by Mir | May 7, 2007 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
On Saturdays Monkey goes to a social skills group. It’s a nice little thing where he and five other kids who can’t seem to interact with others for longer than ten minutes without having a big hairy hissy fit all work together to learn new things. Like how...
by Mir | May 6, 2007 | Growing, It's not a regret, it's an "experience", The Year of Living Changerously
Here’s the thing about being FINE FINE FINE in the face of a steady stream of stress: Eventually, something breaks. When those people came into my house and broke the soap dish off the wall yesterday, maybe if everything else was dandy that wouldn’t have...
by Mir | May 5, 2007 | My name is Grumplestiltskin
Wanna know how the second showing with the Lowballs went? First allow me to recap. The FIRST time they came to the house, they were so late in arriving, I came home 90 minutes after they were supposed to be GONE and they were still here. Oh, well. Then they made their...
by Mir | May 5, 2007 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Would there be a problem, do you think, with flying down to Georgia the day before my wedding to go to a school board meeting? Yes? You people have no imagination. I mean, I could totally paint my nails on the plane. On the bright side, I have secured a mole who is...
by Mir | May 3, 2007 | My name is Grumplestiltskin, The Year of Living Changerously
Today was utterly craptastic for a number of reasons, and as the day progressed it just continued getting more unbelievable and difficult, until finally I decided that for the next week I am not thinking about anything other than what color I might like to paint my...