Stromple and the Super-Huge Temper Tantrum is now available for Kindle.
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My first signing for Stromple and the Super-Huge Temper Tantrum is on the books (no pun intended) at Silver Unicorn Books at Boutiques of Rogers (in MN). If you live near the Twin Cities, stop at Silver Unicorn Books of Rogers (northwest suburb) between 11 a.m. & 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 24 (09). I’ll [...]
It has been so long since I’ve been here! I blame facebook, really. On the advice of an “expert” I created both an author page and group for The Tantrum there. Add to this the fact that my profile is finally active and complete with pictures and links, etc., and you have a very busy [...]
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I’ve been on facebook for quite a while, but now have both an author page and group for my first book, Stromple and [...]
Just got back from Vegas. If I ever talk about going there again, please advise me not to. I’m not a gambler!
THAT SAID…
If I do go there again, it will be for another wedding. Of course, it won’t be for either one of my friends, because they’re going to be together forever. This is true.
Of course, [...]
Tonight I was interviewed by Brian Sandell on his Blogtalkradio spot, “Before Bedtime.” The interview will be archived and can be found/listened to by going to blogtalkradio, searching “before bedtime,” going to the Before Bedtime site and finding the 6/21/09 interview.
In the interview we talk about Stromple and the Super-Huge Temper Tantrum, my experience with [...]
Temper tantrums have been a hot topic for quite some time. Just search online – you’ll find hundreds of thousands of resources that deal with them. Bookstores like Barnes & Noble, Borders & Amazon.com alone yield hundreds of books pertaining to the subject!
Understanding why tantrums happen can help parents better deal with kids having temper [...]
(this will move to “Unopened Letters” later on)
Note: I just submitted this dream to dreamschool.org which I found through the “School of Metaphysics” website.
I first heard about this site when someone commented about my dreams here. I checked it out, and found the dreamschool site. If they respond with an analysis of the following dream, [...]
It’s time I opened up. My Mom has an addiction…to gardening! Here is one of her recent pictures - I really like this one because dh and I had irises in our wedding:
On more than one occasion my mom has said, “I don’t know why I never did anything with the yard when you kids were younger…” [...]
Hope you’re having fun and doing all your favorite things I love you SO! much
Love,
Stacey Marie
Posted in Kids, Motherhood, Personal 
So far, here’s our status on Rachel’s “donate a blanket to a puppy in need” birthday party:
5 out of 11 girls have said they’re coming
1 out of 11 girls have said they can’t make it
This means that, even if all of the girls who haven’t RSVPed are NOT coming, I will still have 7 girls [...]
My daughter, Rachel’s 7th birthday party is this Friday. To get ready for it, we did some research online and found a really neat idea.
She wants a puppy birthday. She also wants a puppy FOR her birthday, but unfortunately that’s not going to happen. We decided to have the girls work together to make a [...]
On my previous blog I said that JacketFlap was like facebook for book-faces. It really is! Promote yourself here if you are one of the following:
I checked the “fine print” for my (second and younger) cousin, who is inspired to draw, and apparently does a bang-up job – it reads (Ahem):
“Anyone can have their [...]
What do you know – Vicodin doesn’t put me to sleep, doesn’t make me goofy (I could still drive, for sure), and it cuts the pain – mostly. For a while, anyway. It does feel somewhat like drinking an entire pot of coffee, though!
So thank you, Vicodin. Because of you, I was able to stay up [...]
(this will move to Unopened Letters later on)
Last night’s dream – where do I start? I’ll skip the boring part about painting the front of a department store that suddenly turned into my family room wall. Here’s the second part:
I was suddenly at a club with 2 rows of stadium seating complete with ample space [...]
Here’s a little post before the Vicodin kicks in. Joey & I were at Culver’s for lunch before helping dh paint when my lower back went into spasms again. That’s the 3rd time in 2 1/2 weeks. This is getting old.
Thank goodness for my blackberry – I looked up the number to the doctor’s office & [...]
This is for my mom. She wanted to see this
Here’s something else I can do with my new (lack of) hair:
I like doing it this way. It’s easy. Easy is good, especially when you don’t have hair-bending skills
Posted in Personal 
These are tough times. That’s an understatement.
Each day I get this in my inbox:
Dear Supporter,
This is your friendly Friday reminder from The Hunger Site:
Make a difference today!
Click on the yellow button at The Hunger Site and give a cup of food to the hungry at no cost to you.
http://www.thehungersite.com/tpc/ERH_052209_THS
I click on this link every day, [...]
Well, I did it. Yesterday morning I cut my hair and Joey & I sent it out in the mail to Pantene’s Beautiful Lengths, and organization that donates wigs to people on a sliding scale (most often free).
It’s a lot shorter than I thought it would be, but putting it in 4 ponytails instead of [...]
(this will move to the “Kids are Awesome” page later)
This is my first post about someone else’s child. I guess I should have asked my mom to submit this (it’s about my “middle” brother) but I’m the one who was involved, so here goes.
When Middle Brother was about 5 or so (?) he had a quite [...]
The book is now available on Amazon. Here’s a snapshot – click on it to visit Amazon, or go to Stromple’s Spot to buy it for less:
Notice my sponsored links For those of you who know what it took to get to this point, you’ll see the irony.
LOL!
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Yesterday my dad, stepmom & I went to Northfield to see my brother, Adam, play with his band for the spring concert at Carleton. It was a lot of fun, but COLD! I am allergic to cold…literally. I get hives. People wonder why I live in MN. I tell them it’s because everything I love [...]
You are so sweet! Now, I would love to go back to Vegas, 1) for the memories, 2) for the penny slots 3) without kids 4)NOT in the summertime (who’s idea was THAT??) and 5) with all of our friends and family again. What a blast that was! Thanks so much for coming and surprising us with Wayne and Linda too! So awesome! Sorry about all the weeping, but you know Steve…he has a knack for tugging at the heartstrings. Well, mine anyway.
Love you guys too!