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Current Facebook Status: Missing my laptop :(. Not nearly as much social networking/emailing as I’d like without it. Sorry for any birthdays I’ve missed etc. Currently Playing in the Background: Tuskegee Airmen I struggle with writing reviews that tell enough without giving too many spoilers. Alas, this is one such time :(. But I’ll do my best. I’ve had a chance to get to know Linda a bit over the last couple of months and she Read more

Current Facebook Status: So much laundry, so little time. And where’s that Mary Poppins snap thing when you need it? Currently Playing in the Background: Whining children Those of you who know me know that I’m a cheapskate. I don’t spend money easily or often [unless it’s on books, then sometimes I spend too much ;)]. Virtually all of my Kindle books were free. I’ve had an iPhone for two years but have yet to Read more

Current Facebook Status: Stuffed cat: $8. Stuffed Madagascar Penguin: Free with Happy Meal. Listening to Em and C play pretend together? Priceless Currently Playing in the Background: NASCAR baby! The very cool Keli Gwyn posted a pic on Facebook the other day. Of her. With Erica Vetsch‘s Idaho Brides. At Walmart. Since Erica is also so very cool*, how could I not do the same? Note that I’m not in the picture like the adorable Read more

Current Facebook Status: Big girls off to their first day of summer school. Em playing on the computer. C [Thank God!] is still asleep. Now, to find breakfast since ‘donut Mondays’ only belong to kids going to summer school… So much to do. So little time. But C has been talking about [babysitter] nonstop since yesterday – today outta be fun ;). Currently Playing in the Background: A 3yo and 6yo who are presently not Read more

Current Facebook status: Friends in the Springfield area – Cheryl Lynn Jones has a friend collecting stuffed animals for kids in Joplin [friend is working with… someone – an official group]. If you have any new or gently used stuffed animals you’d like to donate and can get them to us before Saturday at 6 or so we can get them to Cheryl. Thanks :). Currently Playing in the Background: WOW playlist [2001, 2006, 2008, Read more

YAY! Haven’t Flash Fiction Friday-d with Jan in AGES! So when she suggested we give it ago, I was so excited. She let me pick the prompt [first line of my entry]. I got the three year old calmed down [after he woke up from a late nap and realized Daddy and sisters went to the ‘fe-a-twer’ to see Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2] and away we went! Remember, there’s no editing or anything Read more

Current Facebook Status: Last day of school for the kiddos! Time to make cookies [since I uh forgot to make them last night] and then take them up to school. Then date night after the kids go to Aunt ‘G’ory’s’ house for the night!! Currently Playing in the Background: Uh… birds and a lawn mower. And sneezes. Because my allergies are driving me NUTS. Please, please please, remember to keep Joplin in your prayers. It’s Read more

Current Facebook Status: Thunderstorms again today. Cable just went out. After the massive roll of thunder, I’m not surprised. Currently Playing in the Background: Christopher – because the cable is out 😉 First – please pray for those devastated by the tornado in Joplin last night. It’s about 60 miles from here. The storm that produced that tornado passed about 15 miles south of us. Most of you have probably seen pics, but it’s just Read more

Current Facebook Status: Check out the album on my page [that I shared from Gloria’s page] for a few pics from the 1984 Pep Rally vid. Currently Playing in the Background: Criminal Minds finale A friend of mine send me a DVD. 1984. Pep Rally. First shot is my dad. Complete with his 1980s afro. =D A bit later is my mom. For those of you unfamiliar with my story, this video was taken less Read more

Current Facebook Status: Thank God for overcast mornings on days the contacts don’t cooperate!! Currently Playing in the Background: Biggest Loser, but wishing it was NCIS I haven’t been completely up front about this whole ‘I wanna be a writer when I grow up’ thing with people I know ‘in real life’. It’s scary to tell people that your dream is to write books and sell them and have people buy them at places like Read more