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    Modern friendship

    Jigsha is the first friend who I claimed as my own after moving back to Knoxville and ultimately breaking up with my then-boyfriend of five years. Crappy work schedules as…

    Posted on March 19, 2013 by themoderngal
    Posted in friendship travel

    And now for something completely different

    Thank you so much to all of you who offered your thoughts, prayers and kindness about Sam here and everywhere else. I cannot even begin to describe how much it…

    Posted on January 10, 2013 by themoderngal
    Posted in food and drink friendship love and relationships music

    Peach pie and Pandora pain

    I am trying so hard to get back into blogging. I have so many things to say** and so many stories to tell. I just haven’t had the urge to…

    Posted on August 8, 2012 by themoderngal
    Posted in friendship home life love and relationships marriage

    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…

    Posted on June 4, 2012 by themoderngal
    Posted in friendship life personal experience

    Bush league

    You know those days where you wake up and you just feel off? You’re tired despite having gotten enough sleep. You spill your coffee. You look in your closet and…

    Posted on January 21, 2012 by themoderngal
    Posted in budgeting and finance family friendship health and exercise life lists

    North Stars

    Man, posting resolution lists seems like The Thing to do this week. I almost feel silly posting one of my own, but at the same time the public accountability and…

    Posted on January 5, 2012 by themoderngal
    Posted in baseball books and magazines cars family fashion food and drink football friendship health and exercise lists marriage music sports

    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…

    Posted on November 7, 2011 by themoderngal
    Posted in friendship love and relationships marriage personal experience

    Three days later

    To paraphrase Meg from A Practical Wedding, it was not the best day of my life. The best day of my life would have involved more sleeping, less tulle and…

    Posted on June 21, 2011 by themoderngal
    Posted in friendship history life marriage personal experience

    26 days and counting

    More dirty secrets about weddings, specifically your own: they are emotional roller-coasters. Some brides and wedding magazines and wedding blogs and movies and such will lead you to believe it’s…

    Posted on May 23, 2011 by themoderngal
    Posted in friendship love and relationships personal experience

    Does this count as cheating?

    My dear friend Noodles is a member of my Bridal Brigade (the phrase I’m using in lieu of bridesmaids, because I don’t like that word for some inexplicable reason). She’s…

    Posted on March 30, 2011 by themoderngal
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