Posted in Bryan, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Aug 2nd, 2010 3 Comments »
I’ve been married to this guy nine years as of last week, and I’m pretty excited about that. He’s a great dad and pastor of our home, and the hardest worker I know. I think this year has been the best year we’ve ever had, despite job loss, start-up life, and stressful money situations, and [...]
Posted in Bryan, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Jul 19th, 2010 2 Comments »
Bryan likes it when I wear two pigtails in my hair – he says it makes me look spunky. After nine years of marriage he still gets a come-hither twinkle in his eye when I wear them, so pigtails is how I wear my hair whenever he takes me out.
Posted in Comfort & Control, Everyday, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be), Video on Jun 18th, 2010 3 Comments »
Bryan played this video for me the other day and prefaced it with, “You’re going to be mad at me for about 5 seconds, but then you’re going to think it’s really funny.” I’ll admit I wanted to be mad, but I know myself too well – I embrace my inner Eeyore and live it [...]
Posted in Comfort & Control, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on May 9th, 2010 2 Comments »
I’m pretty sure this was the best Mother’s Day EVER. Breakfast at my favorite spot, church, sun, a nap, and time in the garden. It’s how we spend most Mother’s Days, but this year I felt like the party drunk hugging everyone and crying, “I LOVE YOU, MAN!” Everything about this day felt perfect before [...]
Posted in Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Jan 30th, 2010 No Comments »
Me: “The bookkeeper said she’ll fill out those tax forms for us to sign.” Bryan: “Uh, okay. How much will she charge for that?” Me (thinking to myself): “How much? Huh. Didn’t even think of that. I was just glad I didn’t have to do it.” Bryan (thinking to himself): “Oiy.” *pulls hair out* Me [...]
Posted in Everyday, Startup Mom, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Jan 16th, 2010 1 Comment »
I’ve been working about 25 hours a week at Lilipip since the New Year, helping out with various project management and operations tasks. It’s been seven years since I last did this – wore something different every day, put on make-up, left the house before nine… you know, the USUAL. It’s been a hard couple [...]
Posted in Fun Pile, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Jan 2nd, 2010 No Comments »
Me: “So was that the best movie of the year or WHAT?” Him: “Meh.” Me: “Wha-? You didn’t like it?!” Him: “It was a little mellow dramatic at times.” Me: “You’re such an asshole.” Him: “I take it you liked it, then?”
Posted in Bryan, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Dec 13th, 2009 3 Comments »
Bryan turned The Big 40 on December 10th, so I threw him a big party in Seattle this weekend for all his friends to celebrate with us. I want to give a big shout out to our friends, Nate & Beth Grigg for hosting the party in their lovely home! Apparently it was a practice [...]
Posted in Bryan, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Nov 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
I was looking back through my archives for something and came across this post. It made me laugh that two years later he’s still fighting the Sock Battle. The original post can be found here, in December 2007. — Every year when the weather turns, Bryan goes into Paranoid Sock Police Mode. It’s not uncommon [...]
Posted in Comfort & Control, On Writing, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Oct 5th, 2009 3 Comments »
At some point during every major project I take on, I have a nervous breakdown. It comes shortly after I’ve committed, laid my reputation on the line, and pulled on my hip-waders. Take pregnancy, for example. Around the seven month mark is probably a little too late to panic about what kind of Mommy Dearest [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said, Travel, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Sep 21st, 2009 1 Comment »
We are in Los Angeles this week, helping with video at the 140 Twitter Conference. And by we, this time I really do mean WE – I’m the second camera operator. But since that sounds boring, and I can’t have a cool title like gaffer or key grip or best boy, I plan to call [...]
Posted in Startup Mom, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Sep 14th, 2009 1 Comment »
Bryan is working from home today – one of the many benefits of our new flexible lifestyle. We all walked together to Ruthie’s bus stop this morning, and he played tag with the kids while I chatted with another mom. I can’t think of a better way to start the day, except maybe with room [...]
Posted in Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on May 29th, 2009 No Comments »
Me: “Have you seen the baby monitors? Someone from Craig’s List is coming over to buy them, but they’ve disappeared.” Bryan: “I don’t know. I recall seeing them somewhere, but I can’t remember.” “Oh, here they are in a random box of crap. Can you not do that when you clean?” “Uh, remember that day [...]
Posted in On Writing, Picture Book, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on May 1st, 2009 2 Comments »
Photo by Randy Stewart – blog.stewtopia.com I had a great time doing The Sanity Hacks of a Stay at Home Mom at Ignite, and was so thrilled by the experience I could do it over and over again. Thanks to Bryan for believing in me, and for convincing me that what I had to say [...]
Posted in Picture Book, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Feb 17th, 2009 5 Comments »
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