http://www.no-dowry.com Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:23:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Happy New Year! I've got a good feeling about 2010. There's just something so balanced and wholesome about the sound of it... so balanced and wholesome that I've decided to make a few tentative New Year's resolutions for the first time in many moons. I realize "tentative resolution" may sound ... http://www.no-dowry.com/2010/01/happy-2010-resolution-1/ For the first time in years, the holidays are going to be blissfully simple. Travel-free, present-free, stress-free beautiful simplicity. Brian and I are staying here in Hawaii, and my family is coming to us to celebrate. My parents just left after a fantastic and far-too-short visit, and Melia and Darren ... http://www.no-dowry.com/2009/12/mele-kalikimaka/ Many of you have asked me about these recently, so I feel that it's my duty to share them with the world. These are the basic rules to what can only be described as the greatest drinking game of all time. Now before you get all preachy on me about how ... http://www.no-dowry.com/2009/10/dawsons-drink-the-rules/ It's been awhile since I've made time to blog, which I blame on two reasons: No, a different two reasons... Reason #1. I've been living the dream in Hawaii. Yes, you're probably all sick of hearing about how beautiful and wonderful it is here, but well... I'm sorry, the truth hurts. I ... http://www.no-dowry.com/2009/10/happy-times-fresh-starts/ Glorious news. Brian and I spent a few tedious, yet rewarding, hours on Friday evening updating the design and functionality of this fine blog you are reading. Voila! (And yes, we are huge dorks who voluntarily spend Friday nights tinkering with Photoshop, WordPress and BlueHost. Go ahead and judge.) I'm pretty ... http://www.no-dowry.com/2009/09/hey-everyone-come-and-see-how-good-i-look/ I'd like to preface the following with the important fact that most of the Navy wives I have met here are damn cool ladies. They are smart and funny and independent and generally awesome people. They are women I would want to be friends with, whether or not our husbands ... http://www.no-dowry.com/2009/08/navy-wives/ Brian and I have been married for six months today, which, by Us Weekly standards, means one of us should be dating Angelina Jolie by now. I probably wouldn't have noticed the date if my wonderful sister hadn't emailed me with the note: "I've been thinking about your six-month wedding ... http://www.no-dowry.com/2009/07/a-toast-from-my-sis/ I am a couple of steps closer to thinking of Kailua as home, and it is a damn good feeling. I spent two weeks on the mainland in June-- two glorious weeks with family and friends in the Bay Area and Portland that made me wish more than once that I ... http://www.no-dowry.com/2009/07/a-recipe-for-sanity/ I've been having a hard time lately getting myself to sit down and sort through the crazy, frazzled mess that is my brain and somehow translate those thoughts into coherent, entertaining blog posts. I guess I haven't posted anything in a few weeks because I just don't feel like being ... http://www.no-dowry.com/2009/06/separation-anxiety/ It's official. Brian and I live in Hawaii, and so do all our worldly possessions. After being in limbo for so many months and shuttling from one end of the country every few weeks, it is such a relief to be here. And plan to stay here. Well, I will ... http://www.no-dowry.com/2009/05/first-days-in-hawaii/