My dear boyfriend slipped a note into my carry-on before I left the house yesterday. I discovered it on the plane headed toward Minneapolis. I used the note as a bookmark for my book, but the truth is I read and re-read the note more than I read the book. I am not sure what [...]
Tag: relationships
That new car smell…
I love my little Tiburon. It is still awfully cute and its mileage is fairly low (only 75k), but it is getting older (it will celebrate its eighth birthday in 2012). In the past couple of years I have been increasingly thinking about the day when I will have to move on to a new car. It [...]
Guilty by association…
There is an operational reality that goes along with being a friend or family member of a blogger like me - eventually you are likely to become part of one or more blog posts. It is a reality that most folks around me have gotten used to over time. I do have some friends that prefer [...]
My first time…
I must confess that having lived here since 1997 and having been a part of the NDSU family for a good chunk of that time, I had never been to a NDSU sporting event before Saturday. Shameful, I know. I am a bad North Dakotan and a pitiful Bison - I own it. It isn't as [...]
The revenge of Cheyenne
Here's the thing about having a new boyfriend and a kid at home - eventually they are going to talk. First there is small talk - the getting to know you kind of stuff - such as favorite foods, television shows, hobbies, etc. That usually is followed by a variety of conversations that explore both [...]
Am I style-savvy or therapy-worthy?
Michael has been putting additional shelves in my closet this weekend. The goal is to provide additional storage in areas of unused space. This makes me very happy as my closet capacity was heretofore maxed out. I dream of having a big luxurious walk-in closet the size of a room, but until Cheyenne goes off [...]
What’s love got to do with it?
I noticed something a few weeks ago - "love" was not in my frequently used tags on my blog's home page. The tags that show up in the tag cloud on the right-hand side of my home page indicate first by their appearance and second by their size the number of times the tag has been [...]
THE NEW FORTY 