by Mir | Jun 30, 2011 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Ottomatic For the People
I thought there was nothing I like better than when a reader so totally gets my family, they feel the need to call my attention to something that would make us happy. Alert reader Jamie did just that: She emailed me earlier this week with this link to say she was...
by Mir | Jun 29, 2011 | What do I do all day?
I always get a little twitchy when someone asks me for a recipe. I am not one of those “This is my secret recipe and if I tell you then I have to kill you” sorts, not by a long shot. I’m the person who brings a dish somewhere and if someone says,...
by Mir | Jun 28, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Ottomatic For the People
Yesterday I read Liz’s post about her step-grandfather and it got me thinking about MY step-grandfather. So today you get to read about him over at Off Our Chests, if you’re so inclined. He was a character. Unrelated, here’s an actual, unretouched...
by Mir | Jun 27, 2011 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
The children are home! The children are home! This is what Paul Revere ran through the town yelling about to strike fear into the hearts of the British. Or possibly Otto. But as for me, I was positively giddy yesterday, because no matter how much of a pain in the butt...
by Mir | Jun 23, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
This morning as the fence guys banged away outside, I wrote out the final check. Then I took it upstairs to Otto’s office and handed it over. “I’m not talking to them, I’m not looking at them, I’m not discussing anything with anyone. When...
