Category Archive: Aarons Life

Enjoying the View on Herb Street

Enjoying the View on Herb Street

Laura and I went to Columbia, Missouri for the University of Missouri’s Homecoming celebration this weekend…

 

Long Way Down

Long Way Down

Dad would then have to climb up to Tim and guide him, branch by branch, back down to solid ground.

 

Ingenuity

Ingenuity

Aside from dinnertime, roadtrips and church, nothing brought the Atkinson’s together like… MacGuyver.

 

Cool and Kosher

Cool and Kosher

I noticed the cool pie was still on the counter, so I wrapped it in plastic and set it in the refrigerator.

 

On Purpose

On Purpose

Indie laid there sleeping in the same position she’d fell into two hours earlier…

 

Crash and Burn

Crash and Burn

I was in Best Buy last week when a young, blue-shirted salesman approached and mistook me for his target demographic…

 

Open Sesame

Open Sesame

As I often do when I’m in a pickle, I called my Dad and asked him for advice…

 

The Laura’s Prayer

The Laura’s Prayer

Laura took at stab at penning her opening sentence. It went like this…

 

Please Remain Calm

Please Remain Calm

That’s when the fuse on my calmness burnt out…

 

Lucky Socks

Lucky Socks

Although I wore my unbeatable socks for each game, we lost them all…

 

Loathing Licorice

Loathing Licorice

All I could feel were the persistent and overwhelming waves of nausea…

 

A Sour Apple

A Sour Apple

I guarantee we won’t run out… They ran out.

 

Fried Fair on a Stick

Fried Fair on a Stick

People in Iowa are nuts about their State Fair. Really, really nuts.

 

Business 101

Business 101

It was no secret that we were experientially outmatched…