by Mir | Jan 16, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I’m the big meanie who insists on regular, early bedtimes, because SOME children I know tend to be EXTREMELY CRANKY when they don’t get enough sleep. And I find school mornings challenging enough without having to pry people out of bed while they complain...
by Mir | Jan 14, 2009 | Health is overrated, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I took Monkey in for an eye exam yesterday, due to my lightning fast reaction time and the fact that I’ve been worried about his vision for a few months, now. (In my defense, we were also waiting on some changes to our health insurance coverage to kick in, plus...
by Mir | Jan 13, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
When I was growing up, I loved nothing so much as those cheesy after-school specials which always ended with a Very Important Lesson of one kind or another. Sometimes the lesson was that you should stay away from drugs, because drugs kill. Other times the lesson was...
by Mir | Jan 12, 2009 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Health is overrated
It seems like just last week when I was singing the praises of my new Wii Fit, probably because that was just last week. I swear this is a product custom-made for sedentary hermits if ever there was one. I continue to be amazed at how perfect it is for someone like...
by Mir | Jan 8, 2009 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Whoops! I really didn’t mean to leave a depressing post up here and then disappear, it’s just that I seem to have misplaced my Wednesday, somehow. Has anyone seen it? I’d sort of like it back. If it’s not too much trouble. My week has largely...
