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Here’s The Thing

So here's the thing about spending the odd evening on your own.

It is sometimes fun, because you get to do things like try out bizarre beauty products (that is a décolletage mask) that you might try out if your husband was there...but also might not, as it might occur to you that keeping a little mystery alive is possibly a good thing.

And then you might realize that you have a blog upon which you will probably post the mystery-destroying photograph anyway, and send it to your husband via email with the subject line "This is what I do when you're gone."

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To The Other Side

Q. Hi Jordan,

As I continue to read your blog, I find myself especially appreciative of your posts about life issues faced by young women. They're definitely relevant to me and I love your honest and optimistic approach.

On that note, I'm really hoping you might be able to offer some advice about my relationship situation.

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Up (And Off) The Wall

Kendrick and I go to the movies a lot.

It’s partially because we really like going to the movies – I personally enjoy the experience of being required to do absolutely nothing at all except for ingest salt-encrusted carbohydrates for two hours – but also partially because over time going to the movies has kind of become our default date. We don’t even usually go to dinner beforehand, because honestly? I am a crazy popcorn person and would rather eat more popcorn than less popcorn, and I don’t want to spoil my appetite with things like actual food.

Default Dating is something that happens to lots of couples, especially those who have been together for awhile. And there’s nothing wrong with this, but it’s not exactly…exciting. Or memory-making. It feels good just to get out, of course, but not like “dating” used to feel, which was sort of…great.

We make an effort to do lots of out-of-the-box-style activities with our son pretty much every weekend, but it’s rare that we take off on an adventure on our own. Over the years, I’ve come to realize that doing cool stuff together can be something that sort of gets away from you if you don’t pay attention.

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Weekend Snapshots: Scarecrows & Dinosaurs Edition

I am sad summer is ending, obviously.

I'm also SO EXCITED summer is ending, because the Hudson Valley in autumn is like a kid who's been practicing for a performance all year long and finally gets to put on his costume and go on stage. I've now become one of those people who actually reads Westchester Magazine and calendars upcoming events in her iPhone (although that is the only Westchester Mom stereotype I will concede to...aside from, perhaps, a not-so-hot understanding of exactly what is going on with the highways and parkways and throughways around here and how one might learn how to navigate them within this century), and one of the events that I calendared way, way back was this one:


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