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Cathy: No Nanowrimo win here

Posted in Cathy, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 30, 2009 | 8 Comments »

crossposted from musings in mayhem
I am happy to have taken part in NaNoWriMo this year for the first time. It put me into a good lead on a companion book to my first novel, and now both need some serious editing. I lost my momentum between lots of doctor appointments for my whole family, getting [...]

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Miranda: The vortex of caring for young children

Posted in Miranda, tagged , , , , on November 17, 2009 | 42 Comments »

You think I would have figured some of this stuff out by now, seeing as I have a few years of experience in the motherhood department. My oldest is nearly 19 years old (freshman in college) and my youngest is 18 months old. Five kids in total: three teenagers, a preschooler, and a toddler. Many [...]

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Cathy: An update on the progress or not of my nano novel

Posted in Cathy, tagged , , , , , , on November 9, 2009 | 5 Comments »

crossposted from my personal blog
Life happens,
doctors happen,
and this past week, a lot of doctor appointments happened and other sundry bits of attending to sick self, sick kids, etc. So in the interest of pediatrics, Nanowrimo fell somewhat behind and has been having trouble catching back up. also, I really got walloped by news of Brother [...]

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Cathy: The Next Big Thing

Posted in Cathy, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 8, 2009 | 5 Comments »

crossposting from musings in mayhem
Why is it even when I have several projects I could be working on, narrowed to two that I am working on (read procrastinating) that I generally have at least part of my writer’s eye on The Next Big Thing?
This is also true in the home improvement arena, you should see [...]

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Cathy: This too shall end…

Posted in Cathy, tagged , , , , , , on August 10, 2009 | 13 Comments »

This was posted on my blog before I retrieved my sons from their month-long visit with their father. I must have been missing them. A lot. I have them now and am not feeling nearly as wistful, typed with a grin.
I’m a Capricorn and I’m a parent. Capricorns are known for their [...]

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Kelly: The Lottery of Life…

Posted in Kelly, tagged , , on June 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Cross posted from my personal blog…
Today was “one of those days”, as the saying goes. I’ve most certainly had better. Just dealing with some unpleasant issues on the job…changes and challenges involved with our institutional shift.  Before I headed home, I summed up my day by changing my Facebook status to “Kelly has yet to [...]

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Cathy: Of pediatric mayhem

Posted in Cathy, tagged , , , , on May 11, 2009 | 17 Comments »

Last week, my son K, now 14, was scheduled for a pediatric meds check, because for the first time in his life since going on them at age 7, he has not gone in for illness for the past six months. That was a surprising call I received, during which I realized, omg! he has [...]

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Cathy: Stopping the analysis

Posted in Cathy, tagged , , , , on February 24, 2009 | 9 Comments »

The February Finish-a-thon has been a great tool for all of us to realize where we fit in setting ourselves deadlines, what project we’re working on, how far we have to go, and whether can we finish it in a certain time frame.
For me, it turned my otherwise small penchant for analysis of why I’m [...]

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Cathy: To see, perchance to dream…

Posted in Cathy, tagged , , on January 20, 2009 | 8 Comments »

My son S was the only person in the house without glasses, minus the baby, cat, and dog, of course. They must be counted, they are family after all. But with four of us two-footers walking around as four-eyes, he was feeling left out. For years now, this has been a fairly regular conversation:
“Mom?”
“Yes, my [...]

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Cathy: Room of one’s own?

Posted in Cathy, tagged , , on November 25, 2008 | 11 Comments »

Lately we have had a few posts here addressing the issue of creative moms having a space to be creative. One where no one else gets into our stuff; one where no one else’s stuff piles into our stuff; a computer, or a desk or a room of one’s own where we can have some [...]

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Kelly: Someday WAS Today

Posted in Kelly, tagged , on November 19, 2008 | 7 Comments »

Yes, Miranda, someday WAS today. But first let me back up a moment to give you a little perspective why today became so important.
Saturday morning as I was driving around the block three times near Garnet and Gold in Tallahassee trying to find a place to park so I could pick up a new t-shirt [...]

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Miranda: “Someday” is today

Posted in Miranda, tagged , , on November 6, 2008 | 14 Comments »

I can’t remember where I picked it up, but at some point last week I heard the old reminder “‘Someday’ is today.” Those three words have been repeating in my head ever since.
When you aspire to living in the moment, it’s easy to forget about all those things you want to do “someday.” The only [...]

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