A Quiet Kind of Chaos (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/profile.php/blog/mkay I came home for lunch today, as I do most days, and when I returned to work there was a beautiful bouquet on my desk. The flowers were from Tony of course, and they were lovely. I had to laugh because a lifetime ago when Tony and I were approaching our very first Valentine's Day, I told him that I did not want roses on Valentine's Day. Not even a little bit...[Read Full Post] Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:04:27 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/747163 Today I registered to attend the writing conference as well as a pre conference session. I also request two days off work so I could attend the pre conference. I'm pretty excited about it, and I've been very motivated to look back at and revise/revisit some old projects. Turns out my friend Mike, who I've been corresponding with over Faceb...[Read Full Post] Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:38:20 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/747044 I am incredibly energized this morning. I'm sure my excitement will wane, but for now I am going to bask in the contented glow of decisiveness and ignore the harsher realities and logistics of cost, and sacrifice. My friends, I have made a momentous and possibly life altering decision. For all my aimless wandering and long...[Read Full Post] Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:39:07 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/745710 When spoken with a British accent, the word 'fallacious," sounds rather like "fellatious" would sound were it an actual word. Of course, fellatious would have a rather different meaning. I can always tell that it is Friday when I start making these observations during the course of a otherwise normal and generally work rel...[Read Full Post] Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:22:37 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/744141 We're all familiar with the shake weight concept, correct? Well a little while back, I was chatting with Katie and she tells me that a guy was arrested on a local highway for shake-weighting while driving. I was a bit perplexed so I asked Katie what they charged him with. "Indecent exposure." "What?! That doesn't make any sense at...[Read Full Post] Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:50:44 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/743770 So now that I have a smart phone and my husband has a smart phone, I received a request via said smart phone to accept an "invitation" from my husband that would allow him to use the GPS locator on my phone to track my whereabouts. I declined the "invitation" and told Tony in no uncertain terms that if he wanted to have me electronically tagged he ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:35:07 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/743564 I drove Tony down to Philly today and dropped him off at the airport. After cutting him lose, I headed for Ikea and spent some time shopping. I bought a new duvet cover for the bedroom, a couple desk lamps, and some other goodies. I also decided to stop at the grocery store on the way home because there are things I just can't consistently find in the local gro...[Read Full Post] Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:21:27 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/743176 For my own sanity, and because I didn't want to get stuck in rush hour traffic around Philadelphia on the friday before Christmas, I told Tony that he would need to take the commuter train from the airport out to the 'burbs north of the city. I'm sure it wasn't his preferred homecoming, but it worked out great for me, and Tony graciously conceded that since I wa...[Read Full Post] Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:13:53 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/742486 The house across the street from me is for sale. It is kind of a sad story in that a really nice couple bought the house at auction. The husband, George, is a contractor and poured all kinds of time and money into fixing it up very nicely with two separate living units for his mother-in-law and disabled brother-in-law to share. Before his mother-in-la...[Read Full Post] Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:39:08 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/742253 The good: 1. The girl-child has been awesome with her dad away. She has seriously stepped up to make herself available and helpful and she is just wonderful company. She was the one who figured out how to change my wiper blades after she treated my windshield with rain-ex and topped off my wiper fluid. She has been transferring the laundry from washer to drye...[Read Full Post] Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:47:20 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/740169 Last nights evening phone call with Tony went very poorly. He texted me later apologizing. We decided that it is a really bad idea to talk in the early evening when I'm fresh home from work and attempting to cook dinner for myself and kids, and he is cranky and hungry because he hasn't had dinner yet. On the bright side, I was aggravated enough and in need of a...[Read Full Post] Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:15:31 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/736074 Needless to say, the "get-this-shit-done" fairies never showed. They never do. And yet I keep hoping. No thanks to those selfish little fairy bitches, Tony did manage to get on the road before noon on Friday and made a safe trip down to North Carolina. Looking around my house, there is very little evidence that he knew he was going to be gone for a year...[Read Full Post] Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:12:54 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/735697 So many details . . . all of them last minute. Tony at least has reservations now for a place to stay temporarily once he gets down to North Carolina. He also managed to get himself a govt. travel card so he won't have to pay out of pocket and wait for reimbursement. We are still waiting for reimbursement for his car rental out in Washington, so I'm gl...[Read Full Post] Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:39:08 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/735194 So the girl-child has decided she wants to be Waldo as in "Where's Waldo" for Halloween. I think maybe she just wants the costume so she can wear it for any group yearbook photo ops. We ordered the hat today, but we are going to make the shirt ourselves using red duct tape to make the stripes on a plain white t-shirt. I think I'll use any left over ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:34:19 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/735112 This is Tony's last weekend with us before heading down to North Carolina on Friday. For that reason, a good chunk of the weekend is being taken up with visiting folks so they can say goodbye. We spent the evening at Tony's mother's house. She invited some of relatives that we see at most maybe once a year. My theory is that if you only s...[Read Full Post] Sat, 24 Sep 2011 23:06:25 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/734919 Today I got a membership card at the local wholesale club store. I got a free 60-day trial offer in the mail and I needed some Diet Coke, so I figured what the hell. I think this is my third trial membership there. I won't spring for a paid membership because I doubt I'd save enough in a year to come out ahead. Anyway, I got my Diet Coke and ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:39:00 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/734680 I can't believe this. I finished my final paper for my class last week, but this week I'm working on the final exam. At first I was happy that it was multiple-choice. I mean, it is open-book, so how hard can an open-book, multiple-choice exam be? Well, I will invent a couple questions just for fun to illustrat...[Read Full Post] Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:57:35 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/734596 Can you believe it? I'm actually writing something! Yeah, I know I write here in my blog, and I just finished writing a paper for school, but I haven't written anything outside of that since Nano last November. I'm working on a very short story. Seventy eight words to be exact. It is for an off-site contest, and I'm pretty exci...[Read Full Post] Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:14:03 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/734527 Today at work, we invented a new game. We called it "uncomfortably close." It was kind of like a staring contest, but instead of staring we violated each others personal space until someone (Also known as the loser) took a big step back. Some might call it juvenile, but really isn't juvenile just a pejorative way of saying young...[Read Full Post] Fri, 16 Sep 2011 23:04:51 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/734283 The other day while I was making dinner Zack walked into the kitchen and announced "There are some people who just shouldn't sing." Zack has always had a good ear for music. As a toddler, he had a significant speech delay, and often didn't respond when we called his name. We had some concerns about his hearing, but those concerns didn't last long becaus...[Read Full Post] Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:53:11 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/734189