Daily Dose of Lacey

1/21/2015

A Memory-filled Day

Happy Birthday! Today would have been my mother's birthday! It is days like today when I like to remember all the happy memories I was lucky enough to share with her. She was such a great role model for me growing up. It was from her where I learned to have a sense of humor, be an independent woman and to be upfront with people when you need to be. She was never without a smile on her face. My mother was my best friend. I looked forward to chatting with her and my father everyday. In college,...

1/20/2015

Hi.....(she says sheepishly after months of no posts)

Hello readers....if there are any at this point. It has been AGES since I have written, consider this my apology. After finishing NaNoWriMo and writing daily at work, my brain was entirely fried, burnt out – useless! But, now I am sort of better. I'm as good now as I will ever be again I suppose. Let me share a bit of what I have been up to since I have last posted! I celebrated Christmas! It was me and my fiances first Christmas in our new home, and it was awesome! We spent Christmas day baking cookies...

11/19/2014

NaNoWriMo: what week am I even on?

Okay, so much writing...can't form full sentences for blog post.....look at picture. But in all seriousness, this is the first time during this challenge that I have actually started to doubt things. Why am I doing this? How am I going to finish this? Etc. Here's how I have gotten through: • I opened my favorite modern women's literature books and thought about how cool it would be to say I finished a whole novel, in my free time.• I went to social media and found others participating in NaNoWriMo and saw or even chatted with them about their progress. • I...

11/11/2014

NaNoWriMo Week 2!

Hello friends! I have been going full force on my novel writing project. And, it has been going well. I am almost to the halfway goal for NaNoWriMo. Editing: I haven't been stopping to reread or edit too much which surprises me. With my writing at work I am constantly stopping to check my work and edit as I go along. That's the one thing I've found bout this experience; you don't have time to stop and edit if you want to achieve the word count goal. Planning:I did a lot of research, planning and outlining in the months leading up to November...

11/06/2014

Sorry, not sorry. Less than 50 days..

Well, it's that time of year.. I've waited as long as I could but I cannot contain myself anymore. My true colors are about to come out and I'm not even sorry. Here goes....ITS ALMOST CHRISTMAS TIME!Turn on Hallmark channel because they have their heads in the game already too! Next weekend our town hosts a holiday sampler, complete with hot chocolate, trolley rides, Santa and wooden cutouts of carolers who brave the winter weather 24/7 during the holiday season. This year I will be going all out for holiday sampler (photos will be included later)So tell me, are you...

11/04/2014

So much writing!!

I am a proud writer right now! My brain is friend but I am past my goal of 5k words... Check it out! Now just 45,000 to go this month! ...

11/04/2014

NaNoWriMo: Week 1

I'm four days into my first attempt at NaNoWriMo. (If you don't know what that is you can read about it here) My title is chosen, my chapters have been drafted and the writing has begun. I am sharing this with you so that way I will be held accountable for writing a little bit everyday! Is anyone else participating in NaNoWriMo? ...