DisabledMama

I haven’t been hiding…

Just writing…

I’m about 8000 words away from my NaNoWriMo goal. Which I’m afraid will encourage me to go all college-age-Kati and just chug out 8000 words of crap on Nov.29. But, I’m trying really hard not to do that. Even though I’m pretty sure about half of the words I’ve written thus far, are in fact crap. But, Nora Roberts says you can’t edit a blank page so don’t be afraid to write crap. And she’s right. My very first finished manuscript was over 100,000 words. By the time I finished all of the edits (about 3 years later thanks to the birth of Kennedy) it was under 50,000.

We are gearing up for the holidays here. Our Christmas tree is already up and and decorated, something I swore I’d never do before Thanksgiving, but the fact that we’re busy during Thanksgiving it just makes life easier to set it up. That and Kennedy thinks it’s pretty cool. She also takes Santa Clause much more seriously with the tree being up.

Speaking of Kennedy…

I have always said I wouldn’t push her on the whole potty training thing. I mean, I still don’t believe she’ll go to kindergarten in diapers, but the kid knows how to use the potty. About two months ago she went without a diaper for three days and consistently used the potty no problem. Then, she woke up on Friday and said she was done with this potty business and wanted a diaper back. I didn’t particularly care so back in the diapers she went. Lately she’s been showing more and more interest in the potty and knows she’ll get treats. In fact today she decided she wanted panties and managed to go to the potty all on her own (now, because she’s not perfect, the panties did not come down. I’ll take wet panties over a wet floor). But, after about two hours was over it. I did manage to get her into a pull-up (which I didn’t really want to use because I imagine they are confusing) mostly because her diapers have gotten to wear they fall off. So, internets, what do I do? Retire the diapers because she clearly knows how to potty but just doesn’t want to? Hope she decides to use the potty before she’s six? Thoughts?