Monthly Archives November 2009

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) [...]

Preparing 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 [...]