by Mir | Dec 18, 2007 | Health is overrated, Job? Huh?
Today I am busy bemoaning the fact that I am sick (it was just a little cold until I wrote about it yesterday, at which point the fickle hand of fate gave me a mighty FLICK towards it being something much stronger and yuckier), and this morning after I got the kids...
by Mir | Dec 17, 2007 | Ottomatic For the People, What do I do all day?
Did I mention that I have a cold? Because I do. I think I’m dying. It is very sad. I will miss me. (Do you hear them? In the background? Those are teeny tiny violins, playing beautiful music in honor of my sore throat and reversion to 5-year-old maturity level...
by Mir | Dec 15, 2007 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
A few days ago Chickadee kept saying GORGONZOLA over and over, until Monkey started doing it, too, and before long they were both in the kitchen, bouncing up and down, chanting “GOR-GON-ZO-LA! GOR-GON-ZO-LA!” “Why are you doing that?” I asked....
by Mir | Dec 14, 2007 | Health is overrated, It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
A few years ago I was getting new glasses for Chickadee—whose ocular health I attend to with a smothering level of unwavering attention, owing to the pediatric ophthalmologist who saw her when she was a wee tot and assured me that it was good we were there,...
by Mir | Dec 13, 2007 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Retail Therapy
I am sincerely afraid to open my Discover bill this month. Oh, it’s true that I never spend much on anything. But a little here, a little there… it adds up, particularly when getting ready for Christmas. And a 1,000 mile car trip with two kids. And when...
