10 Years of Marriage {Today}

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I can't believe that I've been married 10 years today! Wow, what an accomplishment! I remember back when I was about to get married and thinking how old people were that had been married... 5 years. Now I am on this side of things and am happy to be here. I was looking through some wedding pictures and remember how stressed I was on my wedding day. I don't like everyone's attention on me and the … [Read more...]

10 Years {of marriage}

Our kids have no chance of being normal...

The pressure has been mounting as last month ticked on by and all my co-bloggers shared poignant stories about the relationship aspects in their lives. Sherry wrote about always being the bridesmaid, Katy wrote on the young married life without kids, Sarea shared her life, post divorce with 3 kids and now I'm here representing the married for a decade with two kids crowd. I think that sharing … [Read more...]

Cat Grooming, among other things.

Rolo didn't speak to us for a day.

What was your weekend like? Ben has been working a ton lately. It's usually ok because I have a lot of family that lives locally so they help out, but the ole "honey do" list has been piling up. A little exasperated I told Ben a few of the things that we NEEDED to get done and he said to pick the most important one... Here is a picture of the after. :) … [Read more...]

musings on being a single mom

First of all, I'm not really a single mom. I decided to keep a bit of a journal while Ben was away on a business trip last week and here are some journal entries: -my house is cleaner. -re: previous statement- is this because Ben's absence OR because I rely on him less for help? -I CAN take the trash out and change the cat little box easily and quickly. (Please don' t tell him that I said … [Read more...]