The Maladroit Wife

I’m not crazy… Today is the eleven-month mark for us.  I’m pretty excited to have a year of marriage under my belt.  It has surprised me how proud I am to be married.  Reminds me of Bridget Jones’ Diary, and the Smug Marrieds in her group of friends.  I like to think I’m not one […]

Someone asked me yesterday how married life is going.  It was the first I’d been asked in several months, I think, and I said “It’s pretty good!” People ask you constantly how married life is going right after you get married.  I firmly believe that people ask polite, small-talkey questions to make small talk.  This […]

since i decided to switch to wordpress, i asked nate if i should copy my old blogger posts or just start over.  he said i should copy them, so that’s what those previous posts are about. not sure how good i’ll be about the blogging part of this site, but i’m already excited about cataloging […]

i taught an intro lesson to a man named bob the other day.  he’s 80 and lost his wife of 51 years a couple months ago.  he seemed to suggest that they had their differences, but what he said was that they had a great life.  they did, however, have to work hard for it.  […]

looking for ways to trim the budget these days.  i think creativity is key, as we don’t have a really extravagant lifestyle, and yet i’d rather not sacrifice my social life or all my creature comforts to save a buck.  i’m looking for inspiration from my recent interest in the middle part of the 20th […]

someone told me that you should have 7 revenue streams for your household.  we have investments, so i think that counts.  we each have jobs, so there’s 2 more.  and today we cleaned out a bunch of junk from the garage and were rewarded with well over $100!  stream #4!  only 3 to go…

well, we’re a little over a month in, and while i like the idea of being “a wife” as much as i thought i would, i’m not quite sure what to do about it. interestingly (to me), one of the things i feel stands firmly between “me” and “wife” is my work schedule. in my […]