by Mir | Jul 18, 2007 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Ottomatic For the People
This week has been a slippery slide into “I hate everyone and everything” territory, much to the chagrin of my family. Whoops! Not you! I don’t hate YOU! Except when you talk to me in that tone of voice. Or look at me that way. Or breathe. Do you...
by Mir | Jul 17, 2007 | Health is overrated, My name is Grumplestiltskin
You know how people say that “truth is stranger than fiction?” The thing about fiction is that you WANT it to seem like truth, so it can’t be TOO outlandish or people would say “No way, that would never happen.” Even though the things...
by Mir | Jul 16, 2007 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I’ve mentioned that we have children in our new neighborhood. Real! Live! Children! This is a novelty for us and an exciting one, at that. Boys Monkey’s age! A girl Chickadee’s age! Heaven. Well, it was heaven for about two days. Let’s just say...
by Mir | Jul 15, 2007 | Friends
We had some people over for dinner tonight, and by “some people” I mean “friends of Otto’s” and by “dinner” I mean “sort of a barbecue where we all hang out on the porch for most of it.” The house is not...
by Mir | Jul 13, 2007 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I wasn’t kidding when I said that Chickadee learned how to dive. After three hours in the pool this afternoon, I think it’s safe to say that the children are plumb tuckered out. Me, I’m just proud of my little fishies, even if I am hearing a Ricky...
