Author: Aimee

Girls weekend to Chicago in September? Canceled due to my father-in-law's funeral.Girls weekend to Chicago in December? Canceled because of a huge snowstorm in Chicago.Girls weekend to Chicago this upcoming weekend, rescheduled for the third time, where Aimee flies out Friday at noon?OK. Dear God,…

The three of us were just back from running errands the other day and as we pulled into the driveway, the song "Walk On The Wild Side" by Lou Reed came on. Damn. I had not heard that song in forever and I commented on…

Last night at pickup, Declan's aftercare teacher practically tackled me at the door and said, "Don't be too hard on him, he's totally panicking already." Uh-oh. So I go find my kid, happily playing, and I notice his shoes. His shoes, one which now has…

The Easter Bunny left Declan these cool toys that toss disc up in the air, and even though I am usually strict about such things, I let him play with them a bit in the house since it's SNOWING here this morning (second time in…

We got the call today. Mr. Paul, a very good friend of Bryan's parents and their next door neighbor of 20 years passed away this morning. He was 93. He lived a full life. He fought in World War II. He was a postal carrier…

I finally got to the gym today after several weeks off (sinus infection, vacation, blah blah blah) and when I stepped on the scale, I have not gained weight as I thought I had - I have just gained flab.Well, that's a relief.