First, let's get the writing thing out of the way. I got my NaNo project out yesterday and sorted everything I'd written into Back Story, Act 1, Act 2, and Act 3 (which were kind of arbitrary, but at least that way I can see what I have). I found that Back Story has at least as much crap as Acts 1,2 and 3 combined. So maybe I need a pre-story, so that I can set some things up before I try to tell the story that I was trying to get out in the first place. Is it overly ambitious to try for a trilogy before I've managed to complete even a short story? Oh, who the hell cares, I'm going to do it anyway.
I've managed to delete all of my dead husbands at this point, but now I have too many alcoholics. As Roni and Tiffany pointed out the other day on Twitter, dead wives are all the rage, so I may have to jump on that band wagon and work one in. Especially since I'm just not good at vampires, shape shifters or mer-people. I'm thinking maybe I can substitute PTSD for addiction in one of my characters. We'll see. I need to sit in a few more traffic jams to work this out in my head.
Okay, so now for Christmas. I have a real problem getting Christmas decorations going. I just hate dragging out all of the stuff, because it's just going to have to be put away again. Not until Easter, but still. On the other hand, I do appreciate me some fine holiday displays. This house down the street from our carpool friends is one of my favorites, because their Santa has a little of the Captain in him:
See? Just reversed. 
And I am not completely without holiday spirit at home. I have managed to keep this Christmas cactus alive for two whole years, and this year, it even decided to bloom!
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