Today, I was listening to an audiobook as we were waiting for ZoomBoy, and I was engrossed–like, totally engrossed. ZoomBoy jumped in to the car and suddenly sputtered. “God, Mom, can I throw this out? This tastes awful!” “Sure, honey– wait! No– that’s the dog water! Wait–“ “You couldn’t have told me before I drank… Read More

So I almost broke the house with my ass this morning. I was really having a sort of weird day. I was having my morning “meeting”–which I am used to having in long, blissfully uninterrupted private. I got interrupted three times. Once by a phone call, twice by the pest control guy. The thing with… Read More

So, Mate took the kids to a special dance practice today so they can perform at the Rivercats stadium this Friday. (For the record, that’s the trifecta of things to do this weekend when I’m supposed to be packing. RiverCats Friday, Soccer Saturday, Mother’s Day Sunday, pack Sunday night. I thought I’d mention that.) Anyway–I… Read More

So, I’ve discovered as I progress that I’m actually not an island. I am, in fact, part of a NUMBER of writing organizations–and I’ve been blessed. So two of my groups have promotions going on and I thought I’d talk about them. The PRG– The Paranormal Romance Guild is having a membership drive in May–and… Read More

Okay, so the number of things I’m working on is outnumbered only by the number of things I SHOULD be working on but can’t get to. A. Editing Fish 4 B. Finishing Fall Games C. Writing the class for Fiction Haiku D. Answering an e-mail that’s two weeks overdue E. (laughs hysterically) Newsletter that’s six… Read More

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!! I’m so excited to be back with Kermit Flail! I’ll admit– this spring has just WHEEEEEEEE!!!! Gotten away from me, and at the beginning of April, I hadn’t sent out any notices and everybody else was just as busy as I was so we all just sort of spaced Kermit Flail altogether. But I… Read More

Okay– So I wasn’t doing much today– or rather I was busy but I didn’t care who saw me. Walk the dogs, go to the post office, pick up the kids, go grocery shopping, cook dinner– that sort of thing. Nevertheless, I did draw the line at that one wardrobe item… I mean, battered T-shirts–yes…. Read More

So Sacramento usually has one transition week between winter and summer–one real “spring” like week, where the weather is perfect 75 degrees, the sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the weather is A-OK. Yeah– that week happened when we were in San Diego–too bad, so sad, it’s 93 or higher from now on,… Read More

Ah, returning to normal is a pain in the ass. Why can’t we just work out in the pool and read ALL DAY? I used to think that’s what this job was all about, but now there’s sending letters and making decisions and… *grumble* Anyway– So, this evening, ZoomBoy came and gave me a hug… Read More

I admit, one of the things that has changed over the years is my complete obsession with taking a thousand pictures. I am much happier in the moment than behind the camera–and the kids have grown big enough that they don’t change from week to week. However now that Big T has a new girlfriend,… Read More