Are you getting bored with all the articles telling you to look and feel your best, you need at least eight hours of sleep a day? If you’re like me, you feel you look better with dark circles and puffy bags under your eyes teamed with a sallow complexion. Have you caught your husband lustily eyeing the groggy woman ahead of you at the checkout line, confirming your … [Read more...]
I Write Therefore I am
Well it’s Sunday morning, and I’m sitting at my desk, typing away, hoping that something brilliant will magically appear on my computer screen. So far, nothing brilliant has appeared. Still I sit and type because it’s Sunday, and I have a deadline. I’ve tried to come up with an idea, but nothing will come. Should I write about the snow? No. It’s been done. What … [Read more...]
Lisa Packer of Notes from the Shallow End is Getting Possessed with Kathy and the Dishwasher
Welcome to the 10th installment of, Getting Possessed with Kathy and the Dishwasher. I’m so excited to be bringing you the 10th victim in this series in my brand new home on the web! I started doing these interviews back in August as a way to introduce my readers to some of the amazing writers and bloggers I have gotten to know in my three years of blogging. I love sharing … [Read more...]
Easier to Love?
I adore being a mother. It’s the job I always wanted and one that I feel I’m really good at. Am I the perfect mother? Of course not. I don’t even come close. But I’ve always felt that motherhood fit my personality and talents well. That is, I used to feel that way. This September our eldest child, Tom, started high school and then a few months later turned … [Read more...]
The Dishwasher Has A New Home
Legend has it that when it was time for me to make my entrance in the world I decided to come two weeks early. But then midway through the birthing process changed my mind, turned around, and, well, got stuck. This was no fun for my poor mother who had to endure a horrific labor and was actually told by her doctor that if it wasn’t for the head of obstetrics, I wouldn’t be … [Read more...]