![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bac088_43d06dbbf5014a7a92e6c7394deca8c4~mv2_d_1800_1800_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/bac088_43d06dbbf5014a7a92e6c7394deca8c4~mv2_d_1800_1800_s_2.webp)
![How ice cream saved my life](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bac088_43d06dbbf5014a7a92e6c7394deca8c4~mv2_d_1800_1800_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_319,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/bac088_43d06dbbf5014a7a92e6c7394deca8c4~mv2_d_1800_1800_s_2.webp)
How ice cream saved my life
So actually, ice cream did sorta save my life. I don't wanna get into TOO much detail here, but seriously, it did. So there we were--me,...
![Follow me on my virtual book tour August 6-September 7!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bac088_9025940a2d4048459b9ac9df49491061~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_319,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/bac088_9025940a2d4048459b9ac9df49491061~mv2.webp)
Follow me on my virtual book tour August 6-September 7!
Hello! I'm excited to announce my book blog and Instagram tour coming in August! Please join me for an Instagram tour followed by a...
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bac088_93b9cfc3524c4977a27b34b1d65d366c~mv2_d_1276_1604_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/bac088_93b9cfc3524c4977a27b34b1d65d366c~mv2_d_1276_1604_s_2.webp)
![Love schmuv](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bac088_93b9cfc3524c4977a27b34b1d65d366c~mv2_d_1276_1604_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_319,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/bac088_93b9cfc3524c4977a27b34b1d65d366c~mv2_d_1276_1604_s_2.webp)
Love schmuv
I know they say love conquers all, but not for me. Not yet at least. I really, really, really lov- uh -liked my boyfriend, Finn. Finnegan...
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bac088_f6290e4985ef43a68dda91cb150d470e~mv2_d_1326_1416_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/bac088_f6290e4985ef43a68dda91cb150d470e~mv2_d_1326_1416_s_2.webp)
![Kat spills the beans](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bac088_f6290e4985ef43a68dda91cb150d470e~mv2_d_1326_1416_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_319,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/bac088_f6290e4985ef43a68dda91cb150d470e~mv2_d_1326_1416_s_2.webp)
Kat spills the beans
Shove over, Dolly! There's a new detective in town! Please allow me to set the record straight. Dolly's recollection of the day in...
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bac088_210213ac2209497c92003d82492d438b~mv2_d_1842_1416_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/bac088_210213ac2209497c92003d82492d438b~mv2_d_1842_1416_s_2.webp)
![What to do when you're stuck under a desk](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bac088_210213ac2209497c92003d82492d438b~mv2_d_1842_1416_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_319,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/bac088_210213ac2209497c92003d82492d438b~mv2_d_1842_1416_s_2.webp)
What to do when you're stuck under a desk
Ms. Mulligan's best friend (well, one of two), Dolly Hargrave, waxes poetic on what it was like to be stuck under a desk for no reason!
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bac088_403d56855610408bb709a20995534ef3~mv2_d_1500_1500_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/bac088_403d56855610408bb709a20995534ef3~mv2_d_1500_1500_s_2.webp)
![Prologue to a curse . . .](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bac088_403d56855610408bb709a20995534ef3~mv2_d_1500_1500_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_319,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/bac088_403d56855610408bb709a20995534ef3~mv2_d_1500_1500_s_2.webp)
Prologue to a curse . . .
The boiling cauldron poured off rancid smoke. The smell didn’t bother Mary much, but Meredith always waited outside during this process....
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bac088_62cd702cece54e009e713476954eff5d~mv2_d_2258_1447_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/bac088_62cd702cece54e009e713476954eff5d~mv2_d_2258_1447_s_2.webp)
![Miss Mulligan: How to shop for grown-up clothes](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bac088_62cd702cece54e009e713476954eff5d~mv2_d_2258_1447_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_319,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/bac088_62cd702cece54e009e713476954eff5d~mv2_d_2258_1447_s_2.webp)
Miss Mulligan: How to shop for grown-up clothes
So, as you know, I woke up on my twelfth birthday and was, uh, a grown-up. Like so old . . . like 24 or 25 years old or something...
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bac088_557d0a306e634fa786d80c1f8485a1a5~mv2_d_1276_1604_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/bac088_557d0a306e634fa786d80c1f8485a1a5~mv2_d_1276_1604_s_2.webp)
![I had a scary dream . . .](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bac088_557d0a306e634fa786d80c1f8485a1a5~mv2_d_1276_1604_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_319,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/bac088_557d0a306e634fa786d80c1f8485a1a5~mv2_d_1276_1604_s_2.webp)
I had a scary dream . . .
So, last night I woke up in a cold sweat. It's been a long time since I've seen them, but they are still there . . . one with hair as...
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bac088_45ee75fda558462ea7d561e0ac63135b~mv2_d_1500_1500_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/bac088_45ee75fda558462ea7d561e0ac63135b~mv2_d_1500_1500_s_2.webp)
![Dear Diary](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bac088_45ee75fda558462ea7d561e0ac63135b~mv2_d_1500_1500_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_319,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/bac088_45ee75fda558462ea7d561e0ac63135b~mv2_d_1500_1500_s_2.webp)
Dear Diary
Dear Diary, I am sixteen today. All our gang got together for my birthday party. It was so much fun. Meredith and Mary are only twelve...
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bac088_5398e2db03bc434a817e51e2071f9bea~mv2_d_1568_1650_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/bac088_5398e2db03bc434a817e51e2071f9bea~mv2_d_1568_1650_s_2.webp)
![How I Became Ms. Mulligan](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bac088_5398e2db03bc434a817e51e2071f9bea~mv2_d_1568_1650_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_319,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/bac088_5398e2db03bc434a817e51e2071f9bea~mv2_d_1568_1650_s_2.webp)
How I Became Ms. Mulligan
Ms. Mulligan spills the beans! Read more about how she woke up on her twelfth birthday transformed into the grown-up Ms. Mulligan.