by Mir | Feb 18, 2006 | What do I do all day?
There is this very adorable thing that my mother does, and it is this: She calls me on the phone and after a few minutes of chit-chat, asks with great anticipation, “So what’s new? What’s going on?” This always leaves me feeling woefully...
by Mir | Feb 17, 2006 | I'm dating the television
Realize that it’s just a precious few years standing between Apolo Anton Ohno being “incredibly hot” and “young enough to be my kid.” [Also, this just in: Ice dancing is STILL NOT A SPORT. Please take your spackling equipment (used for...
by Mir | Feb 17, 2006 | Friends
About a year and a half ago, I found myself unexpectedly and completely smitten. I fell hard and fast, and soon found myself spending every evening talking for hours with the object of my affections. It was as if we’d known each other our entire lives. We...
by Mir | Feb 15, 2006 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I feel I’m in a holding pattern, and it goes like this: Get up. Get kids off to school. Walk. Shower. Work. Run errands. Get kids from school. Do chores and/or make kids do their chores. Supervise kids. Cook. Eat. Do the evening thing. Get kids tucked in. Watch...
by Mir | Feb 14, 2006 | Health is overrated
Hey, thanks so much to everyone who had kind words in response to the last post. (I’m sure that Hucky is currently running himself ragged around two or three hundred wandering sheep. Also I’m guessing that from now on he’ll get to have as many pig...