Fuck it. We'll do it live.

New Year's Resolutions

notodette — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 03:52:36 GMT

This year, I need to be more focused. I need to concentrate on myself (ack, I hate even typing that...you'll see what I mean.) I need to stop wasting time on a bunch of little things, and tackle and complete a few big ones. We shall see.

I'm nervous because 32 is supposed to be my best year. (When I was 16, I decided that 32 would be my best year, and 26 would be my second best year. 26 was the best and the worst year of my life so far. That's the year I had the babies. ... Of course, when I was 16, I also decided I'd die in a car crash at 31. And, so far so good?)

ANYWAY

10) Quit smoking.

9) Finish Holy Seed

8) Write parenting book

7) Get 10 pieces published (not counting Huffington Post or Buzzfeed).

6) Do well in school

5) Live healthier (go to the gym more, and eat better. Stop drinking so much wine, stop eating anything after dinner).

4) Read 12 books. (try to read every gd day).

3) Go to bed by midnight every night, 11:30 p.m. on nights the babies have school.

2) Publish Just the Messenger (again), and write one more romance novel.

1) Improve my platforms.

**Extra** make $100 a week.

FOR KIDS:

5) Get them to be nice human beings 75 percent of the time (stuck at 40 percent)

4) Stop yelling at them. (OMG OMG PLEASE STOP YELLING AT THEM).

3) Read to them every day.

2) Have them do chores every day.

1) Get them to accept that they are different girls and can do different things.

Another year over...

notodette — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 05:23:36 GMT

I'm so tired, but we had a great Christmas.

I was up until 3 a.m. wrapping presents (Carlos is legitimately sick, so he tried to sleep), and then the girls crept quietly into our room at 7:30 a.m., all smiles and suppressed delight.

"Mommy," Dulce said quietly, "There are presents. There are... a lot of presents." It was super cute.

They were full of restraint, too. They snuggled with us in bed for a few moments, then allowed me to make them breakfast before they even tackled their stockings. They unwrapped slowly and savoured each gift, and throughout the day, they played meaningfully with as many as they could.

They threw all kinds of requests at me, but understood when I couldn't play because I was making the world's biggest dinner for four people ever seen.

I'm really proud of their behavior today.

And I got my wedding band, too.

Good day.

I could sleep for a week. But first I think I'll have a slice of pumpkin pie.

Pictures

notodette — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 17:20:21 GMT

Some pictures of this trip!

http://www.parentwin.com/2013/12/moment-of-week-some-family-holiday.html

It's been a big day.

notodette — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 23:59:38 GMT

I've almost finished a memoir essay I'm submitting to a contest.
I watched It's a Wonderful Life.
I made 18 dozen cookies and the dough for six more.
I made 8 pounds of fudge.
I delivered the last three IRL packages all across town.
My daughter was the shining star.
I'm doing my "card wall" right now.
My 24-rule rebuttal made it to Huffington Post.
I accidentally got hired on for several hundred dollars worth of work for the Gainesville Sun.

Good day.

Tonight I will finish that memoir. I swear.

Meme Two - Watch my kids grow!

notodette — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:54:29 GMT

They actually stayed mostly the same this year!!

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

I like this one

notodette — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 00:36:44 GMT

I hate lists of rules.

http://www.parentwin.com/2013/12/theres-only-one-rule-for-being-human-in.html

Carlos reads to the girls

notodette — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 15:21:21 GMT

Worth your time.

Accountability 26

notodette — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 01:42:48 GMT

School:
Completed all assignments so far. BARELY, BUT YES.

Grades: 100, 96, 86, 90, 93, 99

Health:
Have not gone to the gym b/c vacation. Have not gotten a call from the cancer people. Will have to call them.

Submissions:
No new submissions this week. Will get back to that.

No pitches
No rejections
No accepteds

Blogging:
Mommy:
- Stalled out on revamp because life, but do have some first steps I can take soon.

Writing:
- Almost finalized manuscript. MUST REMEMBER TO FINALIZE
- Must finalize book tour.
- Must expand JTM and send somewhere.
- Must expand Christmas short story and send to Ellora's Cave.
- Must write and not forget about: the ladies of the gym, my fat friend, misogyny bingo, racist bingo, what free speech means, finish The Holy Seed, write proposal and first chapters of Help for a Shitty Housewife, spoof of academic paper citing only romance novels, grad students stupider than you.

Promotion:
- Ninette followers: FACEBOOK: Gained two: 378, TWITTER: lost two. 427
- TOAUM followers: FACEBOOK: Gained eight: 1331, TWITTER: Gained four: 406

Articles:
Wrote NONE
I did get some royalties though, so there's that.
Total for the last week is: $15
Total for the year is: $2,170

Children:
vacation

Self:
vacation

Deep Cleaning:
haha

"Slow Dancing"

notodette — Sun, 15 Sep 2013 16:17:54 GMT

Yup, that sums up their relationship pmuch.

Accountability 24

notodette — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:15:45 GMT

School:
Completed all assignments so far.

Grades: 100,

Health:
Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Monday

Submissions:
No new submissions this week, actually, that weren't published.

Response to Mrs. Hall published on HuffPo. Good response.
Mullets on Buzzfeed

No pitches
No rejections
Accepted by Feminist Wire (will come out on Friday or Monday. Also, the GE is someone I need to get to know better. Seriously.)

Blogging:
Mommy:
- Started giving serious thought to revamp, started prelim research

Writing:
- Edits on a manuscript in proof
- Memphis Nights finalized
- Started organizing book tour. Need another round.
- Must expand JTM and send somewhere.
- Must expand Christmas short story and send to Ellora's Cave.
- Must write and not forget about: the ladies of the gym, my fat friend, misogyny bingo, racist bingo, what free speech means, finish The Holy Seed, write proposal and first chapters of Help for a Shitty Housewife.

Promotion:
- Ninette followers: FACEBOOK: Gained one: 374, TWITTER: lost three because I'm not really keeping it up right now. 425
- TOAUM followers: FACEBOOK: Gained two: 1310, TWITTER: Gained nine: 389

Articles:
Wrote NONE
Total for the last week is: $0
Total for the year is: $2,055

Children:
Alyssa's swimming, Naila playground, out to dinner, Westside pool, out for ice cream, open house,

Self:
Alyssa

Deep Cleaning:
Cleaned porch

Huffington Post and Kim Hall

notodette — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 17:03:23 GMT

The Huffington Post picked up my response to Kim Hall's crappy letter to teen girls.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/darlena-cunha/kim-hall-letter_b_3874398.html

mancold

notodette — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 19:07:08 GMT

Not sure any of us are going to make it through Carlos' mancold alive. Jesus.

Natalina's Story

notodette — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 14:24:46 GMT

This is pretty cute. You don't have to watch the whole thing to get the idea.

Thinking

notodette — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 13:09:02 GMT

Lilly is a genius.

http://www.parentwin.com/2013/08/thinking-about-thought-bubbles-genius.html

Submitting Stuff

notodette — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 12:38:49 GMT

Hey, if you guys want to ever submit something, here's the easiest way to do it from start to finish...that I've found anyway.

http://aplacethatdoesnotexist.wordpress.com/2013/08/28/guest-post-how-to-submit/

Pizza Box Dance

notodette — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 16:19:33 GMT

What's amazing about this is that they saw the halter top and made it into a Yip Yip.

2006-2013

notodette — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 20:34:22 GMT

This is a cute comparison shot.

The 2013 isn't the best pic of us, but it's the same pose, so I liked it there.

http://www.parentwin.com/2013/08/fifth-anniversary.html

Cake recipe and slightly humorous story

notodette — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:55:00 GMT

http://www.parentwin.com/2013/08/recipe-monday-blueberry-velvet-cake.html

My five year olds.

notodette — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 01:39:43 GMT

Bonus picture of me, sandienotsandy, and Kat (genericambition, the other woman was Alicia, Kat's in the middle.).

This Post

notodette — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 05:01:18 GMT

THIS POST

http://bitchesgottaeat.blogspot.com/2013/08/how-to-make-public-small-talk-with.html

Mother. Fucking. McSweeney's. Yo.

notodette — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 12:52:27 GMT

Sylvia Plath Installs a Shower Caddy

This might be the greatest day of my life, writing-wise, so far.

Rick Perry

notodette — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 16:27:56 GMT

I was supposed to be doing my thesis stuff, so I did this instead. Obviously.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/parentwin/34-deliciously-ridiculous-rick-perry-quotes-c8nl

Beach in the rain

notodette — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 02:00:15 GMT

Yesterday we went up to the beach even though it was supposed to rain...and rain it did.

We outlasted it though, and the girls got plenty of body surf time in. What a great change, from 3-5 in beach years. They can do so much now!

Here are some pictures of the cold, wet, awesome day.

Second Attempt

notodette — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 15:16:48 GMT

My second attempt at BuzzFeed is full of Full House.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/parentwin/21-reasons-danny-tanner-is-the-perfect-parent-c8nl

Got Published on Buzzfeed

notodette — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:14:27 GMT

http://www.buzzfeed.com/parentwin/23-things-pinterest-moms-dont-want-you-to-see-c8nl

Pretty okay, for a first try.