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My Pajama Days
I am Emily Okaty Wilson, freelance writer, blogger and public speaker. It sounds better than saying I stay in my pajamas all day eating salt and vinegar chips. I claim to be a wife, a mother, a homeschool teacher and a musician. Sometimes I'm funny.
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- Five Minute Friday: Comfort
- A long drive home
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- Sanity is overrated. Besides, then what would I blog about?
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- The best gift we can give our children might be our friends
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- And then the truth came out
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The Crafty PickleRandom creativeness from my jar to yours.
the dustbunny chroniclestales and other stuff you'll never believe
The Weakest ReedHe will not crush the weakest reed or put out a flickering candle.
Black Box WarningsThis blog is not FDA approved
Rather Be Runnin'It's true. I WOULD rather be running.
& squatch makes threeI make it all up as I go along.
Tuesday2's BlogWriting is a way of talking without being interrupted. ~Jules Renard Journal, 10 April 1895
Livingston Parent JournalServing Livingston County Parents
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Apparently I Still Don’t Know Better
My mom has given me lots of useful advice over the years in regards to keeping a healthy marriage. I value her opinion greatly, especially since my parents still court each other after 39 years. Some of my most favorite … Continue reading
Posted in My Pajama Ponderings
Tagged co-parenting, humor, marriage, parenting, raising teenagers
6 Comments
Bathroom Breaks and Mommy Hiding Places
The RemembeRed memoir assignment this week, from Write on Edge, was a little different. This week we were asked, in 500 words or less, to describe the opening scene of a film. The film made from our best-selling memoir. What … Continue reading
Posted in Writing Prompts
Tagged Bathroom, memoir, mommies who hide, RemembeRed, screenplay, writing prompt
16 Comments
Clean House, Clean Conscience
I feel for all those bloggers that have to utilize their nights and weekends writing. Life is too distracting when my family is home to be very creative, especially since my desk is right in the middle of the chaos. … Continue reading
Posted in My Pajama Ponderings
Tagged a writer's life, clean house, finding balance, perspective, priorities
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Not For the Faint of Heart, Apply at Your Own Risk
38-year-old wife and mother seeking an assistant wife. Duties include, but not limited to: bill paying, transportation services, catering, laundry services, home organization, educational assistance, housekeeping, and party planning. Must not value personal space or have strong attachments to personal … Continue reading
Posted in My Pajama Ponderings, Writing Prompts
Tagged humor, motherhood, personal ad, Red Writing Hood, wife seeking wife, writing prompts
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Fresh Paint and Heartache
I can’t smell fresh paint anymore. Three and a half years ago this room was transformed from builder’s white to a calm, serene sea of green. She was only ten then, and this was her first “big girl” room, with … Continue reading
Posted in Writing Prompts
Tagged ages and stages, daughters, memoir, parenting, parenting teens, RemembeRed, sensory detail, when our children grow up
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