Beth: Let’s make a dinner with no meat tonight.
Sam: OK, how about lamb?
Sam posted a recap of our weekend and trip to the famer’s market but let me tell you how much I heart Sunday night dinner at the Spratlins. When we are both home and around we generally try and stick to that schedule. [...]

At least for now. Since my sweet hubby is sort of a regular blogger I feel as though audiences only get one side of the Spratlark life. I mean, one really doesn’t need to know anything but if Sam is going to insist on sharing I feel like my entries will help keep it all [...]

It seems I have neglected this blog for quite some time now. What can I say? We are just working hard, playing hard; trying to carpe diem.

I don’t have one and won’t for a little while yet, but we have a lot of parent and baby related things going on in our life.
My dear friend Christiney is just 11 weeks away from giving birth to a baby girl. Her bump is so cute- she is one of those people that wears [...]

So it looks like I almost completely neglected February, but I wanted to squeeze one in before it comes to a close. Life as a Wife is going swimmingly, I think I am well suited for the position. Sam and I DIY’d a plumbing issue this week and that really made us feel like [...]

back to school, to prove to dad I am no fool. Lots of things about going to work feel similar to when we went to school as kids. Now, I pack my gym bag, lay out my outfit, put together nutritous snacks and go to bed pretty early. 
I started my new job yesterday and so far [...]

I was able to see a lot of good coming out of my departure from Ogilvy for a long time. New opportunities, time to plan our wedding and getting tipsy on weeknights to name a few. But recently I was slightly pessimistic about the process and it was becoming a bit of a chore. I [...]

It is true! A job offer has been extended my way and I am proud to say it is a good one. Getting a job was more of a pride thing than anything- darn you economy I am gonna do this with or without 10% unemployment in the country. Yay! Mission accomplished.
I am excited to [...]

I got Julia Child’s cookbook for Christmas along with Julie and Julia, such an adorable movie and really good motivation to get you to cook if you don’t already. One of the first chapters has soups and Potato Leek  immediately popped out at me. Sam concurs that this would be tasty but we ended up [...]

Sam thinks the title and tagline of my new blog makes it sound like I am being a subservient  1950s wife to him. In my eyes, I just want to do a good job at my half of the whole. It isn’t everyday you pick up a new title in your life and I [...]