by Mir | Nov 11, 2009 | Health is overrated, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Chickadee has been malingering. Except malingering is really the wrong word, because I do think she’s sick… or sickISH… certainly she’s just plain not feeling great; but given her bent towards the DRAH-MAH and the fact that MALINGERING just...
by Mir | Nov 10, 2009 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
It occurred to me this weekend that I have a complete double-standard about sharing stuff online. And not just for me—which would be fine, you know, setting standards for myself—but I find myself getting all Judgy McJudgerson about other people, which is...
by Mir | Nov 9, 2009 | Oh look! Something furry!!
It turns out that I’m not exactly a paragon of Doggie Mama Perfection. I mean, I try—lord knows, I try—but, well, sometimes my optimism vastly outweighs reality. (For those who are new or who have spotty memories, I present supporting exhibits A and...
by Mir | Nov 7, 2009 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Everyone is healthy and hearty and life goes on. For a short and blissful while there, Chickadee was loving and cuddly and totally a Mama’s Girl. Of course, I didn’t know, in the beginning part of it, anyway, that it was largely due to the fact that she...
by Mir | Nov 5, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Oh look! Something furry!!
Yesterday dawned and brought with it a fever and listlessness for the girlchild, so I got her brother packed off to school and her set up on the couch and tried to salvage the day. I worked, she dozed. Somewhere towards lunch I stopped to stroke her hair and prepare...
