by Mir | Feb 28, 2011 | Aspi(e)rations/AD(D)orations, Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Retail Therapy
I find my fingers itching to click “Buy” on polo shirts. I spend a goodish chunk of every day combing websites and sales and coupons for Want Not, and of course some of the deals I’m finding, I’m also buying. I consider it an occupational...
by Mir | Feb 25, 2011 | My name is Grumplestiltskin
On the whole, life right now is pretty darn good. Honest and for true, the most likely answer these days when you ask me how I am is, “I’m really good.” I may even sound a little surprised, when I say it, because… it’s still a little...
by Mir | Feb 23, 2011 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Dinner is my favorite time of the day. I don’t know if it’s because we rarely ate together as a family when I was a kid, or because the various tidbits my kids choose to share always seem more...
by Mir | Feb 22, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Job? Huh?
One of the things that my daughter’s impending teenagerhood has brought into sharp focus for me is my frustration with finding the balance between society’s messages about what it means to be female, my own experiences growing up, and the ever-looming fear...
by Mir | Feb 21, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Retail Therapy
Let me preface this by saying that the following can obviously be filed under “first world problems;” the fact that I have more than a battered tin pot in which to boil gruel means that none of this actually matters, but that’s not going to stop me...
