Author: Aimee

A Month of Tweets About My Family

I was actually going to go back further in time, but Twitter only lets you look back a month. Or maybe that is when I got tired of looking. Not sure.Either way, I kind of realized that I almost have been living two lives online.…

How Do You Handle A Screaming Baby?

When that baby is not yours?Today at lunch, Declan and I were at a diner. It was busy. Bustling. It's the last week for Christmas shopping, right? We were packed in like sardines with everyone else who was trying to get done a million things…

What Declan Will Be Wearing on Christmas Morning

When Polarn O. Pyret emailed me, I have to admit I had never heard of them. Apparently the brand has been around since 1976 (um, I was in Kindergarten that year), but only in the USA for the past two years.To celebrate their new brick…

I’m A Tween Mom

When does "tween" age start anyway? Is it nine? Declan turned nine in September, and along with it, I am pretty sure he became a tween.He rolls his eyes at us.He tells fart jokes.He has watched Star Wars Episode I.Or IV depending on your perspective.The…

Traffic NASCAR

Bryan gets stuck in traffic a lot during his commute, so he decided to take the power back today.And then he realized he was filming vertically and made another.I love being married to this lunatic.

Nine Nice Pinterest Pins

I often talk about my Pinterest addiction. Over a work luncheon today, we forced a person at our table to join. Like the mafia. The Pinterest mafia.Pretty soon I am just going to stop and assault people on the street.But when you find these kinds…

Addiction

I have addicts all over the family, especially on my dad's side. I have been lucky to escape it - but when the pull is so strong, you have to be careful. I've had to fight it. And I have won.I don't mean to sound…