Since our Rosie died in December, we discussed if/when we'd want another dog. Part of me wanted to run out the day after she died to replace the black hole of sudden loneliness, but I knew my knee-jerk reaction was strong. We agreed that we would only get another dog when the thought of a …
A few months ago, I found a piano teacher giving lessons for $15 a lesson (which is JUST my price range). I messaged her, and we set up my first lesson. Malcolm has a keyboard, so I decided to go for it. Y'all. I was a flute player in college, and toyed with the idea …
Before we got married in the fall, our friends held an engagement photo shoot for us in the mountains with golden aspens in the background. I had so, so much fun. And doesn't Malcolm look like my own personal Edward Cullen, minus the controlling/DV behavior. These made me so happy. We could not have gotten …
If you haven't read my previous post here, you may want to dig into that one first. If you've already read it, I've updated it with a few more photos from Malcolm's phone. On days 3 - 5, we went whale watching and saw about 30 humpbacks. We kayaked in the bay the next day …
I haven't posted here in a while, despite my enthusiasm to share our honeymoon photos and other thoughts on my mind. Writing this post kept me from posting. I just didn't want to do it. It's now time. It is a long one -- me writing from the wound. Well, the wound plus one month …
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For our honeymoon, we flew to San Francisco and drove down the 1 to Monterey Bay. I've split up these posts because they would be really long and maybe monotonous if I didn't. I'll add days 3 - 5 in a forthcoming post. If you've never been, I highly recommend visiting Monterey and Big Sur. …
Since I watched several cleaning inspiration videos recently, I purchased tools that I learned about in the vids. I bought some of those Home Edit clear plastic modular organizing systems for different projects that have plagued me for years. Organization is new to me. I didn't even know what organized meant until a couple years …
Hello friend! As Malcolm, my husband (!!!), and I watched Meet the Press on our weekly Sunday morning date, something occurred to me that I've never noticed before -- which is a huge privilege that I haven't had to think about it. Senator Elizabeth Warren and Chuck Todd discussed the post mid-term "lame duck" session …
Mae Goes West 