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Love is enough

Mir — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:02:00 +0000

As Otto and I lay in bed last night, I poured out my frustration while he held my hand and listened. Because I have a nice life. Actually, no; I have a pretty wonderful life. And yet I struggle, daily, against my will and my common sense, with the ability to just be happy. I still [...]

Just don’t say maverick

Mir — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:31:03 +0000

Well, I was really hoping to give you some sort of definitive THIS IS THE ANSWER sort of update after our latest appointment in regards to Chickadee’s skin, but I should’ve known it wouldn’t happen that way. I mean, we’ve been trying to figure out this rash for three years now; what’s the big hurry? The [...]

Chickadeedee Rash and the Cucumber of Doom

Mir — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:05:18 +0000

We’re headed back to the Big City today to discuss Chickadee’s rash. AGAIN. School starts up in a couple of weeks, and thus far our summer with The Experts at Emory has yielded… oh, that’s right, A HORRIBLE RASH. Technically the rash is not their fault, but I must say that my hopes that we’d [...]

Find out if VACATION™ is right for you

Mir — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:54:32 +0000

Do you experience stress? Are you bored? Do you need a break from the everyday? Are your children whining that summer is boring? You should ask the Internet about VACATION™ to see if it might be right for you. VACATION™ has been used to treat Regular Life for years, and is the number one Internet-approved [...]

Love’s ahoy, wherever we are

Mir — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:30:00 +0000

We’re packing up and heading home; as always, this trip has had its ups and downs, but it’s still bittersweet to close up the camper and hitch up and drive back to everyday life. As I walked through the campground this morning, I chuckled (as I always do) at the different things people do to personalize [...]

Are you ready to go camping?

Mir — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:50:43 +0000

Yesterday turned out to be one of those days where we look around at the end of it and say, “… and let us never speak of it again.” Nothing horrible, really, just not a good day in terms of patience and kindness to your fellow family members. It turns out that sometimes absence DOES [...]

Loving family environment

Mir — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:23:55 +0000

The reason we got a camper is because my idea of “roughing it” is raising children. And having a place to plug in my crock pot. Details. Our camper is neither large nor fancy, but it did allow us to have veggie chili for dinner last night (seriously, a crock pot while camping is AWESOME) [...]

Operation Beach Dog

Mir — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:28:57 +0000

We have already discussed the fact that Licorice appears to suffer from PTSD (Post Traumatic Suitcase Disorder), wherein the very sight of packing sends her into a neurotic tizzy. So it was no surprise when the whirlwind of pack-up-the-camper activity on Saturday found her alternately pacing the house and hiding under furniture. That was to [...]

My mind is a machine

Mir — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:34:41 +0000

Tomorrow we leave on our last camping trip of the summer, and I want you to know that because I am a paragon of planning and efficiency, I have not done one single thing to prepare. NOT ONE. I mean, I wanted to. I PLANNED to. And yet… yeah. Nothing. Remember back when I was all [...]

Love knows the routine

Mir — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:53:31 +0000

We are more than halfway through the Summer of Pitching In, and have met with varying levels of success on that particular front. Someone—and I am not naming any names, but it is someone who lives here—has not been so much a fan of the whole “helping out” concept. That particular someone has participated very [...]