Queen of Rambles

Today has been stuffed full of activity, all of which deserves to be recorded for posterity. It feels like months since I woke up to a small hand patting my face. Why can I sit around for days with nothing to do and then suddenly find myself in a whirlwind of activity?
Things started [...]

If so, you’ll want to be sure to enter Beverly’s contest! You can win an English copy of a Swedish classic–Seven Kinds of Cookies. Check out her article HERE to find out how you can win! I really want to win, but I guess it would be bad form for the editor [...]

I’ve read exactly three books this year. In the days of my wild and crazy youth I was reading at least one book a day, sometimes more. In the days of my pre-parenting adulthood I was managing at least a book a week. Now I can’t even manage a book a month. [...]

I must confess I’ve been a very naughty girl this week. My ute has demanded chocolate and I’ve been only too happy to oblige. Easter candy is my weakness. I can resist Christmas candy and Valentine hearts, but how can any one with a spark of humanity in their soul resist Cadbury [...]

Six months ago my life changed in a way that I never could have imagined.
Of course, the change was not entirely unexpected. I had 10 months to prepare myself for the arrival of creature that had taken up residence in my belly. Ten long months of worry and anxiety and maybe a tiny [...]

I’m not a lucky person, really. I never win anything that involves pure luck. I can win things that involve skill if I’m not playing against Mike, but luck? I don’t think a barrel full of rabbits’ feet would help me.
That’s why I don’t play the lottery, despite my dreams of being a [...]

One of the advantages of breastfeeding is supposed to be a break in the womanly cycle. Life has been formed. Life has been birthed. Life is sucking all the energy right of of its mommy’s teat. The cycle is supposed to come to a stand still as the life is nourished [...]

I love buying books off the internet, but that’s about it. You can’t mess up a book order. The book doesn’t have strange seams or a tight fitting middle. The color of the cover might be skewed, but it doesn’t matter. The words are the words are the words. You might [...]

Free to good home: One cranky, bitey, screamy, naughty, bunny-boy. Heck, at this point I’ll give him to a not so good home. Devil worshipping your thing? Step right up! This kid will fit right in. There’s only three rules–no smoking, drugging or child harming. Other than that, he’s [...]

And here I thought catching a virus was fun. I liked the indie virus, but now our desktop is totally messed up with a real virus. So far it’s detected a worm and two trojans. I’m afraid to open my e-mail up here though I guess the damage has already been done. [...]