Or steak. Or meat of any kind. I mean, I can sometimes, maybe, take a bite, but Jane–the girl who loves chicken and steak–is totally grossed out by both. I’m still queasy much of the day, with morning being the best and then it goes from bad to worse at noon, with early evening through […]
Category: Mom World
Sweets & Spooks
I love how much my kids love Halloween. They start thinking about costumes just after Labor Day and peruse all the catalogs that arrive for possible costume ideas. l’d told them this year we could have a Halloween party, or even do a version of a haunted house. At the time I made the promise, […]
Cracks In The Pavement
Still on a modified bed-rest. Still queasy. Still exhausted. And missing my personality and fire more than ever. I don’t laugh very much these days and certainly am not fun. It’s okay for a week or two but I’m heading towards week 14 and I need to start getting me back. My boys need their […]
Little Joys
It’s almost three o’clock Friday afternoon and the kids will walk in the door very soon. I’m looking forward to having the weekend with them. The boys are easy at this age: independent, self-reliant, self-sufficient. They know how to entertain themselves, dress themselves, feed themselves. They mainly need me for transportation. And TLC. It’s going to […]
Bedrest
Due to a complication found in Wednesday’s ultrasound, I’ve been on fairly strict bedrest since Wedneday morning, resulting in me having to bow out of one of my favorite regional writers’ conferences, The Emerald City Conference, held here annually in Bellevue, along with a librarian event and a book club in Woodinville this coming Monday […]
Short & Bittersweet
My youngest son Ty has a way with words. He has since he learned to talk. If I have children being clever or saying something poignant in my books its probably because son Ty said the same thing in real life. This morning was one of those moments. I was sitting on the bottom step […]
Have Returned
Well, I am home. And it was a good week but in some ways a long week. Especially the last few days as I took Amtrak north from Santa Ana, California back to Seattle. We were scheduled to arrive at 8:45 pm last night in Seattle. We didn’t pull into King Street station until closer to 3 […]
Olympic Lessons
Like others, I’ve been riveted to the TV during the Olympics, particularly the swimming events as I was raised in Central California in a swimming family. I made my summer money from the time I was fourteen by teaching private swim lessons in our backyard pool. I started by playing games with kids, teaching them […]
Summer Loving
We’re down to two weeks of summer. I don’t want summer to end. I hate the start of a new school year as I love having my kids around. We’re all so much more relaxed, too. I just don’t love school in general. Yes, I’ve a number of degrees, and yes, I’m a former teacher […]
Morning Procrastination
I’m at my desk not wanting to start writing. Once I start there’s no stopping until the chapter’s done so I’m listening to Neil Diamond (yes, tragic) and savoring the sunshine pouring through my office windows. And reading my walls. I have messages and cards and favorite photos tacked on two Happy Boards, and I’ve […]
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