tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62812022012-02-16T05:04:50.223-08:00Writing, Motherhood, Life.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.comBlogger2551100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-35297487173626561832007-07-22T20:00:00.000-07:002007-07-22T20:29:37.799-07:00

Baby2 was born Friday July 6, 2007 at 7:58 a.m.His name is Ezra Thomas, and he was born 8 pounds, 10 ounces and 21 inches long.There is a very long story behind the last few weeks, but I will post a shortened version.Ezra was admitted to the NICU soon after being born. Even though he was breathing on his own, he was not able to get the oxygen into his blood properly so he was placed on a CPAP. He

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Ender isn't a baby anymore.He's tall and sturdy, still around 25 pounds, and runs everywhere. He loves to be outside, even in this horrendous cold, and just likes to go places--doesn't matter where, he just wants to go somewhere. At home if he sees his shoes he'll carry them to the front door and sit on the steps and try to put them on. When that doesn't work he'll knock on the door and babble

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Morning sickness is kicking my butt. Seriously. I'm losing weight like crazy and I'm supposed to keep track of how many times a day I puke. Fun times.I was sick with Ender, but not like this. The doctor *finally* gave me a prescription that is supposed to make me keep down more than water, but I can't fill it until tomorrow. Hopefully it will be tremendously helpful. I'm tired of revisiting all

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Well, it was a quite unexpected, but we're happy to be adding another little one to our family. There will be about 21 months between Ender and this little one, and I did want a summer birthday for #2-- I just thought it would be summer 2008 instead of summer 2007.Oh, and so much for those doctors that kept telling us we would never conceive on our own without medical intervention-- joke's on

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Brian has baseball games scheduled for this evening. As long as it doesn't rain between now and then I'll be on yahoo tonight if anyone would like to word war. Ender goes down around 7/7:30 usually and then I'll be on after he's asleep and probably until Brian gets home. Hopefully I'll catch someone.

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Kait's comment in the last post reminded me to update. I really just haven't been online much. I've been working full time again this year between teaching at school and working in the studio. Ender turned one last Thursday, and we got through his party this last weekend. And shock of all shocks, I've been writing a lot. I've figured some things out and I have direction again. Took me a year and

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Another post about inspiration- this link is to photographer Tara Whitney's weblog, and this link is to one of her galleries. The light and angles she uses are very interesting to me. I hope you enjoy.

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We Netflixed Veronica Mars on the advice of a few people that know and understand our t.v. taste. The description everyone has used is that it's "Buffy meets Alias" and since we love both of those shows, we decided to give it a try.We received disk one yesterday and watched the pilot last night. As a watcher of many many t.v. shows I know well that pilots are often uneven and a little boring

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Ender is wandering around his room whining as he picks up a toy to play, drops them and whines some more. He’s been picking at everything he can possibly pick at—every tag on every blanket, every little screw in the rocking chair, every little tiny thing he can get his hands on he wants to examine, and then he gets mad and snorts with rage when the object can’t be put in his mouth. He doesn’t

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Your Brain is 80% Female, 20% MaleYour brain leans female. You think with your heart, not your head. Sweet and considerate, you are a giver, but you're tough enough not to let anyone take advantage of you!What Gender is Your Brain?

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Dell is recalling the batteries of some of their laptops due to the risk of the batteries overheating and catching on fire. There are several models affected, so please check the list carefully to see if your laptop is listed-- mine is.https://www.dellbatteryprogram.com/I've been very happy with our Dells. We've bought 3, and Brian's work laptop is a Dell too. Of course, none of our computers

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I ended up with 1723 Thursday night and then crashed into bed. So close to that second goal, I know, but I just couldn't get anymore. I was wiped out.Yesterday was crazy busy. Ender and I went to play and have lunch with a friend and her daughter, and I brought Ender home in time for his nap thinking that I'd get a good hour of writing in (he usually sleeps about 90 minutes in the afternoons). I

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goal #1: 1000 words-- goal met.goal #2: 2000 wordsgoal #3: 3000 wordsAnd I'm continuing on a bit more, but my brain is slowing down. I'm hoping to get that second goal before it shuts down completely...

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I'm going to shamelessly steal from Kaitiana and set myself a few goals for the evening.goal #1: 1000 wordsgoal #2: 2000 wordsgoal #3: 3000 wordsThe kid is going to bed in about 45 minutes and I'm going to see if Brian might be willing to put him to bed tonight. I've got a hot date with the laundry this evening, so in between folding I shall be writing.Update later.

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I really want one of these.Because I'm kind of dorky with my excessive planning.And even though I don't have tons of things in my life right now to actually plan, I want a planner.Specifically this one.(In black)

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I'm starting to get really interested in writing a little bit of urban fantasy. A lot of my ideas are heading that direction, but I'll be the first to admit that I have not read very much in that genre. Any suggestions for urban fantasy must-reads?

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Ender is perilously close to being 1o months old. Did I tell you he's walking? He takes 3-4 steps very consistently, and sometimes he'll go as far as 10-12 steps if it's for something he really wants, like a watch or cell phone. I had a realization today that I don't hover over him any more when he walks-- that's how I know that I really consider him to be walking. He still falls every now and

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Sorry to be so quiet. Since the wedding we've been in high stress mode. Brian had to study for and pass two license exams in about 14 days so that he could start his new job on time. I've been working a lot and Ender has been sick with this cold/ear infection thing that had him getting up 6-8 times a night. But the last 3 nights in a row I've gotten solid sleep because Ender has gotten solid

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My little brother got married this afternoon. It was a good wedding, and a great reception. They had a dance instructor there to teach a couple dance, and I got Brian to dance with me for once. He's the king of the white man dance, but he did great.Two more little brothers getting married within the next year.I wonder how much older I'll feel then.

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I'm working like crazy right now, and when I'm not working, I'm taking care of Ender or tending to extended family things like birthday parties and bridal showers and ring shopping and good things like that. One of my little brothers is getting married in about 10 days, and there are two more sibling weddings that will probably take place within the year. At some point I'll have free time

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1149121106475639802006-05-31T17:13:00.000-07:002006-05-31T17:18:26.513-07:00

I've been thinking about posting pictures of some of my art work. The thing about this bad life situation is that it seems to have turned on every creative bone in my body. I'm not sleeping at night because I'm itching to write or paint or scrap. I try to sleep and my mind is buzzing with new ideas that won't leave me alone until I get up and write them down, or get the basics ready for me to

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Thanks for the emails, y'all. It's so nice to know you all are thinking of me and how life is going. Sorry to be all vague, but this stuff isn't the type of thing to post. Things are looking up, and hopefully life will continue to get better in the next few weeks.I've been writing quite a bit in the last week, but haven't counted it up. I just haven't been that interested in knowing the numbers.

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I wanted to post a link to Ali Edward's site while it was on my mind. She's a scrapbooker/life artist and I found her through a post on scrapjazz.com. She's on my daily read list, and every time I visit there I'm inspired both in my writing and my art.Life is not good right now, but I think we hit bottom last Friday. Only up from here.

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So, the other day it was about time for Ender to get up in his nap and I was working on paperwork for the studio. I heard him start to play around in his crib and I let him stay in there to play until he fussed. When I opened the door to get him out, this is what I saw:Later that day, he pulled up from sitting to standing for the first time. It's soooo time for us to lower his mattress and take

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My laptop has been on the downhill slide for a few months now. A piece broke in the part that allows the screen to be positioned so that I either have to have the screen leaning too far back or too close to me. I got used to that. The battery stopped holding a charge months ago so I've just been going off AC power. Not a problem until the cord starts freaking out and randomly not working. Another

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We're in the final weeks of school, my studio is giving a recital next week, and Ender is still keeping us up at night. The best word for me right now is exhausted.Ender started army crawling last weekend, and now he's up on all fours rocking back and forth but not actually going anywhere. When he tries to move his knee forward he collapses and then looks at me like he has no clue what happened.

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1144771613483346642006-04-11T08:57:00.000-07:002006-04-11T09:06:53.546-07:00

Ender has decided to drive us insane. He's trying to revert to newborn-hood and sleep all day and stay up all night. Right now he's getting up 6-10 times between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m., and he's squealing with delight and playing in his crib. We leave him alone as long as he's not crying, but boy is he noisy when he plays! Even turning off the baby monitor didn't help.So every time he did cry I

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1143504585522930592006-03-27T16:04:00.000-08:002006-03-27T16:09:45.540-08:00

So, I'm writing again. Nothing big and serious, but a little bit as I have free time, and mostly just a synopsis for Jessica to look at and see what I'm doing wrong and why I'm so stuck. Creatively, my mind needs to do something. I scrapbook at least a little bit each week, and while that keeps the juices flowing, it's not creative in the same way. I'm hoping to identify the writing problems I'm

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So I've been told that I have to post my Britney Spears dream.I dreamed that Britney Spears called me up and invited me and Ender to a playdate with her and her son. I said yes like we were old pals. So I show up at her house (apparently she lives 5 minutes away from me in dream world) and of course her house is the biggest mansion I've ever seen. I get Ender out of his carseat and we go to the

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Today Ender turned 5 months old and I took tons of pics. This is the only day of the month we take a bunch of pics (bad parents, I know!-- we DO take more throughout the month, just not lots). Thought I'd post a few from his little photo shoot.

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Long time no post, but there's been lots of thinking going on here, and general busy-ness.I've been trying to keep up with all of Ender's changes. Seems like everytime we start to get used to his "new" schedule he starts doing things differently. He's settled into an eating routine that I hope will stick for a few weeks, and he's sleeping well now. He is such a good boy.I've been working a lot.

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1140667936508374792006-02-22T20:06:00.000-08:002006-02-22T20:12:16.520-08:00

Ender rolled over for the first time today!!! We've been trying to get him to do it for ages. He could get up onto his side, but not all the way over. He would just flop back down to his back and smile at us like he was thinking, "psych!"Then today after he finished his cereal and fruit I put him on the changing pad on the floor to change his diaper. He happened to catch a glance of a nearby toy,

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Ender and I are both sick with varying degrees of the same cold. I have half a voice and my chest is slowly filling with gross stuff. Ender got all clogged up overnight last night and has a beautiful cough going today. When he cries his voice is all raspy and pathetic-- it's so hard to listen to. He has actually slept most of today. Between the cold and getting his second round of immunizations

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1137731286136475052006-01-19T20:15:00.000-08:002006-01-19T20:28:35.183-08:00

I think I have to give up.I'm ridiculously behind on where I need to be for my self-imposed deadline, mostly because between work, baby and home I'm not getting anything else done. We've been gone or terribly busy every weekend so far this year, and since I started back to work Ender has been waking up at all kinds of weird times, meaning no sleep for me. I'm constantly zoning. I'm constantly

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Haven't been around much this week due to post-Christmas-ness and going back to work and trying to get semester planning done for my students.Oh, yeah-- and taking care of the kid.But, a few things I wanted to get out while I'm thinking of them:1. I have to rip out an entire section of my plot because it is just not working and I ignored it for too long thinking I'd fix it somehow. I spent the

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1136434843592208982006-01-04T20:17:00.000-08:002006-01-04T20:20:43.603-08:00

1. Gym twice a week.2. Time for me.3. Go out on a date with Brian.4. Keep up on housework.5. Write in Ender’s journal each week.6. Write in personal journal each week.7. Choose and read 1 fiction book8. Keep working on romance novel.9. Scrap at least 4 layouts.10. Make my Father-in-law's birthday gift.

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Talk turned the other night to New Year's Resolutions, and I got to thinking on what I want to do in 2006. I don't do resolutions in the traditional sense, but I do generally set goals for myself. I looked through my files and my blog to see if I had written any last year and my memory was correct-- I set nothing for myself, and 2005 reflects it. The amount of writing I accomplished is laughable.

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1135662110500226182005-12-26T21:22:00.000-08:002005-12-26T21:41:50.513-08:00

Ah-- Ender pics, just like I promised! These are a few of my favorites from the last couple months.This one is halloween. Our little guy went as Tigger, and when I say "went" I mean he let us put it on for about 10 minutes until he loudly announced that he hated having that thing on his head.Ender is just starting to grab at things now. He doesn't often get ahold of what he's after, but he tries

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1135575215745490882005-12-25T21:17:00.000-08:002005-12-25T21:33:35.756-08:00

We've been gone for the better part of 4 days with Christmas type activities and technically we're still gone since I'm typing this from my parents house. It's been a fun but hectic holidays. Usually we do a good job getting Christmas stuff together (presents wrapped ahead of time, packing done at least the night before we travel, etc.) except for Christmas cards. I'm terrible about getting those

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1135090864383164732005-12-20T07:00:00.000-08:002005-12-20T07:01:04.400-08:00

Your Career Type: SocialYou are helpful, friendly, and trustworthy.Your talents lie in teaching, nursing, giving information, and solving social problems.You would make an excellent:Counselor - Dental Hygienist - LibrarianNurse - Parole Officer - Personal TrainerPhysical Therapist - Social Worker - TeacherThe worst career options for your are realistic careers, like truck driver or farmer.What's"

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1135023877431842162005-12-19T12:13:00.000-08:002005-12-19T12:24:37.443-08:00

I posted awhile ago about how I might be making a career change. I've been unhappy in my job for awhile for a variety of reasons, and I've been thinking a long time about making a change. I started looking at going to nursing school several months ago, and collected information on various programs. A few weeks ago I discussed it with Brian and showed him the different programs. I'm looking at a

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1134778097886917892005-12-16T16:04:00.000-08:002005-12-16T16:08:17.903-08:00

A fun Serenity link for you: Serenity Handpuppet Theater. ***Warning: Contains major spoilers, so don't go if you don't want to be spoiled!*** Brian and I laughed our heads off.Only 4 days until Serenity is released-- We're buying 5 or 6 copies. How many are you buying?

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1134627280662725482005-12-14T21:16:00.000-08:002005-12-14T22:14:40.676-08:00

Ender has decided not to nap anymore. He's hanging on to the 45 minute morning nap, but he hasn't taken an afternoon nap all week. It used to be that we could get close to 2 hours out of him around 1 p.m. and then a little 3o minute cat nap around 5 p.m., but now we're down to nothing, and it's wearing me out!We have a nice little routine going. We get up between 7 and 8, Ender eats, has a bath

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1134255480880477442005-12-10T13:56:00.000-08:002005-12-10T15:03:13.596-08:00

A meme first seen over at Holly Lisle's place...Seven Things To Do Before I Die: 1. Live in a house that I love.2. Sell a book.3. Watch my son (and hopefully more kids) grow up.4. Travel-- specifically back to Great Britain and France.5. Learn as much as I can about photography.6. Finish school!7. Finish reading the books in my TBR stacks. (shelves?)Seven Things I Cannot Do:1. Math. I can do the

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1134086117335078422005-12-08T15:50:00.000-08:002005-12-08T15:55:17.350-08:00

Oh my goodness-- I don't know where the week has gone. Brian came home sick Monday night, I was sick all day Tuesday, then Ender took a turn yesterday. Today has been a whirlwind with me playing catchup on everything. Fortunately today we're all better, but I'm still behind. Behind on house stuff, behind on paperwork, behind on words. School is most likely to be canceled again tomorrow (as it was

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1133845589352617732005-12-05T20:50:00.000-08:002005-12-05T21:06:29.363-08:00

Writing.... There have been 3,316 words written since December 1. I'm very happy with that, and there will be more tomorrow.Baby... 2 months old today, very cute, and sleeping 6 hours at a time at night. This is considered "through the night" at his age, and I feel incredibly well rested. He has also decided to nap decently in the afternoons in his crib instead of in my arms, and I can now get

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1133469703151745772005-12-01T12:17:00.000-08:002005-12-01T12:41:43.193-08:00

Spent the last few days reading over revision advice and web articles and decided to get back to writing the first draft. After all, that's still the stage I'm in, and I need to finish that before I can think about revising. I just got into a panic thinking that this novel would languish in the "first draft" pile just like all the others and I just can't handle yet another unfinished project

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1133141673387847992005-11-27T17:32:00.000-08:002005-11-27T17:34:33.450-08:00

I made the decision to take my writing seriously in January of 2003 and I did.In 2003 I produced half of an untitled epic fantasy, 1 YA novel (Without You), and 1 fantasy (The Other Assassin).In 2004 I started the year writing the sequel to TOA (fantasy titled The Other King) and got about half way through before I realized that there were plot issues in the first book that had to be addressed

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1132510404747163792005-11-20T09:29:00.000-08:002005-11-20T10:13:24.806-08:00

After this last week's strange schedule I'm looking forward to this week-- nothing to do, nowhere to go until Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving-- first with my parents, then with Brian's. I need the time to catch up on laundry and a few other housework things, and to sit and write during nap times, and generally just chill out. I don't have a single teaching hour this week, and I need the

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1131657655150192942005-11-10T12:59:00.000-08:002005-11-10T13:20:55.186-08:00

Wow-- It's been over a week. It doesn't feel that long, but when you're not sleeping days and nights kind of blur together. Last week Ender threw us for a loop. He was up all day, hardly napping unless I held him, and then at night he wouldn't sleep either unless he was being held or Brian or I sat right next to him in his bouncer with one hand on his belly. If we did manage to get him sleep,

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1130952955333570382005-11-01T20:34:00.000-08:002005-11-02T09:35:55.510-08:00

795 words today.

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1130775321524695272005-10-31T08:15:00.000-08:002005-10-31T08:15:21.706-08:00

Tomorrow NaNo starts again and I'll be there. I thought for sure that I wouldn't participate this year, but I started thinking about it last week, and the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I've written a negligable amount of words this month. I know that it's understandable seeing as how I had a baby at the beginning of the month (and little things like that tend to be slightly

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1130470112934825072005-10-27T20:25:00.000-07:002005-10-27T20:28:32.946-07:00

This is quite the hilarious read if you're a Serenity/Firefly fan. Please note that it gives away practically the whole movie, so if you haven't seen Serenity yet and you plan to see it, DON'T click: Serenity in 2000 words or Less.

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My FIL is having heart problems. He's going in tomorrow so they can inject dye to find out how much blockage he has. From there they will determine what kind of procedure he needs to have done to take care of the problem. He's not very old and everything should turn out fine, but still-- it's his heart, and these kinds of problems run in the family. Brian's grandmother (FIL's mother) passed away

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1129837156958467482005-10-20T12:30:00.000-07:002005-10-20T12:39:16.966-07:00

These are from Ender's first 5 days. His skin is still a little blotchy in these, but at least by this point he was down to only having 3 or 4 chins, rather than the 8 he was born with.There shall be more pictures soon-- I have to upload current pictures off the camera first.

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1129835570638567462005-10-20T11:57:00.000-07:002005-10-20T12:12:50.643-07:00

I'm going to fiddle around with trying to post pictures during Ender's next nap. Promise! In some ways I'm just fine with computer-y things, and in some ways I'm a computer moron, so bear with me.We went in for Ender's 2 week check-up today. The child gained 1 pound, 9 ounces in the last 10 days for a grand total of 10 lbs. 3 oz.-- a full pound over his birth weight! And I was worried that he

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1129656511730764362005-10-18T10:14:00.000-07:002005-10-19T07:55:20.890-07:00

I posted yesterday about the writing I was getting done at night, and last night there were no words-- for good reason though! The kid actually slept pretty well. He was only up 3 times between midnight and 7 a.m. for a grand total of 1 hour and 20 minutes. He didn't stay up and scream at all last night-- every time he was up it was for a diaper change, feeding, or both. That was it! Hopefully

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1129562495539098012005-10-17T08:21:00.000-07:002005-10-17T08:21:35.593-07:00

I have a writing secret-- to get more work done, have a baby.See, Ender has been staying up most nights. He thinks it's funny to see his mom and dad dragging their sorry behinds out of bed every hour or so. And then he likes to play "how long can I keep them out of bed?" Of course, then he likes to sleep all day to make up for his game playing at night. Slowly he's turning around-- last night he

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1129243581431547902005-10-13T15:44:00.000-07:002005-10-13T15:46:21.436-07:00

A belated post to congratulate my brother Micah! He became engaged to his girlfriend Kerri on October 1. They will be getting married in June. She will be a great sister-in-law!

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Steven Brian Walton III ("Ender") was born October 5, at 8:17 p.m. via emergency c-section. We went in for our induction at 8 p.m. October 4 and they did the cervidil at 9 p.m. I'd been contracting about every 10 minutes most of the day (which they were glad to hear) and by 11 my contactions were 1-2 minutes apart, and lasting about 50 seconds. They were concerned that they'd gotten so close so

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1128987264873823292005-10-10T16:32:00.000-07:002005-10-10T16:34:24.880-07:00

I just wanted to let you know we're home. I'm fine, baby is fine, and we're trying to settle into this whole "being a family" thing. I'll post details later, but I wanted you all to know we're fine and *very* happy.

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We leave in about 3 1/2 hours to go to the hospital to have the baby. It's scary to think about. We're finishing up last minute things around the house-- I addressed birth announcements this morning, the kitchen is spotless, and Brian is finishing up the last of the laundry as we speak. We're trying to decide if we should take anything with us to do this evening-- playing cards? A movie? I'm not

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1128446257211014172005-10-04T09:39:00.000-07:002005-10-04T10:17:37.276-07:00

We went to see Serenity again last night, and I have to say that my views have changed. I still love the movie and you should still go see it, but I have a different perspective on it after the second viewing.I've been reading a lot of the internet stuff about Serenity-- blogs, reviews, etc.-- And they all seem to fall in one of two directions: 1)OMG-- this is the best thing EVAR!!!!! or 2)It was

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1128129760648287822005-09-30T18:17:00.000-07:002005-09-30T18:22:40.653-07:00

We went to the earliest showing they had after I got off work, and it was *amazing*. Once again I have to say that I love Joss Whedon and his work. The man is brilliant. We managed to hook a couple of friends onto the series just this week (loaned them our box set of the series after threatening them with major bodily harm if anything should happen to them) and they went to see the movie earlier

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1127998793539233152005-09-29T05:43:00.000-07:002005-09-29T05:59:53.546-07:00

We saw the doctor yesterday, and we're on the schedule to be induced next Wednesday, October 5! We actually go in Tuesday night to get started. I'm kind of hoping I'll go into labor on my own before that, but if I don't we'll definitely have this kid by Wednesday. V. scary to think about. If anyone has suggestions about how to get labor going on our own I'm all for it. The only thing I can't do

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1127604729060103102005-09-24T16:21:00.000-07:002005-09-24T16:41:03.240-07:00

We saw the doctor yesterday, and I think the baby may get here ahead of schedule!First the stats:1. My blood pressure was a little higher than normal for me, but still within normal ranges.2. Baby's heartrate was in the 130s and 140s. He didn't fight back against the doppler this time-- I think he's out of room.3. The doctor felt around my belly for a bit and Baby is definitely head down and

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1127438567295634632005-09-22T18:19:00.000-07:002005-09-22T19:59:42.956-07:00

Hubby has a weblog! And on his second ever post he's been spammed, poor guy. I've been writing here for almost 2 years now and never once have I had comment spam.*edited at 9:55 p.m. to add-- this post has been up all of 90 minutes and has comment spam... LOL. They must have felt bad for leaving me out of the loop this long.*

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1127411156668797362005-09-22T10:45:00.000-07:002005-09-22T10:45:56.703-07:00

Back pain is a little better today, but I think that has something to do with me lying in bed or on the couch with the heating pad and taking extra strength Tylenol every 4 hours since about 6:00 last night. It's a good thing I've got the laptop, because I'd be going nuts about now with nothing to do except watch the weather channel.I've been online all morning reading up on labor signs, things

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1127175587567841212005-09-19T17:12:00.000-07:002005-09-19T17:19:47.573-07:00

We made a nice little trip to the hospital last night.Long story short, I was having tons of contractions with lots of pain-- we're talking 4 minutes apart for 3 hours in a row. We called the doctor on call (the 1 doctor in the practice that I don't like) who wisely said, "if you think you should be checked, go ahead and get checked. If you want to wait, wait."Gee, thanks for the advice.So we

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1126983032625363372005-09-17T11:38:00.000-07:002005-09-17T11:50:32.630-07:00

I worked Thursday and came up with just under 1k. Not terrible, but not what I hoped for. Yesterday I got home from work late, then had to run errands and spend a little time with the boy, so no writing yesterday.This morning I've been hard at work on the book, and I'm negative 122 words.I have to stop talking about this book. The more I talk about it the more I think about it, and the more I

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1126806712820065372005-09-15T10:38:00.000-07:002005-09-15T10:51:52.826-07:00

Must go shopping. I took my last prenatal vitamin last night so I must go get more of those, plus I have a desperate craving for Krispy Kreme donuts. One should never mess with a pregnant woman's cravings.I've gotten some words today, but they're along the lines of the ones I got last night-- most likely stuff that will have to be thrown out, but I'm not worrying about that right now. I just need

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1126638714873357172005-09-13T12:04:00.000-07:002005-09-13T12:11:54.880-07:00

We're all good here-- just wanted to let you all know that since it's been awhile. I picked up some extra work hours this week, so I'm still busy.Baby is good, though I'm having contractions all the time. They're still just Braxton Hicks and nothing serious, but I'm soooooo tired of these! Baby is 35 weeks, 4 days today.Brian may have broken his finger at his softball game last night. A line

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1126027034340541542005-09-06T10:17:00.000-07:002005-09-06T10:17:14.346-07:00

I spent most of last night awake.Oh, I went to bed early enough and drifted off promptly. I don't seem to have any problem getting to sleep these days. It's the staying asleep that causes problems. First, there are all the bathroom visits that pregnancy involves. I've been dealing with those pretty well over the last few months. But when you add dreams about going into labor into the mix, it

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1125882087568130172005-09-04T18:01:00.000-07:002005-09-04T18:01:27.573-07:00

Well, kind of. School started last week and I was incredibly tired so I was online very little while I worked on real life stuff.Baby is doing well. I had to go in to get checked on Wednesday because I had serious contractions for over 6 hours plus back pain. They monitored me and the baby for awhile, but of course I didn't have any contractions while I was on the monitor. Baby was all kinds of

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1124939476496704342005-08-24T20:11:00.000-07:002005-08-24T20:11:16.510-07:00

Baby News... he's doing well, growing exactly on target and active as ever. I've been crampy and having lots of fun Braxton Hicks for about 5 days now-- as in a lot even for me. The doctor doesn't want to see me unless the contractions get more regular (right now they're anywhere from 30 minutes to 3 minutes apart) or my water breaks or something else drastic happens. We would like to keep him in

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1124335477224255042005-08-17T20:21:00.000-07:002005-08-17T20:24:37.266-07:00

My husband is ironing the ironing board, and yet he insists that he is not obsessive compulsive...Today was crazy with work. I had a full studio day of regular lessons and mega make-up lessons since this is the last week of the summer session. Next week we head full into the fall schedule, and I'm sooo not ready for that yet! I'm still working on some fall lesson plans for a handful of students,

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1124209304421951722005-08-16T09:16:00.000-07:002005-08-16T09:21:44.476-07:00

Read an interesting entry by PBW this morning about writer's spaces. She writes about several examples of writers with their own tiny little spaces away from the world and then shares her own writer's space.She asks a great question: Do writers need a retreat?I do. I have a beautiful wood desk nestled in the home office I share with my husband, but I can't write there. I use it for day job things

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1123991041127242932005-08-13T20:40:00.000-07:002005-08-13T20:44:01.133-07:00

There's a crib in the other bedroom. A real one, with a mattress and blankets and stuffed animals.And the closet? It's stocked full of clothes of all sizes and receiving blankets and burp cloths and diapers and creams and wipes.And there are less than 9 weeks left.In some ways I'm soooo ready for this kid to come. We're as prepared as we'll ever be, and I'm ready to be done with the whole

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1123880195542238042005-08-12T13:18:00.000-07:002005-08-12T13:56:35.583-07:00

A curious thing has happened since I started reading so much about freelancing and learning to write queries.I started writing a whole lot of fiction. My secret project has grown tremendously over the last week as my release between all the writing "work" and studio work. I've kept busy all week long accomplishing my long list of stuff, but I've been finding myself working on that book quite a

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1123642509513355632005-08-09T19:46:00.000-07:002005-08-09T19:55:09.520-07:00

Yesterday we relaxed all day and it was absolutely wonderful. I didn't work on school things or studio things, I didn't write or fret over queries, I didn't even so much as make the bed. Today, however, I had to make up for that. Wrote thank you notes for the baby gifts we received at our shower on Saturday, wrote about half of the English curriculum for the class I'm teaching, did laundry, went

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1123220873460042062005-08-04T22:44:00.000-07:002005-08-04T22:47:53.466-07:00

One of Brian's friends told him about this number game called Sudoku. Brian told me about it a few days ago, I told him it sounded interesting, and he brought home a book of these puzzles.I'm now addicted.I actually found a Sudoku site online that has various levels of the game. I can finish a hard puzzle in about 15-20 minutes. I've been playing all night instead of getting my work done.

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1123124494431385382005-08-03T20:00:00.000-07:002005-08-03T20:01:34.436-07:00

I spent a couple hours writing and rewriting queries yesterday. I need to go back to the library and look at a couple more things research wise before I send anything out. I need to get over my fear of sending submissions. I can put together a beautiful submissions package. I've actually done that for a novel or two, but do I have the guts to send? Ansolutely no way. I'm such a coward. Fear of

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1122760084354902882005-07-30T14:36:00.000-07:002005-07-30T14:48:04.360-07:00

Last night Brian proudly hollers from the kid's room-- "I'm putting the crib together!" So I did the good wife thing and went in and oohed and ahhed and took a picture of all the pieces scattered around him, and then I told him not to call me again unless it was done.After much muttering and random noises from that room, he finally announced it finished, and I got to marvel at his handywork. I

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1122598822419310232005-07-28T17:40:00.000-07:002005-07-28T18:00:22.426-07:00

1. I *think* it's safe to say that my cold is going away. I actually slept well last night for the first time in about a month. I think I only got up 4 times, which is a record low for me.2. As weird as baby's movements feel sometimes (especially when he has the hiccups!) I'm going to miss them when he comes. I know there will be other great things about having him here, but I really enjoy the

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1122341746570839122005-07-25T18:06:00.000-07:002005-07-25T18:35:46.580-07:00

Brian and I went away for the weekend-- our last bit of spontaneity before Little One comes. We have 2 more weekends away planned for August-- one is for a baby shower, and the other is a weekend with Brian's parents, but nothing with just the two of us escaping for a few days. When we were down there I told him we have to make sure to keep our weekend escapes part of our lives even after the kid

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1121980681869944572005-07-21T14:01:00.000-07:002005-07-21T14:18:01.876-07:00

Posting so that I won't go crazy today. I'm sick, and it's not getting better. Nothing horrible mind you-- probably just a bad cold-- but man does my head feel full of goo and other gross things. I've slept a lot of the day, watched daytime tv in all it's glory (did anyone else know that they're airing Buffy episodes on FX?!?) and got started reading Rachel Caine's first book, Ill Wind. OMG-- I

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1121884270226391412005-07-20T11:29:00.000-07:002005-07-20T11:35:47.153-07:00

I'm tired of my blue look, so we're going with the one my husband dubbed "oatmeal" for now. It may change again though, just to be forewarned.

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1121812400181552342005-07-19T15:07:00.000-07:002005-07-20T11:36:19.353-07:00

1) Book 6 is better written than 4 & 5. It's tighter, better paced, and doesn't have nearly as many groan-worthy adverbs. My pet peeve with JK Rowling is that she tags much of her dialogue with unnecessary adverbs... "she said angrily" and all that. The thing is, her adverb usage isn't just unnecessary-- sometimes I swear she made up the word. Anyway, much better about that in this book.2) Book 6

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1121463295826753972005-07-15T14:20:00.000-07:002005-07-20T11:36:43.333-07:00

In about 20 minutes I shall be off to hand out numbered tickets to rabid Harry Potter fans. Hopefully there will be no fist fights. Yesterday I got to go through all the bookstore training all over again (I worked the last Harry Potter event, and for awhile I did their storytimes) including their sexual harrassment video. Those are always great, right?It just struck me as incredibly funny this

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1121314964188536092005-07-13T21:03:00.000-07:002005-07-20T11:37:03.090-07:00

We finally got the situation with our new DSL stuff figured out yesterday so I'm back on the laptop, working away. I can't even begin to tell you how much catching up I had to do with various blogs and communities...The pregnancy has been kicking my butt the last week or so. I'm back to being in a state of constant exhaustion, just like I was the first trimester, but there are just a million

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1120790431279139662005-07-07T19:12:00.000-07:002005-07-20T11:37:44.306-07:00

Posts may be intermittent for a little bit. We switched to a new company for our DSL, and while it's tremendously faster (and cheaper!), it doesn't like our wireless network for some reason, so I can only use my laptop if I'm in Brian's office directly linked. Of course, when I'm in there I can't sit with my feet up and all that, so I can only spend a short amount of time online.This has actually

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1120533770957181902005-07-04T20:02:00.000-07:002005-07-20T11:38:09.443-07:00

Today's writing time was meant to be in the afternoon because we had tickets for the baseball game this evening. I finished with my last student and went up to write. Within 5 minutes of turning on the computer I started having contractions. I've learned to ignore those things by now-- otherwise I would never do anything. And I don't mean ignore as in pretend they're not happening-- I ignore by

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1120359387655303252005-07-02T19:39:00.000-07:002005-07-20T11:38:30.846-07:00

I seem to run into an awful lot of writers that have secret projects going alongside their regular projects. Holly Lisle and Irysangel are just two of them. I've been hard at work on my regular projects the last few days since I've been stuck around the house, and today I ran into a "formula" for pitching an MS. I spent the better part of the day playing around with the formula and writing

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1120159517084148652005-06-30T12:06:00.000-07:002005-07-20T11:39:00.653-07:00

We saw War of the Worlds last night. Brian really liked it, and some of it was really good, but in general, I was watching the clock. The ending clicked together too easily, and while the reason for the demise of the aliens was scientifically fine, the movie was ended by a narrator saying how the aliens were defeated. Not a big fan of endings that must be explained by the narrator...There were

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1120072839605434692005-06-29T12:20:00.000-07:002005-07-20T11:39:17.080-07:00

Just returned from our 24 week OB visit. Baby looks good, his movement is excellent, heart beat is great.I, on the other hand, am falling apart. I've been having a fun sciatic nerve thing that makes it unbearable to put much weight on my left leg, the baby's sitting a little higher so I have to be careful about how I sit or else I can't catch my breath, and I am constantly exhausted because Kiddo

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1119841435597736032005-06-26T20:03:00.000-07:002005-07-20T11:39:35.796-07:00

We've been working on the house over the last three days-- trying to prep for Little One's arrival. I know it seems kind of early to be worrying over that, but the rest of our summer is crazy. July holds Brian's store inventory followed a week later by the Harry Potter book 6 release. This means Brian is working 6 days a week for nearly the entire month. In August, we have a baby shower in St.

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1119580066853797932005-06-23T19:18:00.000-07:002005-06-23T19:27:46.856-07:00

Wow. I haven't had such a bad writing session in a long time.Brian went to his usual Thursday night basketball session, and I sat down to write, and nothing- NOTHING- came out. Usually if I get stuck like that I'll work at it for awhile, and if it's not going anywhere I switch to a different project and that will shake me loose on something. Even if I can't work on one of the books I can at least

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1119325605981442032005-06-20T20:36:00.000-07:002005-06-20T20:46:45.986-07:00

First news of the day-- go check out Irysangel's awesome news! Go on, get over there!Second news of the day-- Am far too large for as pregnant as I am, so I'm making a real effort to swim and walk more. Today I walked after Brian left for work. Tomorrow I am determined to walk again. I do not want to gain 60 pounds with this kid. I don't want to have to try to get that much weight back off

Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773369160565611801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281202.post-1119240404275796892005-06-19T20:32:00.000-07:002005-06-19T21:06:44.296-07:00

First of all, I forgot to mention my 500+ words from yesterday.Second, a warning...WARNING: The following long post contains details about yesterday's experience shopping for maternity clothes and includes a lot of bra talk. If you're not interested, move on.Yesterday Brian had to work a closing shift so I took my happy self out shopping with the remainder of my birthday cash. I saw a sale going

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