Sound Check Mama

Warning: 2012 will bring honesty

By Sound Check Mama | Alabama, books, family, freelance, health, life, parenting, relationships, sports, writing

In 2012, honesty is the word here – I’ll be writing about what’s really on

Good progress

By Sound Check Mama | books, cochlear implant, deafness/hearing loss, family, health, hearing, parenting

Some good news about Riley and her auditory-verbal therapy … our therapist cut us back

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

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I took Riley to see Diary of a Wimpy Kid a couple of weeks ago.

Hemingway’s “A Moveable Feast”

By Sound Check Mama | books, freelance, writing

Before A Moveable Feast, I had never read an Ernest Hemingway book. I have a

Refocusing in the new year

By Sound Check Mama | books, cochlear implant, deafness/hearing loss, family, freelance, health, music, parenting, sports, writing

Like the photo above, 2009 was a little out of focus for me. My job

Riley at random

By Sound Check Mama | books, cochlear implant, deafness/hearing loss, family, health, hearing, music, parenting, pop culture

Roller skating, Red Robin, Railroad tracks, Roll Tide Roll!

Vegetarian clarification

By Sound Check Mama | books, pop culture

Football is for Girls pointed out an error in my last post when I said

Edward lives up to the hype … so far

By Sound Check Mama | books, pop culture

My friend Devilish Southern Belle brought over her copy, um, copies of Twilight this morning,

Twilight takes me back

By Sound Check Mama | books, pop culture

I resisted all the hype and hoopla … until Sunday when I picked up Twilight.

Open up a book

By Sound Check Mama | books, pop culture

I’m 177 pages from finishing the 8-book series The Kent Family Chronicles by John Jakes.

Today’s plan …

By Sound Check Mama | books, family, health, parenting, Uncategorized, writing

Today will be weird. Because of the primary elections, I work from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

100 Things

By Sound Check Mama | Alabama, books, cochlear implant, deafness/hearing loss, family, Featured, freelance, health, hearing, movies, music, parenting, pop culture, sports, writing

Updated Nov. 15, 2007 1. I’m a writer in a copy editor’s job.2. I have