Molly's Life

I’m Ba-a-a-a-a-ck!

MomBlogger — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:33:29 +0000

It feels like forever since I’ve posted, but I didn’t die or anything! I’ve been hard at work on my next crime novel. For those of you who were concerned, Betsy’s toe is now fine. She did, however, crush her finger in the front window when the springs broke and sent it crashing down. Maybe someday, she’ll be totally healthy!

Danny is also doing well. He decided hockey wasn’t so much fun after being run into by a kid much, much bigger than he is. So, now we’re starting track season. At least practices are on weeknights rather than at 0-dark-thirty on Saturday mornings, so I’m a much happier camper.

No real news from here, but I did want to let you know I’m still alive and kicking!

Until next time,

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Betsy’s Toe

MomBlogger — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:20:10 +0000

I can’t believe this has happened! My partner Betsy was playing with Giles the cat with a piece of yarn. When she drew the yarn across her foot, Giles went to grab it with his mouth and got her toe instead! (His eyesight is really going downhill, if you couldn’t tell.)

We didn’t think a whole lot about it at first – just washed out the bite with peroxide and put some antibiotic ointment on it. But, after about 3 days, it was so infected, she couldn’t get a shoe on, and she couldn’t go to work. I took her to the mini-ER where they put her on antibiotics, but her toe continued to get worse, so last Saturday, I took her to the regular ER.

Her toe was so infected, she had to be admitted and had to have surgery! They actually dug a bit of yarn out of the bone in her toe (TMI?). Anyways, she was in the hospital for a week, which explains why I haven’t posted anything in so long, but she is home now.

She’s still on antibiotics, and still feeling pretty miserable, but it’s great to have her back home. Danny really missed her, even though I took him to see Betsy nearly every day while she was in the hospital. His whole class at school made get well cards for her – too cute!

I’ll try to get back to posting several times this week, but it’s tough to do when she can’t help with Danny and the house. I feel like I spend my life driving back and forth to hockey practice, making meals, and cleaning the house. Betsy is not allowed to put any weight on her foot yet, so she’s about worthless as far as doing all of the housework she normally does.

She must be feeling better, though. She’s complaining about everything Danny & I do, so I guess that’s a good sign.

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Danny Montaigne, Hockey God

MomBlogger — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:52:58 +0000

I’m so proud of Danny! He decided he wanted to play hockey this year, even before baseball season ended. We signed him up for a beginner’s league up at Center Ice, and he found out today, he will be the starting goalie for the Penguins! He’s not so sure about getting up so early on Saturday mornings, but at least the coach rotates the practice times so each age group gets stuck equally with the 7 am slot.

He looks so cute in all that gear – he’d kill me if he read that – I just hope he manages to keep all of his teeth through the season!

I’ll keep you updated on their games. To me, the team looks pretty good, but I don’t know that much about hockey, so we’ll see.

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Introductions First

MomBlogger — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:02:27 +0000

Some of you may already know me. I am the star of the Molly Logan mystery books, written by Beth Philley. Like Beth, I am a mystery writer, only I write true crime novels. I also have a talent for finding mysteries wherever I go.

My personal history: I live in an old Victorian house in the Ridgewood section of Canton, Ohio with my partner Betsy, my son Danny, and my fat black cat Giles. I was married for about a minute to my high school sweetheart, but he was too manly for my tastes. In case you haven’t guessed, I’m gay. Who’da thunk a marriage wouldn’t work under those circumstances??? So, I played the field for awhile, then met my first long-term partner, Lexie, on an Olivia singles cruise.

We were together for about six years, during which time Lexie adopted Danny. I didn’t think that would be a problem, because we both raised him like he was our own. But, when she moved out and took Danny back to California, I found out I had no legal claim to him. I would never have gotten him back, except that she became suicidal and couldn’t take care of him while she was trying to get better.

So, now Danny lives with me and my true soul-mate, Betsy, who I met (coincidentally) on another cruise. Betsy moved in with me soon after we returned from the Caribbean, where we were involved in solving the wild disappearance of a newlywed named Cooper Quinn. (If you want to know the rest of the story, click here to buy Caribbean Destiny.)

Betsy works for the Canton Police Department, which is great because I can use her to get ideas for my true crime novels. I take unsolved crimes and write about what I think might have happened. Having a wife on the force gives me a never-ending source of new material, which I appreciate. It also gives her access to information that can be helpful in solving the mysteries I happen to find myself getting involved in, like the current one Beth is writing about me.

In Missing in Action, my best friend from high school can’t find her brother when it’s time for their mom’s funeral to start, so she (Lauren) asks me to look into it. I’ll let you know when the book gets published

In the meantime, tune in here. I’ll try to post at least 4 or 5 times a week, letting you know what’s going on in my life.

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