Public Service Announcement

As many of you know, I'm blogging regularly over at Love Sown (Garden Grown). Exciting news of the week is that Organic Gardening Magazine has approached me to be a guest blogger on "The Guest Blog", which is an honor for me, as my lifelong dream has been to be a writer in the public arena, as in not just in the angsty-teen poetry I wrote for years that extended past my teens. I am loving having a more focused topic for a blog than this mish-mosh of pics, funny conversations, and intermittent spewings of my personal life.

Maybe now that I'm 30 I suddenly gained a dose of modesty or privacy, but I feel a little squeamish about Pocket Smiles. The name bothers me, the irregularity of my postings bothers me (If you watch television between 5 - 8pm, you'll see Americans are quite obsessed with regularity), and having such personal reflections available for all to see bothers me. I've appreciated the encouragement through miscarriages and PPD and hearing how my openness has helped some of my readers, but I think it's time to move on.

As you know, I upped the personal processing for awhile after being diagnosed with PPD as a form of inexpensive therapy, and now I just feel done with processing. I've discovered my main trigger with the boys is being interrupted when I deep in thought, or at least attempting to convey those deep thoughts via written word (Daniel just got fussed at for being in my bubble as I was typing this), so daytime reflective blogging seems to only add to the crazy factor. I'm not sure that I need it. I've begun the process of weaning off medication and I've got healthy relationships keeping me in check.

The domain expires in December, so I have time to change my mind, but I also have www.lovesown.com, www.paigepuckett.com, and www.growhunter.com... do I really need to hang on to another? Some people get piercings, tats or haircuts to mark significant milestones. Perhaps I drop blogs. Ha.

Talking to God

Daniel: God didn't talk to me. I can't hur him.

Daniel: God, what you doing? Jesus, what you doing?

Daniel: He talked to me!

Me: What did he say?

Daniel: Ummmm....

When Maf says "Ball",

his face looks really funny. Proof:

He Said, She Said

Daniel: Is Daddy staying upstairs?

Me: I don't know. I'm not your daddy's boss.

Daniel: Are you his cousin?

Me: No, I'm his wife!

Daniel: Oh, Mommy! I'm his wife too because his name is Joe and he's my daddy.

Grow Hunter: Bringing in the Harvest!

Grow Hunter: Bringing in the Harvest!: "The garden is producing an abundance of squash, zucchini, eggplant, and cucumbers now. Melons are growing too. This morning, my boys and I t..."

To Seven Years of Wedded Bliss

It's hard to believe seven years have already gone by! We were married July 4, 2004, are best friends and love each other more deeply than ever. Tonight we got a pre-anniversary date!