Writing
Adventures in writing
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I Feel Pretty!
It’s awards season in Blogtropolis! I’ve just been honored with the “Beautiful Blogger Award” by the lovely Factory Maid. If you have a minute to check out her blog, you’ll find it worth your time. The Factory Maid is an adorable Brazilian-born twenty-something, who unfortunately struggled with eating disorders and an unstable childhood and young Continue reading
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On Being in the Mood…
Do you ever find that you are not in the mood to write? That you’d rather just sit and veg out, or sleep, or stare at a blank wall? That you’d rather do anything other than fire up the laptop? Do you have days where writing or blogging seem like a gargantuan effort and you Continue reading
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The Liebster Award
Many thanks to ish ism for nominating me for the Liebster Award! Go visit his blog and check out this post. The Liebster Award is a fun way to recognize and promote new up and coming blogs of a good standard with less than 200 followers. Nominees are asked to: 1. Post eleven facts about themselves. Continue reading
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“Us.” (With a cameo by Cindy Brady . . .)
I had a great weekend. I got to spend time with my best friend (even though I was driving her to the doctor- she’s better now). My husband cooked me dinner, did the food shopping, and brought flowers home for me. The kids are healthy and everyone slept through the nights. I made it to yoga Continue reading
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Daily Post Weekly Writing Challenge
This week’s writing challenge on the Daily Post blog (www.dailypost.wordpress.com) is to describe a character from your life. Check out the challenge here. This is my contribution. I am twelve years old and I just woke up at Gido’s house. Gido is my grandfather and we will be spending the day together. Gido slept on Continue reading
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Week in Review
Highlights and lowlights from my week: First, the lowlights: * It snowed. About five inches in the Trenton, New Jersey area. This meant that I had to dig out snow pants, waterproof gloves, hats, scarves, boots (which I did not have for my older son, so had to improvise). This also meant I had to Continue reading
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A Quick Note on the One Month Anniversary of WOAW
On January 3, I published my first post here at Waiting on a Word. I wanted to get started and see how it felt before I invited any followers. I was so nervous hitting the “Publish” tab, even though I knew nobody would read what I wrote. I posted two or three more posts, still Continue reading
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A Quick Word on Writing . . .
My intended post for tonight isn’t quite ready yet. Lunch hour flew by, yoga ran late, the kids stayed up past their bedtime. Life happened. So you’ll have to wait until tomorrow for the post I planned. In the meantime, I have this for you. Remember way back to my first post when I shared with Continue reading
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My Day in Haiku
Good morning, my loves. Get dressed, eat breakfast, wash up. Time to go to school. We’re gonna be late. Why isn’t your book bag packed? My keys are missing. Dear God in Heaven, I’m running low on patience. Please send me some-NOW! Work, work, and more work. Time for a cup of coffee. Now I’ll Continue reading
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Lovers on the Run
As a working mom of a special needs child, I often struggle with time issues. I try my best to give work my full attention during the daytime hours, and my kids and husband my full attention during the hours after work and on weekends (with the exception of my twice a week yoga classes). Continue reading
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