by Mir | May 23, 2005 | Growing
The tissue fairy has been hard at work here. Little white tufts adorn my house. Here, on the kitchen table. There, on the couch. One on the bathroom counter, and another atop the hamper. One laying in the upstairs hallway, a single corner fluttering slightly every...
by Mir | May 22, 2005 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Today was not a good day. There is a phenomenon that occurs in families with multiple children when one of those children has behavioral issues. Mine is not the first where this has happened and it will not be the last. It should be of some comfort to me, this. But...
by Mir | May 21, 2005 | What do I do all day?
Today, it was supposed to rain, but the sun was actually out this morning. And even though I’d been dragging around sick for a couple of days, I could not waste the opportunity to mow the lawn. The lawn was in need. The lawn was also kind enough to spit up a...
by Mir | May 20, 2005 | Detritus
Good news! Fortified by the view of GAZILLIONS of those TINY swarming ants all over my garage door as I pulled in, I have located the missing ant traps. I carefully broke them apart and placed them equidistant around my home (read: I wrestled with the plastic disks...
by Mir | May 19, 2005 | I'm dating the television
I’m watching the season finale of “The Apprentice.” *insert obligatory joke about Donald Trump’s hair here* I can’t decide if this makes me more or less of a dork than the people who had to go out and see the new Star Wars movie RIGHT NOW...
