The horror factor here at Casa Stacey has been high for about three days, and I think the time has come to share it with y’all.
In gym class the Tall Kid is suffering through a dance unit. In addition to ever-so-groovy moves such as the electric slide and walking like an Egyptian, they’re learinng…
The PeeWee […]

Dear Ms. Dimon,
This afternoon I heard Mom make a squealing noise and knew we were in trouble. I used to think she was being kidnapped when she made that sound, but now I know it just means she got a book she really wanted. (Someday she’s really going to get kidnapped and we’ll just think […]

The Good: He took me out for a yummy breakfast.
The Bad: We’re plowing through a seriously neglected Honey-Do list.
The Ugly: I can’t sit my butt in front of the computer. Must look productive, dammit.

(It occurs to me y’all might wonder if that’s a typo and I’m going to ponder whether advertisements sell books, but no, I’m talking abs. Naked and totally ripped male stomachs.)
Mrs. Giggles put up an interesting blog post that y’all should go read in its entirety. Very interesting stuff. But I especially like this […]

Dear Muse—I gave you the day off yesterday, letting you tinker with the pirate story (which consisted of reading it, remembering how much you loved it, tweaking word choices and typos). It was fun, but now I expect you to hit DG3 hard again. Today would be nice.
Dear residents of my neighborhood—Yes, the child at […]

He’s playing PS3. Like this. Why? Hellifino.

(His t-shirt says “Save the Planet. Duct Tape Can’t Fix Everything.”)

The Short Kid in the restaurant tonight, modeling his new hat. I’d say he gets it from his father, but in all honesty, the Short Kid’s blazing a whole new trail.

In a physical sense, not mentally. Not sure my head’s ever been straight in that sense. I’m still in pain today, but I can hold my head straight. Yesterday my head was tilting to the left and I had to manually push on it to hold it straight. (I know, you’re going to tell me […]

I did something this morning I’ve only ever done twice (for childbirth)—I called in sick.
It’s a little hard to call in sick when you’re a stay-at-home mom, but I told my husband this morning I was taking the day off—effective immediately after the Short Kid’s school drop-off. I got breakfasts and lunches made and kids […]

Just so you know.
We’re in the final, frantic stages of boxing up the den/office and the train room. We’d like to get the walls stripped and insulated and the windows replaced before it gets much colder. We changed out a window in February once. It pretty much sucked.
Hopped over to ebooks.eharlequin.com last night and grabbed […]