by Mir | Mar 7, 2007 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I ran out for some groceries while the kids were having dinner with their dad tonight. While perusing the produce I spotted a prodigious head of garlic practically crying out for a good roasting, and so I brought it home and did just that. Dinner was much of the...
by Mir | Mar 6, 2007 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
When I woke up this morning, I was planning little more than an ordinary day, albeit starting off with a coffee date with a friend I haven’t seen in a long time. I didn’t even have breakfast on the table when she’d called to cancel. (Damn those...
by Mir | Mar 5, 2007 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Retail Therapy
With all of the recent events and stressors swirling around in my head, I did the only two things that made clear sense. First: I informed Chickadee that her ass is MINE this week. Slavery is BACK, baybee. She came home from school and did all of her homework for the...
by Mir | Mar 4, 2007 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, The Year of Living Changerously
We are home, and it was almost a really lovely trip. Tomorrow we will get up early and resume our normal routine; the children will lag and I will attempt to hustle them through breakfast and then we will walk to the bus stop and they will go to school and I will...
by Mir | Mar 2, 2007 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
After spending most of the day a the aquarium, when we returned home it seemed like we needed a little Outdoor Time. Unlike yesterday, today was sunny and mild and gorgeous. First we all played bocce for a while. What is bocce, you ask? I have no idea. I think Otto...
