Editing the one inch picture frame

So, as many of you know, I lost my mind on Wednesday evening and had my kids toss my manuscript into the air. Not only did this provide them with loads of fun, but this way of editing?
I have much love for it.
Not that it’s 100% easy or anything. Injecting tension, sharpening prose, micro-editing. But [...]

Wow. I should take him up on that

From the SPAM files, too funny not to share.
I am Mr. Wang Hongzhang, Chief Disciplinary Officer, People’s Bank of China (PBC).I have an obscured business proposal of US$24.5million for you.
Please reach me promptly if interested.
Kind Regards,
Wang Hongzhang
One question: What is a Chief Disciplinary Officer, and what, pray tell, does a CDO (like the acronym?) do?
Oh, [...]

The strange things we do on a Wednesday evening

Andrew and Kyra first tried to catch a rabbit. Do you see a rabbit? Because I don’t.

Andrew was frustrated with Kyra’s lack of understanding of his (mostly confusing) hand and arm signals. Then we came inside and tossed my manuscript in the air. No. Really. We did.
Here’s proof:

Even the dog helped:

Don’t you wish this was your [...]

My mood

Just sayin’.

White Easter

So, the Easter Bunny woke up yesterday to snow! Yes, we had a white Easter. It was looking very Christmassy outside. But we had colorful eggs to counteract all that pristine white:

The kids went to town with the wax crayon. Andrew wrote his name on one of the eggs; Kyra wrote Mommy. She also wrote [...]

Why I’m glad I’m not commuting today

Kyra wants to know why winter is still here on the second day of spring. I say: blame basketball. When the tournaments are all over, then we’ll have spring.
Edited to add
A second reason:

Is there an alternative?

As first seen over at Marianne’s:

Your Taste in Music:

80’s Alternative: Highest Influence
90’s Alternative: Highest Influence
Adult Alternative: Highest Influence
Alternative Rock: Highest Influence
80’s Pop: High Influence

How’s Your Taste in Music?
I don’t know. Seems inconclusive to me.

Stuff that

So, I ran to the store this afternoon to do a little survival grocery shopping. I left Kyra by my computer desk, quite happily working on one of her paper projects. Give her a ream of my computer paper, crayons, scissors, and some tape, and she’ll go to town. In fact, I’ve said, “Wow, B, you’re [...]

Sure signs of spring

Driving home from school last night, a cry rose from the backseat:
Mommy! The Dairy Queen! It’s open, it’s open, it’s open! Can we go? Turn, turn, turn!
Yes, it’s true. Our local, seasonal DQ is open for business. The kids, they want to go. Badly.
And today, instead of boots, I wore my new Chuck Taylor One [...]

Most explosive

So, Andrew’s car won “most explosive” last night at the “extreme” pinewood derby. One of the nice thing about Boy Scouts is the pinewood derby isn’t quite the ordeal that it was in Cub Scouts (special weigh-ins, lockdowns, etc.). And, if the dads want to participate, they build their own car. It’s pretty much anything [...]