Author: Aimee

A Sure Sign of Spring

Taking the multitudes of my old Diet Sprite bottles and turning them into attempts at growing plants from seed for the garden, half of which will fail and will be replaced by store-bought plants. It's still fun to try. Any excuse to get dirty, right?

The Big Bad 2 Year Old

My nephew Ridgely turned TWO today. He calls me Aunt May-mee. Well, he won't actually talk to me when I am on the phone, but he has long, involved conversations with me on the cell phone case. For literally like 20 minutes at a time.…

Penny For Your Thoughts

You may have noticed the gobbledygook in the sidebar now. Yes, I sold out. I added Google Ads. And in my first day, I earned... a WHOLE PENNY!But here's the thing. Like I said below, I am really enjoying writing this blog. At work, I…

"Do you ever get scared?"

Last night Declan had a bad dream. He cried for us and I actually heard him for once (through the fog of my nighttime medication)... so I got up to help him. He was sitting up on his bed in a daze with tears running…

And emotional nausea too…

Since Declan has allergies and (mild) asthma, he takes a variety of medications every night just like I do. One of them is Zyrtec syrup, which has been the blessing that has allowed me to keep my cat.But tonight, I almost made a grave mistake.For…

Verbal Diarrhea

I really do realize that I probably do post too much and too often but I am having so much fun on this blog and if you have met me in real life, I really do tell everybody pretty much almost everything about our lives…