Posts By: MJ Pullen
M.J. Pullen is a distracted writer and the mom of two boys in Roswell, Georgia, where she is absolutely late for something important right now. Her books include quirky romantic comedies and playful women's fiction. She blogs erratically with writing advice, random observations, and reflections on raising very loud kids and dogs. Join her Distracted Readers newsletter list for updates, free content, giveaways and more.
I saw on the news this morning that today is the busiest day of the year at the post office; and of course I had an errand there that wouldn’t wait. Needless to say, I was pretty much dreading the idea of waiting in line forever with a VERY active toddler — that’s pretty much […]
ME: Urrgh! You keep complaining about stuff, but you won’t accept any of my solutions! DH: I know, I’m really frustrating that way. It’s a character flaw. ME: Character flaw? Really? Are you sure it’s not just a consistent, annoying choice? DH: Hmmm… [Thinks]. Nope, it’s a character flaw. ME: *Sigh*
It’s Teacher Appreciation Week at Monkey’s school. Sounds nice, doesn’t it? I think so. I love teachers. I worked at a school for almost three years and teachers were the majority of my acquaintance. My best friend is a teacher. I know first-hand what a hard and often thankless job it can be. So I […]
And, yes, I had to look up how to spell her name. It is so cold outside today that the birds in our backyard seem to be actually trying to get into the house. All morning I’ve been watching an aerobatic display in out the window — we are fortunate to have a yard that’s […]
… for a trip down Memory Lane (more like Memory I-85) that made me smile and reminded me of a period of real growth in my own life. Reading her blog, I felt like a much better person than I really am most days. It’s nice to have friends with good memories around at your […]
It’s funny how sometimes the weather changes your mood; and other times it seems to simply reflect it. As though the gray skies and dripping leaves are just an extension of what’s going on inside. For me, today is one of those days. I had a wonderful Thanksgiving break – time with family, time in […]
A mommy first today… I got a call about an hour ago that my sweet baby was vomiting “everywhere” and I needed to go pick him up from preschool. Yuck. And poor baby. So I am busy scrapping my plans for the afternoon, desperately rearranging my work schedule, and waiting for a call back from […]
The latest obsession around our house, edging out the toy vacuum cleaner that a girlfriend let us borrow, is Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Before MLM was born, people warned me that this book would be the object of pure passion, and that has certainly has been the case. I now read that book, […]
I hung one more year on the lineI should be depressedMy house is a messBut I’m having a good time… [With my deepest, most sincere apologies to Paul Simon.] Just an update blog because I’ve been missing you guys… Thought I’d tell you why I love November. Elections: I know it’s dorky, but I love […]
So it’s Day 43 of my 30-Day Challenge. So much for the best of intentions; and I guess Morgan Spurlock’s job is safe for now… But here we are nonetheless, at Blog #30. When I started this little assignment for myself, the High Holidays were just drawing to a close and I was still sort […]
