The other night both Emily and Noah started reciting all the lyrics to the SNL skit – Threw it on the ground.  Andy Samberg, I think. I let them watch it (except the end), but  I can’t believe how many words thew knew. I admit that I cracked up over this skit and watched it for days.  Telling my kids I was gonna throw their homework, dessert and clean clothes on the ground constantly. Hey – why are they some much better at remembering the words than I am?
Well I made them …

Today was kind of a breakthrough writing day for me. Mentally had some interesting new character developments (part of the planning), I got some specific research done on underground creatures AND I wrote the first thing that made me cry. I had to write a really sad scene and I have been kind of putting it off. I wrote it pretty quick since I had it all worked out already, but when I got to the middle of it, I just started crying. It’s funny, because someone else will probably …

This is an especially fun week around the Devers house, because both Halloween & Wurstfest (two of my favorites) take place. Personally, I am pretty big on traditions. I’m not sure why I care about it since we didn’t have very many when I was a kid, but the few we had really did it for me. Little things – like the fact that my Mom would always make a big spread of random unrelated snack food items on Superbowl Sunday. I didn’t even like football, but I loved the …

I was listening to Whiskeytown on my way home from an exhausting weekend with all three shorties in the back. That CD (Pneumonia) always makes me contemplative and sentimental.
We are moving the warehouse back to the store, since it is kind of redundant without any other locations. Trying to tighten up until the economy gets a little better. MWD and I have been working on it for days (him even more than me). It is a lot more work than one would think. We have sooo many CDs and “stuff” …

I had a sensory overload moment this weekend. I have pretty heightened senses. Usually I can find a memory in a song (ask Carra). Michael and the kids call me rabbit ears, because I hear every little comment even when I’m in another room. It’s impossible not to overhear most conversations in a restaurant. My true super-power is my sense of smell. Each scent seems to take me to a person, place or thing.
This weekend, I bought a pair of boots. My first pair of actual cowgirl boots since I …

I totally wigged out on this guy yesterday and it’s been bothering me ever since. He was in a wheelchair and I thought I was having some kind of guilt for that, which isn’t normal for me. I worked with “Handicapable” people for almost 4 years and I look at them the same as everyone else. They can be as good of a friend or as big of an asshole as anyone else.
The actual situation is irrelevant, but just to let me rant . . We took the kids to …

Let me tell you about my evening. . .
It actually started at the grocery store. For weeks (maybe a couple months) Noah has been begging me (really) to buy some octopus for him to try. Of course my first thought is to blow him off, he would never like it and on and on. Well, he wore me down and I have to admit I was a little impressed that he would dare to try something so out of the ordinary. I bought a freaking octopus. For Noah and only …

My goal is to become more positive. Here is my start. . .
10 positive things
About my husband
1. He makes me laugh every single day, sometimes even when I’m mad.
2. He asked me slow dance to George Michael last night, during the newsletter. We did.
3. He is a fun Daddy – did your Dad ever paint his team’s name on your belly?
4. He finds a way to tell me I am pretty almost every day.
5. He is smart, but don’t tell him I said that.
6. He is sexy and handsome (you …

Oh my, how things change. No longer are my weekend plans filled with “how many people can I fit into this garage apartment, if I have a party tonight?” (it was a lot by the way) and I don’t spend Sunday saying things like “I can’t believe someone fell through my ceiling.” Nope – way different now. Aside from work time – now I think about how “I can’t believe how many people don’t know grocery store etiquette” and I catch myself saying things on a Sunday afternoon like “I …

It seems so silly now. I have spent the last couple of weeks saying things like “I am so ready for school to start” or “I am finished having company for the summer”. The fact that the summer is our busiest time (and Christmas) makes me feel like I am neglecting work, but there is always more work. No matter what time of year it is. I am also starting a new “project” with a friend of mine (I will fill you in when it is closer to launch) and …