15: Halfway there!

I must say I’m slightly impressed with myself for managing to make it to the halfway point for NaBloPoMo. Of course, I think about half of the posts I’ve written have been pretty sub-par as far as quality writing goes… Luckily, the purpose of NaBlo isn’t to pound out 30 GOOD posts…just 30 posts, one per day. It’s about getting into the routine.

We’ll see if I manage to start posting more consistently after this whole thing’s over, though.

Anyway, speaking of being halfway there, I spent some time this weekend making the earrings for my Truth Tuesday winners — something I should’ve done weeks ago. Out of the four pairs I need to make, I got two done (hence, the halfway trend of this post). The other two, unfortunately, will have to wait because I don’t have the right materials for them. There is a bead show in a few weeks, so I’ll stock up then and hopefully get these things finished before Christmas. But I’m pretty happy with the way these first two pairs of earrings have turned out, and I might just make a bunch of each of them and see how they fare in my Etsy shop. I guess maybe I’ll see how the winners feel — maybe they don’t want anyone else wearing their earrings, eh?

And on another “halfway” note: Have I mentioned yet that HALF of the couples in our small group are “expecting” right now? Joe and I went to a baby shower today for one of them, and there are two more who will be having showers soon, too. All three are expecting within the next two or three months, I think. Talk about a baby boom, right? (Don’t worry — we’re NOT getting any crazy ideas over here. Not for another couple of years, most likely.) But it’s exciting to have a group of friends who are all getting to share their experience with each other, and I’m looking forward to holding some babies.

I can’t think of any more half-type things to write about, so I’ll call that a good excuse to end this one and go play with some more beads. Hooray!