Skylar Formula Last week Skylar went out to get a pack of cigarettes and never come back so I was a hot single mom for five days. He had a conference in
Skylar The Possibility of Something Potentially Happening I just finished week twelve of my parental leave. Skylar likes to call what I'm doing "second wife life" because I don't have a
Skylar Literally Never Happened Last Wednesday Skylar walked into our bedroom at 6:30 AM and woke me, saying, "this has literally never happened to me before." In case you missed it,
Skylar Skylar's Birthday Surprise It was Skylar's birthday last week. It's hard to make plans for Skylar's birthday because every time I ask him what he wants to
Baby 2024 Yesterday afternoon I came home from the gym where I'm working on getting a Hot Single Mom bod. Skylar had the day off so he was home with
Baby Little Adventures When Skylar went back to work and I transformed into Hot Single Mom during the day, I decided to begin planning daily adventures with Mr. Baby. Nothing dramatic, of course.
Baby Paternity Leave Skylar went back to work last week after two months of paternity leave, which he has called "maternity" leave despite, and I think, in spite of my constant
Skylar Stench About two weeks ago a friend brought his toddler to our house to meet the baby. Toddlers are terrifying to me. There you can be, having a normal day, feeling
Skylar Mr. Baby Last week I became a dad. Obviously I was already a Father because I personally birthed Duncan and Louie. But I didn't have a human child until just
Skylar Totes Mask One of the things they don't warn you about when you marry a dermatologist is that they like to perform violent experiments on their faces. To be more
Skylar An Affair to Forget Skylar does this thing where he puts something on our shared calendar and tells me about it in person and then reminds me several times and then has the absolute
House The Curb We think the junk in our garage breeds. There's no other explanation for how it gets filled up every six months. We have no memory of putting anything
Skylar Over The Hill I turned 40 on Saturday, which means I'm now officially pickled. I remember when my dad turned 40. I was seven at the time. His friends gave him
Louie A New Gate I'm not sure if I've ever shared Duncan's birth story here. Maybe it's all felt too sacred to write out. Basically an
Skylar Caftans It's now been like nine months since I first started going to the gym trainer I wrote about a while back, which technically means I could have become
Skylar A New Physician A few years ago my doctor just straight up quit being a doctor. She didn't quit working at her clinic or move away. She didn't retire
Skylar Night Owl Skylar suggested we go to bed on Friday night at 8:30. I've forfeited a lot of things to this man's will. Being a night owl
Skylar The Grand Canyon in a Frozen World A while back Skylar told me he wanted to go to the Grand Canyon for his birthday, which is in January. I didn't object at the time because
Skylar 2023 A few weeks ago I got a call from my mom. She sounded stressed and I could tell instantly something was wrong. "Nonna has been rushed to the hospital.
Skylar The Ambiguous Creative "Don't come into this room," Skylar commanded me one evening last week. These sorts of directives are usually for my own good, or so he says.
Skylar Walktober On September 30th Skylar took my phone from me. He does this from time to time. I've learned not to ask too many questions when it happens. He
Skylar The Gym Trainer Louie has been doing this thing lately where he groans any time my alarm goes off in the morning. It's not a growl. It's not a
Skylar Bike Rides, Busses, and France Not long ago we found out Skylar would have the last two weeks of September off so we decided we should probably make the most of it and head off
Skylar Baptisms One thing Skylar unintentionally signed up for when he first moved to Salt Lake City eight years ago was periodic attendance at Mormon services. He knew I wasn't
Skylar America's Cheerleader I was sitting on the front porch, sipping my coffee, two mornings ago when a woman in an oversized sunhat and holding on for dear life to a leash being
