by Mir | Jan 30, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Hey, guess what! Remember about a year ago when Monkey won an award, and we went to a very long ceremony, and I realized that I have an irrevocable urge to shout “YOU DAMN KIDS GET OFFA MY LAWN” at elementary schoolers who have bigger boobs than I do?...
by Mir | Jan 29, 2009 | Growing, Ottomatic For the People
This winter has been pretty bleak, so far. It’s the usual stuff as well as some genuinely difficult circumstances—most staunchly filed under Matters Largely UnbloggableTM—and while the bottom line is that we are all fine, I respectfully submit that...
by Mir | Jan 27, 2009 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
One of my friends is pregnant. Actually; wait. THREE of my friends are pregnant right now, but only one in-town friend, who I have the advantage of being able to bother daily. I mean, I doubt she’s having a baby just to make ME happy, or anything, but I think it...
by Mir | Jan 26, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Wasn’t I just waxing nostalgic about how I miss the helpless baby days, but saying how great it is now that the kids can do lots of things themselves? I think I was. Which is tantamount to holding a sign up to the universe and inviting it to please come show me...
by Mir | Jan 24, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Woohoo!
I was wasting time on Facebook earlier today when I really should’ve been working (and not just in a “gosh, I should probably be working” kind of way, but in a “OH MY HOLY HELL I HAVE A DEADLINE AND I’M NOT DONE AND THE ONLY CURE FOR THIS...
