http://karentempleton.blogsome.com As good a place as any to corral some of those scattered thoughts. . . Sun, 13 Nov 2005 22:59:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As of November 12/2005, you can find my blog here. See ya in the new digs! http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/11/13/weve-moved/ Well, technically I am, or I wouldn’t be writing this, but the brain is definitely still back in Sleepy Land. Anyway, you can read my latest ramblings over on Romancing the Blog . So go. Read. Comment, if the mood strikes. http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/11/12/columns-up-but-im-not/ School’s closed for Veteran’s Day, so Dad and Mom slept in. Actually I got up at 6, wandered groggily around cyberspace for a while, then went back to bed. Next thing I knew, it was 9:30. And let me tell you something, it’s moments like that when I ... http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/11/11/i-guess-its-still-morning/ For several weeks, a strange, pink, obviously-meant-for-a-guy (even though it’s pink) T-shirt has been keeping the box of Splenda, basket of drawing stuff from #5, dust bunnies and super-sized jug of Snuggle company on our dryer. Today, #3 comes to me, shirt in hand, to say that, yes, it’s ... http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/11/11/after-27-years/ Okay, if I said “stems and leaves,” what subject would immediately spring to mind? Betcha it wouldn’t be fifth grade math. Unless you’re the parent of a recent fifth grader, at any rate. So yesterday, kid comes home from school, I go through the “What homework ... http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/11/08/of-math-and-maps-and-stems-and-leaves/ So today, with the cold-fog more or less cleared from the brain and in the stark light of day, I got a good look at the sink in the upstairs bathroom. Euuwww, in a word. And since the bathroom fairies are obviously hanging out with the dinner fairies ... http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/11/07/what-doesnt-your-soap-smile-at-you/ At least that’s what it feels like. Man, go lie down for a few minutes, wake up two hours later wondering who slipped what into my Pepsi One. Dreamt I was in a dance studio, trying to perfect my grand jete (”big leap,” FYI). Not sure how ... http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/11/05/back-from-the-dead/ Had to lie down three times today (when the body says, “Knock it off,” I’ve learned to listen), but I finally got through the galleys for the March book. Turns out I used “just” roughly five million times. I’m usually more aware of repetition (since it’s a huge ... http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/11/04/just-desserts/ D0n’t mean to be neglectful, really, but have been dealing with a head-cold the past couple of days that has clogged my brain. Not that I’m on death’s door or anything, but things like making the kid’s lunch — or blogging — are proving daunting, just at the moment. ... http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/11/03/nizzible/ In preparation for going over my galleys for A HUSBAND’S WATCH, I had to clean off my desk, which is actually one of those long white buffet tables they sell at Sam’s. The detritus included the old dictionary and falling-apart thesaurus, at least six spiral notebooks, two stacks of ... http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/11/01/i-feel-nekkid/