by Mir | Jan 7, 2012 | Health is overrated, My name is Grumplestiltskin
Oh, hello. You know what’s awesome? Being the sort of person who is prone to psychosomatic illness. Now, a lot of people think that “psychosomatic” means “faked,” but in fact it means real physical illness that just happens to be caused...
by Mir | Jan 5, 2012 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Because I am in desperate need of something cheerful this evening, I give you the intersection of my son’s delight and my husband’s penchant for documenting everything: (It was a Most Excellent birthday, bananas and all.)
by Mir | Jan 4, 2012 | Aspi(e)rations/AD(D)orations, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
My current earworm: Because, yes, today my Monkey is (sing it with me!) 1 2 3 4 5, 6 7 8 9 10 11 12! (Remember when they only ever counted up to 12 on Sesame Street? It was like numbers higher than that just didn’t matter, or even exist.) Today we have to start...
by Mir | Jan 3, 2012 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
Hey, let’s all pretend this is the first day of the rest of our lives in a somehow more important way than every other day is the first day of the rest of our lives. Okay? Okay! (Probably we should’ve done this on Sunday—the Actual First Day Of The...
by Mir | Jan 2, 2012 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Is there anything better than arriving home after a trip and collapsing into your own bed? I contend that there is not. Especially if you’ve just driven 900+ miles in a single day and haven’t yet realized that following that delicious night of sleep in...
