by Mir | Sep 8, 2015 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Ottomatic For the People, Retail Therapy, What do I do all day?
I often refer to our housekeeping style as “tidy with hidden pockets of disaster.” We spend most of our family time in the kitchen and family room; those rooms are clean and orderly, for the most part. My office desk tends to suffer from pile-itis, but...
by Mir | Sep 3, 2015 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I watch way more TV than I probably should, and some of it is great, but a lot more of it is downright terrible. I’m okay with this. I don’t go out and get plastered or gamble; if watching stupid programming is my biggest flaw, I figure I’m doing...
by Mir | Sep 1, 2015 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
The older I get, the easier it is to figure out what really matters. I had a friend in high school who often proclaimed that she didn’t “suffer fools gladly,” and while it was a grandiose turn of phrase, at 16 or however old we were, it felt kind...
by Mir | Aug 26, 2015 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
I’m beginning to suspect that Otto was excited about Chickadee finally getting her driver’s license because it afforded him the legitimate opportunity to talk endlessly about Our Next Car. Otto LOVES talking cars, in a way I will never understand, but I...
by Mir | Aug 24, 2015 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Retail Therapy, What do I do all day?
I spent last week in a grudging state of malingering. Malingerment? Whatever. I was not SICK sick, you understand. I was not so ill that I could take to my bed without guilt, but I had a cold (THANKS, KIDS!) and just didn’t feel 100%. I got up in the morning and...
