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I have a new post (Lizard Mom) up on my mySA blog if you would like to go over and read it.

I really appreciate all the support you all have given me by going over to my new blog and reading/commenting on my posts. I am so happy to be part of the mySA blog family and appreciate the time you take to read my posts and also the support you have given me. I have had several people tell me that they have been having difficulty leaving comments over there (the word verification/errors) and I have forwarded those complaints to my editor. I think the word verification prompt is touchy (not to mention hard to read). Let me know if you continue to have problems.

I am not currently posting On The Flipside. I am trying to devote time right now to mySA and also here On The Upside. I plan to post On The Flipside again very soon - I have several great posts coming up from some wonderful guest bloggers, as well as posts of my own.

I also would like to ask for your support and prayers for a friend of mine. Angie is a long time blogging friend and her blog is Keep Believing. Some of you might know Angie. She and her family are going through a very difficult time right now. Her and her wonderful husband, Brian, have two boys. Brian has a brain tumor and ... it is a very difficult time right now. Please go over to Angie's site and offer your support and love. She is the most wonderful person, mother, writer, friend - and even through all she and Brian have/are going through - they are an amazing inspiration!

I am so happy to now also be writing for mySA.com.

This is the website for the San Antonio newspaper - The San Antonio Express News, and also for KENS5 television station (San Antonio's CBS affiliate).

I will be blogging for mySA in MomsInSA.Com and my blog will be represented there as On The Upside.

I have a post over there today - post titled: Twins Are a Powerful Force.

I'd love to have you drop over and see my new place and meet all the great folks over at mySA.

Every week I publish two or three posts over on my mySA blog. I am thrilled to be one of the Mom Bloggers for mySA and appreciate the times you stop over to read my stories.

Today, I have a new post up called, I Can See You. It's a story about my Little Billy, if you'd like to go over and read it.

We've been on Spring Break this week and I've been taking a little break from blogging. I hope to be back more regular soon.

Have a great weekend.

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I am so thrilled to be guest posting today over at Kelly's site Don Mills Diva.

I have posted the story, Trolls In Art Class, if you're interested in going over and reading it. And - while you're there, make sure you check out Kelly's beautiful site and read some of her fabulous posts - she's one of the very best writers I know!!!

I also have a new post up on my blog over at mySA called He'd Just Better Snape Up -- Or He's Outta Here. It's a story about our stange cat, Snape.

Have a really good day!

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I have a new post up over on my blog at mySA called I Had Him Shaking In His Church Shoes.

I hope you have time to go over and read this story about surviving motherhood.

Have a great day!

I have a new post up over at mySA called So Many Words ... But She Always Has A Favorite,if you would like to go over and read this story about my funny Alexis.

I hope you've have a great week!

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I have a new post up on my blog at mySA called The Secret. It is a post about my twins and I would love if you came by to visit me over there.

Also, I would appreciate your continued support and prayers for my friend Angie and her husband, Brian. Please go by and visit Angie's site, Keep Believing. Angie's wonderful husband, Brian, has a brain tumor and ... it is a very difficult time. They are going through many doctor appointments right now and many tests to determine the best course for Brian's current condition and they are in need of lots and lots of prayers and support. Like I have said before, even through all Angie and Brian have been and are going through - they are an amazing inspiration and are touching so many lives!

Have a good weekend, everyone!

I am writing today over at mySA. I have a post up called I'll Give You A Quarter Tomorrow For A Hamburger Today.

I hope you go over and read my story about my funny Alexis.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend

I have a new post up over at mySA called I Don't Know No Hip-Hop (a story about Alexis). I'd love to see you over there.

I also have a new post up On The Flipside if you'd like to come over there and visit me today.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a really good day.

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Come on over and visit me today at mySA. I've got a new post up about my daughter Chloe called, Don't Get Me Started Little Girl.

Hope you have a great day!

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I have a new post up over on my mySA blog called Got Coke?

It's a cute story about my Little Billy, if you'd like to stop by and read it.

Have a good day.

We're Almost Just Like Twins is a new post I have up over on my blog at mySA if you would like to stop over and read this story about my Alexis and my funny neice.

We are at the lake for Spring Break. It's warm and we're enjoying this glorious Texas weather. I'm hoping to take some great pictures of some relaxing time with the kids to post later in the week.

I Hope you've had a good weekend and have a great week.

I have a new post up over at mySA called She's A Girl After My Own Heart. It's a story about my sweet Alexis. Come by and see me over there.

I hope you're having a great week.

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I have a post (In My Mind -- I Fit Perfectly) up on my blog at mySA . Go here to read the story I wrote about how I never quite live up to the image I have of myself - in my head.

I'd love to hear if this stuff ever happens to you too.

It's raining in my area of Texas this weekend and I am H.A.P.P.Y! I am looking forward to a relaxing weekend in the house - maybe writing or watching movies with my girls.

My poor husband had to go camping in the rain with Little Billy for Boy Scouts. When he was kissing me goodbye, I whined, "I don't want you to go." And then when I stepped back, he said, pitifully, "Look at my face." It was the face that said, "I don't want to go either." But ... he went. Hope they stay dry.

Last night, my older girls and I watched The Big Easy. Have you ever seen The Big Easy with Dennis Quaid (so young and so good looking!!) and Ellen Barkin? This is one of my all time favorite movies, set in New Orleans, and has a love scene in it *fans face with quivering hand* that is ranked as one of the greatest love scenes of all time and I have to agree! I considered it one of the greatest before I'd ever heard it was ranked up there. I hadn't watched the movie in several years and I'm thinking about watching it over again sometime this weekend.

Anyway - enough of Dennis Quaid. I hope you have a great weekend and if you have time, come over and see me at mySA - I have a few new posts up that you might enjoy.

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I went to bed last night at 2:30 a.m. When I crawled next to my husband, he stirred, looked at me and then at the clock and just rolled his eyes. I said, "I know - I'm driving you crazy."

This has been my life for the past couple of months. Aside from all of my regular daily duties (raising 4 kids, keeping house, running a small business, yard work, etc.) I spend nearly every other spare minute writing my novel. I am completely obsessed and totally enjoying every single moment of it. If you'd like to find out how it's going - make sure you stop by my other site On The Flipside and read my recent update.

I have about a trillion things on my to-do list and I try to make time in every day to check a few of those chores off, but right now I am very determined to dedicate every spare moment to writing. I've been raising my kids for seventeen years and I still have ten more years to go before they are all out of the house - I need something FOR ME!

Oh, yes. And ... I'm still writing for mySA and have two new posts up over there - One Foot In The Grave and I Can See You, if you'd like to go over and read these stories (two of my all-time favorites) about my funny kids, Billy and Alexis.

Have a great week!

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I have a new post up on my blog over at mySA called Take Everything We Own ... Except.

I'd love if you went over and read this post and then let me what you would have a hard time giving up.

Thanks coming by. I hope everyone has a great weekend.

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I am writing today over at mySA. I have a post up called Oh ... Baby Of Mine.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

*Throws head back and laughs*

Okay ... I'm already a bit hard to live with.

But ...

It's likely going to get worse.

Why?

Because ...

I am writing again!

I know - I've been writing here On The Upside and over there On The Flipside and even more on mySA ... but, it's not the writing I speak of?

I do love all of this writing.

It is fun!

It does take a lot of thought and words and sentences and paragraphs and grammar and punctuation marks!

I have invested so much time and effort into blogging - I love to write and it has given me a place to stretch my creativity and explore lots of different ways to write about motherhood - about my kids - about my family.

But ...

It is not the sort of writing I did before I started blogging. It is non-fiction and it is non-fiction story-telling. I have loved it and would never give it up, but ...

I am writing again!

Fiction.

Another novel.

Yes - I have written several novels. None of which are good enough to publish, but I have been inspired and so ...

I am writing again!

If I had invested all the time and energy and words I have invested in writing and publishing all of my blog posts - I suppose I could have written at least 2 novels by now. Not that I would trade that time and energy spent blogging - in creating and taking care of my blogs - I wouldn't. But ... I think I have it in me - a novel. A really good novel. So ...

I am writing again!

I know ... this is awfully presumptuous of me - me thinking I could ever possibly write a novel. Well ... I've written several (3 to be exact) novels - so I know I can do it. Now ... all I have to do is write one worth publishing. That's my goal. Right here, in the middle of my life, when I have more on my plate than any human being could possibly manage realistically and successfully ...

I am writing AGAIN!

So, you might ask, where did all this sudden burst of energy come from? Why now? What has triggered this sudden urge to write again? Well ...

I read a blog post on one of my favorite blogs recently that inspired me in such a way that after I read it I went straight to my desk, sat down, started organizing my thoughts over several days and, well ... I am into Chapter 2 and ...

I am WRITING AGAIN!

I have not written anything (aside from blog posts) in over a year. I haven't had the time, really, nor the desire. I guess it is because blogging has given me so much satisfaction and the writing has been so fun and productive that I haven't had time to think about fiction or consider taking the time to write anything.

My family will continue to come first ...

I will do my best to keep up with all of my responsibilities ...

I will continue to write and keep up with my blogs (and ENJOY it) ...

I am completely certain that I am going to be hard to live with ... because ...

I AM WRITING AGAIN!!!

From the blog post that so inspired me, "There will be a last time. Nothing lasts. Each and every time is propped against the last time. The present is made of all gone things."

Black Hockey Jesus (the writer of the wonderful post: Last) inspired me with not only his writing, but his words. He writes brilliantly (go on - go over to his blog, The Wind In Your Vagina, and read some of his great stories) and so often, when I read a great post that someone has written (and I've read hundreds that are truly great!) - like this one he wrote - I am inspired. And this post - this writer - just happened to trigger that thing in me that said - You need to write - get on with it - before it is too late.

Wish me luck?

Wish my family luck!

I am going to be hard to live with ...

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Little Billy is under the delusion that he has a birth-right inheritance coming to him. Come on over to my blog on mySA to read Little Billy's story.

Have a wonderful Easter weekend.

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