Twenty three years ago today… I became a mother and nothing has been the same ever since. I was absolutely overwhelmed with love at my first glimpse of the screaming baby boy who had already given me nine months of hell. Little did I know that was merely the beginning, both of the love and…
Thursday Three: I just read about a certain meme that is making its way around the blogging world:www.thursdaythirteen.com Coming up with thirteen of anything sounds daunting at the moment so I thought I would downsize a bit and do a “Thursday Three”. Here is my first one: Three things I love about my husband: he…
Recipe for Success: Every year I make New Year’s resolutions and every year I abandon many of them before Valentine’s Day. I have re-evaluated the typical resolutions such as “lose 30 pounds” or “organize my entire house” and decided those are just plain too much work. In the interest of experiencing some much-needed success I…
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Happy New Year! I realize it has been ages since I posted but I plan to rectify my negligence in 2007. I have a great story to tell about something my almost 23 year old son did recently but that will have to wait until tomorrow. In the meantime I wish you all (both? how…
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Autumnal Dysphoria… I read this phrase on another blog and thought it a perfect name for what I am feeling. We’ve had a lot of *stuff* to deal with lately including my aunt’s diagnosis of cancer and the death of another relative, not to mention that David has been away this week on a business…
I must be a bad, bad girl… That’s the only explanation I can come up with. I think the saying is really “no rest for the weary” but I grew up hearing my mom say “no rest for the wicked”. And I must be one wicked woman, although I always thought it would be more…
NaNoWriMo: Yes, I have joined the thousands of crazy writer-wannabees who have taken on the challenge of writing a 50,000 word novel during the month of November. I probably shouldn’t be blogging this month but since procrastination seems to be a prime trait of the writer, especially when said writer should be working, you just…
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French Quarter Rat…
French Quarter Rat: I’ve been intending to write about this ever since our last trip to New Orleans but alas, life intervenes. However, I have been meaning to blog more regularly and since this is the first of the month and my love of order and such is a compelling force, this seems like a…
We survived a week in the Marigny…
Note: I have already shared this story on an email list and decided to reprint it here. David and I stayed at a timeshare just a block from the French Quarter in Faubourg Marigny or what is often referred to simply as “The Marigny”. It’s a cool, quirky, offbeat sort of neighborhood but has been…