by Mir | Apr 25, 2011 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, What do I do all day?
6:00 a.m. Wake up. Look at clock. Remember it’s Sunday. Go back to sleep. 7:30 a.m. Wake up when Otto gets up. Go back to sleep. 8:30 a.m. Hear Otto making coffee. Get up. 8:35 a.m. COOOOOOOFFEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. 8:45 a.m. Put turkey breast in crock pot....
by Mir | Apr 22, 2011 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
“Friends will come and go. Your family is forever. You only get one brother, and you only get one sister. This is it.” I do a small mental-finger-crossing whenever I speak these words to my children, because of course their father could yet remarry and...
by Mir | Apr 21, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Job? Huh?
I’m reading recaps of Mom 2.0 all over the place, this week. It sort of makes me wish I could do one of those deep and profound sorts of rundowns, the kind where I tell you all about how I was inspired and enchanted and finally met this or that person and they...
by Mir | Apr 20, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
As part of birthdaypalooza, Chickadee was allowed to choose any restaurant for dinner out, on Monday. We don’t eat out all that often, and we almost never go out to eat during the week, so this was an auspicious occasion, indeed. Her debate with herself was...
by Mir | Apr 19, 2011 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Yesterday I was super-awesome and let my daughter skip school to celebrate her birthday! Yesterday I was also a stone-cold bitch and made my daughter spend half her birthday at the doctor’s. Um. Oops! So, no, we still don’t know what’s going on with...
