October is here! Yipee! It is my favorite month. I mean really, it’s fall, high school football, apples, pumpkins, hey rides, and haunted houses. Could there be a better month?

As I look out my window I see my sunroom porch. It is covered with brightly colored leaves. Just past that is the tree weighed down with the bright red apples. The ground is also littered with leaves of every color and size. I almost hate to ask the kids to rake up the leaves, because I so enjoy looking at them.

I am really a fall type girl. I am more inspired and motivated in the fall months. I will be spending a lot of time in the kitchen from here to January. And outside as well at the many festivals and events, not to mention a few trips to the state parks to enjoy the awesome fall views.

But most of all I am really inspired to write. I am taking a creative writing class. That is helping me with ideas about my book that I started today. Yes, I am once again going for the book in 30 day challenge. I am going to do it. But I also have other projects and clients to keep up with. This time of year just inspires me. Other months I find myself not wanting to sit down and put my thoughts to paper, but not so in October. I will be putting plenty of thoughts to the paper, or should I say screen?

So tell me, what inspires you? Do you enjoy fall? What is your favorite time of year?

Well I feel like I have been in a fog lately. Yeah I know typical huh? Well let me tell you about it …

It all started in June with this move. I feel like this has been the worst moving experience ever. Monkey men packed me. I had a lot of damage to items that I hold near and dear. That threw me into a depression right there. I love my house, but there were a lot of little things wrong with it. The dishwasher was broke, there were mouse droppings in the stove, the window in the sun room was totally missing, and those were just the major things.

But we do love the house and we love where it is, so slowly but surely we have been working on getting our lives settled down. Our living room is no longer painted mocha and orange (yes you heard me, orange), The window has been ordered a second time (the first came in damaged) The dishwasher is fixed (as long as I make sure the arm in the bottom is firmly attached everytime I use it and don’t use the sanitize opition) and I am proud to say the stove has been sanitized with bleach more times than I care to talk about.

So three weeks ago the girls started school. We were so excited about it. One of the major reasons we choice Wisconsin was because of the virtual school.  We started on day one with no books. The assured us we would have the books on day one, but nope they weren’t here. They have trickled in, bit by bit. Yesterday was the first day we have had all our books. Yes in Week 3! And I almost went balistic if one more person said I should send them to public school. I needed support and none was to be found, except the great online support group for WIVA.

So for the first 3 weeks we have been making due. Kinda hard, but we have been hanging on, until Tuesday of last week. See we have been doing on the online lessons. They sent a computer for the girls. It made for a lot of printing, but they had even sent a printer, so it was all good, until it died.  yeap I said died. Youngest daughter was in the middle of a science assesment and it just went black. I tried rebooting it and it said boot with CD I even tried safe mode. No can do. They had to send me restoration disks. Got them yesterday, but you know this story doesn’t have a happy ending yet right? They were just copies and the last one was blank.

You hear me laughing right? It has been a comedy of errors. They are overnighting me another copy of restoration disk. I should have them tomorrow. Until then the girls have been using my computer. Hence why no one has really heard from me.

In the meantime I have been cooking up a storm. It has been keeping me sane. And I might add giving me lots of great ideas! I have made zuchinni bread, tomato sauce, white chocolate/dark chocolate cheesecake and chocolate angel food cake.

I am sure that I will look back and this and laugh and say oh those were the days, but lately it has just been frustrating.  Today is looking better, I have my new table being delivered this morning and a creative writing class this evening. The girls love it hear and the boy has a job and a growing savings account. Life is good, now if I could just get some work done!

Wish me luck today!

Well my living room is almost finished, but other than that I don’t think I have much accomplished at all. I think this move has sapped all my creative mojo I really need to get back into the swing of things. Get back to a schedule and back to work.

I need to find my muse and start to write. I am actually looking for a cheering section. I have thought that maybe if I take the novel in a month challenge that I will be forced to sit down and write. I am telling EVERYONE about it. Why? Well the more people that know and the more likely I am to stick to it. Think about it a whole novel in a month. 50,000 words in 30 days. Think I can do it? I sure hope so. My official start date is September 25th.

Why not now? Why not start right this minute? Well this week I am doing research for the novel. You know things like character sketches, setting research and the likes.

So that is why I am looking for a cheering section. You know people that are willing to tell me not to give up to keep writing. I know that writing for 30 days and that many words is not going to be the easiest thing I have ever done. I know that at times I am going to want to throw in the towel and scream UNCLE! that is why I am looking for my own personal support section. Interested? You can leave me a comment or email me. Maybe I will make an update list. hmmm now there is an idea. Whatcha think?

Well I am off to start my research for the day and to get things accomplished. I have to start using my time productively don’t you know! Thanks everyone. I know that I have some great supporters here with my blog! And I appreciate each and everyone of you!