Monday, September 4, 2006
Lost Weekend
Right now I’m avoiding doing some work that I should do. (Revising a book proposal.)
We ran around like maniacs this weekend but did nothing we were supposed to do. I was supposed to:
1. Inaugurate the weed-eater.… Read the rest!
Friday, September 1, 2006
Sad Monkeys
I’m going to tell you what Rose and I talked about more than a week ago. Look:
Monkeys want cell phones but get rebuffed.
This is a sad story. Monkeys live at the zoo. They see humans using … Read the rest!
Monday, August 21, 2006
Wistful
I’ll tell you what I just told Rose, which is that I wish I could be a housewife, now that I have a house. I’m home sick today (recuperating from yesterday’s periodic 8-hour drive to babydaddy’s house) and I’m … Read the rest!
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Yay! (Plus Bugs)
I found my tile today! I decided to flake on work and go to a new tile place, and I found the tile I wanted, for cheap, deliverable this week. Woo hoo!
There was a weird, pregnant-looking, … Read the rest!
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Feelings
I miss my kids a lot. I’m ready for them to come home from their summer visitation with their dad. I miss my kids so much, it makes my uterus hurt. (Either that or it’s just normal periodical cramping.) … Read the rest!
Monday, July 17, 2006
Numbered List
1. I love my kids. I had a good weekend with them. (This was my allotted weekend in the midst of their 8-week summer visitation with their dad.) We had fun.
2. Austin is so very hot and … Read the rest!
Sunday, May 7, 2006
Big Old Weekend
I don’t have a new book out right now because I’m lazy and I write a book every other year instead of every year. However, because Houston’s Latino Book Fair was this weekend, and it’s the biggest … Read the rest!
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Expressions of Love, Part Two: Chicken Soup for the MMORPG Soul
The other day I was playing World of Warcraft (or World of War-crack, as I’ve heard it called). In that world, I’m a blue-haired Night Elf in leather armor, … Read the rest!
Monday, February 20, 2006
Weird
I’m guessing God or Blogger doesn’t like my last entry, because it keeps disappearing of its own volition. Fine. I’ll leave it off for a while, then. A bloodless sacrifice. I got the chicken salad recipes I needed. FINE. … Read the rest!
Friday, February 10, 2006
book-related
Most nights, I read to my kids. Last night we decided to give up on Ramona and Her Father and switch over to A Wizard of Earthsea, instead. I haven’t read that one since I was a kid. … Read the rest!