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By Aimee, February 7, 2010 12:21 am

My uncle recently sent my mom an old Lionel train set from their youth. The train was his, but he hadn’t run it for nearly 50 years. My parents have been building some train sets, and just happened to have some O scale track. So of course we had to find out, would the old train still run?

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By Aimee, February 3, 2010 9:03 am

We finally have our living room back, which means that I have my hooping space once again!

It was hard not to be able to really hoop during the two weeks when we were in the thick of kitchen renovation (we still aren’t truly done). I have been enjoying every morning, being able to crank up great tunes and just play in the hula hoop again! And, I seem to be getting better at the trick I am working on, “pulse”.

Though I still can’t get it to stay up near my armpits for very long, I am having an easier time getting it there in the first place. Who knew learning this trick would prove so tricky? I like to think of it as a good reminder that everyone is good at different things. Tricks that were easy for me might be hard for someone else. Just like in other areas in life, we don’t all excel at the same things. And that is what makes life interesting.

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By Aimee, February 2, 2010 8:23 am

I just wanted to wish my dad a very happy birthday today! He doesn’t read this blog, but if he ever did stumble across it in his internet travels I would want him to see that I was thinking of him on his big day!

Of course, I am going to see him in a few hours to celebrate. With all his diet restrictions due to diabetes, the usual birthday cake won’t be present, but there will still be presents and other kinds of fun!

It’s hard to believe he is 73!!

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By Aimee, January 31, 2010 7:58 pm

I am very lucky to have a wonderful husband who refers to my gray hairs as “highlights”. It’s a good thing, because they are plentiful, and seem to be multiplying faster than bunnies. Awhile back I got myself some hair dye in a shade close to my natural color. I haven’t used it yet though.

It’s funny, I used to dye my hair all the time. The first time I did it was in Jr. High for Halloween. I can’t remember what my costume was, but I picked a shade of red, and really thought my hair looked fun. It didn’t hurt that a boy I had a crush on at the time gave me a compliment, telling me that I reminded him of Kate Pierson of the B-52’s (one of my favorite bands). Since that first time my hair has been lots of shades, from blond to pink, and even unintentionally gray (a bad professional dye job), which resulted in black hair to try to cover it up. My poor hair, I really used to put it through the ringer.

Then sometime in it all I grew up and realized that people really do look the best when they go with what nature gave them. Have you noticed that? I am sure many will disagree, but I do think that the hair that comes out of our heads is made to go with the skin coloring we have. A simple matter of genetics really. It is certainly fun to play with our hair, but nowadays the few times when I have dyed mine, I use my natural color just to cover the grays.

But sometimes I wonder… why cover them at all? Why does it matter if they are there? So what if I am not even 35 yet (can’t believe I will be this year though)! Then I stumbled across this adorable video of Jenny talking about finally letting her hair go gray and how much she loves it. I found it on one of my favorite websites, Advanced Style.

Why fight nature? What about my other gray haired friends out there in blog land? Do you embrace them, or hide them?

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By Aimee, January 29, 2010 10:28 am

I think so… unless of course “The Bearded Lady” became a mother.

I saw this on Facebook the other day and had a good laugh. Fail.