Small Strokes Big Oaks

I make more money than Tim.  Not much more, but enough that it’s sometimes noticeable.  Our checks are about the same amount each time we get them, but he gets paid twice a month and I get paid every two… Read more ›

Today, the baby theme continues.  I was reminded through yesterday’s post and the subsequent (awesome) comments of a time in my classroom when I told my students I’m not having kids 1. There was an audible gasp, and then silence.  In… Read more ›

The following is a guest post by Becky Beaupre Gillespie and Hollee Schwartz Temple, authors of Good Enough Is the New Perfect: Finding Happiness and Success in Modern Motherhood, which I reviewed here.              Hollee and her husband, John, started regular… Read more ›

Six months ago today, I was busy primping and pampering myself, trying to make myself look more beautiful than I’ve ever looked before. I arrived at the bridal suite nervous and a little cranky. Anticipation has never been my thing.… Read more ›

Tim and I viewed our first houses in our house hunt on Monday.  And believe it or not, we found a house that was absolutely gorgeous.  Perfect neighborhood, perfect yard, perfect kitchen, perfect basement, perfect bathrooms, perfect fireplace… it was… Read more ›

So.  The conversations about babies have started.  I’m surprised it took this long. I think a lot of it started because we’ve been sort of idly searching for houses but it’s been a difficult process because we’re not really sure… Read more ›

Tim and I haven’t had a good, blow-out fight in a really long time.  That’s usually how it goes; we go for a long time in happy, coupl-y bliss and then something starts building up – usually with me –… Read more ›

I have been promising a wedding recap on this blog complete with pictures since, probably, around October 10.  Every time I sit down to blog, I think: Gosh, I really should post some pictures from the wedding since I’ve been… Read more ›

It’s been a while since I’ve posted some guest posts on feminism and relationships – mostly because now all of my submissions are coming from people trying to advertise for free on my site. 🙁 I miss your brilliant posts! … Read more ›

Maybe it’s having a wedding or being married and entering into a realm typically deemed for women, but I’m noticing a disturbing trend in feminists lately, especially those who are so outspoken against weddings, name changes, being a stay-at-home mom,… Read more ›

This could just as easily have been titled “Things I’ve learned From the First Five Months of Cohabitation”.  The marriage and the cohabitation really do blend together.  I know it’s only 2 months into my wedded bliss, but it’s a steep learning… Read more ›

A recent survey showed that 4 in 10 Americans now believe that marriage is obsolete. I saw this on the news a few weeks ago, but I was too busy reading The Hunger Games to comment.  It’s too bad, too,… Read more ›

People are often flabbergasted when they realize I am a feminist and I am married.  Of course that doesn’t apply to any of you; if you were flabbergasted then you probably wouldn’t be reading this blog.  Somehow, though, they don’t… Read more ›

Sunday breakfasts are maybe my favorite part of married life.  No matter what has been going on, no matter what we have to do  before work starts on Monday, we sit down to a huge breakfast on Sunday mornings and talk.… Read more ›