by Mir | Sep 3, 2014 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", What do I do all day?
When I’m quiet here for too long, my dad calls me to make sure no one died. I always tell him that’s just silly; if someone died, I’d have something to blog about, after all. (For some reason he doesn’t find that as funny as I do….) Life...
by Mir | Aug 26, 2014 | Aspi(e)rations/AD(D)orations, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
And lo, it did come to pass that the edict came down from the grand high ruler of the land (if we agree that by “land” we mean “this particular science class my kids are taking”) and the charge was thus: create a poster of determinate size and...
by Mir | Aug 19, 2014 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Every time I think I’m getting the hang of this parenting gig (don’t worry, it doesn’t happen all that often; just the rare, delusional flash of perceived competence), something new comes up. Chickadee’s been doing marching band for years,...
by Mir | Aug 14, 2014 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Retail Therapy
I think I promised you some super-exciting content about our last visit to Costco. (I tell you what, this blog is worth EXACTLY what you’re paying for it. Such value!) Before that, though, apparently I am falling down on my chronicling duties by not verifying...
by Mir | Aug 12, 2014 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
I’m over at Alpha Mom today, and I will spare you a long introduction and simply say that this is not the post I intended to write nor a subject I planned to address so directly, but with a high-profile suicide in the news, I didn’t know how to write about...