On Sunday, I will have been married to Brandon for a WHOLE YEAR. Yes, I'd say we've pretty much weathered all the storms and are in for a smooth ride from here on out. Haha, just kidding, I know we are still marriage newbies! But I have to say, all those naysayers and doomsayers who told us how difficult the first year of marriage was going to be ( Read more... )

I love Halloween, despite the Christian community's general attempts to convince me of its evil devil-loving ways. I don't go in for that spell-casting business or anything, but I can't help loving the fantasy and magical elements of the holiday, at least to a fun PG Harry Potter-esque extent. There aren't many days when people with big ( Read more... )

A few months back, the office door was shut accidentally before we went to bed. Being that is the room where we keep the litterbox, it wasn't too much of a surprise to find that the next morning Gatsby had peed on our couch. We weren't happy about it, of course, and I had a devil of a time figuring out to clean our couch cushions that do not have ( Read more... )

Not that I've ever been particularly talented at it, but I've definitely been at the top of my game before. Right now, I am at the bottom of my game. I don't even think I qualify as a runner right now, to be honest. Maybe a jogger if someone is feeling generous ( Read more... )

I disappeared there for a little while ( Read more... )

I cut all my hair off! Okay, not really. But I did cut 5-6 inches or so off the bottom. Feels so good! It was just so long and getting hard to take care. I was resorting more and more often to just a braid or messy bun with wet hair in the morning and less often to actual blow-drying or making it pretty. This is usually a sign that it needs to go ( Read more... )

Yesterday was quite a day. We started it at about 5:30 in the morning over at Hospitality Point for Jaimee's Run. We'd meant to volunteer, but they had quite a few people already there helping out so they didn't need us too much. We did help hang some banners, I guess? I was glad to be there anyway, even though it was early. It was nice to see ( Read more... )

The past couple weekends have had some happier moments, although the nightmares continue. Jaimee herself made an appearance in last night's dream, carefree and happy as I navigated sharks, terriyfing cliff-edge roads, and giant Starship Troopers-sized beetles. I guess the chamomile tea before bed isn't working as well as I'd hoped ( Read more... )

I've been having nightmares every night for the last couple weeks. Most apocalypse and post-apocalypse stuff, my usual stress dreams, but the sharks have also been making a few reappearances as well. (For those who don't know or have forgotten, I have recurring dreams of sharks and the zombie apocalypse ( Read more... )

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