Last Day of 2014

Hello all! This is my last post for the year 2014. How exciting is that?!

It has been a rather tough year and I hope next year will be much better. I have some ideas for Upcoming posts, but mostly it will be more Empties posts and reviews of products. I really hope the coming year is better than the last.

Watch out for My New Years Resolutions post tomorrow.

Quick Update

Hello All!

I haven't posted in over a month. Real life got in the way. I did about a week of NaNoWriMo before I had to stop, but I did get a chunk of writing done on my story and fleshed out some of the background information. Maybe when I have more written I'll start posting it on FictionPress.

I've been pretty busy with ballet, church, and Christmas Caroling. I am not ready for it to be December. When did this happen?!

It's been a really hard time for me lately with several church members passing away and having to sing at a few funerals. I actually have to sing at one today. It's always really hard trying not to cry. I have a hard time singing while crying, so I have to be extra careful with my tears.

I have finally gotten a Twitter. You can follow me @darksunnygirl. I've been using it and tumblr more and more because it is easier to update from my phone.

Sometime in the next few weeks I will be posting lots of empties posts and reviews of products. Be ready for them!

Until next time!

NaNoWriMo and More

So, you might be able to tell from the title, I'm going to be doing National Novel Writing Month in November. It is a challenge to write a small novel (50,000 words) in 30 days. I haven't actually written any stories since 2009/2010, so I'm pretty nervous about just starting to write a book. I am hoping that this will get me out of the writing slump I have been in for a while.

Because I will be attempting to write ~2000 words a day, I will be only posting one blog per week in November. I will be using all my writing abilities for my story and not for my blog... so what can you expect for November?

1. October Makeup Empties... this will probably come later in the month because I think I will have a ton of products to discuss and it will take some time for me to do all the research I need for the post.

2. Walk to Mordor Large Update: weeks 44 through 50 or so. I'll also talk about my first year doing Walk to Mordor and how much longer I believe it will take for me to complete the walk.

3. a huge food pictures post... this won't be too difficult, so I might do a few of these.

4. an update on my NaNoWriMo at the end of the month.

So... that's it for now... look out tomorrow for another food post!

Walk to Mordor Update Weeks 42 and 43

Hello All! I'm back with my WTM Updates! It has been a really long time since I did one (July, if you can believe it!) and I'm here to bring them back, since I'm trying to step up my fitness in these next few weeks. If you haven't heard of  Walk to Mordor, it just means that I'm tracking my mileage and tracking how long it is going to take me to get to Mordor and back to the Shire following Frodo as he brings the ring to Mordor. I like the idea of using a fantasy world as a motivational tool to get fit.
As I've been trying to organize my posting schedule on my blog, I've decided to do Walk to Mordor Mondays, so all my Mordor and fitness posts will be on Mondays from here on out. My hope is to update every other week and the other Mondays will be days to talk about other cool fitness things like products and exercises. Here is my update from weeks 42 and 43!

Week 42

Starting Weight	Current Weight	Goal Weight	Projected Goal Date	Week #/ Day
270	268.3	175	2017	42/ 4-5

Date	Activity	Total Miles this Week	Beginning Mileage	Ending Mileage
7/13-7/19	Walk and Hike	17.28	520.16	537.44

Location	Notes
On winding paths, starting to head southeast.	This week (15th) was my one year vegan anniversary! I was sick this week (a hangover from the week before) and didn’t get much done in the way of exercise. It was also pretty rainy, so walking was a no-go.

Week 43

Starting Weight	Current Weight	Goal Weight	Projected Goal Date	Week #/ Day
270	268	175	2017	43/ 5-6

Date	Activity	Total Miles this Week	Beginning Mileage	Ending Mileage
7/20-7/26	Walk and Hike	16.48	537.44	553.92

Location	Notes
Reach another mountain crest. Turn Southwest for descent and walk along cliff edge.	Again, I didn’t do much in the way of hiking this week, but I did go into town in Hendersonville a few times.

That's all for now! Next Monday, I'll post another update!

Walk to Mordor Update Weeks 39 through 41

Hello wonderful people! Today I am finally updating my Walk to Mordor. I have reformatted the way I'm posting so it makes a little more sense to me (as this is mostly for my own benefit as I look back at my posts later). Remember that last time we had just left Rivendell.

Week 39

Starting Weight	Current Weight	Goal Weight	Projected Goal Date	Week #/ Day
270	271.2	175	2017	39/ 1-2

Date	Activity	Total Miles this Week	Beginning Mileage	Ending Mileage
6/22-6/28	Walk and Hike	20.25	463.43	483.68

Location	Notes
At the Ford of Brúinen, turn south on ‘narrow paths among folded lands’. Continue walking through empty country. Barren and rough.	I walked over 20 miles this week, partly because we are in NC and hiking.

Week 40

Starting Weight	Current Weight	Goal Weight	Projected Goal Date	Week #/ Day
270	268.9	175	2017	40/2

Date	Activity	Total Miles this Week	Beginning Mileage	Ending Mileage
6/29-7/5	Walk and Hike	17.08	483.68	500.76

Location

Notes

Still in the rough and barren empty countryside, a small stream is crossed. Sleeping during the day and walking at night.

I hit 500 miles! I can now sing the song “I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more just to be the man that walked 1000 miles to fall down at your door”. I find it terribly exciting to know that I have hiked over 500 miles in under a year. This is why I decided to do this challenge: to find out what I can really do! I hiked some more this week as well as went shopping for groceries and clothes.

Week 41

Starting Weight	Current Weight	Goal Weight	Projected Goal Date	Week #/ Day
270	268.3	175	2017	41/2-4

Date	Activity	Total Miles this Week	Beginning Mileage	Ending Mileage
7/6-7/12	Walk and Hike	19.40	500.76	520.16

Location	Notes
Still walking at night and sleeping during the day, find a small stream and follow it west.	I hiked once this week, but mostly I lay in bed ill, so I think I did pretty well to have walked almost 20 miles. We were at Kanuga this week, so I had to walk a lot just to get up to eat food.

Because I am doing my trip posts since I am still in NC, you can check out a more detailed day to day log of what I've been doing. I hope you enjoyed this post!

Little Update

I'm spending a week without WiFi, so I'm not going to be posting like I have been everyday. I will continue posting pictures from my trip and mordor updates when I get Wi-Fi again next week. Until then, have a great day!