by Mir | Sep 7, 2009 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
It’s been approximately two years and two months since we moved into this house, and there has been a methodical progression of organization and renovation ever since then. Before we moved in our stuff, we repainted in the living room, hallways, and the...
by Mir | Sep 5, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
So I’ve been meaning to tell you that Otto and I met a Real Live Dog Whisperer here in town, but after umpty-hundred emails back and forth I’ve decided that she is not, in fact, done justice with the moniker Dog Whisperer. She is the Dog Emailer. (Though I...
by Mir | Sep 3, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
The post I wrote for BlogHer yesterday about writing unsavory things about your children was a hard one for me. The subject of my post has, in my mind, crossed the line. Hell, she can’t even SEE the line anymore. It seems pretty black and white, to me. But I...
by Mir | Sep 1, 2009 | My name is Grumplestiltskin
[Alternate title: You Damn Kids Get Off Of My Lawn.] [Alternate alternate title: No, Seriously, Knock It Off.] [Alternate alternate alternate title: You Really Might Not Want To Tick Me Off Right Now.] I’m willing to cop to being fairly irritable. I’m...
by Mir | Aug 31, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Ottomatic For the People
Last week chewed me up and spit me out and then sneered at me and told me my mother dresses me funny. Then it stole my lunch money and stomped on my fingers. The sad part is that I really didn’t get the worst of the week; I’d say the men of our household...
