Welcome to The Nerd’s Wife blog!
My name is Arena — yes, like a rodeo arena — and I married a nerd.
Don’t get me wrong, I love the guy more than anything and I’d never trade our life together. But sometimes it’s a little tough to process all of the bizarrely nerdy situations in which I find myself.
That’s where you come in. This blog is my creative outlet. You’ll find recipes, photos and stories about all things nerdy. Oh boy!
Who We Are
James is The Nerd. He’s a mechanical engineer and the smartest man I know. He enjoys watching Star Trek, playing first-person shooters, collecting Magic cards and listening to podcasts.
I am a former newspaper reporter, turned yearbook specialist. I read more than I should, bumble around in the kitchen trying to make something edible and annoy people by sticking my lens in their faces.
We have two puppies, who are more than pets; they’re our children. Georgie is a feisty pomeranian who loves to tease his sister and won’t leave my side for anything. Kaylee is a spunky beagle whose favorite place is under the couch (or the covers). She gets into everything and is always contemplating her next adventure.
We both graduated from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Whoop! Yup, we’re Aggies and we’re proud of it!
Here we are before the A&M vs. Baylor football game. We had awesome seats!
How We Met
We met in College Station, which is the place where all great things start anyway. I had already graduated, but he was still in school. I was a reporter for the local newspaper, working long days and often late nights.
Our very first date was to the campy, graphic novel film 300. I don’t remember most of the film because I was too busy staring into his big, blue eyes. I was smitten, and I guess he was, too. We saw each other pretty much every day after that. We were constantly together.
Pretty soon, his nerdiness started to rub off on me. I found myself trying to play computer games and wearing Transformers masks.
This is us at James’ 23rd birthday party. It was Transformers themed!
The Rest of the Story
We soon got married and found ourselves living in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. As our lives changed and we grew up, I started trying my hand at different recipes, taking photos and documenting our adventures to ease my itch to write.
And, thus, this blog was born.
This is us at our wedding!
The Blog
The Nerd’s Wife is an eclectic mix of life lessons, photography, recipes, reading and nerdy things.
Each month, we receive more than 10,000 unique visitors with 20,000 page views.
We have more than 1,050 public followers, 600 Facebook fans and 1,000 Twitter followers.
And we’re continually growing!
You may e-mail me with any questions that you have.
Thanks for looking, and I hope you enjoy your time here!
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5 comments
Glad to find an Aggie blog I can follow.:) My husband is an Aggie. When to College Station himself. Looking forward to trying many of your recipes. I know my Husband will love the Chocolate Peanut Butter cupcakes. His favorite candy is Peanut butter cups also
Jenn
Glad to see you here, Jenn! Hope you and your husband enjoy the cupcakes!
Great to find another fellow Aggie! Whoop!! Class of 2003 here!
My hubby and I actually live in the DFW area as well…What a crazy small world! I’ve actually been following your blog for awhile now (on my google reader..you were recommended by a friend)..but I JUST TODAY read through your blog site. What a great surprise to find you were a Fightin’ Texas Ag too AND living in the area!
Whenever you get a chance..please check out my blog.. it’s a rambling of sorts of my life with my Chef husband and our sweet puppy Macie! kelleyfoodies.blogspot.com
Keep doing what you’re doing!
-Yvette
Love the idea of the pies in a jar! Look forward to seeing more of you.
I came across your blog when i searched for rolo turtles. I love your blog!!!