FOUR YEARS

FOUR YEARS

Whoaaaa, baby – what a week. It started off with a truly delightful little press trip with my friends at ShopRite to a quaint inn in the Hudson Valley. Then yesterday, Olivia had her eye…

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The Better Toast (Happy 3rd Anniversary, J!)

The Better Toast (Happy 3rd Anniversary, J!)

Today marks THREE YEARS of being married to the very best. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, J! This week *also* marks our dating anniversary – so it’s a grand ol’ lucky number seven years in total together. 🙂…

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56 Years of Love Lessons – Happy Valentine’s Day!

56 Years of Love Lessons – Happy Valentine’s Day!

Happy Hump + Happy VALENTINE’S Day, friends! Are you someone who loveloveloves or despises this holiday?? J + I celebrated last night since he’s got a work meeting tonight, so I’m hungover on chocolate truffles…

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A Love Letter to YOU, from my Husband (For our First Wedding Anniversary!)

A Love Letter to YOU, from my Husband (For our First Wedding Anniversary!)

We’ve made it! We’ve crossed the threshold! September 17th is our wedding anniversary. So as of yesterday, J + I have been married for one year. How the heck. I feel like it’s a running theme…

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How I Knew He’s the One

How I Knew He’s the One

Let me kick this off by saying my schedule has been SO DANG WONKY lately between work/travel…honestly, I’m starting to really feel it. I debated doing just a quick “life lately” sorta update post for…

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“I am Worthy of Love.”

“I am Worthy of Love.”

With V-Day right around the corner, it’s hard to escape the hearts-fest that has thrown up on every store endcap – from pink balloons to red roses to pink AND red candies and chocolates galore,…

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Our Riviera Maya Honeymoon

Our Riviera Maya Honeymoon

This time last month, J and I were lying on a white sandy shores of Riviera Maya, Mexico, sipping margaritas and ordering poolside nachos like it was our job. Take. Me. Back. The honeymoon may…

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I don’t want a fairytale love.

I don’t want a fairytale love.

With Valentine’s Day screaming out around the corner in this pink-and-red piñata of hearts and confetti and glitter, I think it’s time to have some girltalk about the thing that everyone’s loving to love or loving…

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How to find The One

How to find The One

Today is a SUPER exciting day. Why? Because it marks the one-year anniversary of being engaged to my best friend on the planet, AND it’s his birthday! January 20th will always be a hella special…

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How to Plan a Wedding in One Weekend

How to Plan a Wedding in One Weekend

Or in other words, Bridal Expos 101. Welcome to another Friday Brideday, where we get sappy for everlasting luuuurvvvveee and all things wedding. In case ya missed it, I got engaged and am now wedding…

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How we Met.

How we Met.

*Thanks to Match.com for sponsoring this post! As always, all opinions are entirely my own. Unless you sat through our fun little video triage, I never hopped over to the blog to spill the beans…

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The Ultimate List: Is your relationship fit to last?

The Ultimate List: Is your relationship fit to last?

*Disclaimer: I am SO not a relationship expert. While I am lucky enough to be engaged to J, we’ve definitely had our fair share of trials and tensions along the way. But I think between…

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I said “Absolutely.”

I said “Absolutely.”

At least, that’s what I think I said. Considering neither of us can actually remember the full dialogue since we were too busy smiling our faces off and blacking out (no Mom, not literally) in…

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Love Story: Part 3 + 3 Tips to Maximize your Love Life

Love Story: Part 3 + 3 Tips to Maximize your Love Life

Happy hump day, happy people! Today handed me a nearly-too-full plate of To-do’s and classes and meetings and rehearsals, so it’s only fitting that it brings a grand finale – Part 3 of my Love…

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Love Story: Part 2

Love Story: Part 2

Aaaaaaand Part 2 is here! I’m stuck here in Blizzard Juno, so I hope your Monday has been less snowy and more pizza-filled than me. What can I say? I’m craving Sicilian. Last week was…

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Love Story: Part 1

Love Story: Part 1

Happy Monday, happy people! Wow – this post (or rather, this quick series of posts) has been a long time coming. You’ve seen Boyfriend popping up on my blog in the past, even so far…

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22 for 2 years.

22 for 2 years.

Monday marked 2 years of officially dating Boyfriend. You may not know that much about me yet, but two years says a lot. I’m not one to stick around with anything that I’m not 100%…

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13 Ways to Know if He’s a Keeper

13 Ways to Know if He’s a Keeper

Publications like Women’s Health and Cosmo always have “You know you’re with the one when…” and “8 Signs your relationship is going to last” articles, and they’re supposed to be our bibles to navigating love…

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Why we Cheat: Why happily married people have affairs. [My Rebuttal]

Why we Cheat: Why happily married people have affairs. [My Rebuttal]

I wish this all was one big April Fool’s joke. Last week, I read a less-than-lovely article by author Hanna Rosin entitled “Why we Cheat.” The subtitle read, “Spouses in happy marriages have affairs. What…

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November: Links I Love

November: Links I Love

November is almost OVER already. Like, what? When did this happen? I have a feeling that that feeling of “life-is-flying-by-way-too-fast” is going to be on repeat for every month hereafter. SHEESH. Big news of the…

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