Back in the Saddle...

Hi friends! Just a quick update on love and life. I'm loving life and am adjusting to the California sunshine (even though I still miss the lovely NYC!).
The rest of my life has taken a little longer to adjust! As I keep being reminded, change comes quickly but the transition is sometimes slowwwwww!

In my ever-changing career, I'm learning what it's like to be my own boss. It's hard! No more complaining about The Man unless I'm willing to complain about myself!

I set up a new website that I'm pretty excited about. And I gave the dating blog a lil' makeover. Things are a-changin'!
Some of you have asked me about my book (thanks for asking!). I've started it over a few times. I guess working in news has trained me to easily kill my work if it doesn't feel relevant (or good). But then... I started liking what I wrote! And then my hard drive died. (so sad!) I was pretty bummed about losing a few chapters; I was heart-broken. It felt kinda like a really hard breakup. One of those really painful breakups that takes a before having the desire to get back in the game. It's still kinda a touchy subject. Ouch.

BUT! Now I'm back in full-swing. It helps that my book deal has finally gone through with all the appropriate signatures and my editor (whom I LOVE!) is rooting me along. So that's fun.
The book world is a really strange business. I feel like I've learned a lot along the way about what it takes to get a book published (let's be honest, I've been the luckiest woman in the world with that and will be forever grateful). Books take so much work to get onto those little shelves! I have an even higher respect now for writers than ever before!

I'm also learning how lonely writing a little book can be. I'm used to focusing on my work while surrounded by the chaos of a busy newsroom. I miss having people around. So sometimes I'll work with noise on in the background. Or I'll head to the outdoor market/mall nearby and will pretend all the passersby are my co-workers. They really are a delight to work with. No one complains about anything!

We're lucky to live fairly close to my mom. Somehow she seems offended if we don't bring our dirty laundry over to wash at her place. She loves us.
And we're about an hour away from one of Evan's brother's place... the other "T&E Johnson" home. It's good to be so close to family.

We have one car and Evan walks to work. The New Yorker in me is still into walking. I miss New York. Have I mentioned that?
For the first few months, I would cry any time I was reminded of New York. I would whimper at songs about the city. I would compare everything to the days gone by ("y'know, we don't even need a car in New York," or "they have the best cookies/crepes/bums in New York," or "I'm pretty sure I weighed 10 pounds less in the city."
I would even get choked up if I watched Law and Order, gazing at the yellow 'caution' tape draped outside bodegas or entrances to subway stations. But now my tears are replaced by the joy for the life I have here with my handsome husband.
Of course, I feel like we had more friends back in New York...

See? I'm making a little bit of progress.

My New Life

I guess I should mention...

I quit my job and moved to L.A.

check out more wedding pics from MegRuth photography here

And now we're married!

Yes, life is blissful.

I'm pretty excited about everything ahead. Moving, marriage, and my new "job" is an adjustment for sure. I'm grateful for all of it. I feel really blessed.

I really am enjoying being married. I truly believe marriage is the modern-day miracle. It has taken me a lot of personal growth and gratitude to get me to the point where I would marry my dream man. I am still in shock about the whole thing. Maybe it'll really hit me soon. Evan is the greatest blessing I have been given so far in my life. He really is amazing and seems to be a never-ending fountain of love and support.

I had a very eventful last year (or so) and I am feeling like this year will be quite busy as well. I just signed with an agent, so we'll see what happens with the book. I guess I need to finish writing it...

I might also start a new lil' blog for Evan and I to keep you updated. We're debating relevance and format.

For now, I'm happy to report that we're getting settled into this new, fantastic chapter of our lives. It's a happy adjustment. I am going to write, to be a wife, to continue being happy, and I'm going to allow more miracles to unveil themselves in my life.

This is the best so far...

On Holiday in New Hampshire...

{A Story...}

Here is Evan after waking up early (9:00) to take us out on a canoe:

Here I am apparently paddling on the lake:


But here is what I was really doing the whole time he rowed:


Here we are being silly on a little island in the middle of the lake:


Evan: Tam, what kind of a face would you make if you were really mad at me?



Evan: Okay, now what kind of face would you make if I got down on one knee like this... and... pulled this little box out of my pocket?

This is how happy I was after he asked me to MARRY HIM!!!!!!!!


This is the proof that we are now ENGAGED!


And here we are, so excited to get married in just a few short months! Yayyyy!

{more details to follow! for now, email me your address! yay!}