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Author M.J. Pullen blogs with humor about her life as a writer and working mom raising two padawans with her own personal Mr. Darcy.

The Crest of the Wave

posted on 08/13/2008

You know, I almost didn’t want to do a blog this week, partly because – as always seems the case when I sit down to write – I worry that I have nothing whatsoever to say. The more positive reason, however, is that last week’s entry elicited so many fabulous responses from everyone. I didn’t […]

Plastic Scissor Award #1

posted on 07/30/2008

Welcome to the inaugural presentation of the Plastic Scissor Awards: an occasional (sporadic) tribute to those who fly in the face of convention, reason, and general good sense in order to follow their passions. To those who insist on learning every lesson the hard way, who shamelessly come back for more after getting their hearts […]

Quick Addendum and Advice from the Barista

posted on 07/26/2008

I guess all that writing about almond lattes yesterday got to me – I was running an early errand this morning and decided to stop in for one. That’s when I found out Starbucks no longer has almond flavoring! First they’re closing 600 stores and now this??? What is the world coming to?? [By the […]

Sacred Cows and Lemon-Lime Gatorade

posted on 07/25/2008

“If you’re going to _____, you might as well ______.” There are many ways to finish that simple verbal formula. For example, “If you’re going to shoot yourself out of a cannon to impress your friends on YouTube, you might as well buy a good life insurance policy.” Or, “If you’re going down with the […]

These Dreams…

posted on 07/22/2008

Maybe it’s the hot weather or caffeine or something. I’m not usually one who has vivid dreams, especially involving cohesive plots, specific people or recognizable places. But I’ve been having some crazy ones lately. Like the one a few weeks ago where I helped a friend decorate her new house with the monsters and fixtures […]

Or it could be Asiago, I’m not sure

posted on 07/19/2008

I went to dinner with some friends last night, and a friend of mine – who is in Atlanta for the weekend from out of town – made me feel very special when he explained that he reads this blog regularly as one way of keeping in touch with me from afar. Awww…. how sweet. […]

Lesson #17: Money Talks, But Sometimes I Need a Translator

posted on 07/08/2008

Like most people, I’ve had money on the brain lately. Recession, gas prices, economic stimulus, housing market, job market… if I weren’t already meticulously evaluating my financial situation on my own (including, as the last blog indicates, calculating what I pay for the square footage in my storage unit), then the news outlets would still […]

Can I Rent a Storage Unit for Emotional Baggage?

posted on 07/01/2008

So one of our tasks for the upcoming holiday weekend is that MDH and I are planning to clean out some stuff we’ve had in storage since early in the year. We boxed up some clutter while our condo was on the market, and now it needs to come home so that we can save […]

Chisel, Stone and Frequent Flyer Miles

posted on 06/02/2008

… And we’re back. The blog has been on a hiatus for a month or so, partly because of my graduation and all the festivities surrounding it, and then because we took a trip to Ireland for nine days. It was my first time crossing the Atlantic since I backpacked through Europe 10 years ago […]

#54: Learn to sit, play, and trust…

posted on 04/30/2008

One thing I really love about gmail, aside from its other endlessly useful features, is the little rotating headline thingy — I’m sure the folks at google have an actual, technical name for it — above the inbox, which changes every time I check my mail. At first, I barely noticed its existence. And even […]