Uncategorized

On our way back from lunch…

Listening to NPR and an interview with Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, (who was pretty interesting to listen to, by the way)...Bryan: "Oh, did you know - there was an ad for Ann Coulter ringtones on your blog the other day?"Aimee: "What?!"Bryan: "Not kidding."Aimee: "But…

Family Planning for Luck

It's out of the bag. We have a pregnancy at the office. And if that wasn't exciting enough - it's brought to us by our lady of Chinese origin in the Year of the Golden Pig. Something that only rolls around once every 60 years.…

The 4.5 Year Old Monster

Everyone told me that 4 was a Wonder Year. And oh-my-god, it has been. Declan has been a total joy from the minute he turned 4 in September. Except for the last month.Seriously, is there some Half Year Disease that biologically creeps out of their…

Mac Martyr No More

Over the past several months, I have felt great guilt as I watched Bryan struggle to render his 3D homework on his old Mac in his basement office. While I happily do the blog dance on my lovely newish iMac in my upstairs office. (If…

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.…