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Are You Both Complaining About The Same Thing?

By nature, I am a soft-spoken woman, but despite this, I am convinced my husband at times suffers from “selective hearing.” Selective hearing is when he can hear the kids just fine, he can hear the sports commentators, but my request for his help washing the dishes goes unacknowledged. When this happens, I usually just take a deep breath and ask him again, louder this time, and he responds to … [Continue reading...]

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Valentine’s Day Gift Guide: For Him AND You

Among most people I know, views on Valentine's Day are usually split down the middle: half love it and spend most of January thinking about it, and half suffer through it and secretly (and sometimes not so secretly) think it's a ploy by greeting card companies and restaurants to boost their profits during an otherwise drab period of the year. I fall in the first category. I love Valentine's … [Continue reading...]

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Stop (Fighting) In The Name Of Love: What I’ve Learned In 1,310 Days Of Marriage

It's a couple weeks before Valentine's Day so you'd think I'd be talking about love and tenderness and romance and all that jazz. I will soon (last minute gift guide, anyone?) but let's be honest - love is complicated. I'm a classic Type A personality - ambitious, irritated easily, always in a rush, always looking for something to do, never really take time to relax. And my husband? Let's just … [Continue reading...]

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