November Goals.

I'm doing it again.

I'm jumping in feet first.



I'm participating in NaBloPoMo again this month. I think the last time I did it was in March. And I was like - ohhhh nooooo - never again. But yes. I'm doing it.

My goal for November is to post every day.

One of my goals, anyway.

I'm in my tiny FB group and we're all encouraging one another and even if we don't get something up every day? That's okay. The goal is to WRITE again.

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Amazing Reads Gone Visual!

So this week's Amazing Reads has a switch to it. I'm slacking in the reading department this week, but I have loads of videos I've watched and loved to pieces.

So I figured I'd share some of them here.

It gives me an easy post, too. Heh.

What? It's the holiday season. I'm busy baking eating cookies and whatnot.

A friend shared this this morning and I was crying. Thank you, Conan. Warning, loads of language. NOT child-friendly OR safe for work.



I'm absolutely loving Kellie Pickler's new CD right now. Unfortunately the video has been removed ... ah, well!

Have you seen the WestJet video yet? If you haven't, please watch it. You'll believe in Santa Claus again if you do. Or at the very least in miracles.


Lastly, I shared this on Facebook earlier today. It touched me so. It's so beautiful. You don't have to understand a single word to appreciate it and find yourself moved.



* As I started wrapping up this post it reminded me of my friend Alissa over at Clever Compass who did something similar with her Best of YouTube posts this summer. So thanks, Alissa - for the inspiration to switch up from reads when you're not really reading... much.

Catch you all next week - and be sure to share your favorite reads with me - whether they're your own or someone else's - I love good content!

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I did it. My first #Vlog.

It's weird. Watching and listening to myself.

I'm a little freaked out, but I made a Vlog anyway.

So here it is. Wanna see me? Have we never met and you're just DYing to hear my voice?

Here I am.

In full glory.

And what a freakin' weird shot this thing froze on, no? I look like Popeye or something.

Bwahaha. At least I can laugh at myself. But you? Please don't laugh at me. Laugh WITH me? Sure. At me? Not so much. Please.

Have you ever vlogged? Link me up to yours in your comment. Or your YouTube channel. I'm up for following/subscribing to new channels for old or new friends.

Let me know what would be cool for me to vlog about. Any ideas? I'd like to try it some more but am clueless in this area.

So watch, comment, share your thoughts.

But please don't laugh ... wink wink!

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Happy Anniversaries!

So, today actually IS my anniversary.

My husband and I have been married for nine years. Yeppers, folks, nine whole years.

Yesterday my daughter and I watched my wedding video.

**Note to self, be prepared with extra tissues when watching your wedding video so soon after losing a close family friend. Sigh.**

Anyway, the child was rather intrigued with Daddy. Daddy in glasses, Daddy's baby pictures, Daddy dancing with -- oh, yes. Mommy!

Mommy, you have a big dress.

Yes, Yes I do.

It's pretty.

Thank you.

I want a big, white dress.

Oh-kay.

Maybe I can have a big, white dress and I can marry Daddy.

Hmph.

I am, of course, teasing. I don't mind the endless love she has for her daddy. After all, I have it, as well. I just don't - what's the word? - Glow from it every minute of every day. I don't run to the door and scream Daddy! when he gets home from work, though believe-you-me, I want to!

I love my husband with all my heart. I'm truly lucky to have a man like him who has let me sit on my arse for four-plus years, not driving, and yes, I am home with our daughter, but he could have kicked me into high gear and behind the wheel of a car before I was ready. I mean, if he really REALLY wanted to.

So, yeah, he's a bit of a saint that way, if Jewish people believed in saints and all. Which we don't, but just the same, he IS one. Totally.

And last night when I said Happy Anniversary before crawling into bed, he said something along the lines of -- Aw, man. The husband is supposed to say it first.

Huh? Okay ...

So it shows he remembered.

This is where I should have thrown a pillow at him. But I said, Okay, honey. Happy not anniversary. Or something like that.

And we move on to another fun year.

Also? Just in case you're wondering ... the plural in my title actually represents my 'hood here!

On April 10th, 2009, I clicked Public and opened my blog up to you peeps. I had been posting for like a month or so, but I was too nervous to do it before then. And here's a link to my lame-O very first public post: OK, I did it.

Pretty non-exciting, ey? But search around there - before - after - wherever you'd like. You'll get to see the young and innocent blogging version of me. I am pretty sure I haven't changed much, but hey, you judge for yourselves, okay?

And btw, just cause I feel like it, here's a picture of me in my pretty white (big!) dress. You know, If i had picnick all those years ago I might not have hated my wedding pictures as much as I did. Don't mind the #42 in the corner, it was a proof I scanned back then. And happens to be one of my favorite numbers. Which is a story for another day.


Thanks for listening ... Ciao for now!

p.s. I am linking up with Pour Your Heart Out today, because, well, I kind of just poured my heart out a little bit. Or, okay, a lot. And I puffy heart Shell. So head on over there, wouldja?

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Anyone else ..?

Surprised at how much they like this song?


I mean, first of all, I'm kind of surprised that I like Taylor as much as I do. She's not my favorite country gal, by any means, but I really like this song. Well, maybe I'm just a bit of a dork. Or maybe I'm not a closet country fan anymore ... and maybe I laugh just a little when I listen to it since, after all, she's only 19, and yet reflecting back to when she was 15, a mere 4 (yes, FOUR) years ago.

And yet, here I am, watching it for the first time. Well, I guess it's the second time, since I just watched most it before I embedded it in this post ... my first video, I never knew how to do it before. Thanks, Yahoo!

Anyway, if you're a fan, enjoy, and if not, well, skip over it. And don't hate me because I would be Taylor's friend. After all, she's BFFs with Kellie Pickler. ;)

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