 1.It’s the last week of October on Totes Awesome Channel, which means it’s free topic week! Youtube Link We normally use free topic weeks to catch our viewers up on what’s going on in our lives. Nothing exciting is going on with mine so in my vlog, I bullet list what’s going on in the 4 other corners of our channel (half marathons, wedding attendance, international visit with boyfriend, and baby). The most exciting thing I have going on right now is my dog and cooking at home. Oh, and I’m going to the Texas Renaissance Festival this weekend with two girlfriends who I miss incredibly. I closed by saying I can’t even say I want a more exciting life. I’m pretty happy. 2. I have one more week til Race for the Cure. I’ve raised $380 towards my goal of $500. (Thanks to a lot of you! ) If you’re just tuning in, care to spare me a few dollars towards raising money for breast cancer research? I’d be so grateful. 3.Truth: I’m not sure how to budget Christmas this year. Thinking cap is on. 4. I signed up for my first blogger swap event. It’s hosted by Austin Food Bloggers Alliance and we’ll be swapping with members of Boston Food Bloggers. I wonder what I should send my Boston person? Texas barbecue sauce? 5. I participated in this world wide art project called the Sketchbook Project 2011. Sketchbook Project is an annual art collaboration. People buy sketchbooks, fill it up, and then send it back to New York. The lovely people at the project then go on tour with the thousands of books and voyeurs convene to flip through them. The entire journey is a blast. I signed up for 2012 and received my sketchbook in July. Ask me if I started. Yeah, NO. Must. Start. Sketching. To see some of my updates and sketches from Sketchbook Project 2011 go here. 6. This is day 4 of National Blog Posting Month, also known as #NaBloPoMO. The goal is to blog every day in November. I remember last year I struggled with it starting with the 2nd day. I’m doing okay with posts planned (not written) from now to Monday. Yay for improvement from last year! If you have any blog post ideas or something you wish I’d write more about, let me know! I’m scrapping the bottom of my creative well. 7.This week’s moments of bliss: ♥ surprise donut holes ♥ reliving a Vancouver meal through this post ♥ boots ♥ the first four days of NaBloPoMo being a lot easier than last year’s first four days ♥ receiving a letter and Vietnamese recipe card from Adeline ♥ letter from a friend who never sends letter that included a photo from NYE 2009 ♥ baking cookies to share with the Totes Awesome Channel chicks who will be in Boston next week ♥ ramen with tempura shrimp ♥ having a lawyer BDF (Best Dudie Friend) ♥ Totes Awesome Channel having more than 100 videos uploaded ♥ catch-up phone calls ♥ planning out a trip in 2012 with BFF ♥ movie night in bed  Question: What are you trying to finish up in 2011? |