the joys of mothering a zweeble – Page 4

state of the Laura: writing 10, me 0

There’s a quote floating ’round my Tumblr about writers and procrastination, and while I might have an entire post about that in me, today I just want to say that my problem isn’t procrastination so much as it’s a total inability to prioritize the four or five projects I have going on right now: Continue reading “state of the Laura: writing 10, me 0”

brace yourself, I’m going to get nostalgic again

So, thanks to Tumblr (which, let’s face it, is where I find these things out), I learned that today is the 7th anniversary of the pub date for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. On this day (or sometime this week or next) seven years ago, I had a three month old baby with a stomachContinue reading “brace yourself, I’m going to get nostalgic again”

State of the Laura: no longer drowning in snot …

… my eye is itchy, though, and it’s driving me crazy. So what’s the haps? (I am nothing if not slangy and current.) Let’s see. We sent the boy to Lego Engineering Camp (which is also “science stuff, too, Mom!”) for a week, and basically everyone we’ve mentioned this to has asked us if he’sContinue reading “State of the Laura: no longer drowning in snot …”

Small children in large groups are highly disturbing.

I spent the morning with the kid. We went to the dollar movie showing of Despicable Me 2.[1] They had four theaters open for this movie, and they were all full–apparently the dollar movies are very popular with the local day camps. So there we were, watching the Minions, who speak their own little Minion-languageContinue reading “Small children in large groups are highly disturbing.”

State of the Laura: boring and drowning in snot.

I am also high as balls on allergy meds at the moment. (I wrote that specifically for my lovely friend, Erin.) I have a bunch of projects I’m working on; I have no idea which of them, if any, will see the light of day, but I like being busy. However, this massive allergy attackContinue reading “State of the Laura: boring and drowning in snot.”