Comments on: Back to life, back to reality… http://www.sixredheads.com/2006/11/27/back-to-life-back-to-reality/ Conscious Living....Deliberate Living. Deciding what I want to strive for and then setting goals to get there... "But the dreamers of the day are dangerous people because they think their dreams into reality with eyes wide open." Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:19:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Tia http://www.sixredheads.com/2006/11/27/back-to-life-back-to-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-4873 Tia Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:19:23 +0000 http://www.sixredheads.com/2006/11/27/back-to-life-back-to-reality/#comment-4873 Andy, 9K is great! Before nano it had been years since I sat and wrote anything longer than a blog post, and even posts are an improvement on how much writing I did in the early years of marriage/motherhood. I humbly suggest you keep next November in mind and do it then! I have friends who do their nano in other, less busy, months of the year, but the comraderie of several working at the same time sort of fuels the writing fire. How's that yurt project going? I really feel for a momma trying to homestead with a toddler and a physical ailment. Father Stephen, I like the post both ways :-) and the verse is a wonderful choice. Blessed me today most assuredly and when I'm blessed, I like to share loudly ;-). Andy, 9K is great! Before nano it had been years since I sat and wrote anything longer than a blog post, and even posts are an improvement on how much writing I did in the early years of marriage/motherhood. I humbly suggest you keep next November in mind and do it then! I have friends who do their nano in other, less busy, months of the year, but the comraderie of several working at the same time sort of fuels the writing fire.

How’s that yurt project going? I really feel for a momma trying to homestead with a toddler and a physical ailment.

Father Stephen, I like the post both ways :-) and the verse is a wonderful choice. Blessed me today most assuredly and when I’m blessed, I like to share loudly ;-).

]]> By: Fatherstephen http://www.sixredheads.com/2006/11/27/back-to-life-back-to-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-4872 Fatherstephen Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:05:48 +0000 http://www.sixredheads.com/2006/11/27/back-to-life-back-to-reality/#comment-4872 Tia, Thanks for the pingback and the kind words. I made a few changes to the text this morning that seemed like improvements to me. I think it reads a little more clearly now. Thank you. I trust Thanksgiving went well - ours was good - though a major portion of our time with family right now is caring for parents whose health is failing, and helping them make good decisions. But the thanksgiving is all that much better because we are so truly grateful to still have them. Tia,

Thanks for the pingback and the kind words. I made a few changes to the text this morning that seemed like improvements to me. I think it reads a little more clearly now. Thank you. I trust Thanksgiving went well - ours was good - though a major portion of our time with family right now is caring for parents whose health is failing, and helping them make good decisions. But the thanksgiving is all that much better because we are so truly grateful to still have them.

]]> By: Andy N http://www.sixredheads.com/2006/11/27/back-to-life-back-to-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-4868 Andy N Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:49:44 +0000 http://www.sixredheads.com/2006/11/27/back-to-life-back-to-reality/#comment-4868 It isn't official (as in I didn't enter), and it was just a spur of the moment whimsy starting mid month that only lasted a few days (until I ran out of time to 'borrow' from other things, like sleep), but I got about 9k words toward what could have been a NaNoWriMo submission, leaving 40k+ to go (if I even half thought I could have made a solid effort at it)... I amazed myself in even doing that much, as it is soooo hard to turn off the 'internal editor', which eats time that could have been put into words - and as the successful NaNo's say: 'get it written first, then edit it'. It was an interesting experiment. :) I wish you well in your effort, and tip my hat in your direction in being able to manage your time so well as to have time to be a mom, wife, teacher, housekeeper, house renovator, cook, laundress, blogger, and novel writer. Wow. Re: spell check - it's far from perfect, at least for those with an above average vocabulary. You have to consider that spell checks were designed for the 'average' writer. ;) I still remember going to the dictionary (Websters 20th Century Collegiate - the 5" thick volume) twice to check the spelling of words I knew the meaning of, and not finding them (back before I had internet access). This isn't to say that I know more words than the dictionary does, only that I probably know a few odd ones that the printed one doesn't have, and not surprisingly, some online dictionaries have them, when spell check fails, as it seems to quite regularly, even that from Word Perfect (verson 9 - this is an antique system). PS: and yes, I build, amongst other things. Thanks for the welcome, even if I don't get to check in regularly. G'day t'y'all as well. :D It isn’t official (as in I didn’t enter), and it was just a spur of the moment whimsy starting mid month that only lasted a few days (until I ran out of time to ‘borrow’ from other things, like sleep), but I got about 9k words toward what could have been a NaNoWriMo submission, leaving 40k+ to go (if I even half thought I could have made a solid effort at it)… I amazed myself in even doing that much, as it is soooo hard to turn off the ‘internal editor’, which eats time that could have been put into words - and as the successful NaNo’s say: ‘get it written first, then edit it’. It was an interesting experiment. :)

I wish you well in your effort, and tip my hat in your direction in being able to manage your time so well as to have time to be a mom, wife, teacher, housekeeper, house renovator, cook, laundress, blogger, and novel writer. Wow.

Re: spell check - it’s far from perfect, at least for those with an above average vocabulary. You have to consider that spell checks were designed for the ‘average’ writer. ;) I still remember going to the dictionary (Websters 20th Century Collegiate - the 5″ thick volume) twice to check the spelling of words I knew the meaning of, and not finding them (back before I had internet access). This isn’t to say that I know more words than the dictionary does, only that I probably know a few odd ones that the printed one doesn’t have, and not surprisingly, some online dictionaries have them, when spell check fails, as it seems to quite regularly, even that from Word Perfect (verson 9 - this is an antique system).

PS: and yes, I build, amongst other things. Thanks for the welcome, even if I don’t get to check in regularly.

G’day t’y'all as well. :D

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