Month: September 2007

I didn’t take as many as I thought at Kenny’s birthday party, but here are a few, as promised… “Mama, why do my balloons keep flying away?” “Kaitie and Kristin’s present ROCKS!” “Let them eat cake!   I want the cookies all to myself…”

Though I am here in the most idyllic setting possible for endless writing (both sets of grandparents to dote on Kenny, picturesque sunsets and melodic ocean soundtracks), I am finding that I have been hit with a THUMP of writers block.   Not only that, but in sacking away two novels in three days, I’m … Read more

My sweet baby is TWO!   I can hardly believe that two years have passed since the night  I first met this little human that is the exterior beat of my heart.   His serious expression when he’s stacking blocks melts me as much as his charming “can I have a  cookie?” smile.   His … Read more

… had an unfortunate incident as we were packing up the car to go on our much-awaited vacation to the Outer Banks.   We noticed an oozing from his most recent bandage, and so we took him to an emergency vet en route to North Carolina.   And wouldn’t you know it… his second set … Read more

This is how Kenny now calls to me when he wakes up from his nap.   It used to be a series of “Mama?” calls, which became “Mama, out!” and have now morphed into the much more charming calls of, “Mama, What-ya doin’?” and “Mama, Come upstairs!” He has become like a little scholar, asking … Read more

I am not accustomed these days to getting “hit on.”   There was a time, back in my prime… no, but seriously, something about the fact that I don’t get a chance to brush my hair everyday, or always match my clothes, seems to prevent guys from giving me that eye.   Ok, that and … Read more

Ok, Dudley is not exactly a man, but he is encased in a plastic mask.   That is to say, today, on the day that his stitches were to be removed (ten days following his surgery for a benign tumor removal), he managed to chew the bandage just right and rip out the stitches and … Read more