Yesterday, I texted my friend, who got married a couple of weeks ago, to “see how the newlyweds were doing”. And as I expected, she replied that nothing has changed. I can’t even tell you how many times I gave that answer – most couples who were already living together before tying the knot feel [...]
Birthday Coffee
In our household, I’m in the in charge of finances because Ben is bad with money management. He’s so bad that after years of overdraft fees and total oblivion to account balances, it’s gotten to the point that Ben gets a weekly allowance for personal purchases, which is usually an enormous mug of coffee on [...]
The Story of Us: Then and Now
I have been putting off participating in Project Marriage for the past few months, and it’s about time I actually play along with Tina’s great new monthly meme. September’s theme is Then and Now: photos of you and your honey throughout the years of your relationship. October will mark 6 years since Ben and I [...]
So They Can Teach Me How to Dougie
Alternatively titled: Strange conversations with my husband, via text. Ben: Yeah, forgot that they do that . . . so I can pick you up and go back as soon as I get home Jenn: I need a shower before people get here, so we’ll need to boogie. Ben: [...]
Our Second Year - What I've Learned
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 [...]
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 [...]
Full Monty
Our roommate is moving out this week. Ben’s been particularly excited about the house being empty again. While it’ll be nice to return to our usual routine, I think I’m going to miss Ben’s concerns of covering up.
Surprise!
Around 7 pm last night, we stood outside in the cold, shivering and huddling together, waiting for Ben to pull into the driveway. Surprise! Happy 25th Birthday! I have been dying to write up actual posts of everything I’ve been working on, but I wasn’t taking the risk of Ben reading it. He says he [...]
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