by Mir | Jun 23, 2006 | Forget talk; walk the walk!
Remember how I said I’d arranged for no rain? It was all good, and then I lost my mind and accepted an invitation for a 15-mile training walk at 7:00 tomorrow morning. It is now pouring (and is forecast to continue through the weekend). Me, I’m just...
by Mir | Jun 22, 2006 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
Although the forecast is calling for heavy rain (oh! something new! we haven’t had THAT in a while!) through the weekend, I can pretty much guarantee you that it won’t be raining at all. Any time in the near future. Or possibly ever. Nope. Gonna be nothing...
by Mir | Jun 22, 2006 | Forget talk; walk the walk!
As of five minutes ago, I have achieved my goal of raising $5,000 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. HUGE thank yous to everyone who was kind enough to donate. And YES, you can still donate. Also, my walk partner hasn’t yet reached her minimum, so feel free to...
by Mir | Jun 21, 2006 | What do I do all day?
Lemme tell ya, this summer vacation thing is no sweat. I mean, you sleep in a little (6:40… WOOO WE ARE REBELS), you run some errands, you go have some free lunch, you throw the kids outside, you yell at the kids to go BACK outside, you let the kids come in and...
by Mir | Jun 20, 2006 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
This morning–the LAST! DAY! OF! SCHOOL!–dawned cheerful and bright, and I realized that for all of my careful end-of-year organization and preparation, somehow, I hadn’t procured a gift for the bus driver. This was a problem. Not only do we have the...
