Author: Aimee

Rain, rain… go away…

Starting at about 7pm last evening, it started raining. And it hasn't stopped since. Pretty rare for Denver so I really shouldn't complain. But I will. Last night it was soothing and atmospheric, as I sat in bed with a book and a beer... but…

I may have found a way to fund our retirement.

Declan has been obsessed with the human body lately. I have been explaining things to him but must not be doing a very good job - because most times I get a blank expression similar to the one when you ask him to clean up…

How One Ends Up At Coyote Ugly

First, you meet your best friend Danielle at Maggiano's and have a lovely dinner and a few beers. Then you buy tickets to Superman Returns for the 7:45 show. Since you have time to kill, you check out the street fair at the Pavilions, but…

Mentoring is cool!

We are a finalist for a project with the health department that addresses low birth-weight babies among Latinas in Colorado. This is a subject area that we have never ventured into, mainly because we didn't have anyone with the right background. But one of our…

Politically Incorrectness

I know it's way funnier to us than it should be, but Declan looks soooo Hitler-ey when I comb his hair after a bath. We've taken to calling him "HY" when he runs out in his pajamas (pssst: HY = Hitler Youth, but don't tell…

Independence Day

Despite my rants to the contrary, I love my country. And she is not an easy country to love. She has warts. Big, ugly warts. And anyone who doesn't think so is deluding themselves. But at the same time, there are many things about this…