Category Archives: marriage

Things We Fight About

I know I’m always like, “Oh my gosh, my husband is so cute!  Ah!  I love him!” And it’s true, he is. And I do. But what I would never want you to think is that our marriage is perfect, … Continue reading

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I’m Obsessed With ___.

In addition to working with the homeless, my cute husband is also a sound engineer.  In fact, that’s what he studied in college, and what he did as a job for years. He still does some recording and some live … Continue reading

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Back Where We Met, part I

Back in September, Simon and I re-visited Scarborough, where we first met eight years ago.  (Want to know how that happened?  Read our love story – How to Rope an Englishman). We were both 21 then, and thought we knew … Continue reading

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*sigh*

That’s all I have to say about that.

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Marital Problems

Simon and I are in the process of making a lot of parenting choices – trying to make sure we’re being consistent with our little man.  But lately, we’ve come to an impasse. In our 7-and-a-half year relationship and 4-year … Continue reading

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My (nearly) Full English Breakfast

In four years of marriage, I’ve somehow managed to avoid making Simon a “Full English Breakfast.”  How, you ask?  Well, I do all the cookin’, and when we want breakfast, I go all American on that boy and whip up … Continue reading

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On anniversaries, continued.

On April 7, 2007, I said “I do” to my English gentleman in a tent in the backyard of my parents’ big white farmhouse. Yesterday we celebrated with pain au chocolats for breakfast, lunch at our favorite pub, coffee at … Continue reading

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On anniversaries

April 5, 2010 I stood in the upstairs bathroom at my in-laws’ house, watching the clock tick away three long minutes. When the time had passed, I picked up my generic three dollar pregnancy test and held it next to … Continue reading

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Two Different Languages

Simon and I have always spoken two different languages, and when it comes to talking to our little man, there’s no exception. What I call Adlai: Little Buddy Fussy Britches Sugar Booger What Simon calls Adlai: Cheeky Herbert Sugar Plum … Continue reading

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Smitten with Cambridge

We spent the yesterday in what is fast becoming my favorite English city.  Yes, that’s right, Cambridge is giving London a run for it’s smoggy, pretentious money. We’d never been to Cambridge, which is only about half an hour’s drive … Continue reading

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