Today I spent the morning re-reading my manuscript. Since it had been more years than I care to admit, reading it was a weird experience. Although I wrote what was on all the pages, it was like reading something someone else had written. Okay, I'll tell you how long it has been....almost 30 years since I first put down the words that started this adventure.... My son, Marcus, was about 14 or 15 then and he is now 42 years old. *Sigh*
I read the *vocabulary* of the plant life, animals, people, etc. Then I read the synopsis that I had put together back then. I read the names of the people, their occupations, and so many other things that aren't necessary to put down for you to understand that I seemed to be very thorough in the things that I needed to remember. I even put together notes for myself on the basic plot. You have to understand that it is not necessarily what you put down in your synopsis. It's more like you make notes on the twists and turns that you want to be aware that you planned so that the story will end the way you envisioned it.
I was actually kind of impressed with myself on many of the different characters and the way I made their personalities not only unique to them, but kept them in character. I'm going to have to re-read this a few times to get myself back into the flow of the story before I write anything new unless I am suddenly driven to do so. People who find they will get the strong urge to write will understand. For years, I have fulfilled this urge in myself by writing letters since I had so many *life* things that interfered with anything more. I might have been hit by the urge to get back into my book sooner if it hadn't been for the business, the Beast's strokes and recovery, then the moves. First to the other coast of Florida, the building of the house there, then the search for this house, the subsequent move after the business was paid off, then all my surgeries.
Now that I have been pretty much given a clean bill of health, so-to-speak, I have had dreams about working on the book again. This is what drove me to take up this project. Now the hard part starts. It is harder to have to re-type completely the story that is completed so that it can go onto a disk AND have to complete it. I think, however, that it will allow me to get back into the whole idea that I started with and develop it seamlessly by doing so. Keep me in your thoughts...make it good ones...LOL!
I made us some jambalaya today using sausage. I happened to use one of those mixes you can buy and found it a little on the bland side so I added a few things to it to make it more New Orleans style. I just wish I had some shrimp to go in it, too. But, since I made it kind of last minute, it turned out fairly good. The Beast loved it but he hasn't had any for almost 50 years. I've eaten it a few times more than he has even if it wasn't in New Orleans. That's where we were when I fell in love with the exotic taste of it. I've had it with clams, shrimp, smoked sausage and even with crab added. A kind of spicy twist on a French dish that I can't spell at the moment because I am tired. Forgive me.
It was cold here today yet they say we will be back up around 70 by Wednesday. It was supposed to get up into the 60's but our high was just 54. LOL...get this! Our low was predicted to be 46 degrees but it's already 44 outside (with winds of 20mph so it feels like 41). We didn't get any rain but our humidity is 98%! I guess it's no surprise that we are supposed to have rain tomorrow (as well as some tonight while we sleep). Our high for tomorrow is only going to be around 53 degrees. I will be hibernating and just concentrating on my book, tyvm! At least, after that, we should be getting a break and seeing mostly sunny skies. It doesn't seem as cold when you have lots of sun, doesn't it?
I think Cee is going to return my DVD that I lent her on Wednesday so she won't have to bundle up too much. I'm going to lend her one of my large pans so that she can make enough green bean casserole for the crowd that the Princess expects for Thanksgiving day. I'm actually looking forward to some of her cornbread stuffing. As a Yankee girl, I had never had it until I tasted it last year at her house. Yum! I was really surprised at how good it was. Cee is looking forward to tasting deep fried turkey since she's never had it before. Dennis and Diane made it at our house one Thanksgiving when we lived in Port Charlotte To our surprise, we loved it! I didn't expect it to be so good and we cleaned that up in nothing flat.
I'm making some oyster dressing (I know the Princess likes it and a few others) and the sweet potato casserole. I'm going to make it from real sweet potatoes this year instead of the canned yams. It really makes a difference you can taste even with the sweet things added to it. It's a slightly different texture, too. But I can eat it either way but I just feel like making it the real way for a change.
Since I am going to be making stuffing, I am going to make some regular bread stuffing that I will bake in a loaf pan for us to use over the Thanksgiving weekend. I may have the Beast pick us up a small turkey (if they have such a thing) and, if he does, I'll just save the stuffing to roast in the turkey itself when I cook it up. I can divide up the bread stuffing before I save the part I want for regular stuffing and make the oyster dressing for the dinner at the Princess' house.
This is making me kind of hungry so I'm not going to write about this any more. I'll be looking around for a snack and I really am NOT hungry so I don't need that. Time to close for the night. I'm really kind of *mind* tired and my eyes are starting to hurt a bit. Love you all. I wish you a great week and weather that you can endure, whatever it may be. Drive defensively. The life you save may be your own, remember.... ***Hugs***
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