NaNoWhat?

NaNoWriMo is apparently a word that everyone seems to know about.
That is but me.

OK, I do now.
I looked it up.

I used search.
I use search so much, I should own my own search engine.

But, I digress.
I have been checking out different blogs and people keep talking about NaNoWriMo.
And than I feel like a dumbass for wondering what the hell that is.
I figured out the writing and month part.
Thought maybe the No was for November.
So what is Na?

National Novel Writing Month
Ooooohhhh.

I will admit to my ignorance.
Not to stupidity.

Cause I just didn't know.
You can't be stupid if you are just unknowing.

I guess, you could be.
If you were told, but just didn't pay attention.

But, I was never told.
Therefore I am ignorant and not stupid.

So, what am I going to do with this new found information?
Absolutely nothing!

Not sure I could be classified as a real writer.
Ok, sure. I write this blog, I write articles for Bukisa, and I have a recipe blog I write.
But, I am not novel writing.

I see the funny in ordinary situations.
But, I don't know how to write a story about a woman in a high waisted gown who gets lost and almost dies and is saved by the down on his luck cowboy.

Not so it would be worthy of Harlequin, anyway.

So, I will leave all of that to the people that do know how.

Choices, People!

We have choices to make.
Big choices.

Chunky or smooth?
Wavy or flat?
Baked or fried?
Do I really want fries with that?

It is the world we live in.

It ain't simple, but it's what we got.

Everything in life is a choice.

From the time we wake up...

...to the time we go to sleep.

These are the types of choices I love making.

What should I bake for snacks?
That is a great choice to make.

Forget the HUGE decisions like who should be governor this fall.

That is so not a fun choice.
I rather like- spaghetti or chicken enchiladas for supper?

That isn't to say I don't vote.
Cause I do.
It just isn't fun.

And life should be fun.
At least sometimes.
Don't you think?

It shouldn't be all about working to give money to companies for services and government for services.
It shouldn't be all about saving for the future and our children's education.

There has to be some fun in there or what is the whole point of even doing any of it.

So, pancakes or oatmeal may seem like a small choice to make.

But, to me
It's big

You know why?

Cause it is all my choice.

It is my world and I get to decide and I get to be happy with my decision.

Wish I had my camera

I never remember my camera when I need one.

No, I don't have a cell phone with a camera. Why? Cause I don't have a cell phone. I am ONE of those people.

But, I usually take my digital camera with me. Just in case of a car accident and I need pics for insurance or something.

Hey! You never know!

But the last two times I went out of town, I didn't have it with me and I so wish I did.

Last week went to Knoxville to get groceries. Knoxville is another small town in Iowa, but it is big enough for a Hy-Vee and Fareway grocery store. And a Walmart.
Monroe just has a small grocery store with high prices so we go else for groceries and practically every thing we buy.

But, anyway we went past a Legion Hall and they had a big sign on the highway announcing their breakfast special- Shit on a shingle.

Can you believe that right by the road?

Amazing to me and Honeyman.

Can you imagine little kids asking Mom and Dad what shit on a shingle is?

And today we went to buy veggie plants for the garden.

Some one was hauling mattresses in a boat.

I guess they didn't have a trailer or truck so they hitched a boat to the back of their car so they could move mattresses.

Funny sight to see.

I am really going to have to start taking my camera with me.