Okay–this next e-mail is going to be petualant and whiny–feel free to press delete if you’re not into petulant and whiny today. But I am so DONE with people trashing my books and doing it BADLY!!! I like CONSTRUCTIVE criticism–I swear to Goddess I do. If someone were to say, “I didn’t see that change… Read More

But Gryffindor ranked the highest!! (I’m really glad–I don’t always feel very brave…I’d really like to be brave:-) The sorting hat says that I belong in Gryffindor! Said Gryffindor, "We’ll teach all those with brave deeds to their name." Students of Gryffindor are typically brave, daring, and chivalrous. Famous members include Harry, Ron, Hermione, Albus… Read More

Okay… I’ve had the same number for 20 years…I knew it in my sleep. I could punch it out on a phone, on a PIN pad, any pin pad–I was lightning in the grocery line, at the bank, Wal-Mart, gas station–you name it. I could spend money faster than any teacher I knew, with just… Read More

It is a quiet evening at the Lane fortress of domestic bliss. I’m sitting in my chair (a thing that has been rare this summer of unwanted academic inclusion) knitting my Monkey sock (alas, still on the first one) and Big T is across from me, running the remote control through a rerun of Supernatural… Read More

Okay, I’m having a quiet day, taking a nap, mooching around the house and spending an inordinate amount of time holding my babies…(yeah…it’s a hardship…) and all and all, I’m feeling pretty satisfied w/my day…I’ve gotten in some knitting, some working on another, secret project that I’m keeping secret because I suck at it but… Read More

Funky fingers, funky toesSee that funky little noseFunky smile like a funky hamHe’s my little funky manFunky hands and funky feetMy funky man just can’t be beatFunky knees and funky eyesHe’s my funky little guyFunky dimples, funky chin,Dig that funky little grinFunky does what funky canKeep rockin’ on, my funky man… Now see, nobody’s ever… Read More

Nicked from Netter: It’s SCATTERGORIES, and it’s harder than it looks! Here are the rules:~Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following.~They MUST be real places, names, things…NOTHING made up!~If you can’t think of anything, skip it.~Try to use different answers if the person before you had the same 1st… Read More

Well, I’ve dropped the older kids off with grandma–all the better to take them on a week long camping trip, my dears–and Ladybug is reluctantly napping… (she dozes off with occassional breaks in her sleep to screech at us for leaving her in the crib. It’s a good system, really)–and the Cave Troll is enjoying… Read More

Well, I should have, they gave me enough anesthetic to put out a manatee…lucky me, Mate was home, and I really did get much of my day off…thank heavens for outpatient procedures. I really love nurses, but I really hate hospitals…and I don’t have to do THAT again for another two years. (Of course there… Read More

No…you really don’t want to know what that means. I’m prepping for my disgusting medical procedure…no food for a day and a half, clear liquids only (fortunately this counts chicken broth, Sprite and Gatorade that’s not red, pink, orange, or purple) and…well, let’s just say I’ve prepped my throne room with lots of reading material… Read More