Erica Smith's Blog (4)

I have several -- leave a comment at Live & Kern, my blog, and it's yours. Seriously, the comment doesn't have to be anything more than "Invite me, please" or "Mashed potatoes rock" (because they do) and it's yours. Continue

I created a new Web site yesterday: President Bingo. Grab a bingo card, watch tonight's debate (and/or the post-game commentary), and see who wins. Enjoy! Continue

My grandmother died tonight. My family is strange -- my mother's the oldest of three, but has been the outcast for awhile. Mostly because my parents divorced about 20 years ago. That was not acceptable to my grandparents or my mother's siblings, especially my aunt. (My relationship with my father is strange, too. I haven't talked to him since kicking him out of the procession at my sister's wedding (she didn't want him there) in 2005. And even then, I didn't talk to him. Or at the reception aft… Continue

Every once in awhile I get stuck. Usually after friends or family members (OK, friends) share exciting news -- promotions, raises, new blogs, new projects, new jobs, that sort of thing -- that I am jealous of. Ugh. Yeah, jealous. Usually I can yell "Get over yourself!" and get rid of crazy notions. Or I can make a plan and solve whatever the problem is. Now, though, it would be a bigger leap. It'd require hitting re-start, which is pretty scary. I haven't been able to figure out the next step -… Continue