Small Strokes Big Oaks

I was talking to my pal, Jillian, a few days ago, and she brought up an interesting point. The strongest structure is a triangle; with three legs, for example, a stool won’t wobble as it would with four, and it… Read more ›

Tim and I had a conversation about money yesterday that didn’t involve yelling and screaming. I know, right? Exciting stuff. You may remember me writing about sharing money about a year and a half ago. In short, we decided to… Read more ›

Not long ago, I was introduced to The Marriage Project at Diverge. It’s a wonderful set of interviews with women who are in modern marriages and relationships that I was fortunate enough to participate in, and I encourage you to… Read more ›

My husband is a grown man. This may sound absurd, but it’s true. And I think the absurdity of the statement stems not from the fact that he is, in fact, a grown man, but from the fact that I… Read more ›

Today was the first day back at work after a wonderful Thanksgiving break. And I opened my inbox – which I had not checked even one time over break because I refused to get sucked into work on my time… Read more ›

This year – 2011, that is – I started by adopting a new mantra. In every situation that seemed really terrible, I’d ask myself, “What’s the worst that can happen?” If I don’t get these papers graded, what’s the worst… Read more ›

“Oh my gosh, a year ago you got married! Can you even believe it’s been a year?” I’ve been hearing this a lot lately, and, honestly, I can absolutely believe it’s been a year. Looking back, time has sort of… Read more ›

This is a guest post by the awesome Stephanie Farrell. You might remember her from this post previously. And now she’s back, being even more awesome. 🙂 Yay! The grass at our house had gotten way too long, and gone… Read more ›

I came across an interesting post at A Practical Wedding the other day about whether or not a woman should call her husband “husband”: It feels archaic. It feels symbolic of a role he doesn’t play and like a counterpart… Read more ›

I set out to write a post a few days back about positive images of independent, married women in pop culture, and I ran into a problem. I couldn’t think of any. The closest I could come was Mad About You,… Read more ›

Commenter kb left an interesting comment on my post, Working on a Kinder Marriage a few days ago, and I wanted to address it in a post rather than a comment reply because I think it is such an interesting… Read more ›

They say that the worst thing after a big life event, whether positive or negative, is the year that follows. It’s a year of anniversaries, because you remember how different life was a year ago before the big event. I… Read more ›

The Taste of Salt by Martha Southgate My rating: 5 of 5 stars My friend, Amanda, gave me an advance copy of The Tast of Salt a little while back, and I picked it up shortly thereafter because the cover… Read more ›

Thanks to Amanda, I saw this article the other day that told me and every other woman with an engagement ring out there, When On An Interview, Leave The Bling At Home. Apparently some jobseekers have damaged their chances for… Read more ›