Tag: marriage
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the guys’ trip
In the fall of 2019, my husband started planning his fantasy 50th birthday golf trip to Scotland for summer 2020. He asked seven of his golf-obsessed friends to join him and they all eagerly accepted, paid the fees and booked flights. He was beyond excited about the itinerary and the idea of playing the most…
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travel tag
Over the holidays, we took a family trip to New Zealand. I began planning this trip 10 months ago which included gathering itineraries from friends previous trips as well as using a travel agent who specializes in New Zealand. The 10 day trip went mostly as planned but it still was not as good as…
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update to “oh hey!” published may 2021
I get asked about the “oh hey!” post fairly frequently. People want to know what happened when I got together with Sue. Did I ask her why she blew us off? Did she own it or did she deny any wrongdoing? At the time I wrote the blog post, I had plans to see Sue…
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dry january
Congratulations to everyone who succeeded in their mission to participate in Dry January. Instead of being alcohol free, my Dry January was really a lack of creativity that led me to ignore my blog and spend a ridiculous amount of time watching all five seasons of “Six Feet Under.” While it was an entirely enjoyable…
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nyc experiment: week twelve and faq
nyc experiment: week 12 and faq Two weeks ago today, I published the nyc experiment: week 11 post and the last fourteen days have been a blur. We took off to visit our daughter on November 16 and spent four days with her in Amsterdam and then flew with her to Copenhagen where she is…
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nyc experiment: week eight
We are two thirds of the way through our 12-week experiment. We actually only have three weeks left in New York because we are going to Europe to see our daughter who is studying in Copenhagen. We have 21 days to soak in the city and there is no doubt these last days will go…
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nyc experiment: week five and a half
I am a few days behind schedule on writing this blog post because, honestly, I have been really busy. Even though we have been constantly on the move, my husband and I have stayed committed to our daily morning routine of walking the dog for an hour and then going to workout. We arrive back…
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nyc experiment: week four
We are four weeks into our NYC experiment and have so much to report. For some reason, I have been keeping a mental count of some of the “things you only see in a city” and here are my tallies: 2 unconscious people lying on the sidewalk (separately), 1 man peeing in the street in…
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holiday card hustle
Beginning the first year I was married, I sent 200+ holiday cards to all of our wedding guests plus pretty much everyone I have known since elementary school. We had one iconic picture from our wedding day that I made into a postcard and sent out as a combined holiday, change of address and “hey…
Do I have chalk on my face? by Denise Geschke 