by Mir | Sep 30, 2011 | Aspi(e)rations/AD(D)orations, My name is Grumplestiltskin
Yesterday everyone got home late and we had take-out for dinner and I was scrambling to put out everything we needed, and I opened the silverware drawer and stopped short. For some reason, the last time Otto unloaded the dishwasher, he decided that our silverware...
by Mir | Sep 28, 2011 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Once upon a time, in a land long ago and far away (okay, fine, it was here, and it was last May; I may be exaggerating just a little, ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?), my darling, sweet, beautiful, talented daughter signed up to be in the marching band this year. And lo it was...
by Mir | Sep 27, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
It’s Tuesday, so that means I’m over at Off Our Chests, and today I’m thinking about the legacy of my childhood asthma, even though it turns out that—from a medical standpoint, anyway—I’m barely affected by it anymore. I’m not...
by Mir | Sep 26, 2011 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Ottomatic For the People
So far as Monkey is concerned, there are exactly two good reasons to go camping: 1) getting to play his Nintendo DS (which his mean, mean mother only lets him use on trips, lest his eyes glaze over and he and his console become one melded hybrid beeping creature), and...
by Mir | Sep 24, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Fall has arrived, and with it the dulcet tones of me suggesting to Otto that “it’s time to get that damn thing off the driveway.” See, during camping season, we keep the trailer in the driveway for maximum access and annoyance. But once it’s...
