And to finish off the insane two weeks of “Mom gets no damned time,” today was my eye appointment. “Okay,” said the doctor, “Could you read the last line in front of you that’s clear enough to see.” “No.” “I’m sorry?” “I can’t read any of that.” “Oh. Okay. Here– here’s the next set. Which… Read More

Okay– so a big weekend–and not just because Tart and Sweet came out Monday, either! Yesterday, I said goodbye to the cockroach of cell phones after a long and bitter struggle. See, when I first got a smart phone, I went for the Microsoft phone, because I totally got the platform and the organization. I… Read More

My children are well behaved. I’m not sure why.  I mean, I sort of know why–and it has nothing to do with them living in hunched and quivering balls of fear/respect/hatred of our authority. They’re well behaved because authority has been kind to them, and because it’s encouraged them to think for themselves, and because… Read More

Thanks to everyone who hoped for Geoffie’s improvement. She is doing better–but medication time is a real drag. The thing is– the dog has three different things. (It’s supposed to be four–I didn’t get the fourth one yet, because busy!) Now, I thought I had this medication thing down. I’d inject some of Geoffie’s high-calorie… Read More

 So I missed a blog yesterday– but it was for good reason. I think I said last week that poor Geoffie’s eyes were very hamburgerish when I got home from Kansas City. I took her in and we were given allergy medicine but it didn’t work that well–and her eyes went completely opaque under the… Read More

Not much to talk about today–it’s been mostly in my head. Seriously–Mondays are pretty busy. Drop Squish off, take dogs for a walk, work/communicate for a few hours, go to aqua, get lunch, pick kids up.  Today we stopped at Staples on the way home, just for a change of pace, and then home, work,… Read More

 Okay– so yesterday was opening day, and this always means exhaustion and sort of a slow Sunday. But Tart and Sweet is out on September 5th, and I got my paperback copies this week, and that means it was time to go see Darrin! Darrin was thrilled to see us– and I gave him copies… Read More

Literally. I usually get a day to sleep after a trip, and not so th is time, so I think it’s catching up to me.  Only a few notes from today– *  When I was in Kansas City, DSP had some extra books to send home with me for promo and such, and I’d bought… Read More

Sorry no blog last night. I got back home and in addition to the kids starting school and the other stuff that happens when you’re going for four days, the car was breaking down, my phone is dying (hence, no pictures), and the animals needed to go to the vet. Steve had to go for… Read More

Tonight I was sitting at my desk, editing, when Mate asked me if I had a highlighter. Of course I had a highlighter… I mean… I had a highlighter, right? I had an entire plastic drawer set full of office supplies, there had to be a highlighter in there SOMEWHERE, right? Well, I dug through… Read More