I'm here, waiting for work from the temp agency. You know, the one that stiil hasn't uploaded my info into their system. I did place a firm but polite call this morning, and I think that someone's admin is about to get a talking-to.

I also found a creative placement agency that works with artists and writers. Should be interesting.

BTW, Teppy, insent to your profile addy.

I'm trying to decide whether or not to order groceries or get my ass off the couch and go to the grocery store. Looks like ordering is gonna win.

Anne, what kind of work are you looking for? Writing? Editing, proofing, anything else? On staff, or freelance?

Because 2 resources you can check (this first one is huge): the Resources page of the Seattle Writergrrls -- it has TONS of links to job boards, and other helpful stuff, and it's not limited to the Seattle area.

The other one, which is smaller and yet still very useful, is the job board at CopyEditor.com.

Anne, what kind of work are you looking for? Writing? Editing, proofing, anything else? On staff, or freelance?

Pretty much anything at this point. I've marked your post, and I am definitely going to check out those links.

I've marked your post, and I am definitely going to check out those links.

They're very useful. Invaluable, even.

Groceries are ordered. Yay!

Kiss My Tiara : How to Rule the World as a SmartMouth Goddess

Thanks for the link--I just ordered this. It sounds like just the sort of book I need to be reading right now. I just finished Brust's Sethra Lavode and I'm most of the way through Patchett's The Magician's Assistant. Both of them are good books but (spoilers) both of them involve characters that I like who are dead by the end, or in the case of TMA, the beginning, of the book. And when I'm dealing with familial health drama, that's not really what I want to be reading.

At some point, you're going to want to take him for haircuts, so he'll get used to it.

I'm trying to decide when that's going to be. The only place it's getting out of control is the bangs. He's the youngest boy in the world with a bad comb-over. I've tried cutting them myself but he won't sit still (although I may pop in an Elmo DVD and see what happens). There's a good children's haircut place nearby called Snip, Buzz, Bangs that has little airplane and car barber chairs and they play videos non-stop. I don't know what it costs but I think if it leads to no tears haircuts, it may be worth any price. Christopher is pushing me for a guy's haircut--and has offered to use the same clippers I use on him to do O's hair. Not. Going. To. Happen.

I've decided Owen's pokey tummy is too edible for words. I got this children's book (I think it's English) called "Tickly Under There" and he laughs hysterically when I finish the line "one very tickly tum" and tickle him.

Anne, get-a-clue-ma for your temp agency. I hope you find something permanent that you like soon.

In my experience with cutting toddler's hair, they hate having the hair bits fall into their face. So if you do the deed with O in your lap, I recommend using a comb to wet the hair, comb it up and back off his face before you cut so it doesn't fall in his face.