by Mir | Aug 7, 2007 | Ottomatic For the People, The Year of Living Changerously
(It’s not what you think.) After four and a half years of living on my own, I have been completely undone by one month of sharing a house with another adult. That Otto is such a JERK, getting me all used to having him around. That insensitive jerk lulled me into...
by Mir | Aug 6, 2007 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Hey, do you know how people warned me that it is, you know, HOT down here in Georgia? Do y’all (see how native I am, now?) remember how when I said I was moving here, all of my southern readers rushed to regale me with tales of summer? And do you know how...
by Mir | Aug 5, 2007 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
The hotly anticipated bacon salt has arrived. It is everything we could’ve hoped for, and more. And by “and more” I of course mean that our growing dependence on delicious smoky pork-fat-flavored salt is a little frightening. We’ve tried it on...
by Mir | Aug 3, 2007 | Ottomatic For the People, What do I do all day?
After a solid month of family togetherness, just superwonderful, 24/7 all being together what felt like every minute of every day, it was with great sadness that I packed the kids off to spend a weekend with their dad, today. They were VERY excited to see him and he...
by Mir | Aug 2, 2007 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
If there is such a thing as post-traumatic camping disorder, I am suffering from it today. It is three parts sleep deprivation, one part laundry, and two parts I DO EVERYTHING FOR YOU AND DO YOU APPRECIATE IT? NO! YOU DON’T! I’M JUST YOUR MOTHER, SO OF...
