by Mir | Feb 12, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I hadn’t been in to volunteer in the classroom this year, yet. I’m not sure how that happened, but it became immediately apparent when I walked in and was struck—as I always am—but how HUNGRY so many of these kids are for attention and to...
by Mir | Feb 11, 2009 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I have endless guilt when it comes to my children. ENDLESS. I have guilt over the genetic things I either know or fear they’ve inherited from me or their dad. I’m not even talking about deadly disease sorts of things—I feel guilty that...
by Mir | Feb 10, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
I am fairly low-maintenance when it comes to “beauty” stuff (which totally makes up for the fact that I’m impossibly high-maintenance about… ummm… everything else); I don’t use a lot of expensive products and I rarely wear make-up...
by Mir | Feb 9, 2009 | Ottomatic For the People, Retail Therapy
So, yesterday we loaded everyone into our truck and drove up to the north Georgia mountains and procured ourselves a genuine 1950s dinette set, cracked-ice formica tabletop and all. I suspect that Otto was a good sport about the drive to go get it on account of his...
by Mir | Feb 6, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Yesterday afternoon didn’t start out well; once again, my kids had a substitute bus driver. Normally, we’re the first stop on the route, but when there’s a sub, they always ends up doing the route backwards and we become the last stop. This results...
