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
Filed under confessions, family, marriage
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
Filed under I'm Obsessed With ____., marriage, music, thanks, women
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
Filed under England, How to Rope an Englishman, marriage
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
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
Filed under England, food, glorious food, marriage
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
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
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
