When it comes to Father's Day, do you find yourself devoting all of your attention to helping your kids celebrate dad? Maybe this means supervising the making of homemade cards, grocery shopping and preparing a breakfast in bed, or coming up with Pinteresting gift ideas. To answer the question- YES to all ( minus the bacon as we are vegetarian and vegan). While there's no question that it's … [Read more...]
How Should I React When my Husband gets me a Present I Hate?
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...]
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...]
I can’t change the fact that When my husband is 80 I’ll be 65 but I can enjoy our time together with a COCKTAIL
I can't change the fact that When my husband is 80 I'll be 65 is a sponsored post. I had this really sobering reality check today; that I can't change the fact that When my husband is 80 I'll be 65. And it probably won't be pretty. And I'll probably appear to strangers as his nursemaid as opposed to his wife. Unfortunately when I met him at the tender age of 23--I saw him as the … [Read more...]