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Spring Break and I'm Exhausted

What's up with vacations tiring you out? Spring break week just finished. I was sooooo looking forward to sleeping in. But apparently, I negated that extra sleep by just having too much damn fun! I can't keep up with my... Continue reading

Posted Apr 14, 2013 at the weirdgirl

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My Smelly Pants

So I bought this new pair of jeans. Skinny, soft, they've got a couple of those pre-made holes in them (which I'm not crazy about) but they are oh so comfortable! I figured, what's a couple of questionably fashionable holes... Continue reading

Posted Apr 4, 2013 at the weirdgirl

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Your Valued Opinion Please

I need your thoughts, please. The kid's chapter book I wrote is called The Psychic Cat. It's about a cat named Zach who can see ghosts. When a new cat moves into the neighborhood he goes to Zach for help... Continue reading

Posted Mar 27, 2013 at the weirdgirl

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The Story vs. the Selling

When I worked for startups I had to change hats constantly. At the time I could switch my brain over to a new, unrelated task pretty easily... one minute you're writing, the next you're negotiating ad prices, then you're looking... Continue reading

Posted Mar 20, 2013 at the weirdgirl

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Lessons

I'm working on my final edit pass of my first complete book. I was kind of anxious to do the sit-down-read-through but now that I'm there I'm actually enjoying it. See, I can live happily in edit-brain, just as I... Continue reading

Posted Mar 6, 2013 at the weirdgirl

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In-betweens

The problem I have with maintaining a blog (and this isn't something that can be helped because it is part of life) is that there are long periods where nothing happens and then everything happens all at once. My brain... Continue reading

Posted Feb 20, 2013 at the weirdgirl

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The Hiatus Challenge

Hi Everyone! As you know, I've been writing on this blog for seven years. And, as I think happens with a lot of people who start blogs, I thought I would get a lot of other projects done in that... Continue reading

Posted Aug 28, 2012 at the weirdgirl

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I swear I'm not doing it on purpose

So I keep accidentally reading porn. And this isn't like that time when I accidentally got a Brazilian bikini wax (hint: if you hear the wax technician say, "whoops"... stop it right there!) because going in to it I knew... Continue reading

Posted Aug 22, 2012 at the weirdgirl

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Colds and other suckasses

I have a cold. That is all. Actually, that's not all. Chance started school again yesterday! He's in second grade this year. He was very excited and I'm pretty excited to have some quiet time, too. But what that means... Continue reading

Posted Aug 16, 2012 at the weirdgirl

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Seven years blogging!

This weekend was the weirdgirl blog's seventh anniversary! It's been a long, winding, sometimes strange road. I think we (myself included) mistake these online spaces as static. I mean, they are just a pixellated frame, pretty unchanging except for the... Continue reading

Posted Aug 13, 2012 at the weirdgirl

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Flying

The summer flew by. And I don't mean that in the usual way where you go, oh wow, where'd the week go? in a general attempt to deflect from the fact that you spent too much of it playing Cleopatra's... Continue reading

Posted Aug 8, 2012 at the weirdgirl

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Dieting with Cobbler

Here's the story... last winter I ate a lot of carbs. I also sat around, a lot. And, as often happens in these cases, I gained weight. Not a ton of weight, not enough to be very noticeable, but enough... Continue reading

Posted Jul 31, 2012 at the weirdgirl

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Texting for kids

I don't know about the rest of the parents out there but Chance has been asking for his own cell phone since before he actually knew our home number. I pointed out that that could be an impediment with his... Continue reading

Posted Jul 24, 2012 at the weirdgirl

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Impasses and other fish

I've hit a wall with Chance about his occuptaional therapy. We've been doing rhythmic movement therapy (Primitive Reflex Integration) since last October. (Wow, I didn't realize it had been so long.) But just in the last couple of months, my... Continue reading

Posted Jul 12, 2012 at the weirdgirl

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Swimwear Must Die 2012

It's time for swimsuits! 2012 Edition! Woot! It's just too much work (i.e. I'm lazy) to link all the previous years' swimsuit editions so if you want to see more, just click under Fashion Rules According to Me in the... Continue reading

Posted Jun 28, 2012 at the weirdgirl

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The Cat's Meow

I've been working on some new projects, which is responsible for my terrible slackardly effort in posting. (Also apologies to everyone I have not visited.) One project in particular I'm pretty excited about. It's a new website and, while it's... Continue reading

Posted Jun 22, 2012 at the weirdgirl

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In the city things happen

This summer we're not doing any big vacations. Things have been busier this year than either Keen or I expected so we decided it would be better to do some small trips and day trips instead. (And we want to... Continue reading

Posted Jun 10, 2012 at the weirdgirl

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Instead of a little brother, how about a snail?

School's out for summer! (I keep singing that and Chance has no frame of reference. Guess I need to play more Alice Cooper.) Chance's last day was last Thursday and May was absolutely packed with school events, last minute field... Continue reading

Posted Jun 4, 2012 at the weirdgirl

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Do they have Rosetta Stone for that?

This is what conversations have been like in my house recently. Chance: "Hey MOM!" Super loud, in my ear. Me: "Ow. Stop yelling! What?" Chance: "Mutter mutter mumble mutter." Me: "What??" Or the other version... Chance: "Moooooooom! Whine whine whine... Continue reading

Posted May 22, 2012 at the weirdgirl

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Why talking it out can be better than blogging it out

This is probably not going to be a popular post. I always seem to be moving a little counter to popular opinion's clockwise. I know that a lot of blogging proponents hold up things like getting your voice heard and... Continue reading

Posted May 17, 2012 at the weirdgirl

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To the moms, ain't this the truth...

Happy Mother's Day! Now I'm gonna go sit on the couch with a book and some chocolates. - the weirdgirl Continue reading

Posted May 13, 2012 at the weirdgirl

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The ol' dog & pony show, but cuter

The last month of school is disproportionately busy. It's just about time where everyone (the kids, the parents, the teachers) gets really tired of school and then there's a bunch of last minute activities. I'm tired, yo! I think we're... Continue reading

Posted May 7, 2012 at the weirdgirl

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I'll CC you

I'm keeping this post short and sweet because there's a lot going on right now. So I'm back from the dead, which is always convenient. Chance has his first grade performances today! One morning and one night show. I got... Continue reading

Posted May 2, 2012 at the weirdgirl

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And that's how you lose stuffed animals

We've been sick all week. The kiddo came down with it first, of course, with a really high fever that wouldn't come down, even with the advil/tylenol swap and baths and all that. I took him to the weekend clinic... Continue reading

Posted Apr 25, 2012 at the weirdgirl

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Just enough time to bitch

The post I had written, the thoughtful one with a point, just got eaten. This has been happening more frequently lately. The ad network was pulled down without notice (and I never got paid out (hello, contract violation)). The iphone... Continue reading

Posted Apr 18, 2012 at the weirdgirl

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