"If wishes were horses, beggars would ride..."

I am reading:
Silver on the Tree - Susan Cooper. I sort of forgot about this, it’s not that it’s not good. It is.
The Mother’s Day Murder - Lee Harris. Prosaic writing, but somehow her mystery twists always suck me in.
The Shadow of the Wind - Somebody Carlos Ruiz Something. Please release me, let me go...Gina LOVED this; what the hell is wrong with me?

I have been handing Primo lots of my childhood favorites, including the first Black Stallion book, which I adored, and which prompted me to read the entire series. He refuses to try it, though. Even though I was right on regarding the Boxcar Children, the Bobbsey Twins, and Roald Dahl. Until...
Primo is reading:
The Devil’s Storybook - Natalie Babbitt. He is finding it deliciously funny.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone - JK Rowling. He was on chapter 7 when I left for work; he paused long enough to look up at me from the back porch lounge and exclaim, “This is GREAT!” And then he sighed, “I will read The Black Stallion right away.”

I am eating, whenever I can:
Hot and sour soup, and egg rolls with lashings of duck sauce.
Coconut cake.
Ginger ale and seltzer.
An occasional apple, and inordinate amounts of cantaloupe.
Kix cereal with lots of milk.

I cannot even look at:
Bananas
Chocolate
Peanut butter
Tap (uncarbonated) water or orange juice

I am seriously contemplating:
Finding out the sex of this baby
Quitting my job
Begging my doctor for pregnancy-safe migraine meds (hahahahaaaaa!!!!)

I spend much of my time:
Longing to nap
Trying not to vomit
Ignoring my headache
Worrying that something will be wrong with this baby
Looking at other people’s minivans

I wish:
I could go home and go to bed NOW
AND/OR
I could go to the beach.
My boys would stop fighting over Pokemon cards
I would learn to say No to people occasionally
My sticky kitchen floor were clean

"You say it. We share it." - Blogher

One in an occasional series [8/25]


The sad fact of the matter is that I don’t have two hundred dollars to spend on airfare (or the fortitude or desire to drive eight-plus hours); three hundred for conference registration, plus maybe another hundred to two hundred for food, drink, entertainment.
I have that to spend on rebuilding our backyard fence, or having our basement scraped and painted, or even, maybe, rebuilding the porch railings. But I don’t have it to spend on Blogher. Sorry, guys. Even with Poppy’s kind and generous offer to provide me lodging, I can’t justify it.

So here is my compensation: how many of you East Coast/MidAtlantic/New England bloggers would be interested in trying to cobble together a weekend like the one Blackbird and I planned last May in Bethlehem? I am not wedded to Bethlehem, but I will say it is a cute little town with good restaurants, fun shopping, at least one wonderful thrift shop, and lots of fairly cheap hotels. (There MUST be a Marriott, wherever we wind up.) (And I would consider a roommate this time, since I feel as if I know you all a bit better by this time. Just in case, I will have the cooler with me, though – so watch your step...)

There won’t be presentations on how to pimp your blog or attract advertisers or pump up your site hits; there would be lots and lots of talk, laughter, and hanging out snarking about other people’s blogs – you know, the people who DON’T show up. Oh, and chocolate (and alcohol, for those who are not gestating).

I was thinking maybe a weekend in late September, or early October, before the holiday insanity hits but after the kiddos have returned to school.

Any takers? Thoughts, comments, suggestions, etc.?

You can comment here, or email me at babelbabe (at) comcast.net

Come on, you know you wanna...

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I gave Blackbird this little box's twin before we left Bethlehem; I had picked them up in a little gift shop when I decided we needed souvenirs. It made me think of that first night when, a leetle inebriated and breathless with laughter, we saw The Star. And one of us gasped through our hysteria, "Well, Jesus Christ, we ARE in Bethlehem!"

I LOVE Blackbird, and you all going to Blogher will, too.
I envy you all.
Have a wonderful time, and lots of laughter, and don't snark my blog too badly, ok?