by Mir | Feb 13, 2014 | What do I do all day?
Questions on my mind today: 1) Will the kids ever have school again? 2) Will Duncan ever stop being perplexed by snow and ice? 3) At what point do I have to stop eating potato chips and resume regular living? 4) How is it possible that we’ve been holed up for...
by Mir | Feb 11, 2014 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Oh look! Something furry!!
… I’m over at Alpha Mom, realizing that Duncan is teaching me a lot about what Chickadee needs. [In case you don’t live in the south or haven’t seen the news, we are about to be slammed with an ice storm “of historical proportions.”...
by Mir | Feb 9, 2014 | Oh look! Something furry!!
After the first time Licorice destroyed one of Duncan’s toys, I put away all of the stuffies for a while. We have some (relatively) indestructible dog toys, and things like tennis balls (motto: a super fun toy if you enjoy pooping out bits of felt), and that...
by Mir | Feb 6, 2014 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
There’s an intersection kinda-sorta-nearish to our house that was the topic of Much Earnest Discussion pretty much from the time we moved here, six and a half years ago. It was dangerous, people said. On the main road, people would peel off to another road on...
by Mir | Feb 4, 2014 | Aspi(e)rations/AD(D)orations, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Monkey’s been back at public school for a month, and Otto and I still whisper and knock on wood when we dare to speak aloud about how great everything is going. Rational or not, we are still afraid to jinx it. Of course, today I decided that that was just plain...
