Archive for October 2006

You may recall, my dad has prostrate cancer. He was diagnosed earlier this year and it is advanced and being aggressively treated. My mother and sister found him unconscious earlier this morning. He was rushed to the hospital and so far they haven’t been able to tell my mother much. I am very distraught. I [...]

I have decided to use a pen name for my science fiction/fantasy/alternative writing. It is Mercury Lynch. I like the word mercury for a variety of reasons: 1)It is the hottest planet in our solar system and closest to the sun, which I like thinking about as I am a big freeze baby 2)Mercury the [...]

These are posts on what I’m currently reading (or have read). I will try to post weekly and include links to the authors’ websites or sites about them. What I’m Reading: Week of 4/22/07What I’m Reading: Week of 4/2/07What I’m Reading: Week of 3/11/07What I’m Reading: Week of 3/04/07What I’m Reading: Week of 1/21/07What I’m [...]

Ok, I make quilts for my kids each year. I am in full swing of working on this year’s holiday quilts, so there is a lot of sewing stuff around. The boys asked me to make sleeping bag quilts this year, and I was like huh? Turned out Todd’s quilts from 3 years ago had [...]

Well sorta recent, from August. These are from my cousion’s wedding reception, and yes, we went home and changed as there was a 4 hour gap between the wedding and the reception time. Me and Brian (oh I love him so much! why can’t it always be this way?) My babies! sometimes I cannot believe [...]

In what can only be described as a fit (I was upset about health issues and extreme frustration with a story I’m trying to finish) I shaved my eyebrows off last Thursday. I have rather thick naturally arched eyebrows. I usually just square off the inner corners with a pencil, but lately have been contemplating [...]

re-reading The Bodacious Book of Succulence by SARK I adore Sark, reading her always motivates me and helps me stay on track of my goals Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory DoctorowThis book made me cry 222 Ways to Promote Your Small Business by Jay LevinsonTotally awesome, and easily applicable and just [...]

Oh man! I’ve been wiped out all week with some strange ailment that makes my legs all cramped up and semi-paralyzed. It sucks because it makes it hard for me to walk. So I’e been laying in bed most of the day, reading and napping and trying to rest up. This happened to me once [...]

I was just reading over at Jonathon Carrol’s blog (I adore his books, read him asap please) his entry on being a balcony person:————————————————————————————-from AP: I heard the phrase *balcony people* last night and in talking to someone about it today, learned that there is a book by the same title. The premise, I guess, [...]