tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post6553178956854573800..comments2008-10-19T22:50:50.375-07:00anymommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17870033179328734404anymommyoutthere@gmail.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post-59746387969135164282008-10-19T22:50:00.000-07:002008-10-19T22:50:00.000-07:00I'm back. First: Choir Bus? I need details. Second: Wild West Romances are the best. You need not be ashamed. Were Charles and Caroline not incredibly romantic? They set the tone for my little Ingalls-loving heart and I just knew that someday I, too, would ride off into the sunset on a bumpy wagon, struggling to keep my bonnet on, but smiling nonetheless.<BR/>(Cue the theme music.)katy (aka funny girl)kathrynsmoore.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post-76154910164656080892008-10-19T22:42:00.000-07:002008-10-19T22:42:00.000-07:00I'm on 98 and gaining on you, well, slowly. It'll probably be late this week or early next week before I hit the hundy. <BR/><BR/>CONGRATS! Don't you feel like you've accomplished something??katy (aka funny girl)kathrynsmoore.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post-53106828904448212008-10-19T07:11:00.000-07:002008-10-19T07:11:00.000-07:00I think you and I could be friends IRL. Although my life has been much closer to home.<BR/><BR/>I love reading you. I'm sure I'd love reading your romance novel. I admitted my penchant for them in my 100(which I did on my one year blogiversary).Manic Mommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02397835927560496425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post-18890478371672340392008-10-19T07:01:00.000-07:002008-10-19T07:01:00.000-07:00It's Phoebe!! <BR/><BR/>Damnit! I did a control F and thought I had it. I will resume reading nowManic Mommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02397835927560496425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post-83205750515994327062008-10-18T22:29:00.000-07:002008-10-18T22:29:00.000-07:00This was so much fun to read. I'm glad you didn't take it down. I love that you want to write romance novels. That's awesome. <BR/>I thought Garth Brooks sang that song (just kidding).Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00022436933230992058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post-47812439905142260442008-10-18T20:02:00.000-07:002008-10-18T20:02:00.000-07:00Excellent post! Very interesting information. I can kind of relate to your lawyer position. I graduated with a degree in elementary education, and I landed a job in a very poor school district. I was going to make a difference. I was going to inspire my students. But that isn't what happened.<BR/><BR/>The kids were horribly behind and horribly behaved. The administration was very unsupportive. I spent much of that year crying and generally being miserable. I quit when we moved to NJ, and I honestly don't ever want to return to teaching. Being a mommy is much more fulfilling.Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977781470147646616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post-62299176113267175802008-10-18T19:31:00.000-07:002008-10-18T19:31:00.000-07:00Happy 100 posts!! Wow--you have had such an interesting life--what an adventure that you've been on 6 continents. Good luck w/ your romance novel!!Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13169651319563063662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post-51104238435639729342008-10-18T08:55:00.000-07:002008-10-18T08:55:00.000-07:00Great job on your 100th post - I am not there yet, maybe in a few months!Ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07811592404892961945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post-32984619967106682242008-10-18T05:52:00.000-07:002008-10-18T05:52:00.000-07:00Impeccable. <BR/>I would stalk you now but I am already too busy stalking Mama Ginger Tree. Plus, right now I can't afford the plane fare ;-) <BR/>I'll settle for reading your first book, let me know the minute it is published.Sophie, Inzaburbswww.inzaburbs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post-15012853127425893052008-10-18T03:58:00.000-07:002008-10-18T03:58:00.000-07:00What a great post. I love your attitude.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes I miss the me that used to do things like backpack through Europe (I harbor fantasies of packing my entire family into an RV and spending a few years on the road, maybe in Europe, maybe in Asia. It will never happen, but it helps to dream.) Truth is though, at the end of the day I like where I landed. I'm content. Sometimes even blissful.<BR/><BR/>You should DEFINITELY write that book! (Hey, did you know that there are a bunch of romance writers on Thursday Thirteen? They're always full of good advice for others, too.)Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409530202277375625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post-68258833007352556272008-10-17T20:45:00.000-07:002008-10-17T20:45:00.000-07:00I will live on your compound! As long as it has wireless, copious amounts of booze and good conversation. Seriouslly. You may think I'm kidding, but I'm not. There's a double lot for sale on 28th. Seriouslly.phulmayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12905920467303683131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post-4693621870884692182008-10-17T19:49:00.000-07:002008-10-17T19:49:00.000-07:00we can share a goal... there's a secret half written novel hidden deep in my hard drive. i'll write if you will :)<BR/><BR/>and sadly, there was no chugging contest this time. though there was much cigar smoking. you should ask about how Uncle R and K acquired the smokes... good story.zarafahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17467604440777727591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post-53448715965225572962008-10-17T19:32:00.000-07:002008-10-17T19:32:00.000-07:00#8 - Do it! I'll buy the first print of the first edition!Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04701066159275266042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post-87399070495390113502008-10-17T16:58:00.000-07:002008-10-17T16:58:00.000-07:00NOT self-centered asshat. And I have a very fine tuned radar to obnxious self-centered promotion, as you probably know. <BR/><BR/>I sort of want to be you when I grow up. I would like to think that if I didn't start having kids so damn early, and if I embraced my authentic self before age 30, I would also be a globetrotting writer with a law degree. I DID drink my way across Europe at the age of 20, and live in Ireland for a year, but that all seems like a lifetime ago, and at any rate, I didn't have the breadth and depth of your adventures.<BR/><BR/>I want to be a writer also, but I don't have the patience for a full novel, or for fiction. I want to get paid to write op-eds. <BR/><BR/>And then I wake up.Minivan Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11593557018749235999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post-35044670586610182582008-10-17T15:20:00.000-07:002008-10-17T15:20:00.000-07:00I ate this up. I loved it! Not only did I get to the end, I was left wanting more!<BR/><BR/>Consider your book sold already.For Myselfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130573896278623660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post-49809640434397530852008-10-17T14:59:00.000-07:002008-10-17T14:59:00.000-07:00I admire you very much! We are BOTH brats, and want to write....and I TOTALLY think writing romance novels is a GREAT goal! I eat them up like candy. And, the good ones are so much fun. I can't WAIT to buy one of yours. <BR/>:-)Vodka Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04734323418017847775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post-66566980459853382632008-10-17T14:34:00.000-07:002008-10-17T14:34:00.000-07:00Aaaaaand, now that I had time to come back and read your WHOLE post, I want to leave a REAL comment.<BR/><BR/>You have had some amazing life experiences - and I know that this list is just the top of the iceberg. I imagine those romance novels would be well written, infused with all kinds of exotic locales.<BR/><BR/>You and I are soul sisters, I think. I make the WORST first impressions, because I SUCK at small talk and am VERY introverted. One of the best things about blogging is that I get to be my whole self all the time, to anybody who reads. All that awkward beginning phase of meeting people is *poof* gone!Andrea's Sweet Lifehttp://blog.sweetlifesite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post-81494742916509355482008-10-17T13:15:00.000-07:002008-10-17T13:15:00.000-07:00I just left you a blogging award!Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01786437981693413906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post-78083554672167188422008-10-17T12:58:00.000-07:002008-10-17T12:58:00.000-07:00Thanks for the peek into your past AnyMommy. You have had some amazing experiences.<BR/><BR/>I have to agree with Maura and Marinka. You are one of my favorite writers. I don't like romance novels, but if you wrote one I might just read it. :-)<BR/><BR/>And yes, girlfriends are what keeps me sane too. Ya gotta have friends...Mama Ginger Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17259169109945001406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post-24792125080253487982008-10-17T12:52:00.000-07:002008-10-17T12:52:00.000-07:00This is a wonderful post. It is insightful and gives us such a great peek into your life. Beautiful!Anna Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921348961654008115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post-46826692736145537052008-10-17T12:19:00.000-07:002008-10-17T12:19:00.000-07:00I didn't even read the other comments to confirm that I'm nowhere near first, but that quote is from Phoebe on Friends, when Rachel kisses Ross after watching the "prom" video.Andrea's Sweet Lifehttp://blog.sweetlifesite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post-94490641085471742008-10-17T11:48:00.000-07:002008-10-17T11:48:00.000-07:00okay seriously, now I know we were meant to know each other...I love me some girly books...and I was married 10 years ago next May...and we're beginning to walk the adoption path. Love You AnymommyShannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04845645690598575057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post-26830576507649913632008-10-17T11:31:00.000-07:002008-10-17T11:31:00.000-07:00Wow. That's some pretty heavy stuff. And sadly, I totally get the romance novel thing. I want to do personalized kids books. I actually wrote the stories (for each letter of the name, of course, so it can be updated). I'm working on getting my dad to illustrate it, even if only for Mister Man and Little Miss. Publishing is kinda freaky to me :) Good luck to you in your goal.<BR/><BR/>I think that's so sweet that you met at 16. I've heard of so many people who have. Then again, if my husband were (still) married to his sweet 16 sweetheart, my wee ones wouldn't be here today!<BR/><BR/>Oh, and the parenting book on pack animals? I'm sure it's been done, but who can't use another raising kids book (and I truly mean that ... not snide like you may read it). The funny thing -- to me -- is that reading the story about Thai SO reminds me of a South Park episode. You must find it if you haven't seen it. It's on the Dog Whisperer. HI. Larious.Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07803503583347758969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post-45777649236375778002008-10-17T10:33:00.000-07:002008-10-17T10:33:00.000-07:00This was beautiful! You're already a writer, girl. Go for it!! I love your list. It was beautiful. Thanks for sharing. :)steenky beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07570171606663745423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337254678704520655.post-9238109811597706392008-10-17T10:29:00.000-07:002008-10-17T10:29:00.000-07:00I agree with Maura. Thank you for giving us such a lovely insight into anymommy. I look forward to reading your AnyHarliquin.Marinkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489592695993949578noreply@blogger.com