Did anyone else have an identity crisis when they tied the knot? I can no longer identify as “single plump waitress living in friend’s attic with constipated cat”. No wonder I didn’t get much action on E-Harmony. Just kidding. Mostly. The truth is, I spent many years not quite fitting in with the people around…
Author: Angela
Christian. Wife. Bonus mom.
Souprise!
I accidentally made soup last night. I found a recipe for White Chicken Chili in a book I borrowed from Hoopla (free digital library app! Check it out! And that’s a library pun 😳). I took a screenshot of the ingredients and instructions but forgot the name of the recipe. I started calling it “Salsa…
B (Less) ed
“Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain” ~ 1 Timothy 6:6 I just want to lean into this verse, hug it tight and let it sink in slowly, taking up residence in my bones. The very appeal of it is strange to me. I always thought I’d end up living in some exotic place…
A Little Updatey Update
Mrs. Matthews here. It’s been almost two months since I walked down the aisle (well it was more a grassy pathway) to marry the best man in the whole world. We had a wonderful day surrounded by a few of our favorite people and it DIDN’T go by in a blur! We rented a…
47 Days
I’ve heard it’s more likely for a woman in her 30’s to be struck by lightning than find a man who’ll want to marry her. Well screw you, old wives tale, because this 30-something is walking down the aisle in 47 days!!! It’s true. After exactly six months of dating, the man of my dreams…
Engaged
2018 was an interesting year, to say the least. Change is a four-letter word in my opinion, followed by others in the process. I don’t do change well. However, a different outcome necessitates a different approach, so I did some changing. First of all, I quit the job I’d been at for fourteen years last…
Big News!
I have waited so long for the day when I’d be able to say these words. Like years. There were many nights I lay in bed, unable to sleep because I just couldn’t imagine my situation changing any time in the foreseeable future and it gave me such a weight of anxiety. I’m sure many…
Living Well
I’ve never really been successful at…well, being successful. It’s not so bad, really. I have my comfort zone. There’s pizza there. But there’s this nagging question buzzing around in my head like an annoying little gnat lately: what if I am actually capable of way more than I think? What if I’ve been letting…
My Love Life and other Ghost Towns
I’ve always found comfort in running. Not physically, obvs, because people that love actual running are straight up crazy. I will never understand. Never. In my laughably terrible dating life, I have historically gravitated towards the…less desirable, shall we say. There has definitely been some “I don’t deserve a good man” garbage taking up space…
Living Well 