January Goals

January Goals

My overall word goal is 120,000 words. So here are my goals for the month of January.

1. Write 10,000 words.
2. Read 2 books.
3. WriYe Blog Circle

I also plan to participate in the following challenges:

1. WriDay (1,742/2,500 words) FAIL!
2. 100 Word Consistency (1/1 days)
3. New Moon Challenge (000/900 words)

More challenges to be added later.

Return

I am returning to this blog, though I'm not entirely sure why. Maybe it is just to get my thoughts out right now. I'm not sure. I'll be editing it to add graphics and whatnot, but that will come with time.

I think the biggest thing I just want to get out right now is about books.

It sure is something when you go into the little library in your new town (which is only open 2 days a week and literally the size of my living room and dining room put together!) and you check out books. Not that I had gotten used to the "new system" (RFDI tags) a whole ton, but now when you go back to literally finding books on the shelf and taking them to the desk, it's a little bit of a shock to your system. I used to be able to run into the library literally ten minutes before work, snag the book that came in off the hold shelf, check it out and be out the door and to work on time. So I guess it's just a little culture shock.

The other thing about it is when you are sitting there reading a book that was entered in 2017 but feels like it's never been opened, it really kinda makes you think. Then you start thinking about the whole bookshelf of books you had. There were so many on that shelf I hadn't gotten to read yet. So many I was getting ready to read. So many I'm not sure I'm going to be able to find again.

I guess I'm a recovering book collector. I want to collect books but I don't want the clutter anymore. Yes, I have three books on my nightstand right now. All three are library books. At some point, all three will be returned. There's also this weird feeling when I go into my GoodReads account and see my "owned" shelf and those mixed in with the "To Read" shelf. I guess some of those books need to be put on the "To Find" shelf.

I'll update more here later. This is just kind of a rambling book blog post.

March Goals

So I figured I should probably do a goals post for this blog. I'm not entirely sure all that I'm going to put on it, but okay, here goes nothing:

1. Finish watching "The X-Files" Season 10. This HAS to get done this month, or else I have to wait until it is released on DVD. It actually has to get done before my daughter's birthday. That's when all the episodes disappear from OnDemand.

Currently: 2/6 watched

2. Read. I'm currently reading Deck Z. I've been reading it for a while. I just need to actually finish it! Plus it's a library book, so it will eventually need to be returned to the library. I HATE that I have to "abandon" books because they are due, but sometimes that happens.

3. Post here a little more regularly. Yeah, I haven't posted a whole lot in February, okay, once. I really want to change that. I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to post about at this moment, but finishing season 10 would help, that's for sure!

4. Keep up with my Bullet Journal. Yes, I have started Bullet Journaling. I actually like it! It allows me to keep everything all in one place! I hope to post about it soon!

5. Reread and prep for Camp! I signed up to do CampNaNoWriMo for April. I have no idea why. Maybe because I REALLY would like to finish SOMETHING! I'm going to be working on my NaNo from 2014 and hopefully finishing it.

That's about it for here, I think.

Perfect 10!

I know I've been talking a lot about The X-Files on this blog. Kinda hard not to when they have a 6-episode event going on! But two of the other things I "geek" are gymnastics and the Florida Gators! The great thing about this is that the University of Florida has a gymnastics team!

Here's a few cool things about collegiate level gymnastics:

1. They still use the old 10.0 rating scale.
This makes my little gymnastics loving heart happy. Now, not all collegiate level gymnastics still use this scale. For some reason, the men's gymnastics uses the new (confusing) scale. But not women's gymnastics. So this means that the gymnasts can be "perfect."

And this is what happened THREE TIMES this past week when Florida went up against Alabama!

Photo from the Gator Gymnastics Twitter: @GatorsGym

2. The gymnasts come from ALL over!
Point being: Bridget Sloan. She's a former Olympian and a World Champion! This year, Bridget's Senior, and final year as a Gator, is looking like it will be her best one yet! She's won EVERY All Around competition she's competed in so far this year!

3. National Championships!
Their National Championship is called the "Super Six." It's kinda complex in the way that it works out. Definitely NOT like the whole bracket system basketball (and now football) uses. But essentially, this is what it is (for the teams anyway, there's also individual all around and event specialists in the mix):

• 36 teams total will compete in 6 regional competitions, each competition consisting of 6 teams. They are chosen by their regional qualifying score. (CRAZY weird to figure out, but there are rankings involved and all of that too!)
• The top 2 teams at each of the regional competitions will advance to the 2 day National Championship. So from 36, down to 12.
• Two semi-final rounds are held on the first day of competition. The top 3 teams from each semi-final advance to the final day of competition, the "Super Six." And then it's based upon the cumulative scores from the top 5 scoring gymnasts per team per event. School with the highest total at the end of the night wins.

So those are my biggies about gymnastics. Oh, and speaking of National Championships: Florida has won the LAST THREE!

Yes, you will see things OTHER than The X-Files on here. Just thought I'd throw that out!

Linked up at #BloggyBrunch

Blogger Problems

Oh do I have a lot of them it seems!

Problem #1: Time! This is a HUGE problem of mine. I don't usually have a whole lot of time to post or make graphics or anything like that. I've found that if I can do it in small increments though, things go better. I've also found that I can schedule posts on Blogger! YAY! This makes things GREAT for me! I'm able to write posts ahead of time and schedule them to post.

Problem #2: Forgetfulness! Okay, maybe not forgetfulness, but sometimes I just "forget" I have a blog (or 2). But I've found that by getting social with Facebook groups and stuff, I tend to post more! It's like they hold me accountable in some way. Not that they are breathing down my neck "did you post?" or anything but they have challenges (like this #bloggerPJparty one) and things like that to keep me posting!

Problem #3: Content! I'm not out to change the world with my blog posts. Quite the opposite. I'm out to just share things. Maybe they get read, maybe they don't. I'm not really concerned about it. I just want to get stuff out of my brain! And maybe someone else will have the same thoughts as me.

So those are my top 3 Blogger Problems. What are yous?

It's a Conspiracy!

It's a conspiracy, I tell you!

I have yet to see the new "X-Files" episode.

There's a good reason for that. I had to go get the kids last night and then get them to bed. By the time this was accomplished, I was too tired to try and see if the episode was OnDemand yet. So I went to bed and decided I would try to watch it at some point during the day today. I knew that would be difficult because trying to watch anything that isn't a kid's show when any one of the kids is home is SO difficult!

Then I saw THIS posted on "The X-Files Facebook Page:

Yes! They had released it online for FREE!

So I sat down to watch it.

Yep, coffee in hand on my new computer. Now here's where the conspiracy comes in. Got through the teaser, the title sequence and was ALMOST through the first act. But the moment we see an REAL LIVE ALIEN on the TV, Shockwave decides to crash! WHAT??????

Okay, no biggie. I just restarted Shockwave, and went back to the link. After interacting with an ad (versus watching 2 and a half minutes of ads), I was able to jump back to just about where I was! Yay technology!

But then AT THE SAME SPOT Google Chrome decided to stop working! WHAT???????? This is a conspiracy, I tell you!

I guess I will go do laundry and go the grocery store and hope that I can watch it later on the actual television. Maybe the kids will play quietly somewhere in the house so I can do that....

Favorite Link Up

Today's theme for the #bloggerPJparty posts is "Favorite Link Up"

I haven't done a whole lot of link ups with this blog yet. Probably because I don't have a whole lot of content that's current yet. But I DO have a favorite weekly link up, we a couple actually.

1. California Bloggers -- This is a Facebook group. And since I live in California, it's perfect for me! Every Monday, the owner Gina, from California Scrappin' posts a round up post where we can post all our links for the week there.

2. Bloggy Brunch

It is ALWAYS on Sunday and is hosted by Hodge Podge Moments, Be a Warrior Queen, and The Petite Mrs. And the best thing about this link up is it doesn't have to be a current post! It can be ANY post that hasn't been linked up before! YAY! I totally plan on linking some posts from this blog up. Just have to get content going first.

So those are my favorite link ups. What are yours? I'm always looking for ways to get my blog out there!