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1) Max lost his fourth tooth yesterday.
2) I got another ongoing writing assignment I applied for, Phoenix TV Examiner.
3) I finally learned how to make homemade macaroni and cheese that doesn’t suck.
Let’s start with the last one first. I must once again thank Amanda Hesser, for I used her recipe. It’s not that hard. I [...]
Well, it’s Saturday morning. Conrad’s taken Max for an outing, and I stayed home to clean our wretched house.
I’m poised to dig in but am of course procrastinating a bit first.
In looking for music to put on while I clean, I saw that there’s an all-Christmas music channel now. YAY! I do believe I’m ready [...]
Okay, so, fall feels a lot like spring. As the season changes, we head toward the end of this year, looking ahead at the beginning of the next - I find we’re inclined to do some spring cleaning.
However, direction is still a problem.
We’re not happy with Conrad being in private practice. It’s not that he’s [...]
So I just got back from the workout room downstairs. The last time I was in there a girl had “Steel Magnolias” on the TV. I don’t care, I don’t use the TV but I don’t mind listening to whatever someone else has on.
I really hoped I’d be done before the part where Julia Roberts [...]
Okay, I think I’m less grumpusy than I have been lately. I do have these ups and downs.
Max did the cutest stinking thing last night. He laboriously gathered all the chairs in our house and arranged them all in a circle in the middle of the room, to imitate the formation of his “social group” [...]
September 2, 2009
Well, right now Conrad is ordering from Swaddee Thai delivery as we speak. Why? Because I made dinner and it sucked. Neither he nor I could eat it. How could I mess up chicken and pasta? And we have no other food in the house.
One day, when I can concentrate, I’m going to [...]
I truly think that the most dangerous state of mind I can be in is boredom. And oh crap, that’s where I am.
God, I miss being interesting. I’m absolutely dying of boredom. What can I do to be interesting? I’m a reflection of my life and my life is B-O-R-I-N-G. How can anyone so dull [...]
I have now written nine articles for Examiner.com.
This does not make me a journalist. Why, I don’t even have a degree in Journalism.
But, in typical Maile-expecting-way-too-much-of-herself style, I have begun to compare my work to professional journalists.
And, horrors, after nine articles, I have not reached the point where the quality of my writing clearly crushes [...]
So the thing is, now that I’m trying to do these Examiner things faithfully, I’m finding it hard to do that AND keep up my highly controversial blog (haha. I put up a link to my blog on Facebook labeling it “highly controversial” and got all kinds of visits. Imagine the disappointment when people saw [...]
Been doing a lot of typing this week! Between work and starting my new Examiner.com writing dealy, I’ve got sore arms, sore shoulders, sore neck and sore eyes! Just takes getting used to, that’s all.
So I’ve added a new link on the sidebar to the right (on my blog’s main page), “Articles by Maile Hernandez,” [...]