Love Letter Box… three months later

Exactly three months AFTER our anniversary, we finally got around to opening our Love Letter Box and reading all the notes inside. We were supposed to do this on our actual anniversary, but as explained, life got away from us and it didn’t happen until September. One night I was like, ok we’re doing this [...]

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Last but not least

When I got a tattoo recently (my first!), one of the employees asked for the story. “I have three sisters, and awhile ago we all decided we’d get the letter Z tattooed on us somewhere. Our last name starts with Z, and that way, no matter what, we’d always have that bond.” “So… do all [...]

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Anniversary, so many, many weeks later

Our first anniversary was over two months ago. I’ve been waiting to write this post because we totally failed at anniversary-ness, and I was hoping someday we’d catch up with ourselves before I had to tell you how much we sucked at it. When we got married, we started a tradition that involved a Love [...]

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A first step in the right direction

As you may have gathered from Mike’s post about his dad, we are moving. Again. Without exaggeration, the longest I have ever lived in one place since I graduated high school is a year and a half. And that was only once, usually it’s a year or less. I move all the time, it’s like [...]

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Here’s why Mike is so good for me

Last night we had to pack for an upcoming trip. Every fiber in my being did not want to pack because I feel like that’s all I do lately: pack, unpack, pack, unpack. So I was being very childish, throwing myself on the bed in protest of packing. And instead of getting fed up, instead [...]

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Ice scream? I scream!

Shannon: What kind of drumstick do you want? Mike: The one with fudge filling. Shannon hands him a drumstick with caramel filling Mike: Oh, I wanted the fudge filling. Shannon: I thought you meant caramel. There isn’t any with fudge. Mike: Yes there is. Vanilla with fudge filling. Shannon: No, there’s plain vanilla ice cream, chocolate [...]

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Hyper hyphens

When people hear that Mike and I each kept our own surnames at marriage, the most common question we get is “What about the kids?” And we’ve mulled it over greatly, and decided that we’ll hyphenate their last names.* The decision to hyphenate was a hard one for me. I kind of hate hyphenated names, [...]

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When adorable is annoying

Mike: Something something something, trying to be funny (I don’t really remember what he was saying) Shannon: *feigned smile* Mike: Blah blah blah (again, don’t remember) Shannon: *eye roll* Mike: Exactly how often are you annoyed by me rather than entertained? Shannon: Oh. You’ve noticed that huh?

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Naming rights

I have to put this in writing so neither of us ever forgets (not that I would!), and so we have “witnesses.” The other day Mike and I were driving a long distance together, and I suggested we spend some of the time discussing baby names. Mike was less than enthused, but I pressed on. [...]

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It’s all in the name

Now that I’ve written about how happy we are with our last name situation*, let’s talk about the kids. I’ve never really been sure what I’d want to do with my kids’ last names knowing that my husband and I would likely have different names, but I always hoped a good answer would emerge at [...]

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