Today is Ben and my second wedding anniversary. There’s no big vacation planned, just a night out to a nice dinner, which considering the pace of the last few weeks, is a welcomed thing. Especially when I’ve been hoarding $60 in gift cards for a local restaurant for months so we can really enjoy ourselves! [...]
Strange Arguements
Someone told me once that a marriage is made up of thousands of pointless arguments – the heated conversations over silly, pointless crap that neither one of you really care about, but you had a bad day and thusly take it out on each other. Oh man, were they ever right. Ben and I have [...]
A wedding toast, Princess Bride style.
My best friend is getting married today! At the wedding, I will be giving the toast, since the best man wasn’t too thrilled at the idea, and clearly, we all know I’m a total ham more than willing. On a whim, I suggested to the bride that I should do an “everything I know about [...]
Wedding Photos: Two Years Later
I won a photo book giveaway last week, and have been looking through all of our wedding photos because of it. Almost two years later, I still haven’t done much with them. Since we “hired” two amateur photographers who were more interested in experience and building their portfolio than monetary compensation, I have three CDs [...]
Outside the Garden
As I started the rough draft of my Matron of Honor toast for a friend’s upcoming nuptials, I came across a quote that I just couldn’t get out of my head: After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than [...]
5 Things that Drive Ben Crazy
After telling Ben about a writing prompt from last week, I asked Ben to name five things I do that drive him crazy. And then I asked him if he would be willing to write them down to share on my blog. Ben’s answers are in black, my comments after reading his answers are in [...]
We're Getting There
After three long months of unanswered voicemails, i got a call from my genetic/fertility counselor last week. I was hoping for an update of any sort, really, but was surprised with news. Really great news. Some rule or guideline has changed, making the genetic testing I need in order to move forward with getting pregnant [...]
The best honeymoon that wasn't
Ben and I spent our wedding night in the backseat of my car. Romantic, right? With Ben and I paying for our wedding on our own, we quickly realized that there was no way we’d ever be able to afford a honeymoon. We had settled on taking a “staycation”, locking the doors, unplugging the phone, [...]
When you don’t fit into your real life "niche"
Thanks to blogging, I have a term for a something I deal with in real life. Every Valentine’s Day, the local Harley Davidson chapter/club/group/whatever hosts a luncheon for Muscular Dystrophy patients and their families. I’d stare at the invitation, taped to my fridge for weeks, and debate making filling out the R.S.V.P. form. Eventually, I’d [...]
Melted
His mother texted me around 5am, telling me he was here. Curled up next to my snoring husband, I threw the covers over my entire body to block the light from my phone as I texted my best friend and cried some of the happiest tears in my life. Leave it up to Amanda to [...]
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