by Mir | Sep 1, 2006 | Detritus
Please vote: Is PIECEY a word? (Hint: “I want one of those cool new hairstyles, you know, where it’s all piecey.”) (Also a hint: Do not laugh at me during Scrabble. Even if I am laughing so hard I’m pretty much snorting pretzels.) Please send...
by Mir | Aug 31, 2006 | My name is Grumplestiltskin, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
My fellow Americans, you have certain inalienable rights which somebody once found to be self-evident. You have the right to bitch about gas prices while driving a Hummer (with or without a bumper sticker that reads, “Honk if you think I have a small...
by Mir | Aug 30, 2006 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, What do I do all day?
It could’ve rained today; heck, it could’ve hailed. We could’ve missed the bus. Both children could’ve come home in tears and despair. It wouldn’t have mattered. My day was perfect by 6:30 this morning. Perfection crept into my room at...
by Mir | Aug 29, 2006 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Today was Open House at school, because someone decided that it would be a really splendiferous idea, this year, on account of so many people usually missing Open House because of summer travel and all, to have Open House the day before school starts. That’s...
by Mir | Aug 29, 2006 | My name is Grumplestiltskin
I only have to get through one more day with my darling, wonderful children. Just one. More. Day. And then school starts! Glorious, wonderful school! We love school! School is very stimulating, and varied, and much more entertaining than I am. School makes the...