Author: Aimee

Some good-old-fashioned Bush bashing

  • Posted on February 7, 2006
  • by
My PIM pal Charlotte forwarded me this today. It would be funnier if it weren't so damn true.========================President Bush was scheduled to worship at a small Methodist Church outside Washington, D.C. as part of Karl Rove's campaign to reverse Bush's rapidly deteriorating approval ratings. A…
Read More >>

"I wish it was Declan todayyyy."

  • Posted on February 6, 2006
  • by
Declan has this new little dance where he snaps his head back and forth. It has taken me WEEKS to figure out who he looks like.I finally got it.The skit from SNL, where Horatio Sanz, Jimmy Fallon, Chris Kattan and Tracy Morgan sing holiday songs…
Read More >>

Harry Potter

  • Posted on February 5, 2006
  • by
Danielle will be so proud of me. Target had all of the Harry Potter books (except the very latest) on sale and in paperback so I scooped them up. Never read any of them before. I am hooked. Already almost done with Chamber of Secrets.…
Read More >>

Nicknames

  • Posted on February 3, 2006
  • by
I never really had any major nicknames growing up. "Aim" for sure, but that really does not count since it's lazy. My sister was called "DB" for a while - which I believe stood for "Deformed Butt," of all things. I told you I grew…
Read More >>

Since I can’t think of anything to write today…

  • Posted on February 2, 2006
  • by
I am copying Dooce today. Don't worry, I don't think we even compare, or are friends, or that I "know her." I am just really lazy.Four jobs I’ve had:1. Babysitter. For one night, and one night only.2. Record store in high school and college. Kind…
Read More >>

Goodbye, Randy

  • Posted on February 1, 2006
  • by
My friend Aimee from Chicago called today and told me that her father died on Monday. He had been fighting esophageal cancer for a long time and it was not unexpected, but I still sat and cried for him after I got off the phone…
Read More >>

Croup is back in town…

  • Posted on February 1, 2006
  • by
Declan woke up this morning sounding like the most pathetic seal I have ever heard. Croup has always been his weakness and leads us straight to urgent care, or worse, the ER... so I grabbed the prednisone stash his asthma doc entrusted to us for…
Read More >>