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Birth control, Part CXXIV: I suffer so that you don’t have to

July 10th, 2008 · 16 Comments

(*Slightly re-vamped and completely regurgitated from a previous blog post. To my very kind and faithful readers—all my you-go-girl!ers and even to my I-read-your-blog-because-I-love-to-hate-youers— my apologies for being redundant.)
I don’t know what got into me with Ruby’s birthday festivities this year, but I put it in my head that I had to perform like a [...]

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Tags: Backwards and In High Heels · Family · Love · Marriage · Parenting · The Column · Therapy Fund (Parenting Failures) · Writing

The Men-Are-From-Venus thing is total crap

July 2nd, 2008 · 5 Comments

Did you know that the hypothalmus regulates (among other things) breathing and sexual satisfaction? Maybe that’s why, even when my man has a horrendous cold that causes fatigue, a sore throat and congestion so severe that breathing is difficult even when he’s laying perfectly motionless, he still wants to “bury his face in [my] ass.” [...]

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Tags: Bits & Pieces · Life · Love · Marriage · Womanity

Family day

July 1st, 2008 · 11 Comments

Three years ago today, we flew to Chicago to meet Ruby. The delayed flight certainly added to our anticipation and also, the agony of our wait. Out of the (mere) 7 months that our adoption process took before our match, it was this last 36 hours before we held our daughter that were the most [...]

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Tags: Adoption · Family · Life · Love · Marriage · Parenting · Photography · Politics · Writing

Self portait on a sunny afternoon

May 25th, 2008 · 23 Comments

I’ve heard it said that “The Terrible Two’s” is a myth and that really, what’s terrible are the threes. Ruby won’t be three for another month but I see what’s ahead because ahead has already mowed me down. Sometime during the last week, my beautiful, darling daughter was snatched up and replaced by a person [...]

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Tags: Family · Life · Marriage · Parenting · Sleep Issues · Therapy Fund (Parenting Failures)

Her Saturday morning perspective

April 12th, 2008 · 10 Comments

“Ruby, tell mama to stop being so grumpy.”
“STOP! BEING! SO! GRUMPY! MAMA!”
“Ruby, tell daddy to stop being a jerk.”
“…….Daddy not being a jerk… Mama being a JERK!”

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Tags: Family · Marriage · Parenting

Upon arriving home from our date

April 7th, 2008 · 6 Comments

According to my husband, it only takes 21 consecutive days of doing something before that something becomes a habit. I don’t know where he got this particular tidbit but it’s his plethora of head-scratching factoids that often makes me feel like I don’t know him very well, which in turn helps with the Marital Excitement [...]

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Tags: Life · Marriage

A day in the life: One woman goes where only the manliest of men venture

March 19th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Some people say that real men love Jesus. I know some people say this, because they say it loudly on bumper stickers affixed to Mustangs and muscle trucks. To that, I offer this retort: Real men don’t advertise their spirituality on a bumper sticker. I’d like to see that on a car while I’m stuck [...]

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Tags: Backwards and In High Heels · Life · Marriage · The Column

Don’t marry him!

March 5th, 2008 · 18 Comments

“I wanna get married,
Yes, I need a spouse.
I want a nice Leave it to Beaverish,
Golden retriever and a little white house.
I wanna get married, I need to cook meals.
I wanna pack cute little lunches for my Brady Bunches,
Then read Danielle Steele…”
—Nellie McKay
My home has been transformed from a happy bungalow to a menacing Palace of [...]

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Tags: Backwards and In High Heels · Life · Marriage · The Column

Dear God,

January 20th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Are you there? It’s me, Margaret Aaryn.
Please let the Packers lose win today so that Sam will shave the beard he’s been cultivating out of superstition be happy and I can get that cute dress I want at Title Nine (page 60, item B).
Thanks, God.
Aaryn

*Photo by Ruby.

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Tags: Marriage

For all “intensive purposes”

January 16th, 2008 · 20 Comments

After suffering under the weight of trying to keep mental track of my daily obligations, I finally procured for myself a 2008 weekly engagement calendar (no Crackberry for this girl—I roll old school with ink and pulp). I spent a chunk of Monday night transcribing the scribbles and transferring the scraps from last year’s calendar. [...]

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Tags: Marriage · Self-worth