Mon i don't mind :)
I had a month break from driving lessons due to my instructor being on holiday and then getting a cold when he came back. I did manage a drive to pick Anna up in August which was fun with hints of terrifying. My first lesson back was an adventure as we just drove for the whole lesson, this confused me as I'm used to stopping and chatting about driving etc. It was also scary as he took me somewhere I'd never been before, we went down through Usk, back towards Raglan then back through Usk and back home again. It was a good run though and by the end of the lesson i had remembered that i could do it if i just believed in myself more.
My pc is back to factory settings and i have installed very little on it, just what i need and only 2 games at the mo. WoW is being run from my external as is my music collection. Not had any major probs with WoW and its nice to have a pc with little clutter. It starts up in a sensible time again :)
I have gotten back into reading again and my chosen place to read is on the bus into work at the moment. Its taking me awhile but I'm over halfway through Assassain's Quest by Robin Hobb. It the final book in The farseer Trilogy and it is awesome it just takes ages for me to read. After this book i may read something a bit more easy going just gotta pick something from the many books i own :S
I also managed to complete a game the other day - Professor Layton and Pandora's Box, i still need to find all the puzzles, I'm 14 short of having all of them but i might go do some later. It's been ages since I've completed a game, I'm contemplating going back to CSI Dark Motives and finishing that as i was on case 3 out of 5 so I'm halfway there near enough.
Think that's enough rambling for now, I'm off to try to install the ptr for wow to see some of the new changes, this could take the rest of the day
The abergavenny craft fairs continue to pod along with varying amount of success, there isn't one in September due to the food festival even though that's the weekend after we'd have a craft fair.
This coming weekend is the food festival and luckily this year i am only working the sat morning which is awesome. it also gives Anna, dave and i a chance to have a wander around and enjoy the atmosphere. i have never really explored the food festival so this year i might have a little wander.
Anna is with us from Friday night til Monday night and aside from a wander about town on sat there will be a lot of WoW played. She's got a gamecard and shes not afraid to use it :P That and its brewfest next week and she wants to try the boss for the first time ever and needs to level to do so. I'm sure theres a list of things she wants to do over the weekend and it could mean a few late nights but as I'm off sun and Mon i don't mind :)
I had a month break from driving lessons due to my instructor being on holiday and then getting a cold when he came back. I did manage a drive to pick Anna up in August which was fun with hints of terrifying. My first lesson back was an adventure as we just drove for the whole lesson, this confused me as I'm used to stopping and chatting about driving etc. It was also scary as he took me somewhere I'd never been before, we went down through Usk, back towards Raglan then back through Usk and back home again. It was a good run though and by the end of the lesson i had remembered that i could do it if i just believed in myself more.
My pc is back to factory settings and i have installed very little on it, just what i need and only 2 games at the mo. WoW is being run from my external as is my music collection. Not had any major probs with WoW and its nice to have a pc with little clutter. It starts up in a sensible time again :)
I have gotten back into reading again and my chosen place to read is on the bus into work at the moment. Its taking me awhile but I'm over halfway through Assassain's Quest by Robin Hobb. It the final book in The farseer Trilogy and it is awesome it just takes ages for me to read. After this book i may read something a bit more easy going just gotta pick something from the many books i own :S
I also managed to complete a game the other day - Professor Layton and Pandora's Box, i still need to find all the puzzles, I'm 14 short of having all of them but i might go do some later. It's been ages since I've completed a game, I'm contemplating going back to CSI Dark Motives and finishing that as i was on case 3 out of 5 so I'm halfway there near enough.
Think that's enough rambling for now, I'm off to try to install the ptr for wow to see some of the new changes, this could take the rest of the day
Friday, July 09, 2010
Busy month
well july is a month full of stuff, the first weekend, mum and me went and did the Friends of Castle Green summer fair. It was a good day even if i got sunburnt, that'll teach me :P
Work is keeping me busy and im doing the odd extra shift at the moment which i am grateful for.
Anna is visiting and a trip to cardiff is planned for monday, before that there is the abergavenny craft fair tomorrow and im working all weekend.
The following weekend, there is the Abertillery Blues festival which mu has gotten a table for in the craft tent so the 16 and 17th we'll be there.
Other than that i have had one driving lesson and will have another before the month is out. I'm hoping that i can get some practice in mums car soon as i really think it would help.
Aside from that i have been having pc issues. I got an infection that destroyed my connection to the internet. I gave up trying different types of removal software and just restored it back to factory settings. I haven't tested WoW on it yet but will do soon, that will be the ultimate test to see if it really has recognized my graphics card.
I think that covers most things, hoping philip can come visit again soon and thats about it at the mo :)
Work is keeping me busy and im doing the odd extra shift at the moment which i am grateful for.
Anna is visiting and a trip to cardiff is planned for monday, before that there is the abergavenny craft fair tomorrow and im working all weekend.
The following weekend, there is the Abertillery Blues festival which mu has gotten a table for in the craft tent so the 16 and 17th we'll be there.
Other than that i have had one driving lesson and will have another before the month is out. I'm hoping that i can get some practice in mums car soon as i really think it would help.
Aside from that i have been having pc issues. I got an infection that destroyed my connection to the internet. I gave up trying different types of removal software and just restored it back to factory settings. I haven't tested WoW on it yet but will do soon, that will be the ultimate test to see if it really has recognized my graphics card.
I think that covers most things, hoping philip can come visit again soon and thats about it at the mo :)
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