100 Years Ago Today I Met My Husband

OK, 17 years ago I met my husband. Look at me, I have a scrunchie on my wrist and he’s wearing Doc Martens, ha! A couple of crazy kids, we were.  And maybe still are.

Project Marriage: Wild Thing, You Make My Heart Sing

  This veelog is the unabridged version of how we met and fell in lurve.  If you’re pressed for time, you can find the Cliff’s Notes version here. Thank you all for participating in Project Marriage!  Our linky is open until June 30th so join me and link up!

Introducing Project Marriage!

  Once upon a time, you and your husband were a couple of lovesick kids who wanted nothing more in life than each other.  Love was all you needed and probably all you started with.  In the name of love you married with great expectations to create a beautiful life together – and it was […]

Love Me, Love my Blog

Little did I know that once you become a blogger, your blog becomes you.  Some sort of ultra-futuristic cosmic mind meld thing happens and before you know it, you and your blog become one in the same.  People ask about you, you talk about your blog – awesome personality trait. Then a funny thing happens: […]

I Really Love My Husband

OK, don’t gag when I tell you this…I really love my husband. I do.  My eyeballs are totally doing that cartoon beating heart thing as I type this. The day I met Big Daddy P (aka “Peaches” back then), sparks really flew for me.  I wrote about that lightning bolt of love thing once before, you […]

Romance is Where You Find It

Happy Valentine’s Day! (This vlog has really awful audio and weird aspect ratio, my apologies…but I’m wearing a big red bow so that more than makes up for it.) Be mine and subscribe to my YouTube Channel by clicking here!                            Wishing you love, chocolate and lots of tender moments XOXO!                      

My Doggone Awkward Marriage Proposal

What do a cartoon dog, a blank greeting card and Valentine’s Day have in common? My awkward marriage proposal, of course. On Valentine’s Day 1998, my boyfriend gave me a card with a cartoon dog on it. This just wasn’t just any cartoon dog, oh no, it was a cartoon dog dressed in a tuxedo […]

A Love Letter to my First Crush, Gone Much Too Soon

My fellow Yahoo Shine Parenting Gurus and I were asked to write a love letter to our childhood crush in the spirit of Valentine’s Day.  What should have been a sweet assignment turned out to be thoroughly heart-wrenching.  My childhood crush was beautiful and kind and his life was cut tragically short. This was the hardest […]

The Annual Midlife Crisis

Big Daddy P turned 35 last weekend.  Holy hell, his life is over. On the eve of his 25th birthday (a decade ago), he had a certifiable quarter-life crisis.  He was all, “What have I done with my life? / Who am I? / Where am I going? / blah, blah, blah.”  I was really […]

A Love Letter to My Girlfriends

To My Dearest Girlfriends, We met in the era of perms and tapered jeans.  We were drama nerds.  And drama queens.  Long before boyfriends, careers and children, we were friends. Through heartbreaks, missed curfews and final exams, we were there for each other. We’ve been each other’s bridesmaids, baby shower planners and confidants. You are my sisters and […]