Entries from April 2009

April 28, 2009

Cause and Effect

Prime time TV is prime time crankiness.
Watching DVR’d shows at midnight feedings or durning nap time isn’t so bad.
Dinner, lunch or breakfast, I’m lucky to consume anything at all.
How many times can I microwave my lunch, or is it now dinner?
Phone calls, cut short by wails.
Returning calls via e-mail; not personal, but at 2AM, what [...]

April 26, 2009

When I grow up…

It is so exciting to see my daughter have so much ambition.  It is also so exciting to be able to help her achieve her dreams by encouraging her to stick to dance and study every night.  She can be anything she wants to be and we’re here to encourage her when times get tough [...]

April 25, 2009

A bad poet?

Okay, so poetry isn’t my forte.  I didn’t get good reviews of the following in class.  I tweaked it and I kind of like it now.  What do you think?  I’m trying to branch out and be a better writer over all.  I’m proud of my ballad, but maybe I’m too close to the project. [...]

April 24, 2009

It’s a Pity…

It’s a pity that the benefits of marriage don’t apply to everyone and some couples are desciminated against.
It’s a pity that a city can tell private businesses where their patrons can smoke (or can’t.)
It’s a pity that free speech is just an idea and that unpopular words, pictures, or ideas are censored. 
It’s a pity that [...]

April 22, 2009

Easton Wayne Fenter

Easton Wayne Fenter was born March 19, 2009 at 10:46 PM.  He weighed eight pounds five ounces and was twenty one and a half  inches long.  He was born at the Birth and Women’s Center in Dallas, all natural.  
I went to the midwife for my weekly appointment and she said that my bag of [...]

April 21, 2009

We’ve survived the first month,now what?

Okay, I’ll have lots of baby details, but not now. Easton Wayne was born March 19 and I’ll have the story tomorrow.  I have lots of things I want to do in my life.  I have a hard time with the small things.  I think I’ve written about that before.  Here is my attempt to [...]