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1. I swear, I have got to find a time to blog when my brain is functioning. I gave up posting in the morning, because the mornings are total chaos. But trying to do it right now, after writing [...]

I’m interrupting my normal blogging schedule to share with you the single best thing I have seen all freaking day. Maybe all freaking week. I mean, come on! If that doesn’t give you [...]

Even before I had a kid, I thought that being a stay at home parent had to be the hardest job in the world. Now that I’ve been enduring various babysitter crises and having to do the [...]

This weekend, I found myself living vicariously through other YA authors. Meg Cabot rocked the LA Times Festival of Books and nearby signings in pretty much the cutest outfit EVER, carrying the [...]

1. Okay, so how GREAT was the Madonna Glee episode this week? I didn’t get to watch it until last night, but once it began I was, like, totally lost in nostalgia. That’s one of the [...]

It’s Tuesday afternoon, and I’m just finished a REALLY long work day, which means I have exactly, like, two brains cells still functioning. To me, a good day of hard writing and/or [...]

Earth Day is this week, and in honor of the occasion, they were giving away a free reusable shopping bag at Target today. I know, I know. One bag is not that big of a deal. But while I try to be [...]

1. Today is Tax Day, but it’s just not like it used to be. Remember when you used to have to go pick up your forms at the post office, and then sit down and fill them out with your [...]

Thanks to all of you who sent positive thoughts to my mom for her surgery. I was a nervous wreck on Monday—however, I am usually a nervous wreck, despite the circumstances—but [...]

This weekend was, in a word, nuts. Mostly because on Saturday morning, my husband and our friends Dana and Jason ran the Tarheel Ten Miler, a race that began on campus, snaked through town, and [...]