by Mir | Oct 5, 2007 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
As long-time readers already know—mostly because I have yammered about it for months and will not SHUT UP ALREADY—one of the things that drew us to this house is the fact that it has an enormous deck complete with a gazebo. Now that it is no longer 110...
by Mir | Oct 4, 2007 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, What do I do all day?
I am already struck with a strong urge to crawl back into bed, which I’m taking as a very bad sign indeed, seeing as how that usually doesn’t happen until closer to lunch time. Not even a bowl of grits with bacon salt (bacon salt, oh how I love thee) has...
by Mir | Oct 3, 2007 | The Year of Living Changerously
It must be Fall because it’s dark when my alarm goes off and dark when I wake the kids up and dark while I pack lunches but almost sorta kinda getting light out when it’s time to leave for school. It must be Fall because the yard is covered with fallen...
by Mir | Oct 2, 2007 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
The children, if you must know, are driving me slightly insane right now. Chickadee’s propensity for opposition borders on OCD, and I have resorted to all sorts of bizarre methods in last-ditch attempts to modify her behavior. (This is where the people who were...
by Mir | Oct 1, 2007 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
On Saturday, Monkey burst into our room bright and early to let us know that his tooth hadn’t yet fallen out—this being the one next to the one he lost last week, which was flopping all crooked and gross yet refusing to let go—and later we tromped...
