Music Recommendation

 Here is a music recommendation for you! 

Oat Milk Latte by James Chatfield. 

    he is an insane artist. 

    for real though. 

NaNoWriMo Day #10

 Ten days through already :0 

here's my Thursday afternoon writing view! 

So far it has been progressively getting more difficult but it still isn't hard hard yet. We'll hope it doesn't get to that point during the next twenty days. 

Here are my stats: 

Word Count: 

18,075 (I technically should be at 16,667 today) 

35.33% of the way through. 

Average Typing Speed: 

22 words per minute 

Average Daily Word Count: 

1,807 

Estimated Finish:

November 28 

Thanks for reading :) 

Copycat Costco Rollups

 I made these for my cousin's birthday party and they turned out SO good! 

   All you need is plain, flour tortillas, whole cranberry sauce, cream cheese, lettuce, turkey, and Swiss cheese. 

mix 1/4 cup of the cranberry sauce and 8 oz of cream cheese (I also made a dairy free version with dairy free cream cheese for my aunt and I and it tasted really good!) together in a bowl and spread it evenly on about 8 tortillas. Layer on the remaining ingredients and roll tightly. 

There you go!

I don't know about you, but I have always loved rollups and these were so delicious for being so quick and easy to make. Plus, you can experiment depending on what you have, what you prefer etc. 

Enjoy! 

Delicious Doughnut Recipe

I made 4 dozen doughnuts for my dad to take to work last Sunday and here is the AMAZING recipe I used! It felt so easy and fast to make! Definitely recommend! 

Click here for the link!

Like I said, it felt so easy to make (and usually doughnuts are overwhelming for me) 

Also they turned out SO good and I didn't even have to make a glaze, just rolled them in sugar when they were still hot. 

All the guys at work loved them (usually they just get Safeway donuts) and so did my family! 

5/5 stars!

It's Crazy

 Saturday morning, I looked out my window and spotted what I thought was Aspen, our dog, just traipsing around the side yard (where she is not allowed). So, I got up and walked to my window and saw that it was in fact a coyote. It was just standing there, looking at our chicken tractor and duck coop. I immediately ran downstairs and told my dad who went out there with a gun. Fortunately, or unfortunately? the coyote ran back into the woods. We had been hearing some yipping for the past few days and I thought I had heard some howling a couple nights ago, just thinking it was coyotes across the lake. So that was a pretty crazy encounter! I don't think I remember ever having a coyote in the yard. Bears, yes. Lynx, yes. But not coyotes, they're pretty elusive. Anyway, this winter is going to be tough, so that's why a lot of animals are more desperate. One of our friends had a bear in her round pen try to get her horses the other day. Also, we had a raven murder a chicken in our coop, which is also fairly strange.

it's not a great picture but here it is

NaNoWriMo Day #5

 It is the fifth day of NaNoWriMo! 

    Technically, I should be at 8,333 words to be on track....but...

        I am officially at 12,474 words! 

I know that Sunday will be super full so I tried get a bit ahead. If I keep doing what I'm doing I should be done by November 20th, so that gives me ten days of fallback which is very relieving. 

I'm so excited and so far it's been very good! 

Here are my stats: 

Word Count: 12,474

Average Writing Speed: 23 words per minute

Average Words per Day (keep in mind I did nothing on the first day and restarted mostly through the second day): 2,494 

the Nano website also has a cool tracker so that when you update your words you input where you wrote, how your mood was, and how long it took. 

So there you go! Hopefully, I'll post every five days or so to update my progress and keep accountable! 

thanks for reading :)

A Beautiful View

 Today, at the library, I was able to enjoy a beautiful November view out the window while I wrote. 

NaNoWriMo

 I am actually doing NaNoWriMo 2022! I'm crazy. 

        If you don't know, NaNoWriMo stands for National NovelWriting Month, where thousands of writes across the globe write 50,000 words during the month of November. It is pretty insane. Obviously, it is quantity over quality so I am not using a W.I.P like a Nano Rebel and instead have started a new novel...well, I started one. 

    I wasn't feeling it so I started another. 

    3,336 words in, I decided it wasn't meant to be. 

    So I started ANOTHER one, and I think this one is going to work out. 

    Because I decided so late I didn't get to use any of October to prep for this novel (outline, think, etc...) so I am a teensy bit nervous. 

    Buttttt, now with this new novel, I actually have had this idea in my head, I think it will work out just fine. It is the prequel to one of my most serious Works in Progress. I'm very excited for this idea and I really hope it works out well. 

Study Tips

Happy Friday!

Here are some helpful study tips for high school students! By the way, I am a visual learner :) 

    1. Read over the test or quiz before you start reading/studying-this will help you know what to expect and what to focus on. 

    2. Take detailed notes on what you're learning-titles for every section (e.g Phylum Porifera) with a sub-title (e.g. Sponges) and then bullet point facts. I prefer to use bullet points because it keeps the notes concise. 

    3. Read over the notes every day! 

    4. Study vocabulary every day until you can recall it easily! You can use a column with the Word to Definition or flashcards or Quizlet or whatever works best for you!  

    5. Use a study guide if possible. This is a great way to prepare. 

An important thing to keep in mind is that I am a visual learner so a lot of these tips (notes, reading over etc.) are helpful for mainly visual learners. If you are an auditory learner, watch some videos, record your voice reading your notes and play it back, have someone help you quiz vocabulary. If you are a hands-on learner, recite vocabulary while on a walk or jump roping. Draw your notes out or make diagrams. 

Thanks for reading and I hope these tips help! 

It's Unofficially Winter

 Yep. We got a few inches on Tuesday. Weather is forecasted to keep snowing on and off throughout the week, and we're supposed to get down to 6 degrees. Autumn went by way too fast! 

5 Writing Prompts

 I love to write and I love to use writing prompts. Here is just a few to spark your creativity. 

• You find a book at the library written by someone with the same name as you. Intrigued you start reading, and come to the startling realization that this is your life story. 
• Someone you just recently met seems to know everything about your future life. 
• You are tasked with the mission to find an ancient key in a castle, all without the royal family finding out. 
• You just bought several items of clothing from a secondhand store. As you try them on, you realize that you start living certain life events from the people who last wore them. 
• You cook at a mansion owned by a wealthy and prestigious family. The daughter of the family wants you to teach her how to cook and bake. Surprised, you agree, but then you realize why, exactly, she wanted to know. 

Alright, that wraps it up! I hope you enjoy these as much as I do (four and five are my favorite)! 

It's A Monday

Here is a quote! It happens to be from Jane Austen who is one of my favorite authors! 

                                           "Without music, life would be blank to me."  

                                                                                            - Jane Austen

                                                                   I agree, Jane. 

Books On My Bookshelf

 I have so many books I am currently reading right now. I went to the library. That's my explanation. 

    A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass

    Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

    Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien 

    On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Petersen 

    Holes by Louis Sachar 

    Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

    Wayside Stories by Louis Sachar (definitely recommend :) 

    Keeper of the Lost Cities bk 1 by Shannon Messenger