by Mir | Dec 10, 2005 | My name is Grumplestiltskin
I’m not really sure what the appropriate timeframe for post-traumatic stress disorder is, but I do know that I am so often INappropriate that this should be of no consequence to me, anyway. Yesterday we enjoyed a snowday, my kidlets and me. We watched hours of...
by Mir | Dec 8, 2005 | What do I do all day?
The children are upbeat and still enjoying all of the attention they are receiving. Normally I would expect the celebrity status to start tapering off, now, but no! It is always exciting to look like someone punched you in the face! And today was the day that they...
by Mir | Dec 7, 2005 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Hello! Thank you so much for all of the kind words and well-wishes! I feel all warm and fuzzy, but that could be the muscle relaxers. No matter! I’m pleased to report that both children are enjoying their minor celebrity status (I am told that Chickadee...
by Mir | Dec 5, 2005 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
This morning I dragged my children out of bed, nagged at them to hurry up, probably yelled at them during breakfast, threw my coat on over my pajamas, and finally got us out the door more or less on time. Half a block away from Monkey’s school, I drove the car...
by Mir | Dec 4, 2005 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Yes indeed; some day, a rugged, handsome man with bulging pectorals will ride up on a white stallion. I will be standing there, gape-mouthed, probably wearing jeans and sporting several zits, and he will swing down off his steed and tower above me in all his glory. In...
