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Yes, people, I burned out and took a computer sabbatical over a long weekend. I am officially out of the running for any sort of prize, but I feel no failure. The structure of posting every day for 30 days inspired my idea for writing about the Thirty Things I Love, and now I will continue developing that idea into a larger writing project. I was a much better, much happier mom this weekend without the pressure of my ambitious goal, so I have no regrets.

I continue to blog as usual at… Continue

Wednesdays are hard. I think I was home for a total of twenty minutes today. I know I love something, I just can't think of what at the moment. My bed? Maybe? So this will be my sluff post of the week, and now I will go to sleep.

Today is a good day to write about loving my four year old, because today I hated her so much I nearly killed her. Ruthie and I have clashed since the tiniest hint of her personality began to manifest. She is a smart, strong-willed, whisp of a girl with anger that could challenge any teenage boy.

I have not always appreciated the sunny side of her dispos… Continue

Strangely, I've been staring at this blog editor for about 15 minutes, now, trying to decide what to write, because when you write about writing it'd better be good. I'm actually in a writing slump these days, seeing as how I'm not as depressed or angry or quite the control fr… Continue

Appropriately, as I write this post I am wearing my favorite pajamas - the light blue cotton jammie pants and long sleeve shirt.



When I was about to explode With Child four and a half years ago, I sent my good friend on a mission to find me some pajamas I could live in for the next several months, as I knew my life as I knew it was soon to end and I would be spending a lot… Continue