Posted by Barely Knit Together on May 1, 2009 in
Writing
“My name is Jennifer, and I’m addicted to comment threads.”
“Hi, Jennifer.”
It started innocently enough.
Or not.
Look, I’m a black hole of need, okay? If some brilliant person wants to throw down the gauntlet and have a little back and forth wordplay, I’m all over it. I live to be clever. I need the affirmation that my [...]
Tags: blogging, comments, Motherhood, teenagers, Writing, writing with children
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Feb 24, 2009 in
Mental Stability,
Motherhood,
Writing
I’m blocked. Completely. I cannot finds the words to complete a sentence. Okay, well – maybe that’s an exaggeration.
I want to say the problem is Beckett the terrible the toddler who will not tolerate me being out of his presence and who is right now screaming because I had the audacity to leave the room [...]
Tags: communication, writers block, Writing, writing with children
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Feb 12, 2009 in
Homemaking Made Easy,
Mental Stability,
Motherhood,
Writing
Where did it go? The discipline, the commitment?
I’m sure forcing myself to write is no more amusing for you than it is for me, but be grateful that you don’t have a small person dumping powdered milk on the floor in retribution for the lack of attention for ten minutes. And clinging to your leg [...]
Tags: bad housekeeping, children, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, writing with children
I was just asked if the bean extravaganza was worth it. I have to say, I kinda think so, even though the baby kept crying because they were hurting his feet this morning (could this be classified as torture?), so I swept them up at which point the four year old came in. [...]
Tags: child prodigies, dysfunctional families, Motherhood, parenting, working at home, writing with children
As I sit to type this, my 18 month old is being entertained by the 4 year old, who is throwing Boggle pieces at the ceiling vajh./,.
Sorry, one just landed on my hand. Anyway, he is attempting to roll an ‘E’, at which point he will be ‘the winner’.
It’s fine, really, since the Boggle frame [...]
Tags: children, housekeeping, humor, Motherhood, ocd, parenting, working from home, writing with children