Our trip to England began with folly and fell face first into food. Jacob’s fourteen and his interests are eating and sleeping. And eating. So, I embarked on the spontaneous planning of a Man City Mother Son Food Tour. Now it’s important to note the following Eighthgradeish ranking scale: Before…
We covered a lot of ground our first few days in London. And a lot of underground. I’ve been to London several times and have always struggled to get my bearings and a true sense of the city. This time I realized it’s because of all the tunneling around and…
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…
It recently dawned on me that the Missing Project is never done. It will never be checked off. I will always miss James and there is no way to skip this part. To speed it up, or jump to the end. It’s my soul’s laundry hamper. The Missing Project is…
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…
Every time I see a box of Kleenex, I’m reminded of James’ last few days at home. He sees the box and says to me, “We’re going to need a lot more of those.” Oh that guy. So back in 2016, I looked through every single page of Etsy results…
I lost the trust I had in my own body.I tore down our house.I lost my job.I lost my health insurance.I lost my life insurance.I lost my business.I lost my boss.I lost my work best friend. And our team.I lost the shop.I lost the love of my life.I lost the…
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…
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…
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…