Writing — Page 4

Happy Birthday to Me

by Tammy Soong February 28, 2012 – Posted in: Chronic Pain, Depression, Personal Insanity, Writing

I had a really crappy day yesterday.In the morning, my coffee pot freaked out. There's nothing quite like the joy of dealing with piping hot liquid spilling onto the counter, burnt coffee smelling up the house, and wet coffee grounds sticking to every nook and cranny of a black, plastic container. I poured coffee/water/grounds mixture [...]

While Mac Was Sleeping

by Tammy Soong November 26, 2011 – Posted in: Grosser than Gross, Holidays, Reno, Worst Mom Randomness, Writing

Although it's true that 99.99 percent of the world doesn't give a damn what I'm doing, it's possible that the cherished few of you who actually keep up with me here or on Facebook are wondering what the hell happened to me. Did I die? Did I just throw in the towel? Did my computer [...]

The Artist Presently Known as Newt

by Tammy Soong October 23, 2011 – Posted in: Crazy Tammy, Elfie, Homework, Newt, Personal Insanity, School, Sundays in My City, The Kids are Killing Me, Writing

Sunday started out so well. The kids and I slept in (my husband’s working -- lately it feels like that’s all he does). The kids ate dry cereal for breakfast so I didn’t even have to make anything. And I read the paper while they read books. It was dreamy.Photo by PartlySunnyThen I gave them [...]

SOC Sunday — What I Remember

by Tammy Soong September 11, 2011 – Posted in: Personal Insanity, Sappy Tammy, Writing

I am a tweaker.I go over things, I edit, I rewrite. It's probably why I don't write enough and drive myself crazy. But today, thanks to The Walmart Gourmet who turned me on to all.things.fadra, I'm doing "Stream of Consciousness Sunday." Write for five minutes, don't edit, hit publish.So here are my thoughts today, September [...]

Where Have All the White People Gone?

by Tammy Soong September 9, 2011 – Posted in: Conservatives are Funny, Elfie, Media, Mouths of Babes, Newt, Personal Insanity, Politics, World Gone Crazy, Writing

So Newt and Elfie have taken a sudden interest in politics (I have no idea how that happened), and the stuff that's been coming out of their mouths lately has been, well, enlightening. The other day, Elfie made a rather astute observation about Republicans and evil aliens. Apparently now it's Newt's turn.Yesterday, we were watching [...]

Would you like some Whine with that Tiny Violin?

by Tammy Soong August 12, 2011 – Posted in: Cranky Tammy, Crazy Tammy, Family, Personal Insanity, Writing

Okay, I'm just gonna come out and say it. . .I'm totally pissed off that I didn't go to BlogHer '11.To be fair, the reason I did not go to BlogHer '11 was because a bunch of my extended family members were here from all over the country. And I love my family. I wouldn't [...]

The Story of Baby A

by Tammy Soong August 6, 2011 – Posted in: Personal Insanity, Sappy Tammy, Writing

So those of you who follow this blog know about my friends who've been in the process of adopting two kids over the past year. They'd applied to adopt a boy, who was a little over a year old. Then, on the same day they received the call that they "got him," they were informed [...]

Dessert Served BlogHer-Style

by Tammy Soong July 15, 2011 – Posted in: Blogging, Growing Up, Personal Insanity, Writing

So yesterday, they announced the BlogHer Voices of the Year. For those of you who don't follow this stuff, BlogHer is the women's blogging network. They have a gazillion followers, an ad program, a huge yearly conference -- you get the picture. Anyway, every year, bloggers submit their writing to VOTY and cross their fingers that [...]

Baking Lessons

by Tammy Soong May 5, 2011 – Posted in: Blogging, Chronic Pain, Cranky Tammy, Crazy Tammy, Dogs, Nevada, Personal Insanity, Road Trip, School, Travel, Vacation, Writing

So here's where I am right now. . .• We just got home from an eight-day, second annual Nevada road trip (this time to Vegas), and my house looks as though mythical creatures who secretly live underneath my carpet have finally shown themselves and puked up the following: dirty laundry that smells like casino smoke [...]

Writing a Blank

by Tammy Soong April 7, 2011 – Posted in: Blogging, Chronic Pain, Family, Forgetting, Growing Up, Grown-up Friends, Mawage, Personal Insanity, Time, Working for Pay, Writing

I'm having one of my typically partly sunny days.On the one hand, it's kind of been like my birthday. The Empress, over at Good Day Regular People, featured me in her "Get To Know Thursdays." I don't want to get all hyperbolical on everybody, but you know how they honor people at awards shows with [...]