by Mir | Nov 14, 2005 | About
I am being shamelessly flattered by the Mommy Bloggers today. I don’t know how much they had to pay all of those pretty, pretty people to say such lovely things, but I’m in favor of it. There will be an interview with me posted there later today, in which...
by Mir | Nov 13, 2005 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
Do most people have a filter between their brains and their mouths? I was born missing this regulatory device, I think. It is perhaps the sort of thing you can cultivate, but the end result is not the same as a genetic predisposition. Like, you can have a perm, if...
by Mir | Nov 12, 2005 | Friends
So I was sitting here tonight, feeling kind of blah. The children– somehow sensing that I had written some sentimental glop about them yesterday–rewarded me today by looking me squarely in the eyes when I informed them that there would be no lunch until...
by Mir | Nov 11, 2005 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Tonight the pre-bedtime routine went smoothly, because I bribed the kids into their pajamas before dinner. That’s easy to do when dinner = cereal + movies. I really go all out for those kids, don’t I? Friday nights have the advantage of being less frenzied...
by Mir | Nov 10, 2005 | Health is overrated
Gimme the news! I’ve got a… BAD CASE of realizing that the medical industry may be just a tad out of control even as I rely on them for my very sanity! (Damn, that doesn’t rhyme or anything.) [But it does remind me to share this helpful parenting...
