Yearly Archives: 2011

So it’s National Novel Writing Month, which means I’m supposed to be writing a whole book in November. Like, with a beginning, middle, and end. Like, with characters who have…

So it’s that time of year again. Every year this same week, I ask my kids for a Christmas list. More like I threaten them with coal in their stockings…

So it’s that time of year again. Every year this same week, I ask my kids for a Christmas list. More like I threaten them with coal in their stockings…

A whole heck of a lot, that's what.So a couple days ago I sent out an email to three of my closest friends, and it went something like this:“I need…

Okay, confession time: I’m not a shopper. There, I said it. I feel like a new person…like I just came out of the (clothing) closet, so to speak.It’s not so…

So…sleep and I are experiencing a little bump in our relationship. And by bump, I mean that I love it and it hates me. It isn’t speaking to me anymore.…

I spent Saturday afternoon at a baseball clinic--which basically meant someone was going to teach my nine-year-old some major throwing/pitching/batting skills, and we were excited. So wanting to be a…

A sweet friend of mine--knowing how much I desperately needed some uninterrupted writing time--offered to lend me her lake house last week. Though I didn't give her much choice. It…

Here's a little of what I've been thinking about this week...A satellite fell from the sky last weekend. I was out of town so I never actually heard where it…

I have four children. My husband works out of town. And it's been one of those weeks. One of those weeks when ballgames are scheduled on the same day at…