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November 25, 2007 clears throat, taps microphone, looks around, and in other ways tries to draw attention without looking like she is trying to draw attention, because that would be gauche 
Hey! I actually wrote a novel this month. OK, it's not a very good novel. But it's done. I'll need to redo it maybe four or five times before I can actually think of it as a novel without using mental air-quotes around the word, and even then, you know, publishing: not going to happen. Still. I did it. (You know you're a mother when you can't use that phrase without immediately picturing Dora and Boots wagging their butts on TV and singing "We did it! We did it! We did it! Yay!") Now, I will sleep. Posted by Andrea at November 25, 2007 11:14 PM under Wordsmithery EMAIL this entry (comments fields are below this section) Comments YAYAYAYAYAYA!!!!!!!!!!!! Proud of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THat's awesome!!!! I'm here if you need a proofreader!!!!!! SO PROUD!!!! Posted by: rachel at November 25, 2007 11:30 PM
Eh, all it took was babysitting to embed Dora permenantly in the section of my mind that processes the phrase, "Did it." Congrats! Posted by: Christine at November 26, 2007 1:55 AM
Oh that's great! And you did with 4 days to spare too! Now that's cool! I was going to comment on Friday but the comments thingy was broken.... here goes...Frances was enjoying the parade her way by taking it all in. If she had been prancing around like other kids she might have missed something! Now she can re-enact the whole parade! Posted by: LauraJ at November 26, 2007 7:16 AM
Wow - and ahead of schedule, no less. (Why am I not really surprised?) Congratuations, Andrea! Posted by: DaniGirl at November 26, 2007 8:08 AM
Yay! Lo hicimos! (Do doo do doo do doo do doo) You organized your life [Well, *you* did it, but I can't remember the second person ending. Also, thanks for the Dora this morning. I'll be do-do-doo-ing all day now.] You did it! Posted by: amy at November 26, 2007 8:30 AM
Congratulations! Posted by: Casey at November 26, 2007 8:56 AM
Way to go, Andrea! Posted by: Country Mouse at November 26, 2007 10:32 AM
Congratulations! (Ahead of schedule earns bonus points!) Wahoo! Can't wait to read it! Posted by: Miche at November 26, 2007 11:02 AM
CONGRATS!!! And yes, I totally hear Dora and Boots every time. Julie Posted by: Julie Pippert at November 26, 2007 12:24 PM
Whooo hoooo! Way to go, Andrea! Posted by: Chris (Mombie) at November 26, 2007 2:43 PM
You are amazing Andrea. Really. Way to go!!!! Posted by: Sue at November 26, 2007 4:55 PM
Hey, congratulations! I could barely pull together three blog posts this month. That's incredible. Posted by: NotSoSage at November 27, 2007 10:01 AM
Most excellent. Posted by: yankee,transferred at November 27, 2007 10:56 AM
Woohoo! That's great...good job! Posted by: Tanya at November 27, 2007 11:15 AM
Congratulations. And, btw, even though I have a near 3-yr-old, I still haven't seen an episode of Dora. Thank heavens for small mercies. Posted by: Mad Hatter at November 27, 2007 1:20 PM
Excellent! I know it was a hard road, but I'm so glad that you're finished! Hooray for you! Posted by: KLee at November 27, 2007 6:02 PM
Wahoo!!! That's fantastic Andrea. Way to go. Posted by: suze at November 27, 2007 11:18 PM
Yayyyyyy! Good for you! Posted by: Kay at November 29, 2007 2:05 AM
Andrea, I am so thrilled for you!! Posted by: Eryn at December 3, 2007 2:54 PM
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