by Mir | Jan 4, 2007 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
(Not to be confused, of course, with the remains of the cake.) Monkey’s 7th birthday has come and gone, and I haven’t cried (much) and Chickadee wasn’t jealous (much) and all went well except for the part where in order to buy enough stuff to be able...
by Mir | Jan 3, 2007 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
You’re welcome. On the heels of the cold-turned-sinus-infection—right after I finished my antibiotics, actually—I caught ANOTHER COLD. Because I apparently have no immune system to speak of, at all. Today was one of those days where I had to stop and...
by Mir | Jan 2, 2007 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I have things to tell you about, but somehow our crash-landing back into the land of Routine has been sufficiently difficult that I must go to bed right now if I am to have any hope of being coherent in the morning. Hold that thought, whatever it was. Tonight I can...
by Mir | Jan 1, 2007 | Ottomatic For the People
The nice thing about having earnest, Christian contractors come do work for you the week before Christmas is that they will cut you an unbelievable deal on the work, saving you many many dollars. The sucky thing about having earnest, Christian contractors come do work...
by Mir | Dec 30, 2006 | The Year of Living Changerously
Thanks to the miracle of drugs, I actually got off the couch today. [Aside: Yesterday I phoned my doctor’s office first thing in the morning to say, “Hello, how are you? I am quite ill and my face is about to explode, so perhaps I could come pay you $15 to...
