The book launch for Crying in the Car was yesterday. Preparations for it, and the party we had at our house afterwards, wouldn’t have been possible without the help of Adam and my mother-in-law, so a big thank you, straight up for that. I took the camera down and got some photos before people started…
As seen on on Life in Publishing, a site discovered via Rose Powell on Twitter. It’s the kind of Tumblr that makes me joyous in all the flawed, knowing and cynical ways life does and I know I perhaps shouldn’t let it but damn it feels okay sometimes.
For context: First, Adam gets sick. Then this: Then this: Then, by Wednesday afternoon, it was my turn. [No picture. You’re welcome.] This virus-or-whatever couldn’t have been more spectacularly badly timed (two adverbs in a row! I must be sick!) but, hey, that’s life, eh? * I do want to tell you all…
At my six-week (blown out to eight) post-operation checkup, just as we were wrapping up our consultation, I stopped my surgeon from dismissing me by throwing in a quick question about exercise. Can I run again? Can I go to the gym and lift weights? What am I allowed to do, exactly? He stopped. For…
We’ve come from blowing raspberries when he was a few months old … … to now stealing my iPhone when I’m not looking (and better balancing the camera than I ever can) to make a tutorial and ask people to “vote (for it) on Facebook”. He even holds it together when Keira interrupts the proceedings….
Whenever the moment comes to tear open that first box, anticipating the look of the books, their feel, trying to gauge all the emotions – I tell you, it remains to be quite an experience. I doubt it will ever be different – assuming this happens again – and I wouldn’t want it to be…
Me: “How was school?” Child: “We got to write down the names of the people we’d like to be in the same class as next year.” Me: “Oh yeah, who did you pick?” Child: [rattles off some names] Me: [Surprised at one or two of those names] Really? Why? Child: For strategic reasons, I suppose….
Those of you who are new to this blog this year might be wondering what the above means? Am I about to go on a stanley-knife-crafty-hot-glue-and-myriad-coloured-cardboard-card-making orgy? No. First, a reminder of this year’s chosen charity. Taken from my introductory post back in January: I’ve been aware of The Starlight Children’s Foundation for years. A former…
GREAT books (it’s like they read my blog and know what I like!), tea samples, book orders and a cheque! Blogging will resume to a semi-regular schedule soon. Life is frantic to say the least … and the state of the house? The less said the better. x
