by Mir | Jan 9, 2013 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Retail Therapy
My Prednisone-fueled pace for 2013 continues unabated. I don’t know that I’m actually accomplishing anything beyond what a normal, functioning adult should be doing—possibly the last year has left me with a bar that is not so much low as it is...
by Mir | Jan 8, 2013 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
I’m currently in full-on LET’S GET THIS NEXT CHAPTER STARTED mode. Waiting for the flip of the calendar was arbitrary, sure, but sometimes you need something like that to help you move on. So I flipped the calendar, put on my big girl panties, and am...
by Mir | Jan 7, 2013 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Health is overrated
Monkey’s birthday was delightful. I didn’t even mind getting up early to make cinnamon rolls for him to bring in to school to share with his buddies, because he’s just so darn delighted by it, and it doesn’t hurt that our intrepid Hippie School...
by Mir | Jan 4, 2013 | Aspi(e)rations/AD(D)orations, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
We’ve been arguing about it for months. MONTHS! Every time you said, “I’m going to be a TEENAGER soon,” I replied with a swift verbal smackdown: “No. NO YOU’RE NOT. I won’t allow it. You can’t!” You laughed, every...
by Mir | Jan 2, 2013 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Based upon the last post, you might be tempted to believe that the most extensive craft that happened here at Casa Mir during Chickadee’s visit was the Great Vision Board Extravaganza. It was certainly the craftiest thing that I, personally, did, but it...