I never thought I'd ...

Be a wedding/portrait photographer.

Truly!

Buy why am I sharing this? I've been toying around with an essay for Real Simple's Life Lessons Essay Contest.

I'm not sure I'll enter it, but it's been good to reflect about where I've come from and where I'm going.

Heck, there are a plethora of things I could probably write about.

I never thought I'd ....

• enjoy home demolition/remodel so much
• become a reporter
• marry someone who worked in the field of journaslim
• finish college in 3 years
• live in my current city

I'm sure I could think of more, but I'm a bit tired.

So .... what about YOU ... what did you never think you'd do?

Wife Wessons II

Wife Wesson No. 2 .... never stop learning!

Remember when I was surprised at how much my husband loves UNO? I was utterly surprised at how much a grown man can enjoy UNO. Anyhow, I remember being totally surprised. We'd been dating for more than a year and married for months, how could I NOT know he is an UNO fanatic?

Well, I remember my mom being stunned by learning about my dad. Her lesson? He didn't like moo goo gai pan. Yup, basic Chinese dish. Mom almost always ordered it when we were younger. And we'd generally split a large order of it as a family. Well, I must have been in middle or high school when mom learned dad doesn't really like moo goo gai pan. She was pretty stunned. They'd been eating it for probably a dozen or more years without her knowing this.

So, last night, Erik gave me a grocery list to make his famous chili. :) And baby carrots were on the list.


Baby carrots?

What do those have to do with chili, I asked after I got back from the store.

"They make the perfect pre-chili snack," Erik said matter-of-factly.

Oh.

Wesson Wearned? You never stop learning about someone. Not that I ever pretended to know everything about the man I married ... it's actually kinda nice to learn something new every once in awhile. :)

So .... you old married folks, what are YOU still learning about your spouse?

Wife Wessons

Ok, so I'm lame and am being a goof. This is something I think I'll start .... "Wife Lessons .... or Wife Wessons" ;-)

Anyhow, Wife Wesson No. 1: Never EVER under ANY circumstance tell your husband you think you make a better hamburger than he does. Don't even THINK about it. Nada. (even if it IS true).


And trying to soften the blow by saying "but honey, you COOK them ... and you'll always do that better than me." That is gasoline on fire, not water. ;-)