…stay close to me eee eee… Unexpected storm in Boulder dumps 4 inches of snow in two hours. Roads covered with an inch of black ice. I spend 3.5 hours in a car driving a grand total of 20 miles. Three of the 3.5 hours are spent with my two tired and hungry children, both [...]
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Red, Red Wine…
Posted in I Need Wine Pronto!, Winter, tagged I Need Wine Pronto, Snow storms, Wine, Winter on January 19, 2011 | 10 Comments »
The Long and Winding Road
Posted in Former Job(s), I Need Wine Pronto!, Travel, Writing, tagged Big Sur, Big Sur Children's Writing Workshop, Travel on December 8, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Have you ever noticed that your brain just starts to shed skills and ways of thinking that it no longer needs? Like executives who can no longer operate a copy machine, for example? I’ll preface this story, in my own defense, by letting you know that I was sick when all of this took place. [...]
On the Road Again
Posted in Family, Holidays, I Need Wine Pronto!, Summer, Travel, tagged Family, Fourth of July, Summer Vacation, Travel on July 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Blog posts have been sparse, I know. Believe me, I would love to be writing more. I am just FULL of things to write about but no time or much Internet access. (I am holed up in my Aunt’s attic office as I write this). We left Colorado on Friday morning for a whirlwind tour [...]
ODH Prep Weekend: Photo Finish…
Posted in I Need Wine Pronto!, Unclutter your life in a week, tagged Clutter, Home projects, Organizing, Photos, Unclutter on April 26, 2010 | 4 Comments »
…sort of. While not entirely finished, I did manage a Photo “really made loads of progress so that what remains is very manageable.” If you recall from Saturday’s post, step 1 of the “Unclutter Your House in One Week” is to spend the weekend prior clearing out and organizing “sentimental clutter” – photos, letters, cards, [...]
NBBPTIMSMIHTWOOMO
Posted in I Need Wine Pronto!, SCBWI, Writing, tagged Jane Yolen, Nathan Bradsford, Oprah, SCBWI, Writing on April 14, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Short for, Nathan Bransford’s Blog Post Today Inspired Me So Much I Had To Write One Of My Own. In the post, Nathan talks about what a writer needs most which, contrary to popular belief, is not talent but willpower. It’s the hard work of forcing yourself to sit down and write when there are [...]
DONE!
Posted in I Need Wine Pronto!, Volunteer/Community, Works in Progress, Write-a-thon, Writing, tagged WIP, Write-a-thon, Writing on March 5, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Check it out – I completed my thirty hours for the write-a-thon! Never mind that ten hours of writing nonstop in one day is not the best way to go. Never mind that I’ve probably increased my chances by at least 25% of getting whatever cancer is caused by sitting in front of a computer [...]
My Head Hurts
Posted in Children's Books, I Need Wine Pronto!, Rhyming, Works in Progress, Write-a-thon, Writing, tagged Children's Books, Rhyming, Wine, Writing on February 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I wrote for six hours today, so I am now officially one-third finished line with my write-a-thon goal. Too bad I should be at the halfway point by now. I’ll have to buckle down again for the next couple of days to get caught up and hopefully even ahead of the game. I’m a bit [...]
Calgon, Take Me Away!
Posted in Family, I Need Wine Pronto!, tagged Family, Housekeeping, I fought the laundry and the laundry won, Laundry on February 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Today I feel like indiscriminately taking half of the stuff in my house and throwing it away. It doesn’t even matter which half. Just take it so I don’t have to try to keep track of it, keep it clean, or put it away. I’m tired of being responsible not only for all the people [...]
Eeyore has a Birthday
Posted in Childhood, Children's Books, I Need Wine Pronto!, tagged Children's Books on February 10, 2010 | 5 Comments »
As if I hadn’t had my fill of hosting birthday parties in January, I held another one today – for Eeyore. Every Wednesday I lead nine first-graders in a discussion of a piece of children’s literature as part of the Junior Great Books program. I am very passionate about this organization because it fosters critical [...]
Birthday Weekend #2
Posted in Birthdays, Family, I Need Wine Pronto!, Movies, tagged birthday parties, Family, Movies, slumber parties on January 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Today my baby girl is 7 and as promised, she is celebrating with her first slumber party. My house is now filled with four squealing little girls – before they’ve had cake. I got out some board games, hoping they might be tempted to play quietly, but no dice. For now I am tolerating the [...]
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