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GRAVY

My first novel started with a mole. Yes, a MOLE - a freckle, a birthmark, whatever you want to call it.
I was at the pool with my daughter getting ignored by our swim instructor when a lifeguard with a particularly ripped abdomen walked by. He stopped to flirt with one of the female lifeguards and my eyes flew directly to an adorable mole on the top can of his six-pack.
"How cute!" I thought (among other things). "He looks like a character in a romance novel!"
So I went home and started writing fiction for the first time. That was over a year ago and I still haven't been able to stop. GRAVY is the story of a suburban housewife who wants another baby, but gets a man with a mole instead.
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February 26, 2005

Dooder Dialog

Me: Alex! Say Pony
Boy: poh-poh

Me: say poh
Boy: poh

Me: say nee
Boy: nee

Me: Say poh-nee
Boy: poh-poh
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Me: Alex! Say Grandma!
Boy: Mah-mah

Me: Say Mommy
Boy: Mah-mah

(Apparently Alex had TWO mommies. As if I needed additional incentive to quit my job! At least he says "pah-pah" (grandpa) clearly.)
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Me: Alex! Say Daddy!
Boy: Dah-dah

Me: Say dah
Boy: Dah

Me: Say dee
Boy: Dee

Me: Say Dah-dee
Boy: Dah-dah
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Me: Alex! Say Mommy!
Boy: Mah-mah

Me: Say mah
Boy: Mah

Me: Say mee
Boy: Mee

Me: Say mah-mee
Boy: Mah-mah

I suppose I could go on here, but you get the picture. He CAN say each syllable individually, but putting them together is too big a puzzle for his wee willy brain. It'll come along in time, I'm sure. For now at least it's CUTE!

New this morning: Oht-meel (I'm sure my mom's already heard it a million times, but I almost NEVER feed him breakfast!)

Here he is eating a cheese burrito with Dah-dah: