by Mir | Apr 3, 2009 | What do I do all day?
Warning: This post contains gardening p0rn. Proceed at your own risk! It’s been raining and raining and raining here, and that’s good, both because of this pesky drought, and because it means I don’t have to water our garden. So instead of watering,...
by Mir | Apr 2, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Ottomatic For the People
I remember being told, long ago, that you fall in love with your spouse all over again when you see him falling in love with your child. This was, of course, in reference to my first baby, and I do remember the warm-n-fuzzy feelings of watching my ex unfold as a...
by Mir | Apr 1, 2009 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
Otto and I went to a fancy-schmancy banquet last night, because he won a fancy-schmancy award. Because he’s kind of a rock star. Sometimes proper parenting has to take a back seat to free steak, so Monkey was informed that his current behavior was being tabled...
by Mir | Mar 31, 2009 | My name is Grumplestiltskin, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
My children are darling little angels. Except when they aren’t. And BELIEVE YOU ME, we have plenty of the “aren’t” sorts of instances, ’round here. Though their seemingly limitless capacity for finding NEW and INTERESTING ways to make...
by Mir | Mar 30, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
We’re a busy family, and so like most busy families, we like to use the weekends to reconnect with each other in light of our busy lives. This is generally accomplished via sleeping late and eating pancakes. (Ahhhh—nothing says unity like carbs, am I...
