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Keeping in Touch

When I was a teenager, I spent a lot of time at a friend’s house. I noticed that her father called her mother every day at lunch time, just to touch base. I thought that was unusual—my mother and father didn’t do that. The other day, I was on the phone with my sister when her cell phone rang. It was her husband, calling to see how her day was going. Now, with some life experience of my own, I thought it was sweet. My husband and I don’t have the luxury of calling each other very often, but we … Continue reading →

A Valentine Treasure Hunt

With less than a month to Valentine’s Day, can I suggest you start thinking about a Valentine treasure hunt? I can thank my little granddaughter for this idea. She is right into treasure hunts and makes a lot of them up. She is always giving us or other family members little slips of paper with clues on them which tell us where to look for the next clue. She gets a big kick out of watching us search for her next clue. It occurred to me the other day as Mick and I were involved in following her treasure hunt … Continue reading →

E Is For Excellence

E is for excellence. Excellence is something we should be striving for in our marriages.But there are some other Es that could improve your marriage. Enthusiasm Enthusiasm for making your marriage the best it can be. The world needs to see people who are enthusiastic not just about getting married but about staying married. Another time for enthusiasm is when greeting your spouse. What spouse doesn’t like to be greeted enthusiastically and know that you have missed them while throughout the day? Approaching it with enthusiasm can make even the most mundane task more interesting, especially if you approach it … Continue reading →

Tips for Married Life After Baby

Yesterday we looked at how some new Moms abdicate from normal life when baby arrives. Here are helpful tips and ways we went about preventing this. From the time my children were born, I got them used to noise. The radio or music was always on. We never tiptoed round the house when baby was asleep. They learned to get used to everyday noise. I still went out to tennis, to bible study, to whatever I was involved in. Our daughter was five days old when my husband and I took her to Sunday school with us, where we were … Continue reading →

17 Ways to Brighten Your Spouse’s Day

It’s the little things that brighten our day, like the person who rings just to check how you are because they haven’t seen you for a while. Like the friend who rings to cheer you on and encourage you when you’re feeling down after bad news. It’s the little things in marriage that are important too. What things? Here’s a check list of little ways you can encourage your spouse and let them know you love them. See how many you can add to your marriage this week. 1. Encourage your spouse when they take on something new. 2. You … Continue reading →

Who Controls the Remote?

Who controls the remote in your house? My guess is in most cases it is the man. That’s certainly true in our case, purely because I am a non technical woman who has trouble with machines. So this has been a conscious choice to let Mick take care of it. Some men seem loathe to part with it ever. The way the carry on has to be seen to be believed. I have known women complain they never get to watch a full show because as soon as an advertisement comes on the husband switches the channel. Of course I … Continue reading →

10 Tips to Break a Marriage out of the Rut – Part 2

Today I’m continuing the remainder of the 10 tips to break a marriage out of the rut. 5. Go on a Romantic Weekend Away. If money is tight and you can’t afford a weekend away, ask grandparents or another family member or friends to take the kids for the weekend and spend a romantic weekend at home, simply paying attention to each other and each other’s needs. Try doing simple things like a massage, a walk on the beach, watching a romantic movie, making love or whatever else appeals. 6. Record a CD of Love Poems Record a CD of … Continue reading →

10 Tips to Break out of the Marriage Rut

Sometimes we in our marriages we can become stuck in a rut. Everyday goes by exactly the same , we do everything exactly the same , we might have meals at the same times, go to work at the same time, go to bed at the same time, even make love at the same times. Marriage can, if we’re not a careful, become ho hum – stuck in a groove and boring. So what can you do about to? Read on and find out. The last couple of days I’ve had a song stuck in my head that won’t go … Continue reading →

Let the Madness Begin: Holiday Dinners Here, There and Everywhere

How do you decide which family you’ll spend holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas with? Some people are lucky and have their families all in the same city or state. Others, like Wayne and I, live in a different state than our families. Others have an even more complicated dilemma: her parents live in one state and his live in another. It gets tricky juggling where to go. Wayne and I are lucky, because even though we have to travel to go home for the holidays, at least everyone’s in Colorado somewhere. The majority of kin is in the Denver metro … Continue reading →

Home Week in Review: February 18 – 24

They say change is good. Change is healthy. Change is important. Each of these is often true, but change can also sometimes be sad. We have gone through some changes recently here at Families.com, and with those changes, people have been moved around, and some have left us. Unfortunately, Marjorie Dorfman won’t be here any longer and I bid her a fond farewell. She has given us some great articles over the past year, so I hope everyone will continue enjoying the articles she has posted previously. Michele is still here but after this month, she will be busy with … Continue reading →