Archive for June 2006

Exciting times! Check em out, I will have excerpts up on the site soon:

I always intellectually knew caffeine’s a drug, but I didn’t really understand how addictive it is. All the time I was drinking coffee, I truly felt that I loved it so because it just tasted and smelled sooooo goooood. Now that it’s been almost 2 months since I had my last cup, I feel completely [...]

I am not going to the AMC after all, I’m going to run down to Cincinnati to see my dad. As regular readers know he has prostrate cancer which was being treated pretty aggressively with chemo and radiation. My mom just called me to say they want to do surgery now, tonight. The cancer was [...]

I’ll be at the Allied Media Conference this whole weekend, I am too excited! This is my 3rd year going and last year I got to do a workshop as well. This year I am just vending my books and stuff and going to workshops, and of course the concerts and parties. Come check [...]

Oh my! I haven’t been updating on this goal very much lately. Ok what’s new: new company logo and I’m caught up on mailing stuff out! I also have a new intern/assistant/whatever who is helping me to write some PR, so stay tuned.

See more progress on: grow my business

Well you may recall, if you’ve read my blog for a while, that I am a HUGE Sesame Street fan. Look what I found!

You Are Big Bird

Talented, smart, and friendly… you’re also one of the sanest people around.
You are usually feeling: Happy. From riding a unicycle to writing poetry, you have plenty of hobbies to [...]

Here are some of my favorite pics of my kids as wee ones. i-bop and t-bop running, she was pretend chasing him and he ran with such glee! (Click/select all pics to see big) She was 9 and he was 18 months:

s-bop and i-bop sitting at a train station. They looked so happy and content, [...]

My husband is an avid biker, down to the real biking bike and the shorts and special shoes and all. I’ve been thinking about taking up jogging again and he suggested taking up distance biking with him instead. He said it wouldn’t hurt my knees and would tone my legs. I was hesitant. I’ve tried [...]

All the posts I have made about my kids are listed below the pics! (this is a work in progress as 90% of this blog is about my kids LOL) My daughter i-bop) is 18 and my sons are 12 (s-bop) and 9 (t-bop).
S-bop is Growing Like a WeedSaving Kids’ Schoolwork – What to Keep, [...]

I was telling someone today about how I have broken 3 digital cameras since ‘00. I have also broken my palm pilot (which was a gift from my husband) and a cell phone. I went back to a paper day planner and got a sturdier phone. The last digital camera I broke was my husband’s [...]

MamaGathering is an alternative multi-cultural conference for radical mothers. Children and male partners welcome, expected, and included, however this is a mama-focused event. Some workshops will be women only. MamaGathering is a conference and planning session all in one. Discussions and workshops include motherhood and parenting, but we will also discuss politics, education, health issues, [...]

I remember reading somewhere about how when women want to improve their communication with men in the workplace, the first thing to do is not ever raise your voice at work. This is because when women get upset our voices tend to get higher and higher and sounds very strident and whiney. Which apparently men [...]

I-bop had me unravel her dreadlocks last year and asked me if she could get a mohawk. I said yes. She wore it in various styles. Here is the hawk natural:

straightened and spiked out with a hair dryer:

Although I had told her what kind of damage heat could do to her hair, she still chose [...]