So, anyway ( Read more... )

One of the shitty things about having my ten-year-old home with me all.the.time. is that we actually interact less--or, rather, our positive interactions are rare.

The Talking

All kids--all people--want to talk about the stuff they're into.  And they want to be heard, and validated.  It can be hard to give full attention to normal small humans when ( Read more... )

So, interesting experiment ( Read more... )

My New Year's resolution was to blog more.  I totally intend to do that, but I've been busy for the first couple weeks of 2015 with a vacation hangover and digging out of the post-holiday chaos.  And playing Minecraft ( Read more... )

I passed 12,000+ words with my new maybe-novel (code name: CRIMSON). I have several complete chapters and a rough outline/chain of scenes for the first 1/3 of the book (maybe-book ( Read more... )

Still not writing. Still not worried about it, though ( Read more... )

ladytairngire: huzzah! 251!  I went grocery shopping AND met my wordcount quota
ladytairngire: AND wrote in my blog
ladytairngire: but
ladytairngire: I just realized
ladytairngire: I forgot to put the groceries away.
ladytairngire: SuperMom FAIL

I get to host Thanksgiving this year.  I'm excited - got my turkey already, fresh from the Co-op, plus three loaves of stale challah bread for my favorite stuffing and a trio of fancy cheeses.  The Kinglet and I are heading out in a little bit for the big grocery trip to stock up on the rest of what I need, and somewhere in between work, a doctor's ( Read more... )

So ( Read more... )

Oh - something else that's been spinning in my head and needs to find form ( Read more... )