LiveBlogging: The Presidential Debate or the John McCain drinking game

This is the Trusty Husband hijacking Elle’s blog for the night.
Beer: Check.
Two minutes to go.
Remember anytime John McCain says Maverick, you must drink.
Game time. Town Hall format. Dems are the favorite in the polls right now.  Tom Brokaw is the moderator.
80 non-committed voters in the audience.  Candidates haven’t seen the questions, blah, blah.
First question goes [...]

He’s home, I’m still alone

The trusty husband got an earlier flight in last night.  The allowed him to arrive home at 8:45 p.m. as opposed to the likely 11:45 p.m.  That was nice.  I let the child run wild while I laid on the couch and tried to mostly ignore him.  It was nice to have someone around to [...]

der jumper, what the hell is der jumper?

Years ago I made the trusty husband promise me that he would never again buy a broken computer.  I made him swear that any computer he purchased had to be brand spankin’ new out of the box.  You see, he used to work for Mega Office Supply Chain and found a great deal! on a [...]

My Man

Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband!
1. Who is your man?
The Trusty Husband (Code name: Derek, spell it right puh-leez)
2. How long have you been together?
*squinting and making hate math faces* 15 years
3. How long did you date?
4 years
4. How old is your man?
33 today
5. Who eats more?
he does
6. Who said “I love you” first?
Probably him. [...]

Just a day, just us

Days like yesterday make me miss it being just us. As we were driving along and I mentioned this to the trusty husband he responded with, “yeah, but you miss the boy and as soon as we get home you are going to smooch all over him.” He was right. And I [...]

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