by Mir | Dec 3, 2015 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
In the continuing saga of Mir Gives Out Advice On The Internet Like She Knows Stuff Or Something, today at Alpha Mom I’m tackling the question of how to handle kids and parties where there may be drinking and/or drugs. Spoiler alert: I am not the Cool Mom. Also,...
by Mir | Dec 1, 2015 | Aspi(e)rations/AD(D)orations, Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
You know that I always bake for school meetings, right? And for when my kids go off to their weekly gaming night? I love to bake. I can no longer actually EAT most of what I bake, but that’s okay. It makes me happy to feed other people. Funny story: usually at...
by Mir | Nov 30, 2015 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Oh look! Something furry!!
Remember when I used to write here regularly? I can’t decide if my life is less interesting now or if I just finally realized my life is not nearly as interesting as I once believed. It’s probably best not to dwell on it. Today we are trying to Return To...
by Mir | Nov 25, 2015 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Greetings from my very quiet, very not-filled-with-frantic-cooking house. I am busy working in my pajamas and the dogs are very busy holding down the floor in my office, and this is very much like a lot of other days in my life because, hey, freelancing is all about...
by Mir | Nov 19, 2015 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Woohoo!
In an interesting the-universe-has-a-weird-sense-of-humor turn of events, I received a fairly heartbreaking question for my Alpha Mom column on the same day that Chickadee received her first college acceptance. (This is the school she’ll attend, but not her only...