by Mir | Nov 8, 2010 | Health is overrated, It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
… guess I’ll go eat… oh, geez. I can’t even say it. Whenever one of the kids is having a “woe is me” moment, as befits my loving maternal style, I often suggest that the afflicted one go eat some worms, because that’s what one...
by Mir | Nov 5, 2010 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
You will never, ever, EVER hear me accusing Chickadee of being easy. Ever. But she is a girl, and so has stereotypically managed to be… girly. The kind of grief she causes tends to be emotional anguish, rather than, say, actual physical destruction. She...
by Mir | Nov 4, 2010 | Friends
I am in a very weird place at the moment. The simplest explanation is that I am just exhausted; physically, mentally, spiritually. I want a nap. About 30 hours should do it, I think. HAHA. Yeah. Anyway, there’s that. I am tired and overwhelmed and let’s...
by Mir | Nov 2, 2010 | Job? Huh?, Retail Therapy
I’m going to a conference next week. As is my wont when I have a business event coming up, I carefully get all my ducks in a row: First I book my travel, then I organize the calendar to make sure the kids are covered while I’m away, next I make a hair...
by Mir | Nov 1, 2010 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
The thing about camping is that it’s supposed to be all about getting back to nature and bonding as a family—at least, in the Norman Rockwell-esque picture in my head, that’s what it’s supposed to be—but the reality is that there are only...
