I read a tweet awhile back. It said something to the effect of…don’t write about not being able to write. Thing is, when you have writers block and nothing around you is giving inspiration, it’s so frustrating and all encompassing. It’s all I can think about. So, it’s what ends up here. Ventings that speak [...]
Archive for February, 2011
A Pellet Poop of a Post
February 28th, 2011 
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Tags: blocked, not able to hang on to an idea, writers block, writing 
6 Comments »A Break
February 26th, 2011 admin There is much chaos in my life, more than I think my family would appreciate me talking about here on my blog. I needed this getaway. To bite the bullet and board a plane. To distance myself from home. To see old friends and meet new ones. To be near the ocean. For whatever reason, [...]
Posted in my life Tags: blogging, chaos, life, north carolina blogging conference, vacations 8 Comments »The Secret Life Of A Build-A-Bear
February 23rd, 2011 admin Giggling at midnight. No wait, it was later than midnight. Why were the girls up? And it was way louder than giggling, more like guffaws, chortles and snorts. Good thing we woke up to another snow day or those girls would have been exhausted. Instead of sleeping and giving my husband and myself some “private [...]
Posted in crazy family, my life Tags: build-a-bear, family, kids, marriage, silly girls, sisters 6 Comments »Snow Day S.O.S
February 21st, 2011 admin We have another snow day. This is the 3rd one this year. For Michigan, that’s kind of a lot. I think that the last time we had 3 snow days in one school year was back when I was a kid. You know, back when it was uphill and barefoot both ways. So here we [...]
All Is Fair In Crime And Punishment
February 19th, 2011 admin Once upon a time, a very upset sixth grade girl kicked a window in a living room. It shattered from her anger, chards of glass falling into the frame and on the floor, narrowly missing her legs. By mistake. “But I didn’t mean to!” No consequences were enforced. The window was boarded until the parents [...]
Winter Emo
February 17th, 2011 admin I have one line from a Lenny Kravitz song stuck in my head. “I want to get away, I want to fly away”. SO BADLY. I think it’s a typical winter feeling. I hope it is. I’m feeling stuck. Trapped. Like a caged animal trying to claw and scratch my way out of the walls [...]
50 Special Screening Passes To Beastly
February 16th, 2011 admin I have, up for grabs, 50 passes to see the movie “Beastly”, a modern day rendition of Beauty and the Beast starring Vanessa Hudgens, Alex Pettyfer, Neil Patrick Harris and Mary-Kate Olsen due out in theaters March 4th. Here is a synopsis: Seventeen year old Kyle (Alex Pettyfer) is the spoiled, shallow and incredibly popular [...]
Posted in giveaway Tags: beastly, birmingham palladium, giveaway special screening beastly, michigan 2 Comments »
