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...
by Mir | Dec 31, 2012 | Growing, It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
I feel like I could make with OH SO MANY WORDS about the suckage of 2012, but frankly I am sick of it and have no desire to rehash. If you were here, you already know. If you weren’t, well, I guess we could do an in-a-nutshell retrospective as a sidebar if I...
by Mir | Dec 28, 2012 | Oh look! Something furry!!
Q: Mir, are you totally phoning it on your blog while you soak up the good moments with your girl and weather the rest of the emotional storm that is a still-not-entirely-well kid with a wicked case of homesickness who isn’t dealing well with the fact that she...
