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 Ways to Make Your Pregnant Wife Feel Loved
Your pregnant partner may be moody, emotional and even unpredictable due to hormonal changes. What's a baby daddy to do? Pamper and romance her like crazy with 10 Ways to make your pregnant wife feel loved. But why is it so important that you make the woman who is carrying your child feel good about herself? When I was pregnant with my daughter a million moons ago you couldn’t have paid me one … [Read more...]
On why my husband HATES the Bachelor
My husband ABHORS any type of reality show and being the COMPLETE POLAR opposites that we are, of course I am GAGA for them. I pour over their every detail, I get emotionally invested in their unreality and I speculate about their off camera lives. It's true I live for these shows. My husband, not so much. So this week I try to unmask his complete disdain for the newest Bachelor Colton and his … [Read more...]
3 Tips to get your husband to walk the dog at 6 am
This is a very familiar scene in my house: It is 6 am and my newest furry child is on my pillow-pawing at my forehead. The lil guy is dying to go outside and walk. He doesn't care that it is 6am. He doesn't care that I was up till umpteenth o'clock last night. All he cares about is his bladder- which no matter how often I take him out is always full- and this boy can lift his leg at least 15 times … [Read more...]
Things this Wife finds COMPLETELY irresistible about her husband after 19 years of marriage
Now that I have clocked 19 years of marriage under my belt, along with two kids and three dogs, (Gd rest My Mellie's soul) I know one thing for sure- if I didn’t love my husband truly, madly, deeply I would’ve exited this marriage a LONG TIME AGO. Raising kids is hard work, it’s lonely, its frustrating and if I didn’t have a husband to share it all with I’m not sure I’d have gotten this far. We’re … [Read more...]