Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and there are tons of adorable, glitter-y, do-it-yourself Valentine tutorials making the rounds on the internets. I’m all for handmade but I know that a LOT of us just don’t have the kind of time to cut out doilies and get glitter all over the damn place. So,…
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Wifely Duties
There are many things that I, as a wife, despise doing. Oh, not that, you perverts. That’s actually rather fun and counts as exercise–so it’s basically like hitting the jackpot. I’m talking about far more dastardly deeds than just doing The Deed. I’m talking about dreadful, heinous acts that I perform for my husband. Things…
Ways I Know Your Fur Baby Isn’t a Real Baby
Everyone knows someone–heck, you could be that someone–who thinks that the family pet is actually the family baby. It’s not just childless couples, either. I know one family with four kids–a daughter and three cats. I gotta admit, I think they’re kinda weird. Trying to get all the cats into a family photo is fun…
The Music In Me
I can’t carry a tune in a bucket. I lip-sync “Happy Birthday.” There is no music in me. Not even a flute at band camp. So when my husband and I were meeting friends at a winery near our home a few weeks ago and they were seated in front of the small stage where…
A Rose Is A Rose
Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose” –Gertrude Stein, Sacred Emily I love taking pictures. I especially love taking pictures of flowers. Lots and lots of flowers, from every conceivable angle, in many different lights. My photo blog is full of flowers of all shapes and sizes. Except for roses. Roses are…
Cheaper to Keep Her
On our first date, my husband took me to a hole-in-the-wall authentic Chinese buffet after the lunch rush had ended. A woman who looked like a waitress simply gestured toward one of the many empty tables when we walked in because she had a chicken foot dangling from her mouth. Though completely grossed out by…
It’s Not You. Seriously.
You know that old line, “It’s not you, it’s me?” It’s usually uttered by some guy who just crushed your fragile ego by breaking up with you, telling you he’s just not ready for a commitment, but who will meet a girl three days later who he’ll end up in a years-long relationship with. No?…
4 Ways To Get Your Mojo Back Like A Beast
If you’re anything like, oh, everyone else besides Martha Stewart and Mrs. Claus, then at some point over the holidays you lost your mojo. Whether you wrapped it up and gave it to charity by accident or whether it’s sitting in someone’s freezer baked into a fruitcake they’re planning on re-gifting next year, the damn…
