My mom has asked my nephew to “say how a turkey goes!” so many times that last night, while sound asleep, he rolled over, stretched, and murmured, “dobble dobble dobble” without waking up for even a second. Gotta love moments like that. And, since his “dobbles” are the cuter way to say it, Happy Dobble-Dobble Day, everyone! Read More →
One of my favorite phenomenons that signals the arrival of autumn and winter: the crystallized puffs of air that hang in front of my face each time I breathe outside. Even at the ripe old age of 28, I’m still known to occasionally “smoke” a phony cigarette while waiting for Mikey to do his business. I know, I know, terribly immature. But when I’m already wearing fuzzy Eeyore pajama pants, a thick, ginormous hoodie inherited from my husband, and a tasseled toboggan on my noggin,... Continue Reading →
…but my clicker went click-happy. I was deleting through my daily five-bakers’ dozens of SPAM comments, and two of my dear friends, Sarah and shorty, got caught in the extermination. So for their two now disappeared comments that fell victim to the clicking madness of deletion, I offer this in remembrance: Two prettiful daisies for the posts, and one prettiful daisy for my attention span… all flying up into the clouds of disappearance. Let us sigh… Read More →
Seriously, I think some rascal has absconded with my Muse. She was here just the day before yesterday, and now she’s gone. Come on now, which one of you took her? It’s high time you’ve returned her to her proper location, namely holding my pen and clicking on my keyboard. Fun is fun, but the joke has gone on long enough. I’m going to be reworking my website before long, to consolidate my political and activism blogs into one, and updating my front page. Any suggestions? =)... Continue Reading →
…when the NaNoWriMo kickoff, a huge election, and persistent migraines-in-the-making all occur in the same week. My blog goes stagnant. My emotions are a little scattered right now. I am exhausted, thanks to many little-sleep and sleepless nights. I am cranky because my eyes have been wickedly bothering me for the last long while, contributing to those migraines. I’m angry because a dear friend of mine was robbed, her security violated and her, her husband, and their unborn child were... Continue Reading →
YES!!! That’s all. Just… YES!!! Read More →
I love that magazines send gratis copies when you have an article writen in a particular issue. Today, I received 6 copies from American Fitness magazine, with my article, “The Top 10 Least Effective Exercises . . . and Their Better Alternatives” spanning pages 14 & 15. Yay! It’s such validation to see your words in print, you know? NaNo is going fairly well, despite the atrociously slow site. I finally got to log my word count, which was 9750 this morning. I haven’t... Continue Reading →
NaNo’s website is driving me batty! I am Mentor to 6 people, and I haven’t been able to get the site to stay loaded long enough to even check in with them! Forget about getting a word count submitted! Head, meet desk. Read More →
Since the lovely Linda was kind enough to meme-tag me, here’s your treat of the night: Seven answers to seven questions… 1. It is your lucky day what are you going to do? Sit on the beige shores of Grand Turk with my husband, sipping an outstanding piña colada, munching nachos from Margaritaville (hey, you don’t have to be a Jimmy Buffet fan to enjoy the food! Thank goodness…) and then snorkeling. With a full belly. So I can sink to the bottom to gather shells easier. 2.... Continue Reading →
3 days to go, and the rush of frenzied adrenaline is beginning to kick in. Lovely Kahlee asked how I am preparing for NaNo, so here’s a bit of my current process: I’m Bubbling like mad! I also downloaded Q10, a full-screen freeware word processor, because as we all know, this little girl tends to get distracted in a big way by all the pretty colors and lights of the internet (eye roll here). So, with Q10 up, I can’t see ANYTHING else, and it helps me to focus better. I’m... Continue Reading →
