by Mir | Aug 8, 2008 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Ottomatic For the People
Mom-of-Otto completely astounded her doctors by recovering from the initial situation (multiple organ failure, we don’t know what’s wrong, she’s on a ventilator) to where she is now off the ventilator (though still in multiple organ failure and they...
by Mir | May 21, 2008 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony, The Year of Living Changerously
Today is the last day of school, and that means my children have survived an entire year of learnin’ courtesy of the great state of Georgia, and the more things change, the more they stay the same. For example, I was still scrambling around this morning putting...
by Mir | May 20, 2008 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I am one of those people who has felt like a full-blown adult ever since I was about six. I’m not saying that I’m MATURE, because lord knows I am NOT, but neither am I one of those “Oh, gosh, when did I become the grown-up??” sorts of people. I...
by Mir | Apr 18, 2008 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Dear Chickadee, When you turned 10, I was dumb enough to ask the internet for their thoughts on bringing food into the movies, which—let’s face it—we have always done because we are a family of hoodlums. After receiving more comments on that post...
by Mir | Feb 25, 2008 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Do you remember a while back when I decided that I wasn’t going to let my children have any sleepovers until they were, I dunno, TWENTY? Actually, I think I’ve decided this MULTIPLE times, on account of sleepovers are a tool of the devil. Children are...
