Numbers

| April 3, 2012

Four years. Four different states. Four houses. Four different “jobs”. Four years since those four hundred and forty-four days we spent apart. I waited nervously, cleaned our disaster of a rental house, shopped for his favorite groceries and then loaded our eleven month old baby, who he had only seen for three weeks, into our [...]

A Very Popular Destination

| October 31, 2011

Also known as “The Night The Husband & I Spent Wondering Why We Didn’t Go To UVA For College” Beyond our greatest expectations. Huge props to the students for making UVA’s Trick or Treat on The Lawn a wonderful time for the kids!

One More Step Away From The Twenties

| September 29, 2011

We’ve celebrated eleven birthdays together now . . . or as close to together as one can be while on different sides of the world for some of them . . . For eleven days, you get to be THREE whole years older than I am. Happy thirty-first, my dear. Here’s to eleventy-million more together.

What Do You Want For Bref-kist?

| August 18, 2011

Over a decade ago, I met a ridiculously good-looking guy who treated me like gold. In the beginning, I could see no flaws. Not a one, as so often happens in budding relationships. Time tested that vision and slowly the rose colored glasses came off. There were indeed flaws, ones that were found when we [...]

All in a Name

| August 9, 2011

This past weekend, the girls and I had an entire day to fill ourselves, with the husband back at drill for *fingers crossed* one last time. I had big plans involving breakfast on the run, an entire route of garage sales and some massive shoe shopping at the local s’mall. What I had not planned [...]