Our second stab at our girls “wine club*” was a success. Eight women came over to my house (perfect number), and we celebrated Cinco de Mayo by indulging in wines from Chile. When I say indulge I mean drank too much wine, in a short period of time, but had a complete blast! Wine Club […]
I am a very avid reader (if by avid you mean reading about a chapter at night before bed), and I love books. I always have. My book club failed, and I was bummed about that because it started to force me to get out of my reading comfort zone, and try different types of […]
All through college, my favorite time of the week was at 4 o’clock on Friday…the start of Happy Hour! It was wonderful – great friends, great music, and great beer. My love for happy hour continued post-college, but it seemed that my friends didn’t love it as much as I did, and over time I didn’t […]
So like last week I am going to participate in The Diaper Diaries, Things I Love Thursday! I enjoyed sharing last week about my love for Pet Photography, and I think this is a great opportunity for me to share about the things that make me happy. This week’s thing is something so small, and […]
A group of my girlfriends decided that we needed to do a “girls’ night” once a month, so that we can get together and gossip. Last fall we decided to try to do this as a book club. It seemed like a great idea, books were chosen and we set up meeting times. This worked […]
After the Alter is a blog about my "life after the alter" meaning after being married, and the changes that go with it. I am a mom to a beautiful boy and girl who are the stars of this blog, and a little Pomeranian named Tinkerbell. I LOVE being married to Captain Awesome, and here I share stories of my life as I learn how to be the best wife and mom I can be, and all my crazy thoughts along the way.