Why are our spouses such an easy target when we're under stress? It usually just makes our situations even worse. 7 Tips for Handling Stress in your Marriage Even if you're just reacting to stress and don't really mean them, insults and derogatory remarks hurled at your spouse will undermine your relationship often to a devastating conclusion, if left unchecked. Don't let your marriage … [Read more...]
6 Tips to Help Newlywed Couples Survive that First Year of Marriage
If you asked me for some advice about surviving that first year of marriage I would tell you this... all those magically delicious gauzy fairy tales of newlyweds riding off into a sunset are just that; fairy tales. Which is why I am sharing 6 Tips to Help Newlywed Couples Survive that First Year of Marriage because in fact, the first year of marriage is rife with growing pains, as two … [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 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...]