by Mir | Jul 7, 2008 | Friends, I'm dating the television
My husband and my Kira just left for the airport, and try though I did to come up with some sort of viable diversion (“Um, someone stole both of our cars! And there is only one flight from Atlanta to Denver each month so I guess that’s that!”), in...
by Mir | Jul 5, 2008 | Friends, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I’m sure I could be more exhausted, both from lack of enough sleep and from laughing so hard, but I’m not sure how. We’ve been in a whirlwind of sociability—first picking up Kira from the airport and then heading over to Joss’ for the 4th...
by Mir | Jul 3, 2008 | Ottomatic For the People
When I was discussing the dilemma of keeping my tomatoes watered in this post, many of you suggested that we invest in a rain barrel. This made me giggle, every single time, but it also made me realize that I hadn’t yet told you the Story of the Rain Barrel. (I...
by Mir | Jul 2, 2008 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I have been pretty good, I think, about sitting on my hands when it comes to how our new summer schedule is working out for everyone. I have been trying to take that old expression about not saying anything if I don’t have anything nice to say to heart, a bit...
by Mir | Jul 1, 2008 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
One of the first things we did after moving down here, last year, was to start the kids in piano lessons. It was something we’d talked about for a long time, and logistics just never seemed to work out when we lived up north, but we have a highly-recommended...
