Shambolic Living

NaNoWriMo – The Confession

Janine — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:38:11 +0000

Big cheers please, my friend Michele from Savannah Photography completed the 50,000 words in 30 days for NaNoWriMo. I’m expecting that when her book is published the dedication will read “To my dear friend Janine who provided the link (literally) to NaNoWriMo that enabled me to produce this bestseller thereby rescuing me from a life...

Writing The Great Aussie Novel During NaNoWriMo

Janine — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:33:49 +0000

Saturday 6.00am – Rise early to avoid the family. Sit down at computer. Write sentence. 6.05am – Dogs realise you are up, start whimpering. 6.10am – Let dogs out the front of the house. One takes off down the road. Chase after in pyjamas, asphalt pinching into bare feet. Fit looking blokes training for some...

Project 44 the Update

Janine — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:00:02 +0000

In a moment of pure stupidity I decided to publicly declare my goals for this year, my 44th year. Mental note – do not blog after a glass of wine. Now I would like it noted that I am not officially 44 yet so the project has not actually begun. I’ve still got nine days...

When the pressure’s on

Janine — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 19:50:47 +0000

I don’t usually struggle for topics to blog about, but this morning the clock is ticking and the brain is freezing. I’m off to the Gold Coast to attend Wordcamp a conference on using the web platform WordPress. Still a babe-in-the-woods when it comes to this whole blogging thing I signed up to go to...

The Family Meeting

Janine — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:33:03 +0000

I called a family meeting. The only item on the agenda was ME. You can imagine how well it went. The first difficulty was getting all four of us in the same place at the same time. Finally on Sunday night there was a 15 minute window of opportunity before I lost them all to...

Project 44 – The Panic Begins

Janine — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:48:43 +0000

It was a simple question. Yet it sent me into a tailspin of fear. Project 44 has been the most commented on post I have done so far, you can read it here Project 44: One Women’s Overcrowded Wish List and One Year to Do It All. It’s the wonderful plan I have to complete...