by Mir | Oct 31, 2013 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
She’s just a bill, yeah she’s only a bill… … and she’s sitting there on Capitol Hill… Me: That is not so much “sitting” as “laying there like you’re dead,” you know. Her: I am SAD and DEJECTED. I am...
by Mir | Oct 29, 2013 | My name is Grumplestiltskin
I think one of the dirtiest little secrets of parenting is the parental meltdown. Sure, we all joke amongst ourselves about that time we got so mad that we yelled—pass that Mother of the Year trophy over here!—but the truth is that the really awful...
by Mir | Oct 28, 2013 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Retail Therapy
Sometimes people ask me about the secret to success when it comes to a blended family, and usually I laugh and laugh and then ask them what they mean by “success,” and also, have they actually MET my family…? But I think I’ve figured it out....
by Mir | Oct 26, 2013 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Oh look! Something furry!!
I think we all know I’ve been a little out of sorts for a bit. (“O RILLY?” you say, because you are mostly nice and only a little wanting to poke fun at my uncharacteristic use of understatement.) Various… things… and medications…...
by Mir | Oct 23, 2013 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", What do I do all day?
“DUDE I AM, LIKE, SO DRUNK.” Here we have a sentence that I’m pretty sure I’ve never actually said in 40+ years of life, mostly because I can count the times when I’ve truly been inebriated on one hand with fingers left over. I...
