Family Portraits
Getting Real About Parenting
First posted March 2006: I’ve come a long way, baby. And yet so far to go. Yesterday I had one of those horrible home school days. I wish I could say they were few and far between, but they’re not. From the moment I woke up until the kids went to bed, it was one…
Interrupted by Vacation: Long Island, New York Edition
It’s been years since I’ve been to New York. Years since I walked the streets where I grew up, ate the BEST food in the world, and hung out with the craziest, funnest, and most loving people on earth! My family! No kids. No husband… And I’m having the time of my life! I thought…
Follow Up on a Disney Dream
It recently occurred to me after a friend asked me how the Disney call backs went, that I never followed up about the experience here. I tweeted and facebooked and texted, but the problem with that type of social media is that it’s hard to get the entire story out in bits and pieces. So…
The Cost of Following Your Dreams
Gas to drive boys to Disney audition: $120 Hotel where I got NO sleep the night before audition: $91 plus tax Driving around an hour looking for a hotel because sons made Disney call backs: PRICELESS What have YOU been up to this week?
Happy Birthday to my Nine Year Old Baby!
Okay, happy belated birthday…It’s been a week of two graduations (5th and 8th,) two birthday parties (9 and 11), and a whole lot of last week of school stuff I blocked from my mind. Not to mention my FIRST fiction contract deadline is looming, but I wanted to wish my “baby” a happy birthday. She…
Writer…Interrupted: Field Trips, Awards and Opening Night, Oh My!
The life of a writer…interrupted is filled with distractions, but this month they’re all good! My 8th grader’s 3 man team won the State Latin II Certamen (quiz bowl) AGAIN!! He also got Summa Cum Laude in the National Latin Exam for Latin II and came in first in state in the Sight Reading competition…
Fair Time…Can't Touch This…
I guess now that life is slowing down (LOL!) I have a moment or two (I should be homeschooling) where I can post some thoughts and pics. To be honest (and when am I not) I do most of my blurbing on Facebook, even twitter has gone to the wayside now that I use my…
Why I'm Overprotective: A Random Act of Violence
My kids would tell you I’m WAY overprotective. My oldest wasn’t allowed to walk down to the neighbors home on his own in our quiet suburban neighborhood until he was ten, and then I can’t even remember if I let him play inside. There was a lot to worry about. I really didn’t know the…
Top Ten Way to Embarrass Your Teen
Not that I know from experience or anything… 10. Write a top ten list of how to embarrass your teen 9. Tell their friends something about what they did when they were little 8. Tell them you talked to/emailed their teacher about… (fill in the blank) 7. Blog about them 6. Comment on their facebook…
Long Awaited Raggs PBS Trip Part Two
I’m either getting old or I’m just too busy. Maybe a little of both because I forgot to post on Part Two of our Raggs PBS trip. I could have sworn I did, but here’s another go (from my fading memory) and some quotes from my daughter. My last post ended with me trying to…