If you've been in the marriage hood as long as I have, the question "How Should I React When my Husband gets me a Present I Hate?" will probably make you chuckle. Like me, you're probably thinking, " If my husband actually GOT ME A PRESENT I'd be thrilled." It's true my husband and I don't often exchange gifts at this point- we are more apt to write each love letters and personally, for me, that … [Read more...]
Weight Watchers One Point Chocolate Chip Cake
Marriage is messy and complicated. It's a daily uphill battle of compromise and self-sacrifice, it's not a sprint it's a marathon. ( And I never thought I'd be celebrating my husband's 61st birthday with a Weight Watchers One Point Chocolate Chip Cake - but I digress). When you get married the most important decisions are: what flavor butter cream frosting will I choose to adorn my three-tiered … [Read more...]
Weight Watchers Banana Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipe- Just 4 Smart Points per muffin!
I get quite a few gift pitches-especially when a National Hallmark sanctioned holiday is right around the corner- and Mother's Day is NO EXCEPTION. I guess because I write a blog about relationships, with the occasional story or two about my offspring thrown in for good measure, companies are sending me products they think wives- like me-would be thrilled to receive from their better … [Read more...]
10 date ideas just for parents–NO KIDS ALLOWED
Last weekend I was EXHAUSTED. I came home from the gym and had plans to jump in the shower put on my jammies and Get in bed. Really it sounded like the most divine way to spend the weekend. Unfortunately- unbeknowst to me- my husband had other plans (and inspired this 10 date ideas just for parents--NO KIDS ALLOWED ). In fact he was waiting for me on the couch all dressed up in his sports … [Read more...]
Are you married and proof that all wives do not cook and all husbands do not clean gutters?
So my husband just made his list and he checked it twice. Then he was off-no not off to go and chop wood, clean the gutters or grow some more hair on his chest- rather he was off to pick up a package of tofu and start planning his dinner menu. which leads me to my question: Are you married and proof that all wives do not cook and all husbands do not clean gutters? … [Read more...]
