Amy Ruttan

I haven’t got a lick of writing done, I hope to this afternoon as it’s my half day and make it up to Sven. I swear I am not getting off to a good start. This does not bode well for NaNo.

Oh btw, my NaNo id is Amy Ruttan (I know exciting) I had a better one last year but couldn’t remember it until today after I looked at Christine’s profile. DOH. Oh well, I’ll use my name that you all know me as. I would love to have you as a buddy. You need all the support you can get with NaNo.

As for the picture, I’ll let you know later … but my husband might have to die. Seriously, if what I think happened has happened my DH is gonna regret it.

More posts to follow.

I’m posting at Six Degrees of Sexy today on how I do research on a historical. What my process is. Yes, I know fascinating (insert eye roll). It was my turn and that’s all I could think about doing since I mostly write historicals and have started researching for a paranormal contemporary with very old characters for NaNo

Still fighting the cold, starting to sweat and getting a manuscript ready for a request.

Whatcha you up to?

Thanks for the hilarious pic Christine.

I’m back, got sick again. Had a great meeting this Saturday though, but I went and caught a cold again. Today, besides reading some of my partners work for critiques I’ve been curled up on the couch watching my favorite Canadian Show Corner Gas.

I got Season 4 on DVD the other day and I am catching up what I missed last season.

So in lieu of the fantasticness of Corner Gas and the Canadiana and a little insight into who I am as a Canadian and my sense of humor I thought I would share a piece of Canadiana for Poetry Monday. Hockey Season started, here’s a snippet Stompin’ Tom Connor’s The Good Ole Hockey Game:

Hello out there we’re on the air it’s hockey night tonight
Tension grows the whistle blows and the puck goes down the ice.
The goalie jumps and the players bump and the fans all go insane
Someone roars “Bobby scores!” at the good ole hockey game.

Chorus:
Oh the good ole hockey game is the best game you can name
And the best game you can name is the good ole hockey game.

Happy Monday!!!

I’m having another contest. I am putting together a newsletter and the contest runs until November 5, 2007. Go to my website here and sign up for the newsletter and I’ll be drawing a name to win a $20.00 gift certificate from Amazon.com.

Very excellent! Oh course those who have signed up before will be in the draw as well.

I’ve been meaning to do this contest for a bit but it kept getting side tracked.

I’m really looking forward to my TRW meeting this Saturday. For several reasons, One I get to see the insatiable Wylie Kinson like I do once a month. Soon the irresistable Christine D’abo will be joining us (I am as she likes to say Snoopy Dancing at the moment), Two the wonderful Eve Silver aka Eve Kenin is speaking at the meeting. EXCELLENT. If you haven’t read an Eve Silver or as Eve Kenin her speculative fiction Driven I highly recommend you do. Three (did she think I would forget?) Julia another blogging buddy whom I have never met is in Toronto this weekend, is coming to our meeting and is meeting me and the Wylster for lunch. HOORAY. It’s going to be a great weekend. And I need some sunshine this weekend with the Mom scare earlier this week.

 My brother is down and is taking her to appointments for the next couple of days thus giving me a break. Not that I mind taking care of my mother, not at all, but it’s nice for a break.

 OH and so I don’t completely forget it’s my 5th wedding anniversary with the DH. We’re having our time away when I go to my booksigning in Taylor Michigan on Ocotber 27th.

That’s where my life is at. How ’bout you?

Thanks to the History Channel website here are 13 Halloween Supersitions. BEWARE!

1. It is believed that if an unmarried girl keeps a rosemary herb and a silver sixpence under her pillow on Halloween night, it is quite likely that on that very night, she would dream of her future husband.  (Hmm a husband contrived from a dream on Halloween HEY sounds like my first book LOL!)

2. It is said that if you hear someone’s footsteps behind you on the Halloween night, you should not turn back because it may be a dead following you. And if you commit the mistake of looking back, it is likely that you might join the dead very soon. (Whoops, that’s how I met my husband … hehehehe)

3.People used to believe that Satan was a nut-gatherer. Nuts were also used as magic charms on the day of Halloween festival. (This actually explains alot)

4. There is also an old saying “if the flame on your candle goes out on Halloween celebration; it gives you the meaning that you are with a ghost”.

5. People used to believe you could walk around your house three times backwards before sunset on Halloween, and that would take care of all evil. (What I want to know is how they figured this out)

6. Many people used to consider that owls would dive down to eat the souls of the dying on Halloween. They used to think if you pulled your pockets out, and left them hanging, they’d be safe. (Again, how did they figure this out? Owls eat souls but if I pull my pockets I’ll be safe. Of course how obvious!)

7. If a bat flies around your house three times on Halloween, death is very soon to come.

8. If you put your clothes on inside out as well as outside walk backwards on Halloween night. At midnight you will see a witch in the sky. People used to believe witches were the devil, or that they were consumed by evil. (Why would you do this in the first place. If you believed witches were the devil or consumed by evil why the hell would you want to see one. )

9. To ward off evil spirits on Halloween, you can bury all the animal bones in your front yard, or even put a picture of an animal very close to your doorway. (Does a picture of my hubby count. LOL!)

10. People have a superstition that if an unmarried girl carries a broken egg in a glass and takes it to a spring of water, she will be able to catch the glimpse of not just her future husband, by mixing some spring water in the glass, but also she can see the reflection of her future kids. 

11. Going in for dumb supper, meaning that nobody will talk while having supper, encourages the spirits to come to the table. (Must mean a lot of ghosts are at my in laws supper table. LOL! Just kidding!)

12. It could be the spirit of a dead loved one watching you if you watch a spider on Halloween. (I can’t even figure this one out).

13. If you ring a bell on Halloween it will frighten evil spirits away. (Doorbells while trick or treating.)

I think I’m evil proof this Halloween. Drat.

Oh all your outpouring and support has meant so much. All the hugs, and offers of spray cheese in a can have made my heart just swell. It means so much to me to have friends like you all.

My Mom’s doing better. She had a minor episode with her heart on Friday. She has been diagnosed with Chronic Obtrusive Pulmonary Disorder. It’s a smoker’s disease but she has never smoked a day in her life, she has had asthma her whole life. Basically the aveoli in her lungs are stretched and out of shape, not allowing enough oxygen into her blood stream. The fluid that asthmatics produce has now started to seep out of her lungs to surround her heart.

I talked to my boss at the EDJ and as of November 5th I’m part time. My mother is the only reason I can work. I couldn’t afford a full time sitter with my salary. I pay my Mom, don’t get me wrong, but she is so much more reasonable than a stranger who would take my whole pay check.

Anyways, I am down to part time so my mother won’t have to daycare so long.

She has more tests this week. A whole battery of them, so I’m running ragged between EDJ, Boo (who had an allergic reaction to her Bladder Infection medicine) and my Mom. OY.

Bonnie, do they have cans of spray chocolate?

I need to go on a brief hiatus. There’s been a family emergency this weekend … with my Mom. So I’m going to be away from the blog for a bit. Just a couple of days while we figure stuff out.

I did manage a blog over at Six Degrees of Sexy, so go check it out.

I’ll try to be back on Thursday. Big Hugs.

Seventy Days of Sweat is back. Sven has taken a little break and he’s back with a vengenance and being a bit easier due to the Christmas Holidays. October 15 the 70 days of sweat begins and it runs to January 2008. Sven’s giving writers 95 days due to Christmas and other religious festivals held in December.

It’s worth checking out. I’m participating in it and in NaNo. I have a book to work exclusively on for NaNo and about 3 for Sven. So we’ll see how I go.

 It’s Thanksgiving weekend up here in Canada so I’ll be offline most of the weekend, eating Turkey, nursing a sick Boo, cleaning house and just enjoying I think the hottest Thanksgiving in Ontarian history it’s going to be in the 80’s (for my American friends) for my Canadian friends that’s about what between 25 and 30? I can’t think straight haven’t had my caffeine yet.

So Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canucks and Happy Columbus Day to my American Friends, and Happy Health and Sports day to my friends in Japan!

So as you all know I am doing my TT’s for the next month with a Halloween theme. I thought I would share 13 of my favorite kiddie Halloween Specials. Enjoy.