Author: Aimee

Complete 180

We had Declan's first parent teacher conference of 1st grade this week. It didn't go all that great by normal standards, but here's the funny thing - I am thrilled. See, Declan definitely got the "I Have To Be Perfect" gene from me. We have…

Live High, Live Mighty

Yeah, I know I twitterized on all day Monday about seeing Jason Mraz again, but he really is one of my favorite artists, so I had to post about it too. So there. Cause when you see one of your faves with your best friend,…

Me? A Soccer Mom? You Betcha.

I have to be honest with you here. Declan has never been what you might call c-o-o-r-d-i-n-a-t-e-d. He's getting better with age, all clearly from his dad's genes and not mine, but in general, he is more of a reading, writing and drawing kind of…

Tagteam for Charity

We knew our best friends were going to the Wine In The Pines event this past weekend. We planned to wave goodbye to them as they headed up the hill and sit on our butts and do absolutely nothing all weekend. (OK, except Declan's last…

Updated: Top 10 Reasons to Barack The Vote

I wrote a similar post back in February when the Clinton/Obama primary was in full swing. Now the lovely Mrs. Flinger has issued a challenge for people on both sides to express why they are voting a certain way, and I felt it was a…

Grateful

I have said many times I started blogging to jot down my memories, but that it became much more than that for me. The give and take in the blogging community has become a constant in my life that I am not sure I could…