by Amy | Jun 9, 2014 | My Family, Our Situation, Wedding Plans
I’m getting married in 5 weeks (!) and I’ve started wondering – should I change my name? Not my last name, silly. “Wruble” is too much a part of me. Wrubes. A-Dub. Amy Roooo. Ruby Tuesday. Arugula. Wruble-loo. Wruby. Where do the...
by Amy | Mar 9, 2014 | My Family, Our Situation, Wedding Plans
Dear Viv, I know wedding planning hasn’t been that fun for you. Lots of long car rides, boring meetings and time-consuming bridal indecision. Plus, grown-ups are always telling you not to touch anything, like that’s a reasonable request. I hope we made it...
by Amy | Oct 24, 2013 | My Family, Our Situation, Wedding Plans
It’s no secret that my fiancé and I had our daughter out of wedlock. Most people have been cool with it, and I don’t think our child, relationship, or society-at-large have suffered for our jumping the gun. However, I have discovered that there is one serious problem...
by Amy | Sep 8, 2013 | My Family, Our Situation, Wedding Plans
We’re 10 months out from our wedding (frightening to read that back, since that time frame implies I should be, um, planning something?), so I decided it was time to start training our daughter to be a flower girl. Certainly, that would be easier than any of...
by Amy | Jun 1, 2013 | My Family, Our Situation
Lord, I’ve upset the Catholics. Okay, just one Catholic, writing for AltCatholicah.com, in a post that was picked up by pop culture website Acculturated. Go read it, I’ll wait. Here’s the author’s beef with me – when Leigh Fitzpatrick Snead reads a mom blog, she...
by Amy | Mar 18, 2013 | My Family, Our Situation, Shopping, Sponsored, Wedding Plans
Here’s a quiz I found in one of my bridal magazines: What Kind of Bride Are You? 1. How would you describe your look? A. Flirty and feminineB. Sleek and contemporaryC. Yoga pants and a dark t-shirt with food on it 2. What kind of lingerie would you love to...
