Needs a Title <---Oh no, it's one of *those* posts

One of *those* posts might mean that I just showed up here to ramble. Maybe. Probably. :)

I've been so focused on trying to put up coherent topical blog posts in October that I almost don't know what to do with myself now that it's over. I need a good random post to get me back on track!

So...how are you? What's new? Can you believe it's November already? What are your Thanksgiving plans?

Here are a few random things happening with me:

• I started Weight Watchers - yay! I've done it successfully in the past and nothing I was trying on my own was working very well. Already down 5.6 lbs in 2 weeks. Not bad! And I have lots of WW cookbooks from before so I'm having fun making lots of new {or old fave} recipes.


• I celebrated my 21st wedding anniversary! Woo Hoo! We enjoyed a lovely dinner out at a local French restaurant and my hubs gave me a beautiful bouquet of roses.


• My son wants to play on his school's basketball team, but he's never played competitively. I got to watch him at practice for the first time and was happy to see that he's got potential {which is handy since he's got the height thing going for him}. Needs more practice and confidence, but I look forward to seeing him play in a game at some point this season! Go Builders! :)


• I had my first freelance article published in a local free magazine {Dandelion}. It was not an article submitted by me - rather it was an assignment that I agreed to do and it involved a telephone interview plus some online research. I found it very challenging to write as I've never done anything like that before. When I had my husband read my first draft, he said that it sounded like a term paper. Ouch! The facts were all there, but it did not draw the reader in at all. It took a lot of work, but I got it to a point that I was OK with and sent it in by the deadline. It's kind of cool to see something you wrote in print. {Shoutout to Genny who steered me in that direction!} But it was also a privilege to write about an awesome story like that.


• I'm learning touch typing. Say whaaat? Well yes, I do already type but it's my own strange method and I have to look at the keyboard. It would be more efficient if I knew touch typing. My son touch types - it's crazy watching him type more than 60 words a minute. It just required my finally buckling down to learn it. I'm coming along quickly, but oh my it's hard for me to go through being bad at something for a while until I get better. And I refuse to cheat and look at the keyboard while I'm doing the lessons so that I'll learn it faster, but I do make a lot of faces while forcing myself not to look - quite hilarious if you could see me! I'm using this free site: www.typingstudy.com

I think that's probably all the bullet points you can handle for today! Tell me a few of your recent bullet points in the comments. C'mon, inquiring minds want to know. :)

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day friends!