Author: JulieD

Now here’s an application I think everyone I know feels like they need: Leech Block. It’s a Firefox extension that you can program to be your self-control gnome. It is a well-established fact that Google, IMDB, YouTube, and any social networking site were set up by the devil to suck your life away in pursuits… Continue reading Leech Block

I’ve had an idea for a while that it would be great to write short fiction and publish it as a podcast. It would be good for people who like to listen to stories, but have other things to do as well, (say, knit or sew. Or drive to work. Or build and paint little… Continue reading G is for Guidelines

Something happened during first year at Secondary School that had repercussions for my weight and health for years afterwards. Perhaps it was the scabby changing rooms, or the development of adolescent sweat glands, or the lack of shower curtains and the time to use the showers (“OK girls, five minutes until your next class. Go… Continue reading E is for Exercise

Well, the boys are snotty and have poor tissue-control, so it’s pretty inevitable that I am now en-colded. I am unable to go more than a minute without grabbing a tissue, and when I sneeze, well, that in itself goes on for about a minute. (I’ve never understood people who can sneeze once and be… Continue reading S is for Snot and Sneeze and Sleep

K is downloading Doctor Who and I’m off to try to coax the boys into bed so we can watch it in peace. (Naughty I know, but we always buy the DVDs when they come out, so I feel we’re just time-travelling a little by downloading a freebie in real time. Which seems appropriate. Otherwise… Continue reading W is for Who (woo-hoo!)

I just read, on Wil Wheaton’s blog* about a post on John Scalzi’s blog, where Scalzi (a book of whose I have just finished) talks about how to act cool when you meet an author you like. I had just been reading Neil Gaiman’s blog and so I thought, Oh, I bet he’d like that,… Continue reading SQEEEEE! (or: N is for Nodding)

I ate chinese food and stayed up too late reading last night. I think it’s goign to be a quetion of how many pounds went on this week. Ah well.

I dumped A in extended-day care at school today, which meant I had until 2.45 to Get Lots Done. Hmm, by noon I had taken G to Tumble Bears and then…read blogs. Then I took a sledgehammer to the shelves in the hall cupboard, which is something I’ve been wanting to do forever. It was… Continue reading L is for Library

Things were a bit stressed this morning but I provided some comic relief by putting G on the toilet and then into underpants (he’s not amused!). Then he peed in the garden. He looked absolutely appalled. I think he thought something had broken.

I’ve been trying not to obsess about this online, since that way leads to madness, but today I have to have a little brag. I had slid into further into fattitude than I had ever gone before, since having my children — and I was no skinny chick before. I discovered that it has little… Continue reading Brag