Image credit: Photo by soapylovedeb on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Happy birthday to me! My blog's turning three! Happy birthday, happy birthday! Happy birthday to me! Three years ago today, several forces serendipitously conspired to get me to pick up a keyboard, dub myself MPJ and write my very first ever blog post. Now, [...]
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Ok, I Broke Something…
Image credit: Photo by splorp Licensed under Creative Commons Apparently, I know just enough about coding to be dangerous. In trying to fix a problem with WordPress turning all of my straight quotes into curly quotes, I made some changes to my blog that fixed that problem, but seem to have completely broken my feed [...]
Miss You All
I was hoping to have been back by now. I have so much I want to write about! But I have one child sick with stomach flu and fever that seem to be lingering on and on right now, just as school is starting. I'm hoping everyone will be healthy by next week. I miss [...]
Thank You All!
Thanks to all of you for your good thoughts, prayers and kind wishes. Everyone is on the mend here, physically and emotionally. A lot has happened this month, and I haven't been as regular about post here or at the Second Road as I usually am. I need to spend most of the next week [...]
Back from Vacation
Image credit: Photo by PittCaleb on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Well, I'm back from my first ever week off! I'd like to thank my guest posters: Tanya, SavedAspie, The Discovering Alcoholic, Jack's Mom, Kat and Anonymous Reader. They all did a fabulous job, and reading all the wonderful comments pointed out to me what [...]
Guest Post: Finding my Keep
Today's guest post comes from Tanya Savko. Those of you who are regulars here will recognize her as an active reader and commenter at a Room of Mama's Own, and may also know her through her own wonderful blog: Teen Autism. When I read this post, I found myself thinking, "I've so been there!" and [...]
Off on Vacation Haiku
My face is lit by the blue flicker of the screen, fingers softly tap. Deep breath. I'm ready. Laptop closes with a click and whirs down to black. A whole week away? I see the wide, breathing world. A whole week away! Some great guest posters will be filling in for me. Be sure to [...]
Want to Guest Post?
Image credit: Photo of Roger Daltrey by Joits on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Roger Daltrey will not be guest posting; I just thought this picture was cool. I will be taking next week off from writing and am inviting you all to fill this space with guest posts. I have a few great guest [...]
Happy Blog Birthday to Me!
Image credit: Photo by LensENVY on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Two years ago today, I sat down, signed in to Blogger and wrote my first ever blog post. I was feeling stuck at the time in a number of ways -- in my recovery work, in my finances, in my role as a mom, [...]
Gone Fishing (and Requesting Some Input)
Image credit: Photo by UpNorth Memories - Donald (Don) Harrison on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I'm going to be away this weekend on a very cool and long-awaited trip (a gift to me from a collection of loved ones). So (alas!) no haikus on Friday or Second Road posts this weekend (as you can [...]
