Author: Aimee

Harry Potter

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.…

Nicknames

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…

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

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…

Goodbye, Randy

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…

Croup is back in town…

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…

Genius, Pure Genius

We have been trying to teach Declan to get up by himself and go potty at night. The side effect of this is finding him just sitting in the hallway at night, in the dark and goofing around.As a side note, we still have been…

Well, he was no Michael Hutchence…

...But we still had a lot of fun.Marty and the Lovehammers opened up (he was the guy who came in 2nd place). LOUD LOUD LOUD. And very hard rock. I thought he was fun, even with his weird theatrics.Then INXS came out. With a countdown…