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Brian with our new puppy Doobie, just relaxing.

A friend asked me what would my top ten marriage tips for hippy DIY culture couples trying to live an ethical, spirtual, down to earth life be. This includes couples with children! and while living in a materialistic world. When I started thinking about it, I realized this was not going to be a short [...]

My parents celebrate their 41st marriage anniversary this year. Someone mentioned to me that I must be so proud, to which I replied nah, not really. It’s their marriage, not mine. I have a lot of mixed feelings about it, as I suspect for many years they stayed together to ‘prove everyone wrong’…in addition to [...]

We went to Cincinnati to visit my folks this past Christmas. While we were in town we visited Krohn Conservatory. This is a wonderful place that I have fond memories of visiting as a child. It had a huge influence on me, and is a big part of why I like plants so much. www.cincinnatiparks.com/krohn-conservatory/index.shtml [...]

We have had a really rough year. Not so much our marriage, but by things that happened to us, including a miscarriage I suffered in September, a mental breakdown I had earlier in the year, the flu that we both had and also the kids got, and most recently our son Todd was hospitalized for [...]

It is a waste of time trying to change a man’s character. You have to accept your husband as he is. Queen Elizabeth II One of the greatest gifts my husband gave to me was acceptance. From the start, he accepted me for me, flaws and all. and I him, from the start I’ve thought [...]

I love this song so much, it reminds me of when Brian and I almost split up and how we both felt, in turn, about staying together. Our relationship has not always been easy and when we were younger we had years it was quite tumultuous and almost split up in 2002. I’m so glad [...]

We’re finally selling our old 1994 Geo. Took some pics to put on craigslist. It runs but needs lots of work and has two flat tires. Would be great as a Cash for Clunkers Trade-in! $600 OBO. Interested? contact trubreck at gmail dot com

The other day Brian said something to be that really, really hurt my feelings. We were watching this comedy show that talked about the various racial stereotypes among women, i.e Asian women and white women being more submissive than black women in relationships. I said to Brian, well that’s not true, you can’t get more [...]

We went to Boothbay Harbor, Maine for our vacation this year and had a great time! more pics here

We had a great 4th of July! More July 4th 2009 pics

Time is flying by! so many things have happened this year so it’s looking like next year will have to be our renewal vows ceremony…I really wanted it to be during our 10th year married but this takes a lot of pressure off of me. Now I have time to relax and really plan it [...]

Here it is the middle of May and we’ve done…basically nothing! Been so busy with work and stuff. I’ve got to get cracking! Ok, today will definitely call about reserving the reception spot at least….

So we decided to have our renewal vows ceremony at Edgwater State park. It’s a beautiful location right by Lake Erie. There is a beautiful hill in one area that would be especially prime. I’m excited! and mailing invitations out this week.

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In case you haven’t seen this video here is a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrnNC5toyeo (all the ones I found the embedding was disabled) When I first saw this video I was shocked! because um, isn’t Beyonce married, and a conservative christian woman to boot? so…huh? Call me old-fashioned but what married woman, what religious woman puts her [...]

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Cover of the card I got for Mercury Man for Valentine’s day, I think these cats are soooooo cute! Today Brian and I share our 13th Valentine’s Day together. The power of love is a beautiful thing. Happy Valentine’s Day to you and yours!

PIC: Brian with one of his cameras. I am feeling very bitter towards him lately because he refuses to move. This weather is very hard on me. What can I do? I’m a woman in love. he’s lucky he’s so cute

PICS: Brian is a teacher and recently his school got moved to a brand new building. We went to go see it on the final weekend before it opened up for students. This is his classroom. I am so proud of him! He is a good teacher and cares about his students.

PICS: Brian is a great cook and he likes making crock pot meals. This is his first chili in the crock pot I got him for Christmas

PIC: Sometimes I think I think that me doing most of the housework and Brian doing most of the outdoor work is not fair but when winter hits, oh my! Um yah he can shovel all that snow, I’m cool with it. ha ha!

How on earth did I miss this! I don’t know if it’s because we’re in the midst of planning our renewal vows, if it’s because I like weddings, if it’s because I believe in love and the power of marriage, or what, but this had me crying by the end. This guy did an 8-hour [...]

It’s either going to be June 20th or June 27th, 2009. Here it is mid-January and that’s about the bulk of planning we have done so far. Egads! See, this is why we went to the courthouse in the first place 10 years ago, planning a wedding is soooo much pressure.

For Christmas Brian got me a digital camera: He also got me the Pac Man game to play on Xbox! Old school! I LOVE pac man, it’s one of the few video games I can understand LOL. I got him a table saw: I also got him a 6.6 quart crockpot. He likes to make [...]

Very upset with Brian all day long today. It started yesterday, I had a terrible time driving in the snow. I saw a car spin off the road and saw several other cars on the side of the road while driving home during a bad snow storm. I got badly frightened and broke down in [...]

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I was with my husband for 3 years and had a child by him before I married him. During that time we had friends and family hinting, telling, even downright urging us to marry. Part of me did not want to marry just because so many people were trying to force it on me. Part [...]

Tuesday Brian and I went out, we caught a bite at a lovely restaurant while my in-laws had the kids. I forgot my lovely new camera! Brian got me Christmas but one thing I plan to do in 2009 is document more of our special times together, just he and I. It was really nice. [...]

Today Brian helped me a great deal with some bookstore stuff; I had a lot of running around to do what with getting some more bookcases and going back and forth the store. I had myself all worked up into a ‘woe is me, no one wants help me’ frame of mind but felt too [...]