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Take four? After trying (failing) to resuscitate this blog three times in past years, I've decided to give it one more go. I did well en...

happy new year everyone so, with my first post of the new year, i thought i'd make a little note of the things i'd like to accomplis...

worth every penny when we were finishing the second floor of our house, we decided to forgo a second shower and instead installed a corner s...

best mispronunciation ever not only decorative, apparently cranberries are a bounty of humor in our home when pronounced by our just-turned-...

ok, that's enough we had our first snow of the season yesterday. the day ended with just about an inch on the ground - enough to coat e...

should have mentioned this during grace on this thanksgiving day, i have been reflecting on the many blessings i have been granted; i am a l...

lawn improvement, part three: we'll call it "winterization" we finished our last lawn-related effort of the year yesterday whe...

completely unoriginal about a month ago, kt had a little celebration for reaching her 100th post with a 100-things-about-me list. i though...

a victory that is so sweet i didn't write about the election results yesterday because i hadn't figured out how to write about it in...

if you do nothing else tomorrow... make sure you get out there and vote. here's a little food for thought from a recent rolling stone ar...

stunted? maybe not adam and i were presented with the rare opportunity of going out to see a movie last friday. in an actual theater. wit...

poop! as the mother of a potty-training little boy (who's not two yet, if can sneak in a little brag on his obvious genius), i find it a...

are you registered? just a reminder to everyone out there - the election is now just three weeks away. i haven't written anything about...

i SO need some of these... i stumbled across the most excellent product on etsy this afternoon... "You Park Like Shit" static clin...

lawn, part two: the appearance of actual green for the most part, our yard still resembles a forgotten construction site. but if you look f...

lawn improvement, part one after watching our lawn slowly deteriorate over the past 5 years to the utter disaster it became this summer, ada...

passing it on... i'm a music junkie. i have music playing all the time - at home, in the car, out in the yard, and so on. i connect t...

craving satisfied for several reasons, the fact that the younger kiddo still hasn't been introduced to peanuts and that the husband and ...

too wise, apparently so i had a dentist appointment today. i will, with utter shame, admit that this was my first dental appointment since ...

shameless self-promotion if you glance over to the right sidebar, you'll notice that i added a new little application to show off some g...

why i love summer in maine, reason #73... freshly picked, delicious, and home-grown. my mom has a great garden area at her place - she owns ...

sunday margaritas so, the husband and i finally got an hour alone together yesterday. we dropped the kiddos off with his parents and headed...

hello, my name is aimee so, i figure that since i'm attempting re-establish things over here, it might do to have a little re-introducti...

memory lane my 18-year-old sister is newly graduated and a couple months away from starting college. with this, obviously, comes the hunger...

third time's a charm? glancing back over the past few entries here (spanning the period of over 2.5 years, if you can believe it), i see...

lake arrowhead community... or secret nuclear waste dumping site seriously, we have something going on around here with the bugs. i've ...

check it out! my little etsy shop is featured in jewelry by tara right now! cool, eh?

renaissance - take two ok, so if you glance down three entries, you'll see that i had hopes to breathe a little life into things around ...

"i figured out karl rove's political strategy -- make gas so expensive, no democrats can afford to go to the polls." -senator ...

doing my part ...of mice and men by john steinbeck... ...bridge to terabithia by katherine paterson... ...the catcher in the rye by j.d. sal...