Posted in Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be), Comfort & Control on Mar 23rd, 2008 3 Comments »
When Bryan was traveling to San Jose twice a month last year, I never had to make a lunch for him to take to work. He was either gone, or he was working from home and ate whatever we all ate.
Prior to his year of traveling when he commuted into Seattle, I HATED […]
Posted in Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be), Picture Book, Comfort & Control on Feb 19th, 2008 1 Comment »
Hung the “gone fishing” sign on the door this weekend and escaped to a city I would move to in a New York minute if I could convince each and every one of my friends to come along. I just can’t imagine living without my peeps, no matter how strongly Portland courts me.
An annual trip […]
Posted in Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be), Fun Pile, Picture Book on Feb 16th, 2008 2 Comments »
Posted in Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Feb 6th, 2008 No Comments »
We were able to get a babysitter this weekend at the last minute, and walked over to a fancy restaurant to sit at their bar for a drink.
We live in a great walkable neighborhood with lots going on, but it is home to three sports bars and an irish pub. The discovery […]
Posted in Bryan, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Dec 10th, 2007 1 Comment »
Dear Bryan,
For two weeks now I’ve been planning to write a mushy essay for your birthday about how much I love you, and to post this song as a tribute to us. And then we got into that huge fight on the day the kids started puking, and you were stressed about work, and […]
Posted in Bryan, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Oct 3rd, 2007 2 Comments »
Bryan has been gone this week. We’ve had such a long stretch with him home, working from our basement studio, that I’ve grown really fond of having him around. This has been a sad and lonely week without him, so I will now wax eloquently of the many reasons I love this man.
Poetry. […]
Posted in Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Aug 1st, 2007 1 Comment »
Several weeks ago Bryan suggested we cancel our cable because he felt he watched too much tv, and he wanted to have time for more creative projects. My response was similar to that of a kodiak bear who stands on her hind legs with front paws waving in the air, shaking her head and […]
Posted in Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be), Learning, Rage Against The Pile on Apr 24th, 2007 3 Comments »
I have flown in a lot of airplanes in my life as my family has always been scattered around the country, and this particular instruction regarding the oxygen masks always confused me. For some reason I always thought it made more sense to help the person next to you first. Aside from the fact […]
Posted in Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Feb 16th, 2007 1 Comment »
Several years ago Bryan and I started a tradition of getting away for a long weekend together without the kids. I can’t remember exactly what prompted it, but I think it had to do with his transitioning from freelance work to full time employment, thus having these things called ‘paid holidays’ where you get […]
Posted in Ruthie, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Jan 30th, 2007 2 Comments »
My kids don’t share a room at home, so sharing a room on this trip has been a novelty. I’ve spent the last eight nights and the last eight naps shushing and threatening and handing out discipline to get them to go to sleep. Today it was almost an hour before they fell asleep […]
Posted in Depression, Getting Things Done, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be), Rage Against The Pile on Oct 10th, 2006 8 Comments »
I’ve had a very. bad. week.
The Ya Ya Sisterhood movie comes to mind – the part where Sidda is young and her mom disappears for days on end, blacked out, and wakes up in a hotel room on the coast. This is how I felt yesterday. I felt like abandoning my children just to […]
Posted in Bryan, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be), Fun Pile on Sep 29th, 2006 3 Comments »
Sonsabitches! All of you who keep secrets from me are sonsabitches!
Bryan’s been bragging about a big surprise event he’s whisking me away to for my birthday (I know! Again with the birthday talk…) but he wouldn’t even tell me when it was happening so I could plan around it. This afternoon he told […]
Posted in Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be), Picture Book on Sep 28th, 2006 2 Comments »
Waaaaay back in February - seven months ago - Bryan bought us tickets to see Wicked at the Paramount Theater in Seattle. It was the farthest in advance he’d ever planned an event - including our wedding, which happened just five months after we met.
I think this was the best Wednesday I’ve […]
Posted in Bryan, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be), Learning, Rage Against The Pile on Jul 13th, 2006 2 Comments »
Last night I experienced the really icky feeling of getting busted in the act.
You see, I can be really honest with my friends about what I do, I can relay a story to Bryan from the day, I can even blab about my issues on the internet – but I am still in […]
Posted in Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Jul 9th, 2006 No Comments »
Jen: I wish someone would turn ME in to What Not to Wear. I’d LOVE a $5000 shopping spree in NY.
Bryan: Baby, I’ve turned you in three times already and they keep rejecting me because you’re so beautiful.