Author: Aimee

Sometimes I am utterly amazed at the cool things they do at Declan's school. In Kindergarten, they learned about poetry and Declan spent weeks filling up a notebook with poems about mama, dada and laundry lint.Now in 1st grade? The latest lesson is in "how-to"…

You probably have seen these posts popping up all over the interwebs, where people are talking about the little things in their lives that are positive, special, and worth remembering to overcome the noise and bitterness that is sometimes all-too-easy to overwhelm everything else. The…

Here is the post from Tuesday that I deemed too undignified to be posted on Obama Day. It's probably too undignified to be posted any day, but eh. Who cares? It's funny.So. We canceled our cable two years ago for the sheer pleasure and money…

I have to admit, I had a post lined up that talked about Declan's bathroom habits. And then I realized that maybe today wasn't the most appropriate time. So that'll have to wait for another day. Try to contain your disappointment.Today, really, what else can…

Heath care is going to the dogs. This is nothing new. This post is not original. We all have our stories. I just need to post about mine or I am going to explode.United Healthcare, our insurance company for 7 years now at my company…

Someone tweeted this link yesterday (sorry, I can't remember who or I would give credit!). It's a gallery of photos from the New York Times of Barack Obama's inner circle plus audio commentary by the organizers, with backstory on most of the participants. I was…

Taking away a toy as punishment and having them shrug their shoulders and happily say they will just go and play with that other toy over there!YAY! THAT IS SO COOL!P.S. What the hell do I do now?