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It took me about forty five minutes to drive my usual fifteen minutes from my office to pick up my kids and go home. And as I inched through the snow and the accidents all around me all I could think was, well, at least…
My ex took the glasses to Shopko, got them fixed and then took the repaired glasses to our daughter at school. While at the school he talked to my daughter and the middle school administration regarding the assault that…
Today I dropped my daughter off early at middle school so that she could get her book from a class where she left it yesterday. She got up early. She got dressed appropriately. She was in a super mood. She broke her …
In the car this morning we discussed frostbite, electricity failures, and hypothermia. After a moment of silence my son asked, "Hey, mom, who won the football game last night?" "The Colts won." "The Indiana Colts?" …
Dreaming about Xanga. It's happened to me before, but this was a little weird in that I dreamed about an event and then dreamed that I blogged it (complete with digital pics). Bill and I drove up to our cabin in the mo…
7,359 words left. I am going to drag this novel over the finish line and kick its carcass a few times once that's done. Blech. So yeah. My kids were mad after I picked them up from Sunday School. And I'll tell you w…
10,000 words left and four days. Whee! The company is gone. The kids are in their rooms hating me. I have a cold. I need to do laundry. Mostly I just need to sit on the couch and do some writing. Tha…
I have a new Thanksgiving Tradition. I am going to GIVE presents to those I am thankful for. My sister is the first one up. She is getting a cat and chair salt and pepper shaker of mine that she has been wanting …
Oh man, do we have leftovers. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I brined a 20 1/2 pound turkey and rubbed sage butter with parmesan cheese under the skin. I soaked cheesecloth in butter and white wine and I…
It's JFK Day. My guy took me out for martinis to toast our favorite liberal elite dude. Bill is making us soup. I suggested clam chowda but he had already promised potato to his daughter. Aw. So I am e…
Found scribbled on my program from Sunday's service: "The Constitution ensures religious diversity. I give thanks for the separation of church and state." I had to write it down to remember it. That was my minister's …
The word count is dragging. But I am kicking and screaming. All will be fine. 32, 015 - a drug addict in the born again Christian movement - yeah, I am just outright stealing - kind of. This is a real character. …
It's fascinating me that I can't stop blogging, but I have had no problem avoiding comments altogether. I have wanted to comment - felt my fingers - twitch - and I just kept surfing. I am not going there. Not yet. …
Thanks to sitting around all day yesterday waiting for the furnace repair man (at 8am they could only assure me that it would be some time before 5pm - so they came at 3:25 when I was on my way out the door to pick up th…
The most valuable skill in life? Not freaking out. Dealing with crises and rolling with it. Last night is was below 20 degrees farenheit here. That's when the furnace decided to stop working. So in the m…
I met him in the lobby at his request. "How are you?" he asked. "My word count SUCKS," I said. "I am sorry to hear that. So what are you doing for Thanksgiving Dinner?" he asked as he held the door for me. "Bill and…
The Boy Scouts are evil geniuses. They have mastered the art of managing boys. And somehow it is a bit creepy but also very impressive. Last night was skit night for our pack (1st through 5th grade boys) and I have ne…
I am going to take a hiatus. Everything is fine. I am just reassessing some things.
Sweet Jesus. Two safetys (-ies? Who needs to know how to spell the plural?!)?! And returns that weren't returns. But it was Husker Football and it was fun to be there this afternoon. How many crab …
Alright. Since I am procrastinating I decided to try and take a picture of my haircut. Sheesh. It is pretty dramatic. About six inches off the longest parts and then layers at jawline …
"Mom? Are you in the tub again?" Yeah. Two tubs. This second tub was complete with hair wrapped up, face mask on (cucumber/mango - YUM!) and a chocolate martini (in me, not on my face). Apparently it was s…
Diary of Working Mom

My presentation began at 1pm. At 12:30 I was at my desk reviewing my outline and making sure that I had everything I needed. I decided on two open buttons at the top. "BettyC, your daughter's school is on the lin…
1. I am doing a presentation at the State Bar meeting today and trying to decide if two open buttons at the top is too sexy. When I button up and just leave the top button it looks stupid. Sigh. It's not like I ha…
It was 7:30. She was on her way down the sidewalk toward her car. The door of the apartment building behind her flew open and a man ran towards her. She turned, smiled, and he knelt in front of her and applied a lint …
It's the Creative Writing Challenge and it's going in my NaNo Novel...398 words... Superstition "You sure have a lot of Motown and Funk," said Dan "Well, I like Motown and Funk." I leaned against the door frame and w…
1. I have a head cold. 2. I got my period. 3. I took four Tiger Cub Scouts to the Fire Station for a tour tonight. 4. Go ahead and nominate me for Mother of the Year. Heh. 5. I did not want to go…
My father, when explaining to me why they raised me Catholic, told me that he had also raised me to speak English because that's the language he and my mother spoke. He told me that he never agreed with the idea that yo…
"Everyone is welcome. This is not a Methodist Table. This is the Table of God." I felt the tears well up, but I managed to walk down the aisle, take the bread and wine and remember not to cross myself lest I give…
I took my kids, and two extra kids, hiking today down by the Missouri River. We visited an Indian Cave and a ghost town that was once a trading post on the river. There is a cemetary for the white folks (men and a f…
I just got off the phone with a big corporate bank president and I feel like I need a shower. After that conversation I must be dripping with poo. I want to sue them. I am supposed to try and work this out first. Mos…
Thank you Kelli Isabell of "Junk E-Mail" for this fabulous poem (Would you guess this is spam for some sort of Viagra?). It is going in my book. My alcoholic character develops a fondness for her spam email and reads t…
The characters in my book got their last names from the SPAM on my work computer. Lorenzo Caldwell Lorraine Zamora Steve Glenn Ronald Dugan Mamie Dawkins Among others. Fabulous use for junk e-mail, for sure. I br…
My next film project will be a remake of Sunset Boulevard. The final scenes - fishing the body out of the pool and the silent film actress walking down the stairs (what the fuck is up with the narration? Cut that sh…
I hate math. More than that I hate trying to parent my daughter through math. Argh! She is in differential math. I have blogged about this before. She has a lot of potential and just does not follow through. She is…
I fucking love NaNoWriMo. I did outlining and brainstorming and planning. Blah, blah, blah. Last night Route66, Bill and I sat up and wrote for about an hour. I hated my first character, which is an important charact…
We kicked trick or treat butt this year. This isn't even all the candy. I am pretty sure that there were still candy hoarders at this point. Last year we covered the coffee table. This year it was the …