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Category Archives: marriage
Tackling one tree and banana oat bar at a time
My word of the year is embrace, as in, embrace the craziness that life launches at me. It’s almost funny just how much craziness the Universe has dealt me so far this year — high highs and low lows and … Continue reading
Posted in food and drink, health and exercise, life, marriage
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The Modern Wedding: On knowing yourself
Editor’s note: All images are courtesy of the incredibly talented Jessica and Sarah at Cocoa Blue. They are amazing, they’re based in Montana but travel the world and they come highly recommended by me. As we looked into the mirror … Continue reading
Posted in beauty, fashion, life, marriage
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The Modern Wedding: One year later
Editor’s note: All images are courtesy of the incredibly talented Jessica and Sarah at Cocoa Blue. They are amazing, they’re based in Montana but travel the world and they come highly recommended by me. The Modern Love Machine and I … Continue reading
Posted in life, love and relationships, marriage, personal experience
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M:PT Weeks 4 and 4 1/2
But first, some modern theater. Context: The Modern Love Machine is a high-school math teacher. He is also a morning person. When school’s in session, he’s rolling out the door about the time I wake up, which prevents scheduling issues … Continue reading
Posted in fashion, marriage, personal experience
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Home
Friday was a remarkable day twice over. It was the Modern Love Machine’s 30th birthday, and it was also two years to the day that we started moving in the Modern Abode. A year ago we didn’t do much to … Continue reading
Posted in friendship, home, life, love and relationships, marriage
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Merry Leap Day
Four years ago, back in the days when I posted to this blog not once but twice daily (those were the days), I decided to do 29 new things on Feb. 29. Rereading that post is like looking at a … Continue reading
Posted in basketball, college, family, food and drink, holidays, life, love and relationships, marriage, personal experience, pets, sports
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Want something done? Ask a busy person who isn’t me
So many things have happened in my personal life in the past few weeks in addition to the usual busy work season pain-in-the-assedness that I don’t even feel bad about taking a leave of absence from the blog for, um, … Continue reading
Posted in baseball, books and magazines, cars, family, fashion, food and drink, football, friendship, health and exercise, lists, marriage, music, sports
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Name change
I can’t believe I haven’t written about this yet, but I’ve finally gotten around to name-changing process. By the time our two-monthaversary rolled around in August, I was ready to do it. I’d be lying if I denied that at … Continue reading
Posted in family, history, marriage
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Requiem for a summer
This weekend was my last weekend off until late October and therefore the unofficial end to summer for me. As I type this, I’m sitting on an adirondack chair that was a wedding gift that I’ve been unable to enjoy … Continue reading
Posted in life, marriage, personal experience, weather
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Novelty
I read several books about marriage before our wedding, so I don’t remember which one this comes from, but one suggestion I came across was to regularly try new things with your partner to keep your marriage exciting. It didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in marriage, personal experience, travel, weather
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