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Unqualified Marriage Advice

We’ve taken 11 trips around the sun as husband and wife. In these years we’ve learned a few things about how to love each other, how to fight with each other, and how to stay together. As you can see my…

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Penn tackles Napoleon Dynamite’s famous dance scene

Kim and I were newlyweds. We were living in an absolutely minuscule apartment in New York City. Kim had to fly to Houston the next day because someone found a finger in a hot dog, and when you are the…

Wellness

This is 40.

I mark my 40th trip around the sun in March. I will admit, I’ve been slowly tip-toeing towards my 40th birthday waiting to feel anxious or upset or … something. But from where I sit, at this moment, I just…

Food

When kids take over the kitchen | Chopped cooking challenge

I had had enough. I’d had enough of carefully preparing healthy, delicious meals only to see my children reject them. I was DONE. So I made them cook. Yep. I told my six year old and eight year old they…

Wellness

Walk a mile in my Spanx.

I recently went for my yearly physical and here’s the conversation I had with my doctor: Me: “I’ve gained about 10 pounds over the last year and I’m tired all the time.” Doctor: “Well, this is common of a woman…

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Unqualified Marriage Advice

Penn tackles Napoleon Dynamite’s famous dance scene

This is 40.

When kids take over the kitchen | Chopped cooking challenge

Walk a mile in my Spanx.

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