by Mir | Oct 15, 2010 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
We have well and firmly entered the “Go away! I don’t have to listen to you! You’re not the boss of me! Wait, can you make me some eggs and also can I have a cuddle? God, LEAVE ME ALONE!” phase of Chickadee’s life. It’s infuriating...
by Mir | Oct 13, 2010 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Retail Therapy
It’s not that the irony of being someone who mostly works at home in solitude (and prefers jeans when heading out into the world) doling out fashion advice is lost on me, it’s just that it all seems to have become quite SERIOUS up in here, the last couple...
by Mir | Oct 12, 2010 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I may have mentioned once or twice or twenty times that Chickadee has joined just about every possible club, group and team available to her this year, save for the ones that involve actually sports. (“I am not a sports person,” she explained to me in all...
by Mir | Oct 11, 2010 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Today is National Coming Out Day, which is because (to lift a quote from their page): “It’s the courage to come out as an active voice for LGBT equality that will result in real political and social change.” Last night I used the Human Rights...
by Mir | Oct 9, 2010 | Detritus
1) We are going to the county fair today. We planned to go first thing; it is now 3:00 and we haven’t left yet. Which is a pretty good summary of life with children, really. 2) I’m having a terrible time with my skin right now (and I haven’t been...
