Marriage Archive
We own stock in the hardware store monopoly
My guy is a handy guy. A guy with way too much on his mind and too much responsibility on his broad manly shoulders. Which is why each home improvement project, no matter how small, requires several trips to the hardware store.
A few weeks ago we dragged out our ancient garden hoses and began to [...]
The Marriage Bed: G-Rated Version
When I married the Big Guy 4 1/2 years ago, he moved into the house that we three girls had owned for several years. I was willing to share everything with him, but I have to admit the bed was the biggest sacrifice. My bed was my sanctuary, my island of peace in the world. [...]
So glad my husband’s on full alert
In the middle of the night, I woke up and thought Joe’s heating pad was lying between us. I tried to pick it up several times before realizing I was actually grabbing his elbow.
Over a breakfast recap, he said, “Oh yeah, I was wondering what you were doing. I thought maybe you were trying to [...]
One Reason to Password-Protect Your Phone
My last day at the writer’s conference - and here’s a cautionary post from my past, especially for Valentine’s Day!
A reason to password-protect your phone? So that your teenager doesn’t pick it up and immediately see the following text message exchange:
Me: Wear the red boxers 2nite?
Me: Hubba hubba!
Joe: OK! I love you!
Little One then had [...]
Of crisps and hogs and other trivia
Joe and I have brains completely full of semi-useless trivia, which is probably why he can lose his keys for days at a time, and I sometimes accidentally put my underwear on inside out. Our families refuse to play games like Trivial Pursuit with us.
But it makes for weird, geeky conversations between us, such as [...]
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