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Domestic Warrior Level Up

So I’ve maintained that, for the past year, instead of a “homemaker” or “housewife” or “work at home mom,” I’ve been a domestic warrior, slaying the dust bunnies, climbing the perilous Mt. Laundry, and negotiating with the wily 6 year old Lady of the Manor.
And since it is by mistakes that you learn, grow wiser, [...]

2Feb2009 | Mur Lafferty | 11 comments | Continued
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Mother Sponge

I recently wrote a story (and sold it to Hub \A/) called Mother Sponge. I was messing around with food science fiction, as food science and chemistry are hard sciences, after all. In my research I was delighted to learn that a sourdough starter is called a mother sponge (which, shockingly enough, I used as [...]

25Oct2008 | Mur Lafferty | 8 comments | Continued
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Greening update

Well, I’ve been greening the house for a couple of months now. I have the following to report:

Drying clothes on racks: The difference to our electric bill is noticeable and staggering. It has been decreasing with every bill. I just have to figure out how  to keep it low when the heat comes in a [...]

6Apr2008 | Mur Lafferty | 14 comments | Continued
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Things I want from you

I want JR Blackwell to take me clothes shopping. She doesn’t have to BUY me clothes, she just has to pick them out.
I want Barbara Blackburn to accompany Jolly Blackburn to Origins this year so I can meet her. It’s very strange and wonderful to get fan mail from someone you’re a fan of.
I want [...]

13Mar2008 | Mur Lafferty | 7 comments | Continued
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LEEKS OF THE GODS

Yesterday we went to the grocery story and ensured that the Pink Tornado will not go to college. Perhaps it was the limburger. Perhaps it was the grossly overpriced coffee drinks. But at least ~$8 of it wasn’t our fault. We’d bought some leeks. Three fat leeks to a bundle. Our earnest cashier looked at [...]

10Mar2008 | Mur Lafferty | 4 comments | Continued
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Green Home Redux

Wow – I used to be shy about posting things I didn’t know a ton about in my blog for fear I’d be pegged as just spouting crap I didn’t understand, but yesterday you guys proved to be better than Google in leading to me to simple, green, CHEAP home cleaning techniques. Then last night [...]

5Mar2008 | Mur Lafferty | 9 comments | Continued
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Green Green Green

As I mentioned in an earlier blog post, I have decided not to look for another job but instead take on the domestic duties and write/podcast full time.
The domestic duties thing is a big step. Jim and I always used to split the chores, doing them when “oh god this really needs to get done,” [...]

4Mar2008 | Mur Lafferty | 15 comments | Continued
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Interview! Bacon! Progress!

One of my favorite new podcasts is SciFi Surplus, a humorous scifi show. It’s very sharp and well-written, and I was thrilled when they emailed me for an interview. That interview went live this weekend, so check it out, and be sure to subscribe, it’s an excellent show!
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Well, the week sucked, no two ways about [...]

24Feb2008 | Mur Lafferty | 0 comments | Continued
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random domestic/parenting

Sick. Whiny. Jim just left for the Game Developer’s conference and I’m trying not to let the Pink Tornado eat crap (I think she already ate all the Pocky I got her for Valentine’s) and watch TV the whole time. But with zero energy…
PT is in the other room now, being very good and entertaining [...]

17Feb2008 | Mur Lafferty | 0 comments | Continued
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Progress and a fish story

Words:

Project Underground: –
Wasteland: 1017
Cowgirl Secret Space Detective Superhero: 1019

Other details:

Tea: White Jasmine
Music: Paper Bird, Say Hi To Your Mom
Time started: 10:46am
Time finished: 1:53
Breakfast?: Cereal and tea
Katie Holmes influences: None. I’m not taking her calls. Bitch.
Cookie: boot shopping this afternoon
Roadblocks: Playing For Keeps kerfuffles got me a late start. Pause in the middle for lunch. Had [...]

7Feb2008 | Mur Lafferty | 0 comments | Continued
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