May 2012
5 posts
blog move
Blogger was going to be a better choice for this project, so I just moved everything over there.
http://beingherhusband.blogspot.com/
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Video Games, Drinking Buddies and Reading, Oh My!...
Video Games, drinking buddies and reading were my three main activities before getting married.
I played video games by myself, as well as online with friends from high school and college.
Drinking buddies, well that is pretty much self explanatory. After work, usually on a Friday, a handful of us would get together and have a few and recap the events of the week.
Reading has been a passion...
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5 Questions to Ask Before You Propose
Thinking about proposing is scary.
Picking out a ring is terrifying.
But when you propose to the right girl for the right reasons the terror becomes exhilarating. Or it just stays terror.
My wife and I had vaguely talked about being married at some point. So I did not think it would be a big shock to her when I pulled a ring box out of my pocket. I was wrong.
Don’t misunderstand, she...
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How I got from Sunday Jerk to Monday Fanatic
The short answer? Being married.
The long answer? Don’t get my wrong, I love my job. Sometimes. Sorta. Some days I downright hated my job.
Before I got married, there were plenty of things about my job that I did not enjoy. Some days it was a boss. Some days it was a parent. Some days it was a student. Some days it was the politics of education, so recently put into the spotlight...
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Wife Tax
The first thing you need to know is that my wife and I are on Dave Ramsey’s program, baby step #2 - the debt snowball. If you are not familiar, hit the source link.
The second thing you need to know is that my wife is a graduate assistant, which means she doesn’t have to pay tuition while working on a PhD. YES! AWESOME! HOORAY! At roughly $1500 per class, this is HUGE!.
What isn’t huge?...
