Surviving the Chaos

I did it. I worked on my first 19 pages of my novel this weekend. I will take a gander at the next five and then send it in for the slash an...

I am eleven weeks pregnant and I've lost five pounds. I've not thrown up (never allow myself to). I'm eating (because I'm al...

This morning I went to the grocery store at 9 AM, on a weekday with only one child. I couldn't believe how fast we got through. How easy...

After all my fretting over the first day of school, you'd think that I would be able to tell some heart warming/heart rending story, but...

My babies start school tomorrow. The uniforms are out. The supplies are packed and individually labeled. The snacks are planned. The outing ...

I have to say that I'm supposed to read and review a book about baby sleep (it is pretty good so far, really) and I didn't mean to p...

Can Hey, if you need a Really Good Cry...

So I have this LOOMING deadline and I can't make myself work on it. I leave for conference in something like four weeks and I have NOTHI...

Yesterday I was interviewed for the news. I saw it coming. As I walked from the pet store to my van after shoe shopping with my kids the cam...

Okay, I know that Allie guest blogged and I pushed her novel, My So-Called Love Life , on August 1-3 (ish). But since then... Last week I ag...

When I talk about going to "conference" I only mean one thing. Sometimes I refer to "conference" and someone will ask if...

If I won a 200 million dollar lottery tonight, here are a few things I would do with it. 1. Make a huge donation to Deanna Rose Children...

I'd already read the bad reviews for "Barnyard" (in theatres everywhere) and seen the previews so I knew about the, ahem, anat...

I've been tagged by kpjara for this meme about books. I know you all know how utterly disappointed I am by this misfortune...to have to...

Tonight, as I was trying to charge out of the house to get to a meeting, Eldest came into the kitchen with a big, fat tear running down his ...

When you cross "morning sickness" with "flu bug?" Sick-as-a-dog. One you treat by eating, one by not eating. Thus my qua...

I tried to put up a photo of Allie's lovely face, but for some reason blogger won't post it. Anyway, here she is! I got an e-mail la...

So tonight the kids and I were stopped at a stoplight (shocker! in the city, no less!) when my son shrieked from the back seat, "Mom! T...

Okay, not even three months ago I was in awe to find that my local Waldenbooks had been taken over by something called Manga. What on earth?...

Joining Jules in celebrating the little things in our lives. So today I am reading Reconstructing Natalie and she is going through chemo. A...