Observations on love, marriage, and motherhood
People frequently say my name wrong. Although I think it's an easy name to pronounce, most of the time I'm called the wrong name at work, where I'm wearing a nametag that says "Jillian" in bold letters. Lately, I've been called: Julie Anne, Julian, JoAnn, Julia, Julie Anna, Jeralyn and even Jun Lin. Coleman's name…
I'm in an introspective mood, so I'm listening to the Ray Lamontagne station on Pandora today. Between ol' Ray, Joshua Radin and Ben Harper, things are going just fine. Coleman is out of town for the week...again. He's been in Idaho, and he flies from Boise to Salt Lake City tomorrow morning. Thankfully, he'll be…
Although it was technically during the week, the three-day weekend I just had was amazing! Monday (Labor Day), Coleman and I went out to lunch and shopped during the afternoon. Then, we grilled out hamburgers and spent a few blissful hours watching movies. On Tuesday, I got up bright and early...to go to Target and…
I claim to be neither a Democrat nor a Republican, but on Sunday, Coleman and I decided to head down to the site of the Democratic National Convention to see what the festivities were all about. The closest we got to Obama was a cardboard cut-out at some t-shirt stand, but we did see a…
A miracle has occurred. Coleman has found a Chick-fil-A in Denver! It's 45 minutes away, but it exists nonetheless. I hope they'll sell gallons of sweet tea in the drive thru. Another miracle is this: I feel happy today! As anyone may have noticed from my negative attitude about everything over the last month, this move…
1. Why does NBC feel that Coldplay and Kanye West are the only artists who can truly accentuate an Olympic montage? 2. Speaking of the Olympics, it was exactly 20 years ago, during the 1988 Olympic games in Seoul, Korea, when 4-year-old Jillian was watching the women's floor routines in the living room by herself, decided she wanted…
It's been hard for me to be motivated to keep up with this blog, because honestly, I haven't really had much to tell. I've been working, Coleman's been working, I've been watching the Olympics. Today it's really cold outside--a high of 60. And it's been drizzling all day. It's making me wish I was at…
I'm at work. It's Saturday. I don't want to be at work on a Saturday. I don't know how to get anywhere. I can't find anything in the grocery store, because I haven't figured out how it's organized yet. I don't have any friends. I'm not adjusted to the altitude. Coleman's leaving town for a…
I'm wearing an apron. Chicken is baking in the oven. Potatoes are almost ready for mashing. Broccoli standing by. Coleman's playing Wii. I'm planning on baking chocolate chip cookies (my Mom's famous recipe) after dinner. Things are coming together!
Our first week in Denver has gone pretty well, so far. The apartment is looking great! It's been hot here during the day, near the 100's every afternoon, but it cools down so much at night, that it doesn't seem so bad. Sunday we tried our first church. We went to Denver Community Church, where…
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