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Here [came] the bride…
And what she wouldn’t give to have those legs again. Happy anniversary, Eric. Ten years, and it still feels like it was yesterday that we were standing in the back room of the church, and our friends...
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Coincidentally…
On the day I became a mother, Eric celebrated his very first Father’s Day as a father. Happy Father’s Day, Eric; your boys and I love you so, so very much. Permalink | No comments PLEASE CLICK THROUGH...
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Eavesdropping
In the kitchen right now: GABE: “Want scrambled egg pizza!” ERIC: “Scrambled eggs?” GABE: “Scrambled egg pizza!” ERIC: “You mean you want an omelet, like Mommy’s having?” GABE: “Yeah! How you make it?”...
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Unexpected attention
So Eric’s in Kentucky, which means that it’s another week of church choir rehearsal where the director and the tenor section are both all, “Carrie, where’s Eric?” and I’m smiling and saying, “Why, he’s...
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Gripe
Eric leaves for New Orleans for a long weekend with his brother tomorrow. He deserves it, he’ll have a great time, and I’m glad he’ll get to experience it…but I am seethingly jealous at the same time....
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Fancy pants
ERIC (cooking): “Do we have any wine?” ME: “Yes. Wait, check it first; it might be skunked.” ERIC (mock sighing): “‘Turned.’ Civilized people say ‘turned.’” Yeah, yeah. As though I didn’t positively...
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Fun night!
We went out last night for sushi and drinks with a bunch of Eric’s work friends. I always have fun with that crowd, despite that I usually don’t get to see them more than once every couple of months,...
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Total exhaustion
This two-date-night weekend stuff can wear you down if you’re unaccustomed to it, and, clearly, I’ve gotten out of the habit. (Side note: Relatively late in my adult life, I was informed that “gotten”...
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Reason #116,628,256 why I love my husband
I hate beets. And then he goes and takes them and turns them into this: (...)Read the rest of Reason #116,628,256 why I love my husband (9 words) Permalink | 9 comments PLEASE CLICK THROUGH TO...
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Donning my “Freak” hat
I’m willing to accept that it might be just a little weird for me, at least compared to the “me” I was a year ago, that I just stepped outside to say goodbye to Sam, and the above-freezing fresh air...
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MRI
I was only in the MRI machine up to my neck, but just looking down toward my feet told me that my long-held presumption that I’m not claustrophobic was perhaps not entirely accurate. Jehoshaphats....
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Another morning comes
Eric’s home sick again today, hopefully not for a repeat of yesterday. Really, the less said about yesterday, the better. If I get this bug, I’ll positively flip out – maybe after the moaning stops, as...
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Again with the dream crap
Snake was in the yard, and when I grabbed Gabe and ran into the house with him, the snake chased him super-fast and almost broke into the house through the door before I was able to lock it. I was...
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Verdict
Chocolate milk right after running = yuck. Or at least the chocolate milk I make is. Part of the problem, though, is that milk isn’t what I’d call a particularly “refreshing” drink, whatever else it...
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RAWR HUNGRY!!!
Ahem. Eric is an awesome, awesome husband, and he has done his best to make today’s prep better. He turned my white bread into nearly fat-free croutons, cooked my clear broth with vegetables (strained...
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Hah! It continues!
Eric has been riding his own old Toys R Us bike for a bit now, but it was getting more and more painful for him. He would barely be able to sit down the day after a ride, so sore was he. Yesterday, I...
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Snags
I went out today, ready to run three miles (baby steps!). My Garmin tried to warn me about low batteries when I first turned it on, but apparently it was serious; thirty seconds or so into the run, I...
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Special day
Tuesday is Eric’s birthday, but he’ll be away on a work trip. We’re celebrating today instead! Both boys are hard at work on presents for him; meanwhile, he’s out enjoying a leisurely bike ride in the...
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Guest!
Howdy. Carrie’s busy putting children to bed, and it sure sounds like a lot of work. So, to help out, here’s a guest entry from Eric. How about a recipe? Basmati and Wild Rice w/Asparagus 1/2 cup wild...
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Brain wanderings
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Mind you, with the exception of the pasta (with which I am entirely uncreative and my...
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Embrace the cheese
So Eric and I are doing The Love Dare. (Cue the “awwwww” noises or gagging sounds.) Here’s the thing: what with work, kid activities, and our own other involvements, he and I had reached the point...
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By the way (totally random poll)
A friend is doing an awesome thing for me and, out of the blue, volunteered to take my boys on Saturday so Eric and I could have an anniversary date. I was nearly in tears, seriously; asking for...
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Father’s Day
Eric made out this year. A while back, he sort of put a hurtin’ on our KitchenAid stand mixer, when he and some friends made sausages with it; it did the job, but the motor wasn’t really built for such...
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Good and bad
Good: marathon training. Everything is going smoothly so far. Bad: the realization I was finally forced to accept yesterday that it’s just not going to be feasible for all four of us to head back east...
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I can’t decide
Is it the height of egotism or the nadir of it when, thinking of the person you love best in the world and formulating all the reasons why, the current front-runner is that he continually believes the...
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Lived through it
Twenty-three miles later, and I’m still upright. Seriously, that was the longest I’ve run, other than the marathon itself back in May, so it feels good to know it wasn’t a fluke: my legs really can go...
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Brrrrrrr
Sitting here wearing (from inside outward) a camisole, a long-sleeved thermal shirt, and a frigging fake fur-lined coat…inside. Holding a mug of hot coffee in both hands, as though I’m about to dive...
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Meatless
Eric’s been struggling with diabetes issues lately. To make a long and complicated story short, the things he’s been trying aren’t working very well anymore, and something has to change. The paths...
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Happy anniversary
Thirteen years. That is a really, really, really long time, especially when you also consider that we’ll have been together for seventeen years this fall, which is half my current age. Wow. And I...
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Wiped out
Every once in a while, you have one of those days that leaves you feeling wrung out like a wet rag, even though you can’t pinpoint exactly why, and you didn’t even deviate far from what you ordinarily...
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Sing, sing, sing
Eric and I have been singing together in church choirs, on and off, for about fifteen years. We got “roped into it,” I should say, when we were students at West Virginia University and our beloved...
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The way to a woman’s heart
For Valentine’s Day, I got Eric a carry-on suitcase, since he travels so much for work and his current carry-on bag has a busted zipped. This one rolls and is much nicer. He asked me whether I...
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Lonely again
Had Eric home for two and a half days. Flew in from Germany, did laundry and repacked, then dashed away this afternoon for Florida. So much wrong with that. I miss my husband, I miss my co-parent, and...
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The Mom Purse
ERIC: “My head hurts.” ME: “Aleve?” ERIC: “No, I can’t take that. Only Tylenol.” ME: “I need to stock that in the purse; I just have more use for anti inflammatories. They come in handy for other...
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Days of Ivory
Fourteen years today since the day we said “I do” to each other. The fourteenth wedding anniversary is traditionally the “ivory” year, though we’re forgoing that (or any other material gift, opting...
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Taper fun?
Somebody said on DailyMile (which, by the way, I highly recommend using if you’re into endurance athletics of any kind or level; it’s sort of like Facebook for runners/cyclists/swimmers/etc.) that if...
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Wiped out
So tired. For some reason, with Eric out of town, I’ve felt compelled this time around to soothe my loneliness by filling All The Minutes with activity. Got a bug up my butt to clean the kitchen, and...
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Hello, I’m the one who loves you so
“Master’s home!” ::leap!:: “He’s HOME!” ::leap, leap!:: “I am so happy!” A BLUR OF JOY. “I missed you so, so, so MUCH!” CAN’T GET CLOSE ENOUGH. “So…can we go for a walk now? You and me? Us guys?” Never...
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