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• marriage, motherhood, movie reviews

  Quantum of Silliness

  11.14.08 | Permalink | 9 Comments

  Dick and I couldn’t get a babysitter tonight to go to the movie we wanted to see. Apparently the teenage girls in Seagull Fountain go to dances and also book up their Friday nights before school is out for the week. (The nerve.) But we needed a break from the emotionally draining business of intense [...]

• blogging, marriage

  My Better(-Paid) Half

  11.05.08 | Permalink | 14 Comments

  I’m often asked why I blog (WHY do you blog? Why do you blog? Why do you blog?). There are as many reasons to blog as there are people to blog. Basically, writing is good for you like exercise is good for you. It quickens the heart, focuses the mind, works the muscles, cleanses the [...]

• marriage

  Poor Mother Hubbard

  10.30.08 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  Yesterday I came home to find Dick emptying the dishwasher. He’d been pushed that far by an exchange we’d had over Twitter. (Twitter = Communication = Great for Marriage). Dick: My left wrist feels like someone ran over it with a car, but I have no recollection of any injury to it. Jane: @Dick Hope [...]

• marriage

  Don’t slam the screen door

  10.28.08 | Permalink | 29 Comments

  I’ve been thinking about infidelity a lot lately, probably ever since my sister’s husband left her. Yesterday the New York Times reported that infidelity is on the rise. Politicians cheat, pop culture glamorizes cheating, and sometimes even my own true love thinks that it’s obviously my job (not his) to clean the poop out of [...]

• Dick, marriage

  We who are your mothers and wives salute you!

  09.15.08 | Permalink | 15 Comments

  On Friday Dick had to attend his first (and hopefully last) Boy Scout Jamboral. Since the Boy Scouts have even more regulations and permits than merit badges, Dick and his boys were going to catch a ride with someone authorized to transport scouts, but the plan was for me to drop them off at the [...]

• marriage, motherhood

  Someday I’ll Go An Entire Twenty-Four Hours Without Saying That

  07.23.08 | Permalink | 10 Comments

  Did you go potty yet? Did you wash your hands? No spitting! WHY are you taking off your shirt? Blow. With your nose. Put your shoes back on! When’s your father going to be home? Just eat it! No! This is the LAST book! WHERE did you learn that? Life ISN’T fair. I’m sorry you [...]

• marriage, summer

  For Nana and Grampa in Florida — Thanks for the dorky husband. Also, you’ll be glad to know your grandkids can swim

  07.14.08 | Permalink | 8 Comments

  For a few months after my sister’s husband left her, Dick and I were really nice to each other. I cooked his favorite meals (or at least I cooked: not sure if they were actually favorites). He started putting Spot to bed along with her sisters. Of course he does this completely wrong, letting Spot [...]

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