November 25th, 2009 07:47pm
It’s Thanksgiving and already I’ve been feeling rather “Bah Humbug!”. It could be the enormous amount of family strife I’m going through or the fear of getting swallowed up by the insane amount of consumerism that is pumping at us from all angles this time of year. I can’t even tell you how many times my dog has barked today at the UPS and Fed Ex trucks that have driven … Read More »
November 18th, 2009 03:14pm
Dirty Laundry
A few blogs back I joked about the “seven-year itch” and how marriage takes work. Ironically, since then infidelity has struck my family. The good news is that this bout of unfaithfulness wasn’t my husband’s or mine. But unfortunately it’s doing some damage that feels irreparable. I come from a family that has always been pretty private. Now I’ve chosen an outlet for expression that is very public. Talk about … Read More »
November 10th, 2009 04:14pm
We’re Having A…..
It’s been interesting thinking about what gender the baby is going to be all these weeks. Finally my 20-week appointment arrived and I have hardly been able to stand the suspense. But, it’s also been interesting to see what other people assume we want the outcome to be. We already have two girls so people automatically assume that we want a boy and there certainly has been a suggestion or … Read More »
November 4th, 2009 08:09pm
The Seven-Year Itch
I have always heard that marriage takes work, but I didn’t know how much work marriage would take once having children. My husband and I recently celebrated our seven-year wedding anniversary (insert seven year itch joke here). Ironically I’m finding that the seven-year itch jokes were probably founded by people who had been married with children. Now don’t get me wrong, neither of us feels like straying away from our … Read More »

