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A Marriage Revealed on the Paintball Field

,3:36 pm

We suit up in camouflage flak jackets, protective face masks and gloves and then, after a thorough briefing, we’re each handed a weapon:  a shotgun about the size of a .22 gauge hunting rifle outfitted with a large hopper. Finally, we are handed the ammunition and we dump it into the hoppers by the hand-full. Dozens up […]

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Driving Lessons

,7:02 pm

Not much points up how different my husband and I are than the way we approach teaching our kids a new skill. Take driving lessons for example. My older daughter has just turned sixteen. She is, in many ways, her mother’s daughter, that is, methodical, studious, careful.  Neither of us can look at anything in […]

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Come With Me. Let’s Escape.

,10:34 pm

  The phone rings. “Come with me to Hatteras,” my husband says when I answer. “Come stay for two or three days. Pack your bathing suit.” He sounds a little out of breath. I can hear the muffled sounds of a busy airport in the background, the tinny voice of the public address system, the […]

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And Now for the Ancient Admiral Kitchen Stove

,10:20 pm

Since last week’s blog was a rant about pre-marital furniture, I thought it only fair to present an alternative view this week, by arguing for the virtue of our Ancient Admiral Kitchen Stove, another hangover from my husband’s first marriage. Perhaps “hangover” isn’t the most apt choice of word. Legend has it that this stove was part […]

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Things I Could Really Live Without: the Dining Room Table

,10:50 am

The cat naturally appreciates what she has Today, I set up office on my husband’s first wife’s dining room table. I know, I know. Sounds a little off, doesn’t it?  When I mentioned this arrangement to a girlfriend of mine, as we sat chatting over coffee, she practically spit out her latte. “You’re doing what?” […]

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A Marriage I Arranged Myself

,10:44 pm

I’m headed out the door to the gym. It’s one o’clock in the afternoon, not my usual time to work out, but I need a break. I’ve been a cranky with my husband these last few days and, at the moment, I can barely stand to be in the same room with him.  My anger […]

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Warrior Girl Dashing ….T-3 and Counting

,11:07 pm

  Today’s Training:  1-hour windsurfer wrestling and 2.6 km run Lyric of the Day:  “I don’t play no games so don’t-don’t-don’t get it confused no Cause you will lose yeah” On the Floor, Jennifer Lopez feat. Pit Bull I didn’t really want to windsurf. I was simply yielding to my husband’s wishes in a fit […]

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Warrior Girl Dashing…T-4 and counting

,5:19 pm

  Today’s Training:  Warrior Dash Reconnaissance. That`s right. Reconnaissance. Recognition. To know again. We know the Warrior Dash Battlegrounds, the ski hills at Horseshoe Valley because we have been skiing down them for years.  Running up them them in the heat of July, however, is another matter. So, today’s mission was to to get a renewed sense of direction. […]

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