What is this spider?

We found this little guys while cleaning today. He seemed to be just lounging around until I broke out the camera, then he started posing for us. I kid you not. Once done, he went inside the tool case and hid under teh zipper. Here are some of my favorite poses. Anyone know what this is?

Practice writing

I type enough each day. I was worried that I couldn't type 1667 words a day for NaNo WriMo... but now I am not worried at all. I have typed each night in place of writing in my diary and did a word count. Last nights word count was 2,600. Tonight's word count is 2,875. I am no longer worried about writing 50,000 words in a month... I am going to challenge myself to 100,000 words instead. I know I can easily get to the 50,000 word mark. I'll be a winner in 10 days at this rate! I could write THREE novels in a month! Man, I am good! Now, watch November get here and I've run out of things to write...

My New Home

The part that my husband (standing) is in, is called the cockpit. Right behind his legs are benches... those are the boys berths on the inside. (Nice legs, huh!) That's James sitting there next to my hubby. Hi James!

This is my new home! Our sailing yacht! I am so excited to get out to California and sail. The part with the two bigger windows is the main cabin. It's about 8' X 7.5' and the lower part with the 3 smaller windows (two on the side, one in front) is the V-berth... my "bedroom". I think the head is in that area too. The boys berths are at the back of the boat furthest from the V-berth. they go out around the cockpit on either side. I'll post a picture of that next.

Short term and long term goals

I now have true short term and long term goals. None of these willy-nilly "keep the house clean" "goals". Nope, I actually have a GOAL!

My goal is to write a novel. No I haven't gone off the deep end. I am completely serious!

Short term goal to this step is to write something that is 2,000 words every day. Why?

Because my long term goal is to participate in the National Novel Writing Month in November 2007. I figured that once I actually get the novel writen, I can tweak it to my hearts content. But at least it will be written!

I have always wanted to write a book and this is just the motivation I need. So, call me crazy, but my ultimate goal is to write a novel in one month.