by Mir | Dec 19, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
No more pencils, no more books, no more children screaming and crying and freaking out over their homework and their teachers and various other school related things… … at least until January. This has been, without question, the hardest school year yet....
by Mir | Dec 18, 2009 | Ottomatic For the People
I’m over at Five Full Plates today, hurling my longsuffering husband right under the bus. (I’m thinking I’m really going to need to come through at Christmas this year. I mean, that or just hide for a few days….)
by Mir | Dec 17, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
I sometimes bitch and moan about things like teacher gifts, and it is primarily because I’m pretty good at bitching and moaning and not, in fact, because I hate teacher gifts. I actually sort of love doing teacher gifts. I like wrapping up multiple identical...
by Mir | Dec 16, 2009 | My name is Grumplestiltskin, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I seem to be on an F kick lately. I cannot imagine why. I’m sure it has nothing to do with a barely-even-subliminal desire to say a DIFFERENT word that starts with F, repeatedly. No no, of course not. It’s not as though I’d like to stick my head out...
by Mir | Dec 15, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Alternate title: Why it’s not a good idea to go to the store while you’re distracted. Alternate alternate title: Paying attention is generally overrated, except not so much when it comes to baking. Alternate alternate alternate title: Maybe the teachers...
