Halloween and November

Happy Halloween! Happy November first!! Happy I-finally-have-time-to-blog day!!!

     This blog comes in three parts. These parts are going to be written in a reverse order from my intro. Since November is going to a crazy month, I think that this will suit my first November post. November is a nice time of year. None of my close friends have birthdays, so I don't have to worry about remembering any of them. There aren't any major holidays to have to celebrate. And November means Nanowrimo!! But more about that later.
     Part 1: why I finally have time to blog, and why I didn't have time to blog before. This past week has been all about getting ready for Halloween, and also I had another history assignment to do. We are now studying the Greeks, so we had to make a scroll. I must say that I am really proud of mine. I made the paper look old by soaking it in coffee and then baking it in the oven. This not only means that it looks nice, but it also smells nice. The message that I wrote on my scroll was:

"If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can't know better until knowing better is useless."

     I also put a sun, an owl, and an olive tree. The sun is a symbol for Apollo, the god of prophecy, and the owl and olive tree are symbols for Athena, the goddess of wisdom. I did those because my message is speaking of the wisdom of not wanting prophecy, or knowledge of the future. Of course, I did not think of that myself. It is a quote from the John Green novel Looking for Alaska. It is my favourite book ever.



      In an unrelated note to last week, I haven't been sleeping all that well, so I have been extremely tired. Which means I have been half asleep all week, and taking naps. Not good for blogging. Nope.



     Part 2: November the first means the beginning of Nanowrimo! Nanowrimo stands for National Novel Writing Month. During the month of November, the participants are to write a novel, consisting of at least 50,000 words. It's pretty exciting, since one of my life's goals is to write a novel. It'll be good practice, and it will show me if I have novel-writing potential, or if my dream is just a false hope. I'm hoping that it's not. But you never know. Anyway, if you decide to write, add me as a writing buddy. Of course, my user name is Dandelions-Fly.

     I have a good idea of what I am going to write, but don't ask me about it. Not until I am partway through. Just so that I don't talk about it, and then talk myself out of it or anything.

Part 3: Halloween! To start out, I want to say that I did go trick or treating. K and I went together, dressed in our death eater costumes. We were only out for about 40 minutes, but I've got enough candy for myself, and the stuff that I don't like for the rest of my family. I carved a pumpkin for at home, and also one with K, so that we could do our own when we were together. I only have a picture of the one I did for my house, because my battery died right before we did our pumpkins. Yes, I did the dark mark.

     We also made Halloween cupcakes. It was really fun. Ooh, extra large picture.

     Pet costumes are cute, right?



Patch didn't want to dress up.  :(

     Well, I hope you had a safe and Happy Halloween, and that you will forgive me if I don't post as often as usual, but only because of Nanowrimo. So DFTBA, and write, write, write my friends!!