tomorrow is an important day

I have, because of Ryan's encouragement, signed up for National Novel Writing Month (nanowrimo.org).

This means that, in theory, I will have 50,000 words of my first novel written by November 30, 2007.

I'll keep you posted. I need to write almost 2,000 words a day in order to finish in time. The clock starts ticking at 12:01 tonight!

just a quick word

i'm about to have to leave for work... but realized my blog has been sitting empty for quite some time.

we are living in "box land" right now--we get the keys to the new place on thursday! i am so excited. i love change. the weather has changed (we like to do things on the fly here in texas...summer one day, winter the next), and all of a sudden it's time for coffee.

enjoy the cooler weather. i'll get back in touch soon!

a few steps ahead

There she is.

The new place we'll be calling home.

No, it's not a halfway house. It is, however, half OF a house. But the important thing is, there is a backyard! And our puppy (you've seen the pictures. You know how unbelievably adorable she is. You know how much she will love her backyard.) will be in heaven. She's about to be a year old, and so this will have to be her "birthday" present. But I'm not going to geek out too much and throw her a birthday party. But maybe a Halloween party to honor her...

Now, I bet you're thinking, 'Budget Girl has not posted in a while.' And that's true; however, I must say that I have written quite a few posts that I have chosen not to publish. Why? Because they are borderline out of character.

I had a few run-ins with situations this month that I really did not like. Mainly just ideas that I disagree with. And I chickened out. I didn't post them in fear of offending someone.

But you know what? Maybe I need to post them. Maybe I need to let my contrary side show a little bit. My ideas about gay marriage, for instance--I feel very, very strongly that marriage is about love. It's not about a man and a woman. It's about loving someone else so much that you want to commit your life to them. So, I wrote a post about that. And I wrote about how people in the "real world" can make you feel small. Can make you feel inadequate. Can make you feel stupid. And that's just the way it goes. So maybe I should post that?

The whole point of blogs, after all, is to bring new points of view to light. Blogs are the alterna-media of today. They allow anyone to put ideas onto the table for any said audience.

So, I encourage you to always be open to new ideas. And if I happen to post one of my "contradictory" blogs, just read it and see what you think.

Maybe then I'll finally get a comment on this page.....

By the way, now that I've said that, maybe I should direct foot traffic to the blog I contribute to at Radiantmag.com. Click on blogs, then find the "going green" blog. And check out the main article on the site while you're there! :)