My husband and I started our marriage open to the idea of a baby. We talked about it, as all fledgling couples do, and decided that yes, our family would be complete with a baby. And then we started living together and working full time and running in parallel circles that only infrequently overlapped and [...]
I’m not sure if I’ve ever made the announcement here or not but I made a total career change this past August and have been working as a high school biology teacher. Sometimes I forget to tell people I’m a teacher or sometimes I feel weird telling people I’m a teacher because 1) I didn’t [...]
You know that old story you hear about the girlfriend whose boyfriend doesn’t like her cat and so they break up? Well this meal is sort of like my husband’s cat. Let me explain. This is my husband’s ultimate comfort food. It is a family tradition. For decades it was a secret recipe of my [...]
My husband travels for work sometimes. Generally it is within driving distance so I make sure to send him on the road with delicious home cooked meals for him to eat alone in the hotel room so he can remember why he married me. I also make sure to have a nice meal waiting for [...]
You know how you’re grocery shopping and the cashier asks “Did you find everything you were looking for?” and you say “Yes, I did” and both you and the cashier know you are lying? Wait. You’re trying to tell me that you always find what you’re looking for at your grocery store? Or that you [...]
