by Mir | Sep 10, 2008 | My name is Grumplestiltskin, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
So, um, remember how Monkey got his braces on and a wire kept popping off? I’d already taken him back to the orthodontist to have them fixed the very DAY they were put on, then the next day they were closed and I had to fix them myself, and then for a couple of...
by Mir | Sep 9, 2008 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
For years and years and years (apparently; remember, this is only our second year here) the kids’ school has done a Fall Fundraiser which primarily involves selling wrapping paper. Should you feel that you’ve reached your quota of overpriced wrapping...
by Mir | Sep 8, 2008 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Health is overrated
I began menopause unceremoniously at the tender young age of 33, thanks to a total hysterectomy. (Sorry for the rhyme, there; I tend to get all poetic when we chat about my uterus.) After having spent the majority of my lifetime at the mercy of everything that can...
by Mir | Sep 6, 2008 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I was just going to come tell you that if you’re in Atlanta, you can stop by the Beehive Co-op between 4:00 and 7:00 today to see me, Rita, and Kristen. I don’t know what we’re doing, really. Signing copies of Sleep Is for the Weak. Making out with...
by Mir | Sep 5, 2008 | Job? Huh?
Last night I grabbed a friend and headed to one of our local bookstores, because Hollis Gillespie was there doing a signing. I met Hollis last weekend in Decatur, and I suppose that if I’d had my life together I could’ve gone to her session (and gotten my...