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The Captain Cleans...Kind of....

In our household I pretty much do all of the cleaning. It is what it is and I normally don’t mind too much. I dream of being a housewife one day, and I figure it will be part of my duties then so I might as well get used to it. The Captain [...]

May 12th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: captain awesome | 3 comments

Pre Mother's Day

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mother’s and future mother’s out there. Every year I always enjoy celebrating the day honoring my mother, grandmother and mother in law, but this year was a little different. This year I got the chance to take a peek at the future and allow myself the joys of [...]

May 9th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: captain awesome, marriage, pregnancy | 6 comments

Ramblings of Captain Awesome - Ignoring The Fighting Wife

Wow…that’s pretty much all I can say about Captain Awesome’s post. I don’t even know what to begin! lol All I can say is enjoy, and ladies feel free to give him HELL!

When we last talked, I was in the midst of defending myself from Wifey 101: Ignoring it Will not Make it go [...]

March 21st, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: captain awesome | 20 comments

Ramblings of Captain Awesome: Nagging Wife Rebuttal

I have been asking The Captain to write on my blog for some time now. I thought it would be a great way for you to get to know him…well I guess I struck a cord with my last Wifey 101 post titled: Ignoring it will not make it go away, because this was [...]

March 14th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: captain awesome | 43 comments

The Captain Has A DeathWish

As much as it saddens me to post this…I have to. I am convinced that my husband has a death wish. It’s nothing crazy to most. He doesn’t do extreme sports, or play with guns, or anything really physically dangerous. What he does do is text CONSTANTLY while he is driving. And with [...]

March 2nd, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: captain awesome | 30 comments

Last Minute Hostess

My husband has 2 work Christmas parties every year. One is the management party in which I am invited to, and the second is for the entire office which I am not invited to. Last year the party occurred on a very snowy December day. My husband called me to tell me that people cancelled [...]

December 17th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Parties, captain awesome, holidays, home, marriage | 4 comments

Happy Birthday Captain Awesome!

Today is the day that my best friend and soul mate came into this world….today is my husband’s BIRTHDAY!!!

I am one lucky lady to have my husband and best friend rolled into one person. I know not everyone has that. Our relationship started almost 9 years ago and it started as a friendship….from there we found [...]

November 10th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: About me, captain awesome | 4 comments