It is 835pm. Scout, Kaiser and Tavish are all asleep on the bed beside me. Alex is leaning toward Scout, Tavish is curled in the angle behind Scout’s knees. My home is quiet, save for the clicking of my fingers on the keyboard. At 835pm people! I have hours to do … whatever I want! Guilt free! I’m not even losing sleep! I can make my NaNoWriMo goal for today.. Read More
Snoggable Characters Meme
There’s a history to this meme here: Now, my reading really runs more the Dorothea Benton Frank, Jackie Collins (70s – 80s vintage) and LaVyrle Spencer – so I’m going to have to brainwash dazzle ya’ll to show you that I can actually read some books too. Guh, why can’t this be from movies … I could rock the casbah. 10. Daniel Cleaver – Bridget Jones’ Diary – Helen Fielding.. Read More
Site bling!
I got some very unexpected shiny bling from Walks Far Woman. Which I’ve been slow at getting acknowledged and posted. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I’m passing this on to Dawn of TwoShews because I luff her name, I luff her kids pix, I luff her glasses, and she’s gettin’ a new Mutt Bowl this month, and if anything ever deserved a pretty pink award, it’s a shiny new.. Read More
Mutterland
I see traffic from Germany on my site. I am so jealous. Some 160 years ago, my great great grandfather’s parents and sister and brother boarded a boat in Germany and got off in New Orleans. Last summer, Scout and I went to Europe, we went to Cologne (Koln … I can’t find the umlaut on my keyboard) where his family came from and Hannover where my family came from… Read More
Perfect Post Award – October
It’s my first awarding of a perfect post. For the record, I picked this as my perfect post before I knew we had the same job AND had both sat in the same crusty booths of the same late night diner while we were in college TOGETHER and never knew each other. The stay at home mom gig is hard. Scout has looked me square in the eye and said,.. Read More
Where I bore you with Halloween pix of my kid
Get down wit yo bad self, Alex! Hm. Now what could this stuff be? (Note his mouth is open in this shot.) I turn around a minute later to this: That’s my boy! Sniff!
writing till the internet blowz up
So, say I needed to submit 3 writing samples of things I’ve written … would you, by chance, tell me what, if anything, I’ve written that you might recommend I use? And. I’m doing NaNoWriMo AND NaBloPoMo. Have I lost my ever loving mind? Nah, but I’ll bet ya’ll will be reading some novel excerpts 🙂 So today, I’m keeping it short, ‘cuz you’ll be hearing PLENTY from me in.. Read More
Shot day part two
More shots for the Kaiser yesterday. He still took it really well. He was well past nap time by the time the needles hit his thighs, so he was more annoyed than at the 4 month appointment – but still less annoyed than being trapped in the car for a long road trip. He’s already been up and trying to crawl, so his thighs must feel okay, he’s had two.. Read More
Mrs. Flinger – better than the gym
Last Monday, I started really focusing on losing the baby weight – thanks to her getting a team together to try and lose the pounds together. I did great right off the bat, then, it rained for three days, it’s now red tent week, and the 2 scoops of ice cream I had last night were. totally. worth. it. Scout and I once joined a gym. It did not begin.. Read More
The Sunday Meme
Got tagged. 4 Jobs I have had: Volunteer counselor at summer camp Shoe sales Lingerie sales Work study in a college office 4 Movies I love to watch over and over: Zoolander Anne of Green Gables Steel Magnolias Singles 4 TV shows I enjoy watching: Get Color (my HGTV fix) Saturday Night Live (on DVR only so I can ffwd the ones that suck and go on too long Grey’s.. Read More
The right words
(Anyone with child – you might want to skip this post.) I found out this week that my cousin miscarried her baby. I found out through a cryptic email from my Dad to the family asking everyone to pray for cousin and her husband. I confirmed with Deacon what had happened – but there was more to it. Twins. She lost twins. My cousin and I aren’t close. Truth be.. Read More
Alex’s Half Birthday
?Ǭ†(He’s already 6 months old… all of you who are more experienced with this… know that I now join you in being teary watching my baby grow up…) A while back, I read this post. Go on, go read it … if I’m borrowing her words I’ll feel okay with it if ya’ll go read what she said first…. Okay. You’re back. Excellent. When I hold Alex close, I keep.. Read More
Squashed
I learned that when you start with a lot of squash… and pumpkins… and sweet potatoes… and you put them on the grill to cook… that when you use the blender to make the puree… and you need to stop the blender and shift the pieces in the blender… wait till the blades stop moving before you stick a knife in the blender… Seriously…