Family

Trust me, I can curse like a sailor. Over the past 6+ years of living with Declan, it's been hard to watch my mouth. Sometimes a "crap," "damn," or even a "shit" has slipped out in the presence of my son. [No pun intended there,…

We met Jeff almost exactly one month after our wedding. I remember it, because it was a concert put on by local indie station 93.3 and there was band after band playing at Fiddler's Green as we sat and baked in the hot sun all…

=Second to Last Day of School=Declan: "Mama, Mama! Guess what! I have a girlfriend now!"Aimee: "You do?? Who?"Declan: "Meredith." [Meredith being one of his very good friends since preschool.]Aimee: "How did you and Meredith decide to start going out?"Declan: "We didn't."Aimee: "Then how do you…

I had a crap day yesterday.It started with the realization that we forgot to do Declan's homework. Again. This is particularly crappy after I convinced Declan's teacher to extend the homework deadline to Monday to help us working parents out. So us working parents can't…

There are certain people in my life [cough, cough Kary cough, cough Gerhard] who like to bring up THIS VIDEO every single time they see me. Every. Single. Time.OK, fine. I see why. It's hilarious and stupid and I nearly give myself a concussion. What's…