Briefcase on the Kitchen Table

The musings of a millenial midwestern lawyer and mom.

  • Snow Ball

    Avery and I were returning from the grocery store. There was a blanket of foot-deep snow outside of our apartment and we were wading through it laden-down with swollen plastic bags. Starting to get close to the end of the semester, we were both quiet, silently stressing about all of the things we each knew Continue reading

  • Healthy Competition

    I am sorry it has been a while since I have written. It has been a particularly busy time of the semester. So it is the beginning March Madness and, like all good folks from Indiana, Avery and I have a healthy obsession with college basketball. We have both looked at the stats, the seedings, Continue reading

  • Our Rules

    I would like to reiterate before this post that this blog is not about getting preachy with marriage advice. I have only been married for a year and a half and, while we have overcome some obstacles already, I can think of few things more annoying than a young, newly-married young woman who is still Continue reading

  • My Favorite (and cost-conscious) Wedding Ideas

    I was talking to a friend leading up to Avery and my wedding about all of the pressure to have the perfect, most beautiful, most extravagant big day. She pointed out (and I totally agree with her) that the worst thing a bride can do to themselves is look at bridal magazines. Why? Because the scenes and Continue reading

  • Practical Post- the checkbook

    So during Avery and my premarital counseling sessions at my church many topics were discussed related to how our marriage was going to work and function. One of the topics discussed was money; how were we going to manage it and how were we going to stay accountable to one another; would one of us Continue reading

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  • The Freakin’ Baby Question

    I apologize that it has been so long since my last post. Life sometimes gets in the way. I hope you like the new look of the blog; I was getting so many posts and comments, I needed a better format to organize it all. So my mother warned me when Ave and I decided Continue reading

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  • Heater

    So, fun fact, Avery’s internal body temperature runs slightly low and mine runs slightly high. This would remain just a couple-fact and not a story if it were not a tool in our marriage. Because Avery is cold-blooded, he tends to get very cold at night (even with all of the covers on him). I, Continue reading

  • Cut each other some slack

    I was talking to my sister recently and she was recalling a bridal shower where she witnessed, as she put it, the “sizing up” that adult woman seem to do of each other. We have all seen it; the “raised eyebrow” moments where one woman clearly disapproves of the other. The questions that are asked Continue reading

  • A Sip

    So, when Avery and I first got married, he had never really had much V8 Splash. I have always been a fan because I am not a huge raw veggie-person but V8 Splash I can definitely drink a small glass of everyday (favorite flavor- Diet Berry Blast). For some reason, this particular juice always seems Continue reading

  • Simple, old fashioned Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Sometimes we get so wrapped up in all of the fancy, fifty-ingredient recipes, that we forget how hard it is to make something simple, like the perfect chocolate chip cookie. This recipe was actually a mistake. I love to talk to people while I bake but this can also mean messing things up! I accidentally Continue reading