Category Archives: Down Write Funny

Down “Write” Funny – Here Comes the Judge!

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Betsy Norman

I’m a mama bear. Definition: Shit on me all you want. I have broad shoulders and I know how to flush. However, shit on my spawn, and we got problems, buddy. This is what happened. Gazelle Girl works out at … Continue reading →

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Down “Write” Funny – New Web Banner!!

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Betsy Norman

Ladies, Gentlemen and Squirrels – May I present my awesome new web banner, created by the even more awesome Elle J. Rossi!!! Please click my link and love it: BetsyNorman Then hustle your patookies over to EJR Digital Art to … Continue reading →

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Down “Write” Funny – So 2013 wasn’t The Year

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Betsy Norman

So 2013 wasn’t The Year. Wasn’t My Year. Oh. Well. That doesn’t mean I’ve quit. (It may mean I’ve been lazy, but this isn’t a confessional, so blah.) I had a lot of bright, shiny moments in 2013 that kept … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo Land – Repost

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Betsy Norman

I posted this last year – thought it might be worth a revisit to kick yourself (and me) in the pants. Enjoy! NaNoWriMo. No, I’m not saying “Hello!” from the planet Ork. NaNoWriMo is short for National Novel Writing Month. … Continue reading →

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Down “Write” Funny – My Cheaterpants Link of the Week

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Betsy Norman

I’m going to cheat this week, because I am a lazy, lazy cheaterpants who needs to be working on taxes and judging contest entries and edit/polishing my manuscript, and I just don’t have the damn time already to come up … Continue reading →

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Down “Write” Funny – RETREAT!

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Betsy Norman

Ever have one of those months? Your spawn. Your spouse. The necessary evil of your day job. The whole lot pulling at you like you were Stretch Armstrong on a bender. Because the holidays will do that and then they … Continue reading →

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Down “Write” Funny – It Ain’t Easy Being Green

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Betsy Norman

Yesterday, my lawn was green. And just like that, one snowfall equals the grand arrival of winter and Christmas and all the mud and crap we’d previously sludged through is now bright, shiny and new! The same can be said … Continue reading →

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SQUIRREL!!!

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Betsy Norman

Thank you to Liz Steiner for sending this extremely-appropriate-for-me cartoon! Cartoon Credit: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/

Posted in ADHD, Down Write Funny, funny, humor, Squirrel! | 6 Comments

Down “Write” Funny – The PT Perk

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Betsy Norman

So my Gazelle Girl damaged one of her hooves. You may have heard about it on my Twitter feed during one of my many #proudmama braggart postings about my track/cross country scholarship-bound spawn. (I swear one of my little ingrates … Continue reading →

Posted in #proudmama, Brainstormers, Down Write Funny, funny, gestation, humor, illness, labor, marching band, Muscle Memory, NaNoWriMo, parenting, spawn, Squirrel!, writing | Tagged achilles, avulsion fracture, bone, caribou coffee, downtime, gazelle girl, immobility boot, money, mri, obi-wan kenobi, physical therapy, podiatrist, quack, scholarship, starbucks, tendonitis | 2 Comments

Down “Write” Funny – Elvis Isn’t The Only Character in Vegas

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Betsy Norman

We recently vacationed to Vegas with another couple. Young Elvis took the flight over with us. Our first Elvis sighting. Our friends had never been to Vegas, so I’d eagerly been preparing them to see Elvis in all his headlining incarnations, … Continue reading →