Category: Married Memories
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Wish he could’ve shared (this memory) with me…
My Nana. My great grandmother was amazing. She was strong and independent, leaving school to work in a mitten factory and known for her love of softball. Her eyes were always lit up in a smile and while everyone else was running around trying to get me to sit down nicely in a chair, she…
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The First Trimester
Pregnancy is a beautiful thing. I’ve spent several weeks dry heaving over public toilets. You know the thing about dry heaving over public toilets? It’s disgusting. If you’re even slightly nauseous and you get near one, it will trigger your gag reflex without a doubt. And, like Pavlov’s dogs, you’re suddenly gagging every time you…
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Too Many Too Young
This year is a hard year. We have lost a lot of people this year as a family, a school, a neighborhood, a community, a state, a people. We have lost Brian, Fred Sr., Paul, and Lindsey – to name a precious few. They were all too young. Lindsey was one of my sorority sisters and…
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Radio Blues
I am the most aware of my age when I’m listening to the radio. Jason Derulo has a new song out. If you haven’t heard it, it’s called “Marry Me.” I would post a link but I really just don’t feel that it’s worth your time to listen. The lyrics go something like this: And…
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Fall & Food
Oh, sweet Fall! How we’ve patiently awaited your cooler temperatures, your color palate of oranges and reds, your pumpkin patches, leaves to play in, cider & donuts. For children, you are a new beginning, never-been-used pencils, and fresh-faced teachers. For parents, a gentle reprieve from the summer madness, hustle & bustle. For my family, you…
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Crazy Thoughts of a Homeowner
When you become a homeowner, especially when you’ve done most of the work on it yourself, you begin to think things that you never thought you would. Some of them are happy things or terrifying things or deep things, but mostly they’re just insane things. They can be things like this: Are my solar lights…
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The Reading Room
This 4th of July, Freddy and I celebrated the nation’s birth the most American way we could think of: By stimulating the economy. When we bought this house, and even some time before, I started signing up for every department store, home improvement store, and home decorating store that would put me on their e-mail…
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Starting the Deck Makeover
Freddy is awesome at setting project budgets. When we bought our house, he budgeted out every single one of the rooms and I scoffed at his detail down to the nails he’d needed to purchase. Of course I was amazed when we were able to accomplish what we set out to do at our budgeted…
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