by Mir | Jan 9, 2005 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
We came, we saw, we sledded. I am old, and therefore I broke my butt. Monkey would only go down the (rather steep) hill if I went with him. I make a lot of jokes about how big my butt is, but I am evidentally a lot bonier than I thought, because having nothing but a...
by Mir | Jan 9, 2005 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Health is overrated
I should be at church right now, at pre-service choir rehearsal. Obviously, I am not. After going to bed at 10:00 last night and sleeping until 8:00 this morning, I woke up experiencing The Return Of Mysterious Fever And Also Feeling Like Ass. I stumbled downstairs...
by Mir | Jan 8, 2005 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Number of children invited: 8. Number of children expected: 7. Inches of snow that had fallen by half an hour prior to partytime: 3. Inches of snow that fell during the party: 3. Number of times the plows had been by: 0. Number of cancellations: 2. Number of...
by Mir | Jan 7, 2005 | My name is Grumplestiltskin, What do I do all day?
It went like this: a friend informed me that she was having an informal cocktail hour type thing today, and suggested that if I needed help finishing up party stuff, we could work on it afterwards. Come mingle and have some fun. I checked in with another friend,...
by Mir | Jan 7, 2005 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
So, yesterday, I valiantly braved the storm. No, not the storm outside. The storm inside. The storm of Two Children Who Are Bored. They really needed to go outside and run off some of their energy, but given the whole icy pellets causing bleeding eyelids thing, I...
