by Mir | Sep 30, 2006 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Creative ways to cheer on six-year-olds during a soccer game: “That was a REALLY GREAT KICK! Next time you’ll get the direction right, too!” “Good hustle! Let’s keep the stealing of the ball from teammates to a minimum, though!”...
by Mir | Sep 29, 2006 | My name is Grumplestiltskin
I haven’t been the mom I wanted to be this week. But, hey, that’s okay, because I haven’t been the PERSON I really wanted to be this week, either. This entire week got away from me, somehow, and became less about doing or even being and more about...
by Mir | Sep 28, 2006 | What do I do all day?
So, um, it’s not that I don’t want to leave you all to really enjoy that guest post by Otto, below, but I thought I’d pop my head out from this mess on my desk and point out a couple of news items, as well. (Hey, just be glad I’m not making you...
by Otto | Sep 27, 2006 | Friends, What do I do all day?
Your pretty Mir is busy. Deal with it. She is very good at many things. She is an excellent mom. She is a fine cook. She has a wonderfully wry sense of humor. She is occasionally frighteningly bad at Scrabble, but that’s another post entirely. She is fiercely...
by Mir | Sep 26, 2006 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
My daughter has developed a new fixation. Apparently she spends every recess with a group of girls, jump roping. That’s fine with me. More than fine, actually—I recall a similar period in my own girlhood where jumping rope was pretty much the pinnacle of...
