Eton Mess

We’re back! And we had the best time on our trip to England. I’ve always found it hard to recap a ten-day trip so I’m going to take it in bite-sized pieces… which is quite fitting. But we’ll cover that later. After a stop in Phoenix where Nate noticed our…

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Rat Bacon

A couple of years back, we had an unfortunate encounter with Rat Bacon. And it’s now the pinnacle of Fucillo Family Folklore… eliciting enthusiastic reenactments and giddy giggles as I fight to control my gag reflex. Meanwhile, last Saturday evening, the sun begins to set. We’re enjoying our post-dinner interests…

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Forever

Speaking of movie quotes… this is undeniably one of my top personal weaknesses. It has inspired true disappointment in the eyes of countless guy friends as they strategically insert the perfect movie quote into a conversation and I smile… but not with my eyes. They can’t believe me. How can…

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Imani Izzi

Back when I was an intern, yeah, waaaay back, I had a boss named Richard. One day he asked me for my perspective on something and I expressed uncertainty about what I thought. And he said, “Jaimie, you’re here to have an opinion. So you better have one.” Clearly I…

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Warning Label

I was recently reminiscing with Jake about all the warnings he used to create and post. He’d draw signs and tape them to his bedroom door. He’d surround his Lego projects with threatening notes to the cleaning crew– they usually had a skull and crossbones at the top. We credit…

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Stoplights

Thursday marked our twenty-first wedding anniversary, also known as May the 4th Be With You. And no, we most certainly did not have a Star Wars themed wedding, *gag*. I was hoping to spend the day doing James and Jaimie things, but the hours got away from me with electrician…

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