Category Archives: Married Life

If This is Life, I’m Off to a Real Bad Start

Some of you might be aware of the fact that I live my life, overwhelmingly, through guilt. I eat what I eat (or don’t eat what I don’t eat) because of the guilt I know will invariably come when I’ve … Continue reading

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Mean Moms and Santa Do Not A Good Team Make

I put up my Christmas decorations today, and it reminded me that I don’t really like Christmas all that much in the first place. I think I was poisoned by volunteering as Santa’s Little Helper for so many years in … Continue reading

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Grounds for Divorce?

If Poor Kyle and I ever divorce, it will be caused by one of two things: 1.  The fact that he shattered my dreams of Wedded Disneyland Bliss by refusing to ride Splash Mountain with me (who even does that?) … Continue reading

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What I Learned from Ziploc™ Bags

Poor Kyle’s parents are out of town and the first thing I did when their tail lights were out of sight was break into their house (I had a key) and steal two forty-count boxes of name brand gallon-sized Ziploc™ … Continue reading

Posted in fiascos, It's All Good, kitchen failures, Married Life, oh brother what next, short stories/vignette, what I'm about | 20 Comments

Where else can you read about Charles Dickens, zombies taking over our minds, and yoga all in one place? Nowhere but here. That’s the Archives of Our Lives™ promise.

Poor Kyle and I utilised this weekend to engage in marriage-strengthening activities like catching the latest 3-D movie playing. Image from here. (We saw A Christmas Carol, and I totally recommend it.  Though I will warn you that if you’ve … Continue reading

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The Gimme Kid is Ruining My Life

So how was all ya’ll’s Halloween?  Did you get a visit from The Gimme Kid? What?  You’ve never heard of The Gimme Kid?  Oh, I’m sure you have—you just didn’t know that was his name. This is just one of … Continue reading

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