Clearly, I’ve been a bit AWOL– swept up in a few real-life issues and neglecting my poor little blog. I’ve been singing all day about buying a Corolla. I have no actual intention of doing so. And, no, it’s not a jingle. In the words of Adrian Monk, here’s what happened: A couple of weeks [...]
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So the other night as we finish dinner, I pick up my empty tea mug and head to stove to put the kettle on. “Can I have some tea, too?” my husband asks. “Sure. Where’s your mug?” He points to the one in my hand. “I think that one’s mine.” “Nope. Yours is probably upstairs.” [...]
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“I don’t know if you believe in Christmas… Or if you have presents underneath a Christmas tree. But if you believe in love, That will be more than enough For you to come and celebrate with me.” ~ Kermit the Frog, “The Christmas Wish” Happy Holidays, everyone!
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Here in the good ol’ US of A, we’re celebrating Independence Day. But for my international readers (allowing for time zone differences), it’s still the fourth of July, right? So Happy 4th!
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My husband, affectionately known around these parts as “Mr. Kiddoc,” has baffled me for years. He can make things disappear without a trace. Give him a set of keys or a remote control or a scrap of paper with a phone number on it and– in under a minute– it will be gone. He won’t [...]
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Well, Prom season is upon us. You may wonder what the heck that has to do with marketing a novel. Well, I’ll tell you. But first, I’d like to introduce this into evidence: That’s me (with my sister) on my way to the prom circa 1992. Now, if you’re like me, after looking at this [...]
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Another Friday and again, I am deeply smitten with my own husband (affectionately known on these internets as “Mr. Kiddoc”) Case in point: I’m driving, Mr. Kiddoc is shotgun. (several quiet moments pass uneventfully) Mr. Kiddoc turns from the window. “I’m thinking maybe I should become a rock star.” “Sounds good to me.” “Of course, [...]
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It’s Friday again, sure. But who can pay attention to that when it’s also Halloween? For your Halloween amusement, I’m sharing some Halloween pic of yours truly over the years. I’m the toy soldier here. My sister is Little Bo Peep. You can’t see my ladybug back in this picture. Freshman year of high school. [...]
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So, I survived 36 hours sans internet this weekend. And I realized what the theoretical point of Twitter is, although I don’t think it can work that way in practice. One of the Blog Chain Gang, Leah Clifford recently posted her writing schedule and I had a Eureka Moment. That’s what twitter should be like… [...]
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Another Friday has come along. And today, I am in Deep Smit with our local hangouts. Yesterday, Mr. Kiddoc and I picked up the Thursday Special at our local pizza joint. It’s $5.99 for a large, one-topping pie. So we took our pepperoni pizza up to the state park where we got engaged and staked [...]
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I am getting these Deep Smit posts out later and later. Work has just been beyond busy lately, as I’ve been working more than usual to accommodate some of my staff’s schedule requests. But the upside of that is that once I leave here tomorrow, I don’t have to work another overnight shift for more [...]
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As appropriate, I suppose, I am laboring today. Well, laboring and mainlining caffeine as I didn’t sleep much this weekend. We were celebrating my BIL’s wedding to his beautiful new wife. It was quite a cosmopolitan affair. The bride was Taiwanese, the groom Mexican, the food was Italian. We had both Mariachis and a Taiwanese [...]
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Yesterday was the memorial service for my Aunt Sue. The service was held in a church near Chicago, as she is buried near here (she’d been living in California for the last 20 years or so, but before that she lived here for over 60 years). Since she was not a member of the parish, [...]
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Well, another mystery solved here on Trying To Do the Write Thing. A couple of days ago, we received a UPS tag on our front door that they had attempted a delivery. Neither my husband nor I had ordered anything. It isn’t our birthdays/anniversary. No friends or relations admitted to sending us surprises. We were [...]
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November 14, 2008
