married life

  • The early bird and the night owl

    Mac and I have settled into something of routine after about a month here in Colorado. As has been the case for our entire relationship, he’s an early-to-bed-early-to-rise sort of guy while I’m a bit more of a night owl. When you have to be at PT between 5 and 6 am, going to bed…

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  • Why I won’t upgrade my engagement ring

    Kristyn over at Chits and Giggles wrote a great post about her engagement ring and why she might upgrade it down the road. That got me to thinking about my own wedding set. Mac and I picked it out way back in 2010. It was well under the “two months’ pay” price range, and we…

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  • Pillow talk

    Ladies (and Dad), prepare yourselves for more MS Paint creations. You’re welcome in advance. These days, I have a queen size bed all to myself (and the cat). We keep around four pillows on the bed at all times, and I alternate sleeping on the different sides of the bed. But with all these pillows,…

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  • Two

    Two years. It’s hard to believe that our wedding was two whole years ago. Some days, 2012 feels like last month. But it’s days like today that really make me wonder how celebrities are only married a few months.       I guess spending any anniversary apart is another check in the Army…

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  • Cotton anniversary

    As most of y’all know, Mac and I have two wedding anniversaries. The first was the day we were legally married in December, 2011. The second was our actual wedding in June of 2012. Being the cool kids we are, we’ve decided to celebrate both of them. Our first is recreated at Chili’s where we…

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  • On marrying young

    Last week, I saw an article talking about the hiring of Pat Summit’s son to be a head coach at the ripe old age of 23. His personal website came up in the list of article search results, and the description mentioned “husband.” No lie, my first reaction was, “Wow, married at 23. That’s young.”…

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