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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

House Ownership

Today my husband and I bought our first house! We've been married for a little over a year and have been doing our best to save our money, but it hasn't been easy since my husband lost his job earlier in the year and has just recently gotten another one that doesn't pay as well but he's at least getting decent hours, unlike me.
I have a job right now, but it's part-time and I'm not getting as many hours as I thought I would be. We're doing alright now, but it will be tight for a while so I'm looking for a second job.
But back to the buying the house part. After we got the keys to the house we went looking for furniture and found a nice dining room table and chairs set at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore for $100. I also found a nice computer desk at Salvation Army. We took the furniture to the house and since there's actually furniture in the house it feels more like ours. We are going to start packing soon and hope to have most of our stuff moved in by the end of next week.

NaNoWriMo

Alright, so it's taken me a bit longer to post this than I thought.
NaNoWriMo had me officially beat. This was my first year participating and I thought I would be able to write as I went along since I forgot about NaNo until about a week before it started. Writing this way worked for a while, but I learned that I'm more of a planner when it comes to my stories. I especially didn't succeed because I was busier in November than I originally thought I would be. I tried my best to write everyday, but I ended up thinking about my story more often than writing. I only ended up with around 16,000 words, but I plan on continuing with this story but at my own pace. I plan to participate next year but I will plan the story more throughout the year and hope that I won't be as busy so I can write everyday and meet the word goal.