Author: Aimee

I tried… I really tried!

To *NOT* take photos for once in my life. We had a gathering here at my house last night to hail summer coming, but also to celebrate the fact that my good friend Teresa (Trees in OK) was in town visiting her parents. I figured…

The Plane Ride From Hell

Here is our GET OUR ASSES BACK FROM MARYLAND THROUGH A HAIL STORM IN DENVER ADVENTURE. It wasn't pretty, and it sure wasn't fun.1. At 2:30pm, Aunt Heidi drops us off at the BWI way early for our 5:00pm flight. Don't want a repeat of…

30 Years of KBCO

I am not sure how much people outside Colorado will appreciate this post, but here goes. As I was driving in today, I was listening to KBCO - the quintessential Colorado rock radio station - and morning DJ Bret Saunders was playing Melissa Etheridge live…

Maryland: Day Two

On our second day in Maryland, we crossed the Chesapeake Bay Bridge (with surprisingly little traffic snafus, given the holiday weekend) to visit Aunt Kitty and Uncle Bill on the Eastern Shore. And since every visit to Aunt Kitty and Uncle Bill must include a…

Murderball

Has anyone seen this documentary? It has been sitting in our basement for about a month, because - I am loathe to say - I have turned into one of those people who lets that little red packet just sit there and sit there and…

Maryland: Day One

Declan and I headed out to the airport at the butt-crack of dawn Saturday morning, only to come to a screeching halt at the security line. (Oh yeah. Duh. It's Memorial Day weekend.) But this most have been the mother of all Memorial Days, because…