So since my last relationship post was so well-received and I think I am on a roll these days, I’ll talk a little more about relationships and in particular friendships. While I will not claim to be on top of these myself in any way, I do think these 10 pointers are very important in creating and maintaining solid friendships. And don’t you fret, I hear the voices of all the people who will instantly claim that I have already ..read more
Archive for November, 2009
Being thankful even when it’s hard
The phone rang at 6am this morning… hubby’s phone. Usually, his phone rings at that time and it’s work calling about some crap that can’t wait until at least the sun is up. That it rang was not a big deal, no. It was the voice I could over-hear that made all the difference in the world. It was hubby’s Dad, my father-in-law … and without hearing what he said specifically I knew exactly why he had called and lay there ..read more
Thanksgiving Dinner – Pt 1
I’ve decided I need to break this project into bits and pieces. The whole “Me cooking Thanksgiving Dinner” is a whole project in itself simply because I have never done anything of the kind before now … but, I’ve already said that, haven’t I?
// Share|I just love the Dear Prudence column – classic!
When I first read the title and the letter, I was laughing my head off…. then I read Prudie’s response and promptly fell off my chair:
Dear Prudence, Every year my fiance’s family takes a portrait together and mails it out as their holiday card. His parents included their new son-in-law when their daughter got married. This is the first holiday since my fiance and I got engaged, and they have already commented on needing a bigger lens to fit everyone in ..read more
Cooking Thanksgiving Dinner for the first time
So, my husband turned to me last week and said (and I quote) ” Wanna cook thanksgiving dinner?”
It prompted a complex set of emotions:
Satisfaction: clearly he thinks I am decent enough cook to pull it off if he asks like that Fear: I have NEVER really COOKED a traditional meal (Jamaican OR American) for anyone but myself or my parents … I was SO going to blow it because I KNOW I am no good at this. Excitement: at the “project” aspect ..read morePreparing for a deployment
There. I’ve said it. Acknowledged it. Now what?
I guess I haven’t really been acknowledging this upcoming period in our lives. My first clue was when another wife in this unit spent one night crying her eyeballs out and I still have yet to FEEL that panicky. My second clue, I guess, is Mom saying that she noticed that I was waaaay too calm over the Shootings (Capital ‘S’ because the event has become one of those before-event and after-event milestones). ..read more
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