by Mir | Feb 18, 2008 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
It cracks me up to no end that y’all are so concerned in the comments of this post that perhaps I haven’t fully investigated whether the kids’ school has an issue with weirdly-colored hair. I just want to point out—and I say this with love in...
by Mir | Feb 17, 2008 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
I’m doing a bit of research this weekend, pretty readers. I thought perhaps you’d like to participate. IF you had a young lady on your hands for whom getting her ears pierced was more or less the pinnacle of all things good and meaningful, and IF you had...
by Mir | Feb 15, 2008 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
A few days ago I finally made a call to the orthodontist here, figuring that it would take a while for them to get us in, but also figuring that it wasn’t a big deal. You may remember our first orthodontic visit and the subsequent tooth extractions, lingual bar...
by Mir | Feb 14, 2008 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I’m a big believer in a little bit of special all the time, rather than a whole lot of special just once in a while. It’s just how I am. Not that I’ll turn down the occasional grandiose gesture, you understand, but I am not a Special Occasion person....
by Mir | Feb 13, 2008 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
After careful consideration, I have decided that I am not equipped to parent a teenaged girl. This is really a pity, because it leaves me just three short years with my family before I either have to send Chickadee off to a military academy or enter the Witness...
