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…
The comfort of routine
It’s been three weeks since the wedding and a week since we actually returned to our own home in Knoxville, and my life — ahem, our life together — seems…
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…
Two days and counting
A week ago I was so effing incredibly excited about the wedding. The Modern Love Machine and I found out our friend who is about 50 percent responsible for us…
11 days and counting
My wedding to-do list has dwindled to the point that it’s not stressing me out. There’s enough to keep me busy over the next 11 days, but not so much…
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…
Can I say gay after the rapture is over?
About two weeks ago before everyone was all, ‘Blah, blah, rapture this’ and ‘yadda, yadda, end of the world that,’ the Modern Love Machine turned to me and in all…
Allowing myself to be celebrated, or my Gladys Knight weekend
I’m going to go ahead and acknowledge that the posting around here will be light for the next two months. As much as I want to document this time in…
Surviving and then some
I did it. I not only survived another triathlon, but I also improved on last year’s finish — which was the goal I mentioned a month or two ago, although…
Eleven weeks and counting
The Modern Love Machine and I are less than three months away from the wedding, and the wedding planning that seemed like such a pain in the arse a few…