Whatever happened to predictability The milkman, the paperboy, evening TV? You miss your old familiar friends Waiting just around the bend This old world’s confusing me You know these words right? I get chills just typing them out. I hear the “Ahhhhhh, ahhhhhhh, ahhhhhhh” and the drum line that leads into “Everywhere you look…” The Tanner…
Archives for February 2016
More Than A Manny
Whenever I would tell my husband that I wished he would come home, he’d joke that it wasn’t really him I wanted, but a manny (definition: male nanny). He assumed that I only wanted help with the kids and the home, preferably from a male help-mate. The truth is, he was right. I craved help in…
What I Want For My Birthday: 30th Edition
I turn 30 on Sunday, and earlier this week, my husband asked me what I want for my birthday. He told me to answer him that night, but he didn’t ask again, so I assumed that he had forgotten and that I had more time. It was great because I had (and still have) absolutely no…
36 Reasons Why I Love My Husband
Today is Dan’s birthday and while I joke with him that he has he has a fairly healthy ego as it is if you can’t praise someone on their birthday, when can you? There’s a reason I married this guy, and a reason I still love being married to him. And so today I’m going…
#CoupleGoals #NetflixandChill
So, they say that having a television in your bedroom halves your sex life. (Am I allowed to say that on a “family friendly” blog? I mean, you all know I have three kids, right? And that even though I go to church every few weeks, I’m no virgin… I don’t think acknowledging that I…