tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post7854322217210059557..comments2023-11-03T03:07:25.408-07:00Comments on The Lyon's Tale: How Do You DO It All?Annette Lyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12493583432919249814noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-29000226383725503172007-06-26T19:10:00.000-07:002007-06-26T19:10:00.000-07:00Laundry at age 3? Wow, I'll have to figure that on...Laundry at age 3? Wow, I'll have to figure that one out! Maybe get a step stool up to the washer for my 4-year-old . . . :)Annette Lyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12493583432919249814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-32646109840358119142007-06-26T18:48:00.000-07:002007-06-26T18:48:00.000-07:00Loved this. You could have been writing about me....Loved this. You could have been writing about me. We're doing the best we can! I agree with you about balance and having kids do work. I stop doing kid laundry when they reach age 3, and then it's their job. Wonderful!Jennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015165553390298826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-15622925063304222812007-06-23T08:50:00.000-07:002007-06-23T08:50:00.000-07:00I'm so relieved to hear all this. Most days I get ...I'm so relieved to hear all this. Most days I get up between five and five thirty and hammer the keyboard for hours before I realize it's way past the time to be dressed and looking half decent for any visitors. Thank goodness we don't have screens on our house phones yet. <BR/><BR/>You're doing great, Annette. And who cares about crumbs? If it bothers the neighbors, you could always hold a daily crumb competition and see who can collect the most. The children, that is, not the neighbors. Er, the children collecting crumbs, not the neighbors collecting children. Oh, you know what I mean (maybe I should get up later after all).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18112453678556775060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-57663956191713273652007-06-22T10:30:00.000-07:002007-06-22T10:30:00.000-07:00That was supposed to be might NOT find their way i...That was supposed to be might NOT find their way into the picture. :)And that's okay!Annette Lyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12493583432919249814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-5233820907004986872007-06-22T10:25:00.000-07:002007-06-22T10:25:00.000-07:00Thanks, Anna Maria. I've gotten that a lot too. I ...Thanks, Anna Maria. I've gotten that a lot too. I have to bite my tongue to note say, "Bet you couldn't." I've also gotten people who tell me that they can't write a book YET because they have to care for their children--implying what, that I don't take care of mine?<BR/><BR/>Rebecca, You put it so well. Writers somehow do find a way to work it into the chaos that is diapers and Cub Scout den meetings and everything else. (I bet almost every writing mom has typed one-handed while nursing a baby.) It's in our blood. And sometimes a few of those other domestic things might find their way into the picture as a result--even bras, sometimes! And that's okay.Annette Lyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12493583432919249814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-14991780091669652702007-06-22T09:25:00.000-07:002007-06-22T09:25:00.000-07:00My VTs came over unannounced one late morning and ...My VTs came over unannounced one late morning and I was still in my robe. I could tell they were both embarrassed for me, though I'd been up for hours. <BR/><BR/>I have 10 kids (oldest is on a mission) and summer is c-r-a-z-y. If I want to get any writing done at all, I have to turn over much of the cleaning to them. I write their jobs on a white board and they get to it. Of course, they don't clean like I do, but that's okay--it's clean enough and when it gets too nasty, I do some hard core cleaning.<BR/><BR/>I put off writing for years, waiting until I stopped having babies. But, those babies kept popping out, so I had to figure out how to write with newborns, toddlers, kids, and teenagers. It can work, but I don't have any other hobbies, I don't quilt or can, or wear a bra most days. But, that's okay because I write.<BR/><BR/>Great post, Annette.<BR/><BR/>Rebecca TalleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-30436350130513469762007-06-22T01:21:00.000-07:002007-06-22T01:21:00.000-07:00Great post.I've come across people who will say to...Great post.<BR/><BR/>I've come across people who will say to me when they find out I'm a writer "well, I could write a book, but I don't have the time."Anna Maria Junushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14589846694967185982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-59523110308359958412007-06-21T15:19:00.000-07:002007-06-21T15:19:00.000-07:00Luisa, Yeah, it was a little weird knowing those l...Luisa, Yeah, it was a little weird knowing those ladies were scoping me out . . .<BR/><BR/>Josi, You're absolutely right--people will find time for whatever they WANT to find time for. I'm amazed people who can find time to create intricate handmade quilts but say they simply don't have time to write. <BR/><BR/>Heather, Great example with James. TV all by itself can be an intense time waster. I wonder how much people could get done if they realized they could actually put down the remote.Annette Lyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12493583432919249814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-55081314189422221682007-06-21T13:36:00.000-07:002007-06-21T13:36:00.000-07:00People ask me this a lot. Or they say they are "im...People ask me this a lot. Or they say they are "impressed." But like you, Annette, I DON'T do it all. I was at a writer's presentation once with James Dashner. He asked the audience to raise their hand if they'd watched T.V. for one hour the night before. Two hours. Three hours. Hands stayed up. He said, "Do you know what I did for those three hours you were watching T.V.? I wrote." So we don't do it all. We are just more selective of what we DO do.Heather Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11634399663804195312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-25293007523933405782007-06-21T12:12:00.000-07:002007-06-21T12:12:00.000-07:00I also tend to think that when you have a driving ...I also tend to think that when you have a driving passion that you HAVE to find room for, you tend to do the other stuff a little faster. Yes, corners get cut and things get put off, but when I'm in a writing mode I can clean and cook and run errands twice as fast--carving out that writing time. And I agree--if whatever your passion is meant to be a part of your life, the red sea parts now and then. Great Blog (as usual)Josihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10615874450489497826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-89734619660045515922007-06-21T11:41:00.000-07:002007-06-21T11:41:00.000-07:00Again with the 'separated at birth' thing. Love i...Again with the 'separated at birth' thing. Love it!<BR/><BR/>And it slays me that your neighbors were asking your friend about you...Luisa Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15310698422276446909noreply@blogger.com