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Sleeping in Separate Beds: You’re Not Alone

Our culture believes that couples who sleep in separate beds are either experiencing or inviting problems in their marriage. Because I’m a light sleeper, I’m a firm believer that couples should be free to sleep separately if necessary. Jon and I almost always sleep together, but if one of us is restless we move to another bed, to keep that person from being woken up. I know that sleeping in the same bed improves intimacy. Once kids are part of the equation alone time between couples is scarce, and time in bed together, even if it’s just the process of … Continue reading →

Quality Time with Your Spouse

A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about the importance of getting away with your spouse. We were about to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary and despite original plans to take this romantic vacation to Maine, it had all blown up because of finances. But in the end I was grateful since it was during the time of the hurricane that we would have been there. The day before our 20th wedding anniversary we went back and forth with ideas on what we could do. We wanted to get away for the entire day but not spend a lot of … Continue reading →

Do You Interrupt Your Spouse?

“It was 1982, and we had just moved to California,” Joe begins. “We bought a house …” “It was 1983,” Betty interrupts. “It was right after your knee surgery.” “Okay, it was 1983. Anyway, we were going out to dinner at this great steak house …” “Actually, we were eating Italian,” Betty interrupts again. “Remember, that spaghetti was way overcooked.” “So, we’re at dinner, and my friend Bob said—” “We weren’t at dinner with Bob. It was Rex and Sue.” Have you ever heard something like this – one spouse is trying to tell a story, and the other keeps … Continue reading →

Did You Work Today?

Since home-based professionals have such freedom when it comes to setting work hours for themselves, people might think that they would take every holiday off. When I was working outside of the home, I worked some holidays because I often worked in the food service and hospitality industries where all employees are expected to work some holidays. What I discovered while working those holidays was that on holidays, the phones were quiet. There was no incoming mail, and there were very few email messages. As a result, I was able to get a ton of work done because the normal … Continue reading →

Dating Your Spouse

Most of us can remember the very first date we had with our husband. I know I do. I will never forget my “Bangladesh” pants that I wore. At least that’s what my husband used to call them. I had these big, red-framed glasses and big hair (remember the perm?) Well, I guess for that time period I looked kind of cute. We went to see Willy Porter play at a bar/restaurant. Afterwards we walked around the East side of Milwaukee and eventually had our first kiss. From that point on, we couldn’t wait for the next date. Why? Because … Continue reading →

How to Make Your Spouse Feel Unimportant

Follow these guidelines and you’re sure to make your spouse feel unimportant and unloved. Don’t listen to what they’re telling you because you’re already planning what you’re going to say next and you’re just waiting for a chance to interrupt and tell them about your day or the problems you’re experiencing. Don’t look at them when they are talking to you but keep looking around to see if there is anyone more interesting to talk to or something that you are missing. I used to know a lady who used to do and it was very disconcerting and made you … Continue reading →

You Never Know What Can Happen

For all the encouragement I give all of you home business owners to budget, schedule and plan, I think it is also important that I share that the reality is, we never know what will happen in our home businesses. We can prepare, we can plot, and we can do everything in our power to steer and guide our businesses operations, but in the end we all have no idea what is really and truly going to happen. I am often amazed at how much unpredictability there really is in my little home business. I really do have a simple … Continue reading →

Are You Controlling Your Business? Or is it Controlling You?

Of course we cannot always be in control—especially with our home businesses. Not to mention, there is a big difference between maintaining some elements of control and being controlling (or a control freak.) Still, I do think it helps to ask ourselves if we are in control of our home business operations…or if our businesses are actually controlling us? Can you set parameters around your business and stick to them? Do you have general operating hours or do you take calls at any time of the day or night? I think that having some basic boundaries around a business can … Continue reading →

Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff

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There are so many things that you could complain about in life. You probably do not like having to wait in line or sit in a traffic jam, or pay taxes. The same goes for your marriage. If you sit and think long enough and hard enough I am sure that you can come up with over a dozen things that you wish were different. Either you want your husband to help out more with chores or you wish that your wife would not talk during your sports shows. Perhaps you would like to have a bigger house or a … Continue reading →

The Marriage Blog Week in Review for December 3-9

It’s that time of year…the busy time. (Busier than usual anyway.) Find you have limited time to keep up on all the blogs you want to read? That’s what makes Week in Reviews invaluable. They’re your key to staying in tune with what Karri, Heather, and I wrote about last week in the Marriage blog. Monday, December 3 All I Want for Christmas… Since Heather and her family were assaulted with health problems throughout the year, all she wants is to enjoy her work at Families.com without anymore trips to the doctor interrupting it! For Men Who Do Not Wear … Continue reading →