by Mir | Mar 23, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
I’m on a five-year plan towards actually growing enough food to cut down our grocery bill. Two years ago, I bought a house plant. Actually, I sent Otto out to buy me a house plant, because I’m also on a five-year plan to delegate more often. “If I...
by Mir | Mar 20, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Today may just be the greatest day of my life. Ever. It’s been kind of a long week, ’round here, with the children being cranky and various meetings being… well, you know, the sorts of meetings where you’re sitting there, hour after hour,...
by Mir | Mar 19, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
When I was pregnant with Chickadee, I knew she was a girl. I told her father I knew she was a girl, and he would always tell me that I had a 50/50 shot at being correct, and after she was confirmed to be a girl via ultrasound he quipped that if I gave birth to four...
by Mir | Mar 18, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
So I went back to my new chiropractor, Paul Bunyan, today. I willed myself not to laugh. I coached myself through the entire morning, then the drive over there, and while I was on the table. “Don’t laugh, don’t laugh, don’t laugh,” I...
by Mir | Mar 17, 2009 | Health is overrated
So, as I may have mentioned, I’ve been having a little trouble with my neck. On the one hand, it’s handy for sniping at the children. “STOP BEING A PAIN IN MY NECK!” I can grouse, pointing at my poor neck, ensuring their therapist can buy a...
