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Have Lasso Will Love Again – The Conclusion

Part I Part II Part III Part IV Sidebar Was I ready all that this relationship entailed?  I had come so far in such a short time. But sitting in my friend’s condo that night, tears running down my face, the uncertainty of it all hit me. The risk I was taking by ignoring every [...]
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Still got it?

This weekend I was reminded that I still have it. It’s always good to be reminded of these things. Especially after going to a work function and realizing that at age 32, I was the oldest one at the 20-something table. Meh. I secretly like the way I’ve aged. And Roomie likes to remind me [...]
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No honey. You can't register for my butt.

He had a gun. I had a check-list. And it was smack dab in the middle of the holiday shopping frenzy. What on earth were we thinking? We weren’t even going to register. For the longest time we held firm that registering was just asking for gifts and that’s not what we are all about. [...]
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Dutch Oven

Wedding planning is stressful. It especially hurts the pocket book. (That’s North Carolinian for wallet. I like to throw out my old North Carolinian lingo sometimes. It makes me feel well-exposed to a variety of United States sub-cultures.) You can actually hear the tension in the Quirky household as we are trying to figure out [...]
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Our McChristmas Fight 2009

It was epic. The McChristmas (Tree) fight of 2009. A battle of traditions. And a quirky couple who had to merge two very different traditions. Specifically ornament traditions. You don’t mess with me when it comes to ornaments. <—- just look at those beady red eyes. I’m holding last year’s ornament. THE ornament given to [...]
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