Single parenthood
Someone on facebook asked if it was hard to be a single parent. Or maybe it was is it it harder to be a single parent. I didn’t answer there because in truth, I’m not a single mom, I’m just…
A bizzard? Really?
We had a blizzard today. A thunder blizzard. It didn’t last long, but we had whiteout conditions and meanwhile the thunder was just rolling. It was pretty cool actually, but mostly because I was in the house, not outside trying…
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My favorite pizza place was closed tonight. It’s not permanent. The place will reopen soon. It moved and just hasn’t yet reopened. Darnit. I was in the mood to have food brought to me. Sadly, no one else delivers. Okay,…
Where did I put that nap?
Yesterday and today I did a bunch of cleaning of house and yard in order to prepare for the showing tomorrow. I am tired. Plus I did my syllabus for tomorrow’s first day of class. I like teaching this class…
A long snippet from Blood Winter (Max is Back!)
We’ve got a showing on the house on Monday. That means I have to clean this weekend. I mean, really clean. Plus rake leaves. I have some help from children, but mostly it will be me. Plus I start a…
Kicking butt and taking names
First, I have an interview up on Short and Sweet Reviews. Come visit! . Come visit and see what I have to say. You might find something out about me you didn’t know . . . In other news, I…
One small spurt of creativity and words
Today turned out to be one of those days where I did extraordinarily little but hang out with the kids. I did make them clean their rooms and scoop dog poop. And I read. I finally had a creativity/writing push…
The end of football and a cool announcement
The end of flag football anyhow. The kids lost both games this morning, and I have to say, given the freaking wing chill, I wasn’t as unhappy as I should have been. They both played well and had great games,…
Argh. And . . . Argh.
This morning I took the kids to school at their request and then I took the dogs out to the soccer field to walk them. Usually I walk all the way around and then out to this other field where…
Confessions about watching bad TV
Warning: what follows is rather disgusting, so you may want to skip this one. * * * I’m right now watching Hoarders. It is the worst and most frightening one I have ever seen before. We’re talking poop soup in…