Personal | Geek in Heels

A friend recently asked me how I knew J was "the one." My answer? I didn't. I don't believe in soulmates. I believe that marriage is damn hard. And I believe we are continually evolving as people so that the person you married 3/5/10/20 years ago may not necessarily be the same person with whom you vowed to spend the rest of your life. But what I did tell my friend was that my relationship with J started out differently than all my past relationships. For one, we were friends first...

Baby, Funny, Parenting, Personal

Christmas Tree Decorating Guidelines

Dec 13. 2012

What's that you say? There are only a dozen days left before Christmas and we have yet to put up our tree? Please. That's nothing to this family of procrastinators. And just in case there are others out there in the same boat — Bueller? Hello? I know we can't be the only ones! — who may need some guidance on the best way to decorate the tree based on their children's ages, here's an instructional from the ever-so-delightful How to Be a Dad. J and I have talked about dragging our tree out of storage and getting it set up, preferably while both girls are asleep. However, we think that Claire would love being a part of the process this year, so we're willing...

Blogging, Giveaways, Personal

Help Decide the Next Giveaway with a Giveaway!

Dec 11. 2012

In the spirit of the holidays — (And to thank all my readers and sponsors!) I have decided that a nice giveaway is in order. :-) The thing is, I can't quite decide what to give away. I have gotten it down to three choices. And as much as I would love to have all three up for grabs, I'm just not that rich. And in cases like this, isn't it best that YOU, the reader, should decide? In order to make it more fun...

Claire, Cute, Funny, Personal, Relationships

Memories from My 32nd

Dec 09. 2012

So Claire surprised me with a bouquet of flowers on my birthday. (Her grandparents had paid for it, but they told me that she had picked it out and she presented it to me while shouting, "Heppy buh-she-dey umma!") Of course I immediately placed the flowers in a vase and displayed them prominently on our kitchen table. And I guess Claire understands the concept of birthday gifts, because she would continually point to the flowers and say, "꽃!" (kkot, or flower in Korean) "Umma buh-she-dey!" "That's right, you gave them to umma for my birthday. Thank you!" I would reply. Then she would nod proudly, smile, and walk away. Well, after about the fifth time she did this, she looked a bit thoughtful, then added,...