Hey, y’all. i’m Kristin. I live in Atlanta, where I have a full-time job in advertising and a part-time obsession with figuring out what I really want to do when I grow up. I'm always adding to my extensive collection of unfinished writings, to-do lists and crossword puzzles. I’m a book club failure and can’t follow a recipe to save my life. I hate running, but i try to do it anyway. because, well, fat. If there were more hours in the day, I would sleep more, write more, explore more . . . and probably run more. My life usually feels epically chaotic, but I'd honestly be bored to death if it wasn’t. (And there’s always a Chardonnay in the fridge if things get to be just too much!) When can find the time, I write about it all.
each morning when i wake up, pretty much the first thing i do (after peeling the cat off my head) is look at my phone to see what has happened overnight and what my schedule is for the day. this morning, i was surprised to find a sweet little piece of news that truly warmed my […]
Moresorry, y’all. call me vapid. call me unimaginative. call me greedy. but if i had a “. . . a key that can open one building, room, locker, or box to which you don’t normally have access. How do you use it, and why?” (thanks, The Daily Post!), i sure as hell can’t think of anything i’d […]
Moreyep. i completely blew this one off last weekend. Sunday shorts was a totally stupid commitment on top of NaBloPoMo. and i have never been called an over-achiever, y’all. so not sure at all what i was thinking, except that there was some kind of writer’s high and bizarrely non-religious, but god-must-hate-me kind of guilt […]
Morefeels like it’s been a while since i’ve done one of these posts. with Spy out of town most every Sunday in October, i think most Sunday suppers for a while there consisted of cheese, crackers and wine. not much worth reporting there. it’s gotten so damn cold here all of a sudden that all […]
Moreat the end of a lazy Saturday morning of sleeping in (at least for me — yay!), grabbing breakfast out and meandering around Westside Provisions for far too long for a day when i had a hefty to do list, we made one last unplanned stop on the way home. we’d seen the “Coming Soon” […]
Moreabsolutely loved this writing challenge i saw yesterday on Daily (w)rite: Write a scene of ten sentences and include in each sentence a numeral. If you’ve reached ten sentences and you’d like to keep going, you can make this a scene of twenty sentences, or thirty — the idea is just to write within this pattern. […]
Morelest i’ve given y’all the impression that the only thing i ever eat out is tacos or salad, i present you with photographic evidence to the contrary. i love me some frites as much as the next girl-trying-to-be-good-but-being-bad-anyway. and this quaint little Midtown spot has some of the best in town. when you can smell […]
Moregetting caught up on missing posts (only behind by 1 so far) and feeling good! i wanted to do a quick nod to what i think is my last bottle from the last Naked Wines order. there are several kinds in the wine rack right now, but most are European, so i think they came from elsewhere. i […]
Moreat this rate, my time will come probably at some point next week. i have never looked forward to anything more in my life. ever. goodbye, cruel, sleep-stealing world! okay, i know i post a lot about sleeping. or, more accurately, not sleeping. or sometimes how much everyone else seems to be sleeping while i’m not sleeping. i’m […]
Morephoto: BellyGlad a long time ago before blogs were even really a thing, i started one called Cocktails On the Patio. it was a fictional recount of things overheard over cocktails on various bar patios in Richmond. it was kind of based on real events. it was kind of perfect. and i kind of wish […]
Moresqueezing in a bedtime post here to try and get back on track. day 9 got away from me, so i’m behind a NaBloPoMo post (again). i just decided i’m going to treat these like the stupid abs challenge from June and keep track of how many behind i am, then double up on days […]
Moreit is a gorgeous fall day outside. i’m trying super hard to be productive cleaning, organizing and generally not being a slug. and all day, writing this post has been in the back of my head, hanging over me like the homework assignment i did not want to tackle. in the last hour, i finally […]
Moreyay for Friday! seems like things are finally getting back to normal with Spy back from all his travels and me getting back to some semblance of a routine. as much as i hate to admit it, i thrive on routine. just wish i could be disciplined enough to stick to one for any length […]
Morewell, duh. it was completely foolish to think i’d actually write my post last night after a wine Wednesday out with the girls. creatures of habit that we are, this episode of writers wining once again took place at Baronda, where we were lucky enough to snag our favorite spot at the corner of the bar. the […]
Morewelcome to election day in the States, everyone! the polls just opened, here in Georgia, where we’ve got tight races for both Senate and Governor. no matter what state you’re in and what your politics are, go vote. it’s a right too many of us take for granted. if you don’t vote, you don’t have […]
Morewow, only day 3 and i’m already struggling with post topics. not a good sign for how this month is about to go! i searched and searched for some prompts i could turn to, but wasn’t really feelin’ any of them either. so, welcome to a little slice of my daily life. here’s the deal. i […]
Morewow, you guys! i can’t believe i’m actually doing this. in lieu of doing NaNoWriMo this year, i have committed to writing (and posting!) a 500-1,000ish word story or part of a story every Sunday. slacker that i am, i just knocked this one out, um, like right now so there has been pretty much […]
Moremy current situation on November 1 at 11:00 a.m. kind of a mess, y’all. when i finished my final Blogtober14 post on Thursday night and scheduled it for Friday, i breathed a sigh of relief, felt a sense of accomplishment and went about the business of Halloween — without a single thought about what i […]
Morei cannot even believe this is the very last post of Blogtober14 — or that i made it through all but the very beginning of the month! i’m really kind of sad it’s over! thanks so much to Tay and Helene for doing this awesome link-up. i’ve had so much fun, met so many interesting bloggers, […]
Morehere it is, guys. the day before the Big Day. actually, mere hours before some people will start writing, even. i’ve written a bit about my fear of committing to this month-long intense writing challenge. and i have gone back and forth with a lot of ways to make it happen. in the end, i […]
Moreum, because i had a lot of extra time on my hands today. </sarcasm> this month has changed me, y’all. i felt some pressure to do something cool on the next-to-last day. the hierarchy is all kinds of a mess and these might not be the most interesting facts about me, but this is all […]
Morewelcome to a little mid-week Mardi Gras! this was a random, impromptu outing with some former co-workers last week. gorgeous patio weather, y’all. i’m not sure we could have picked a more perfect day — except for the fact that every day in October seems to be even more perfect than the last. viva al […]
Moreit’s been a while since i’ve done one of these. with all this writing, i definitely need a glass of wine, thought! i was hoping to have some good news to report out of the last Naked Wines box, but alas, i got down to the reds and they’ve been kind of disappointing. that’s Southern […]
Moreare you freaking kidding me? my life is a series of embarrassing moments, y’all. there was that time in pre-school when i pooed on the playground. yeah, like the only moment from my early childhood that i actually remember. there was the 7th grade moment, when my deep, but silent crush on Eric K. was […]
Moregorgeous photo: HD Animals Wallpapers as i sit on the fence about committing to NaNoWriMo, i was absolutely encouraged today by this pep talk from Kami Garcia, full of reasons why you’re too busy, your idea sucks, your muse is MIA and you aren’t qualified to be a writer are stupid excuses for not jumping […]
More
Peaches & Poppycock 