Guess what the Greeblemonkeys got for Christmas???

Technically his full name is “Poe Hamster.” Poe as in Edgar Allan. Because Bryan loves Edgar Allan Poe as a writer and Poe was from Baltimore (where we grew up) and also Poe the dog was born in October – so it was a slightly creepy name we could [...]

A few weeks ago, my best friend asked me to go to see Twilight with her. I went, even though I really knew nothing about the series, because… what the heck. It was fun – and a nice girls afternoon away from life.
But then OF COURSE I was required to read all the books. [...]

Last weekend we took Declan to see Michael Franti & Spearhead in concert. This wasn’t just any concert, mind you – it was a kid’s matinee concert on Saturday afternoon between Franti’s two evening shows on Friday and Saturday night. Which absolutely changed the tenor of the show, let me tell you. Like, for example, [...]

I know I haven’t gotten crazy personal here on Mile High Mamas, but to understand this post, you have to understand that my childhood was not all fun and games. My dad was a fairly abusive alcoholic with a narcissist mother who stuck her nose in everything right up until his will was read when [...]

I think you all have figured out by now I am a political junkie. Well, let’s just say I know enough to be dangerous. But today is certainly a relief. I am ready for the election to be over and move on to the big picture. But there is one, teensy, minor detail that needs [...]

As we sat in swimming lessons today, the mother of a friend of Declan’s leaned over and whispered in my ear, “Did you notice Asher’s hair?” I honestly hadn’t, but on closer inspection, it appears that he and a pair of scissors had had an argument. And the scissors won. Asher recently had had a [...]

Not sure if you knew this, but Julie Mothergoosemouse and I were friends pre-Mile High Mamas. Before she even moved the Colorado. And during our lovely and long friendship, we have only had one disagreement. It’s now settled into a joke between us (basically because I WON), but Julie used to refer to Colorado as [...]