Terrible shot, I know. My expression is bordering between “What am I doing?! Why must I in EVERY PHOTO I take – it seems – I do the thumbs-up sign?!” and “How do I act cool about this when I’m actually squealing with delight?”
Tiff just gave me this award: It’s always so nice to be remembered for these. Thank you, my sweet. Here are the rules: 1. Put the logo on your blog. 2. Add a link to the person who awarded it to you. 3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs. 4. Add links to these blogs…
I’m currently hyperventilating over the minor details concerning my book launch this weekend (Do I rent chair slips? (no) Will I have balloons? (yes!) etc) and need to address the subject of food. Specifically, what will I cook and/or bake? I want to have a range of things to choose from: sweet and savoury, healthy and…
What spells birthday present? i-p-h-o-n-e
September, 1996 “I think Tim is dead,” I said, sometime between 11am and 11.15am, as my friends and I were sitting eating our recess. N looked up sharply, aghast. “Don’t say that! No he’s not!” ****** In my memory, it was the first – and last – time our small group of friends spoke harshly…
Every so often I will be driving along in the car and go into a sudden panic. In these first seconds, honestly, I don’t know how I don’t crash. I think, “Holy fuck, where are the kids? Where have I left them?” A whole sequence of possibilities run through my head: I left them in the…
So my period is two weeks late. Yep. It’s not that, either. I know what you’re thinking. At least, I don’t think so. My period has only ever been late twice in my life, so, um, the data is pointing in KNOCKED – UP’s direction but no no no. I say this with relative confidence…
It is my pleasure and profoundest relief to be able to announce that last week Miscellaneous Press became an officially registered Trademark. What does this mean? Very plainly, that I own the logo and name and can conduct business knowing that no-one is entitled to encroach or appropriate these, and that I’m not doing the same with existing Trademarks….
If it seems I’ve not been quite myself this week, at least here on miscmum, you’d be quite right. In a nutshell: it appears that a number – not an insignificant number – of my book copies arrived back from Asia with marks on one of the pages that are totally unsatisfactory. I paid for 100%…
