I can't spell memoir (not memior!)

The first chapter of my memoir is due tonight by midnight. I have 6 pages about my great grandmother so far. I love what I've written, and I'm glad that I've put it on paper for my children to read about. However, how I am going to work it into my memoir? If this is suppose to be about ME half a chapter about her fit in. I didn't really know her well enough to say that she necessarily shaped my life. I mainly wrote about memories that I had of her. Perhaps I can make the chapter about my female relatives as I remember them from growing up? I could also write about my two grandmothers and my mom, and somehow tie it all together as how these women influenced my life to some degree.

Chris' theory is that I should just write all my chapters by cutting and pasting my livejournal. That's a good idea in someways, but I've only been on livejournal for about 2 years. I'd hate to restrict my writing to only the past two years (although they have been memorable ones.) Perhaps I should compose my entries on livejournal. There just seems to be something about this textbox that loosens up my writers block. When I open Microsoft Word and try to write, I feel strangled. I can't get started and when I do it feels fake.

Add to this the fact that Chris has been out of town for the past week and still won't be back for 4 more days. I really miss him. It's also hard for me to find quiet time with him gone. Last night I went to sleep at the same times the kids did, around 9:30. I had planned on staying up to work on homework, but I was mentally exhausted from verbally wrestling with the kids all day. Zack tends to test his limits (a lot!) when Chris is gone. I'm constantly having to reinforce the rules and it gets very tiring.

Ok, enough complaining. When we get home from swimming lessons this morning it's time to write!