Navigating the tides.
He plays Scrabble with me. Better than that, he played the following combination in Scrabble this afternoon: You know that first point in the game where you run out of all your big-point letters, and you’re starting to have to take whatever little points you can squeeze in, and all you can make is “in,” [...]
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Living after midnight. Rocking till the dawn Loving till the morning, then I’m gone. My band covers Living After Midnight by Judas Priest. The original is here, and it has become one of my favorites. It’s one of those songs that–no matter where we play–people start screaming and headbanging, fist-pumping and dancing around. Plus, I [...]
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It’s that time again! If it’s August, it must be time for the Renaissance Faire! The husband and I worked the Seven Meadows archery booth again this year, me barking and ticket taking and him instructing. But guess what? 12 months can make a big difference! Last year: 7 months pregnant, hot as Hades, and [...]
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I taught myself a little lesson today. Straight-backed and chin set at my very best determined angle, I presented myself as a credible professional with experienced opinions and the paperproof to back it all up. I laid out the facts, the shortcomings, and the very doable options to overcome. I used my best persuasive voice. [...]
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Today’s post is my contribution to the DIY Design Your Life series over at Make-Under My Life. Jess, the brains behind MML, invites her readers to take part, listing 5-7 intentions for designing their own lives “with intention.” As previously stated, now seems a particularly apt time for it. I’ve been calling these “The Years [...]
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There’s a certain feeling of “optimistic inevitability” when the things you’re reading or listening to seem to perfectly dovetail where your life is going at a certain point. You know what I mean… when that song hits home. When that psalm gives you hope or practical advice beyond an embroidered sofa cushion. Or when the [...]
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Ha ha! Housekeeping? Ah hahahaha! Here I sit at the computer on a very rare and very short free moment, surrounded by piles and stacks of unopened mail and laundry drifting through the living room like so many giant October leaves, all of it liberally dotted with the ubiquitous cloth diapers delivered unto this house [...]
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We are undergoing a momentous shift in this home. We are taking steps toward true couple-dom as yet to be attempted under this roof. We are combining our books. Yes, after two years of marital cohabitation—during which time our numerous tomes have maintained separate living quarters, individual organization, and distinct-to-the-owner display methods—the husband and I [...]
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It finally happened. Just shy of the two-year anniversary of the day it landed on my finger, my wedding ring has made a change of address. Poor little thing, it only needs a little breathing space — a nice place to sit and sparkle, without the necessary aid of spit, lotion, soap, oil, and hot [...]
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Flowers after work. Big fluffy ones. For no reason, with no fanfare, and in my favorite late-summer peachy colors. He even put them in the vase for me.
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