by Mir | Jun 1, 2008 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Me: Whatcha doin’? Her: Getting some water. It’s HOT out. Can we go to the pond? Me: No, not right now. We’re going to eat soon. You guys can hang out in the fort until it’s ready, but I don’t want you going all the way to the pond right...
by Mir | May 30, 2008 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
Our internet is all messed up at home, today (gosh, HOW UNUSUAL), and so I trundled off to my favorite coffee shop to steal borrow their internet. And really, after I pay $5 for a cup of coffee, I think I’m entitled to QUITE A LOT OF INTERNET. Anyway, first I...
by Mir | May 29, 2008 | Growing, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
We’re just past the halfway point of the kids’ first week away this summer, and truthfully, the days are passing at a tolerable pace. It helps to have a major catastrophe to tend to, I guess, to take my mind off of other things. LUCKY ME! Oh, I kid. The...
by Mir | May 28, 2008 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Hey, just a quick follow-up to yesterday’s post, before I get started, here—it turns out that there is ONE covered specialist in the next town over who we could see. Don’t even ask me how I figured this out, because it will cause my head to explode....
by Mir | May 27, 2008 | Health is overrated, My name is Grumplestiltskin
You people are all so very sweet. Really. I love you all. Here, have a pony. No, wait—have two. But honest to Jesus, folks, you have PLEASE got to stop emailing to tell me that my data is recoverable. As I spelled out earlier today, it turns out that my MacBook...