It’s finally spring! Flowers bursting into color, sun shining, a toad in my sprinkler system, and…because the trees are budding, I can’t breathe. I’ve actually had to resort to my hate-able rescue inhaler, copped my Singulair from the doctor, and…as usual…I have a gig. And I’m in a panic, hoping I will be able to [...]
Archive for April, 2009
You Take My Breath Away
Posted in Child rearing, Manners, Spring cleaning, allergies, asthma, family, husbands, marriage, pets, procrastinationg, singing, tagged animal dander, cherry trees, cleaning person, clutter, crocuses, dust mites, flowers, forsythia, gigs, honey do list, inhaler, lilacs, Mucinex, mud season, neti, New England, reorganize, singing, Singulair, snowdrops, spring, spring cleaning bug, stuff, tea, tidy, toys, untidy on April 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Separate Vacations
Posted in Manners, Older men with younger women, Separate Vacations, family, husbands, marriage, vacation, tagged baggies, Disney, family, Florida, heat, humidity, husband, Islip, love bugs, packing, parenting, planes, relaxation, rodeo, security, son, Southwest Air, tattoo, tension, travel, Triaminic, Wii on April 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I find it easier to take a vacation with my 5 year old son than with my husband.
There. I’ve said it.
Even with the three of us, he’s more trouble than triplets. Especially if there is plane travel involved. The packing. The dealing with the nonsense of not being able to carry on all the things you [...]
Come and Get Your Love
Posted in family, mothers, procrastinationg, sex in fiction, writing fiction, writing sex scenes, tagged Alice Sebold, bodice ripper, Elphaba, female characters, fiction, Jove, Lawrence of Arabia, male leads, porn, rock star, Scruples, Shaker, The Lovely Bones, throbbing member, tuna taco, Wicked, writing sex scenes on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have never liked sex scenes in my fiction. I’ve always been a “the fire flickered and died” kind of gal. We ALL know what happens once the fire is flickering and dying (except for one of my voice teachers, to whom I had to explain that there was a reason Jove’s “thunder” was now [...]
Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice
Posted in Acid reflux, Easter, body image, diet, family, holidays, sleep deprivation, weight, tagged Acid reflux, aging, bacon, booze, carbinated beverages, chocolate, citrus, coffee, dairy, Easter, Frank's Red hot, hunger, Italian, Mucinex, oatmeal, onions, pizza, postnasal drip, purple pill, rice, singing, toast, tomatoes, Tums on April 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have now officially become an old guinea woman.
I wake up in the morning and kid myself that the sensation I feel is hunger, and that coffee will pacify it. One cup of coffee. Two Tums. I used to have several cups of coffee, but now…it hurts. I can feel it in the back of [...]
Me Time
Posted in beds, body image, diet, family, husbands, marriage, procrastinationg, sleep deprivation, weight, tagged coffee, dishwasher, facebook addiction, housework, Janet Evanovich, making beds, making dinner, me time, procrastination, self distraction, vocal warmups on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am really good at self distraction.
I generally have some basics I have to get done to move the day forward…dishes rinsed and in the dishwasher, clean ones out. Beds made, general tidy, Ed fed and dressed, at school with lunch if required. Vocal warmups (every day), work out if I can. Larder refilled. Dinner [...]
