by Mir | Sep 26, 2006 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
My daughter has developed a new fixation. Apparently she spends every recess with a group of girls, jump roping. That’s fine with me. More than fine, actually—I recall a similar period in my own girlhood where jumping rope was pretty much the pinnacle of...
by Mir | Sep 25, 2006 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, I'm dating the television
Or, no good can possibly come of this…. I am beginning to realize that I have a thing for men who view everything as a challenge to be conquered. Now, a certain amount of pioneer spirit, I admire. I do. But I also think there’s nothing wrong (or unmanly)...
by Mir | Sep 25, 2006 | Detritus
Because you’re being such good sports about my last post, which in point of fact actually put ME to sleep, I thought I’d share the cookie recipe. [Also I decided to do this and then my hosting provider had a massive service crash and I was just GONE for a...
by Mir | Sep 24, 2006 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
I am a logical person, except when I am not. Obviously. What? I had a moment on the phone with Otto tonight where I stepped outside myself and listened to whatever it was I was nattering on about and felt a pang of sympathy for him. The words, good lord, the SHEER...
by Mir | Sep 23, 2006 | Retail Therapy, What do I do all day?
Today was rainy and grey and gross and so I decided we should take a trip to the happiest place on earth. No, not Disney. (Have you ever BEEN to Disneyworld? Or for that matter, Disneyland, which is where I spent my pseudo-honeymoon (that’s another tale...
