by Mir | Jul 8, 2008 | Growing, Ottomatic For the People
One of the things that inevitably happens when you spend time with a friend who’s known you for a long time is that you talk about the past, right? It happens to all of us. And it’s inevitable that when I spend time with Kira, we cannot help but marvel...
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...
