by Mir | Jul 8, 2011 | Aspi(e)rations/AD(D)orations, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Sometimes I feel like I’ve got this whole Aspie thing under control. I know what will knock Monkey for a loop. I prepare him ahead of time for trouble spots, or sense when things are about to get ugly and take him aside. Sometimes I don’t realize or see...
by Mir | Jul 7, 2011 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
We bought Chickadee a new cell phone. (And by “bought” you understand I mean “picked her out a new purple one that was free on our plan.”) It was not long after she began texting more often that her phone starting having issues, so we figured...
by Mir | Jul 6, 2011 | Ottomatic For the People, What do I do all day?
Longtime readers know that one of the joys of summer, for me, is my little backyard garden. What started years ago with a few containers on the deck has steadily expanded into a series of boxes where I spend half my July wrestling with vines that need to go UP THE...
by Mir | Jul 5, 2011 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
I have many virtues. Well, okay, I have SOME virtues. Probably. But patience is not one of them. My feeling has pretty much always been that watching the pot is for suckers. People who are serious about boiling that water just go grab a blowtorch. As you might...
by Mir | Jul 4, 2011 | Aspi(e)rations/AD(D)orations, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned how much I am enjoying this summer. I mean—The Saga Of The Fence aside—I feel like we’ve reached a good place as a family. The kids are old enough that they don’t need us every second but young enough...
