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Conversation With HCFG – The Healthy Edition

( Food and HCFG and Life and POV and Relationships )

HCFG: “I would love some oatmeal cookies, are there any more of them still around?”
Lisa: “You asked me to hide them so they wouldn’t tempt you, remember?”
HCFG is speaking slowly and carefully: “Right, I did. But that was last week. Now I’m requesting a few cookies so will you please bring me a handful?”
Lisa: “No.” [...]

There’s No Place Like Someone Else’s Home – Part 2

( Clothes and HCFG and His Family and Holidays and Kizmeet and POV and Relationships and Travel )

So I already told you that our holiday trip started off badly. Our new flight was rescheduled to leave on the morning of Christmas Eve at 6:20 a.m. We packed until the wee hours of the morning, and then collapsed for a brief rest.
We had to be extra-careful not to forget anything, since [...]

A Lifetime In The Rain

( Ally da Pup and Life and New York and POV and Relationships )

Ally da Pup needed to walk and it was pouring rain outside. We were both less than thrilled at the prospect, but sometimes “you do what you gotta do.” As we came back, I noticed a relative mountain of furniture and trash bags blocking the door. I assumed someone was moving and didn’t really pay [...]

The Day After

( Carbs and Food and His Family and Holidays and Kizmeet and POV and Relationships and Travel )

“Honey, wake up! Aren’t we going to make brunch for your family today?”
Grunts emanate from the enormous tangle of covers on the bed.
“We promised to cook breakfast for our New Year’s Day celebration. You really need to get up now, o.k.?”
More grunts, but the pile of bedding begins to stir.
“Why did we offer to do [...]

Would You Like (Your) Warm Nuts With That?

( HCFG and Holidays and Kizmeet and Mom and Relationships and Travel )

When HCFG and I traveled for Thanksgiving, we had to leave on a separate days. I took the whole week off, but he had to work down to the wire. He traveled on Thanksgiving Day, and because he is a bajillion-mile-flyer he was upgraded to First Class.
That particular airline has a deal where you [...]

Tempering The Bliss

( Dating and HCFG and Kizmeet and POV and Relationships and Romance )

I’m sure it’s been made quite clear by now that HCFG and I are happy together. Ad nauseum at times (sorry about that!) But you can’t write about a good relationship and not talk about the fights as well. And yes, we do fight. Of course we do, everyone does. Any couple that says they [...]

Traveling With The Man – Part 1

( HCFG and His Family and Holidays and Home and Kizmeet and Mom and Relationships and Travel )

After our first vacation as a couple last August went so smoothly, HCFG and I decided to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas together. We also figured that things have been going well enough that we’re at the “meet the parents” stage, (hopefully unlike the movie of the same name.)
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Sharing The Ick

So you may have seen the other day that I was wounded while being a doting girlfriend. Needless to say I milked it for all it’s worth, (hey no one ever called me stupid! At least not to my face.) Anyway, I waved my sore finger around until even my snarky boyfriend felt a WEE [...]

Love Unleashed

( Ally da Pup and HCFG and Kizmeet and Life and POV and Relationships )

Beep-Beep-Beep-Beep-Beep-Beep-Beep-Beep
I reach over and sleepily hit the snooze button.
Groans from both sides of the bed.

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Musings From a Lighthouse

( HCFG and Kizmeet and Life and Marriage and POV and Relationships and Travel )

This past August, HCFG and I took a road trip to Maine to celebrate his birthday. We planned a long weekend, but decided to take things at a leisurely pace. The only high pressure thing on the schedule was arriving in Bar Harbor in time for dinner.
We ate lobster until we were ready to pop, [...]