by Mir | Jun 7, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Does Kraft still run those commercials for their macaroni and cheese where kids are singing about how they’ve got the blues and they need the blue box, please? It seems like I haven’t seen one in a long time. Then again—thanks to the miracle of the...
by Mir | Jun 6, 2011 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
When school let out this year, I announced to my perfectly capable 11- and 13-year-olds that for the duration of the summer, they would each be planning and making dinner for the family one night each week. I delivered this decree with calm cheerfulness, but in my...
by Mir | Jun 5, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
It took a few days to coordinate, what with our being gone for the long weekend and various other jobs to which he’s attending, but on Friday Fence Guy swore to show up here between 3:00 and 4:00 to Discuss Things given the interesting trajectory of our fence...
by Mir | Jun 3, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
(Before I start this, I want to say thank you for all of the kind and thoughtful comments on my last post. In case I haven’t mentioned it lately, I just love you. Truly.) My embarrassing confession for today: I don’t do give back as much as I think I...
by Mir | Jun 1, 2011 | Aspi(e)rations/AD(D)orations
I think that parenting has a certain element of doubt inherent in it no matter what; there’s always a niggling “Was this the right decision?” undertone to everything, because being tasked with the care and feeding of another human being is heavy...
