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    Birthdays

    Yesterday was my 29th birthday, and I purposefully did not mention it anywhere on the internetz (although Facebook ruined my cover). I feel like I say this every single year,…

    Posted on July 15, 2011 by themoderngal
    Posted in life marriage personal experience travel

    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…

    Posted on July 11, 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 employment marriage personal experience

    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…

    Posted on June 16, 2011 by themoderngal
    Posted in childhood life love and relationships marriage personal experience

    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…

    Posted on June 6, 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 celebs food and drink life marriage personal experience shopping travel

    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…

    Posted on May 16, 2011 by themoderngal
    Posted in health and exercise love and relationships marriage personal experience

    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…

    Posted on April 18, 2011 by themoderngal
    Posted in health and exercise personal experience

    Pre-triathlon pep talk

    ‘Oh, maybe I should register for the triathlon,’ I said absentmindedly on Sunday, just a week away from the race. ‘You haven’t registered yet??’ The Modern Love Machine said. I…

    Posted on April 15, 2011 by themoderngal
    Posted in basketball books and magazines employment health and exercise personal experience science and nature sports

    And that’s a good thing

    Thanks, everyone, for humoring me on that last post. I’m really excited to read your blogs (and tweets), and it kind of helped feed my urge to blog even more….

    Posted on April 8, 2011 by themoderngal
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