It’s been a while, I know. An embarrassingly long while.

Becca turned two on October 27th. We had a huge party for her the Sunday before. It was great to see everyone, and Becca enjoyed all of the extra attention. The party was Mickey Mouse themed, complete with a Mickey Mouse cake.

A week after her party was Halloween. She was a tiger, complete with face paint. We went around to see all of the relatives, and then even trick-or-treated along the road I used to go to when I was younger. The residents who remembered me were pretty excited to see Becca.

A few days after that, we drove up to Syracuse to see the Imagination Movers. I can’t say enough good things about their performance. I think I had as much fun as Becca did, and she was beyond thrilled. The look on her face when the Movers came out on stage was priceless. She even had the opportunity to meet Mover Rich. After the show, we went out to Chuck E. Cheese’s for the world most expensive pizza. But we had a lot of fun with the games and rides. We’ll be going again soon, I think.

We hosted two Thanksgivings, one with my Mom’s side, and one with my Dad’s side. We’re having Mark’s family over (all at once) for Christmas.

I competed in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) in November. The goal is to write a 50,000 words or more novel in 30 days. I didn’t make it, but I had a lot of fun trying. I’m going to be finishing up that novel soon, as well as the one I started earlier this year. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you see it), the last half of the month ended up being a lot busier than I thought it was going to be. I was working on a huge project for a new client, which kept me away from my story.

Christmas is coming a lot faster than I’m ready for. I’m almost done shopping, with just a few things left to order, but I have another big client project next week, so I’m going to be racing to get all of my baking done. I need to mail out all of my cookies and candies towards the end of next week in order to get everything where it needs to be on time. I have several people around the country looking forward to their chocolate covered mint marshmallows..

I might not be back much between now and the end of the year, due to the holidays and a busy work schedule, but I really mean to start blogging more regularly next year.

If you are interested, I’m on Facebook, a lot. I’d love to connect on there…  http://www.facebook.com/margo.upson

Until then, Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!