by Mir | Sep 30, 2008 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
Our weekday mornings ’round here are pretty typical: I am up first, checking email and pouring milk, and the kids eventually make their way downstairs and get themselves situated with breakfast, and finally Otto emerges from the shower and joins them at the...
by Mir | Sep 29, 2008 | Health is overrated, It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
I miss the olden times. Oh, not the REALLY olden times, like when you ate what you grew or killed yourself, because that seems fairly messy and also girls weren’t allowed to wear pants. That just seems like a drag. But I mean the halcyon days of middle America...
by Mir | Sep 27, 2008 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Job? Huh?
I only watched half of the debate last night. The second half. I tried not to, because I knew it was just going to infuriate me, but then I couldn’t stay away. Guess what? It infuriated me! Go figure! They’re having a little problem with my section over at...
by Mir | Sep 26, 2008 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
My favorite overused joke is about how once Chickadee becomes a teenager, it’s either military boarding school (for her) or the Witness Protection Program (for me). I still feel woefully ill-equipped to handle a teenager, but I guess I’ll be getting one in...
by Mir | Sep 25, 2008 | The Year of Living Changerously
There’s an interesting study to be made of my decorating choices in my first marriage and the different sorts of items I place importance on, now, in this home. Everyone I know goes through that phase in early adulthood where you don’t so much...
