by Mir | Oct 31, 2008 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
So yesterday, I was working along and minding my own business when the phone rang. It was school. Chickadee was in the nurse’s office, and did I want to come pick her up? Because I am the meanest mother in the entire world, I asked if they had taken her...
by Mir | Oct 30, 2008 | The Year of Living Changerously
I don’t know when I got them, exactly; it seems to me that it was probably when I was pregnant with Chickadee or when she was very small. Something about how babies would find wind chimes soothing, I think. Back then I was all about Doing It Right and I was very...
by Mir | Oct 29, 2008 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I meant to sit down and write something this morning, before I had to drop everything and take Monkey up to the orthodontist to get braces installed on every remaining tooth and possibly a few of his limbs, but as usual, I didn’t get it done. I was too busy...
by Mir | Oct 28, 2008 | Ottomatic For the People
There are subtle changes, here in our post-remarriage lives, that I rarely think about. The big changes are easy, of course. But the little things sort of creep up on a person. Like how I never put away laundry anymore, fully believing that the Laundry Fairy will be...
by Mir | Oct 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
With less than a week to go, I think it’s safe to say that Yes, Virginia, I have once again bitten off more than I can chew when it comes to this whole Halloween costume thing. I’m too cheap to buy fancy costumes, you see, so I’m always all...
