My Kid And His Stepfather
Side by side at our wedding in 2006 Blending a family is never easy. And at least for my family, all five of us, eight years later, it’s still a challenge. Different personalities, parenting styles...
View ArticleA Week At The Beach (Emergency Chicken Lettuce Wraps) {DailyBuzz Moms 9×9}
Caswell Beach 2012. View from my bedroom. (I’m really excited to be a part of DailyBuzz Moms’ July 9×9 feature: Out & About. Check out all 9 featured blog posts on Thursday, July 26th, at DailyBuzz...
View ArticleLikes, And Dislikes, Of A 17 Day Vacation
Coin laundromat in Las Vegas 17 days. That’s how long I’ve been gone for. 17 days of vacation. Just me and my husband. Las Vegas. Southern California. I don’t think I’ve traveled for that long a period...
View ArticleConversations With My Husband: Romantic Sunset Edition
It really does look like this. I swear. It’s hard to give everyone in my household the attention they deserve. My husband, my kids, myself. I frequently feel pulled in many worthy directions. Mom. Mom....
View ArticleA Quick Trip: Key West
I know I said that I wasn’t going to do any traveling for a while. But I guess that I’m a big fat liar. My husband’s birthday is today. And, last week, when I asked him what he wanted to do, he said he...
View ArticleTemporary Teetotaler (But My Wagon Tilted)
I don’t have a drinking problem. Sure I like my vodka, club soda and pomegranate cocktail(s) on Thursday nights. My husband usually has one ready for me after my kids get picked up by their father for...
View ArticleNo Reservations: A Trip To Key West
Not to scale. I did something last weekend that I never, ever do. That goes against every bone in my body. (And no, it’s not some Tantric sex thing.) I arrived in a town without a hotel reservation for...
View ArticleThe Embarrassing Thing My Husband Did
My clunky hard wedges If you and I were out to dinner together, and I repeatedly kicked you under the table with my clunky hard wedges, what would you think I was doing? A. Dealing with an...
View ArticleMy Husband’s 50th Birthday
Today is my husband’s 50th birthday. Fifty is kind of old. I mean, for a husband of mine to be. I’m only 47. His trophy wife. And in the grand scheme of things, we haven’t been together for that long....
View ArticleConversations With My Husband: 50th Birthday Cruise Edition
At John Watling’s Distillery, Nassau. My husband celebrated his 50th birthday last week. On Thursday night, I threw him a surprise happy hour at one of our favorite local bars. People from all...
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