Pimping Your Husband

(Cast Card photo I took, before we were married) I came home last Friday and listened to a  message from a women calling from a New York City Magazine and my heart began to flutter. Was this the call that I had been waiting for? The call that was going to put my book on the map? I researched my files to...

Mixed Marriage: Differently the Same

(Wade shoveling the entire driveway after he gets home from work. Service with a smile!) In my latest post about mixed marriages I revealed the raw side of Wade, a side that I admittedly find very attractive. This is not to say that I find all of his ruggedness palatable but he is so strong and capable...

Mixed Marriage Holidays

After reading my post titled, What Would We Do Without Our Friends, my good friend Shelly reminded me of one of my double whammy quotes. We were on our way to a family reunion and we were staying at the La Quinta Inn. On our way we stopped to have a family dinner at the take out window of Burger King. I...

A Birthday Toast to My Husband

I remember sitting at a farewell dinner for Wade, surrounded by the women who had worked for him when he was the Publisher for Aspen Sojourner. He had decided to leave Publishing and start his own Contracting Company. As the wine glasses clinked they each gave their toasts of adoration, “Here’s saying...

Dating Your Husband

(Doing the buttercup test at the top of Independence Pass…t-shirt by Tori Campisi sold at the Saturday Farmers Market in Aspen) I drove over Independence Pass yesterday to hand the boys over to their incredible grandparents who have taken the liberty to take them on a road trip for five days. For a...

All Parents Need Time Off from Their Children

I have been living with a man and three boys for nine years now and I clearly have been in denial. It is not that I don’t love them completely but I sometimes feel as though I am living in prehistoric times. Waking up to a honking, tooting, furry beast makes marriage feel a bit archaic at times. Were we...