by Mir | May 14, 2008 | Health is overrated, Ottomatic For the People
There’s that old saying—and it’s absolutely true, just ask anyone—about how moms don’t get sick. We’re supposed to be invincible, you know, and failing that, at least uncomplaining. We’re one step up from mail carriers;...
by Mir | May 13, 2008 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
Greetings from the land of Unplanned-For Expenses, otherwise known simply as Home Ownership. Why, we’d noticed the deck seemed to be settling a little, last year, when we moved in, and this spring we could no longer ignore that the gazebo seems a bit…...
by Mir | May 12, 2008 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Wow, do you people have strong feelings about planting mint. SHEESH. Maybe I REALLY REALLY LIKE mint. Maybe the mint is in containers in the planter. Maybe it is hilarious to me that I am all “Hooray! I made an herb garden finally!” and you all commence...
by Mir | May 10, 2008 | What do I do all day?
Okay, so, the box is too wide to get a very good picture of it, but I was busy little beaver today. Left to right, I’ve now got rosemary, banana peppers, flat-leaf parsley, two kinds of thyme, lemon basil, regular basil, lemon verbena, chocolate mint, and...
by Mir | May 9, 2008 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
So yesterday we had this big end-of-season soccer thing for, I dunno, six hours? Three days? A LONG TIME, is what I’m saying. It was a SOCCER EXTRAVAGANZA! With extra soccer! And hotdogs! And staying out entirely too late on a school night. And after...
