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Making The Night Shift Work For Your Family

Yesterday I talked a little bit about parents who choose to work the night shift. If you are wondering how it works on a practical level, I have decided to discuss that today. After trying a couple of different approaches to adjusting your family’s schedule to accommodate a parent working the night shift at home you will most likely find a solution that works for your family. When a family or a couple thinks of each day as a twenty four hour period of time, it is easier to find creative ways to do or have the things that you … Continue reading →

Christmas Shopping for the Other Woman in Your Child’s Life

What do you get for the person your child spends more waking time with on a daily basis than anyone else on the planet? I’m not referring to your spouse, parent or iCarly. Rather, if your son or daughter is old enough to hit the books, then you are probably racking your brain right now to figure out what to get his teacher for Christmas. I know because I’m struggling too. Finding a material good that expresses your appreciation for the woman (or man), who spends upwards of eight hours a day with your kid, five days a week, can … Continue reading →

Nightmare Shopping Trip

I’m not referring to the time when your 2-year-old had a meltdown in the middle of Target when you refused him the toy snake he wanted. Or, the time when you had to battle a gazillion other parents to snag the last Zhu Zhu for your kid’s Christmas stocking. Or, the time when your eyeball was nearly knocked from its socket by a mother who just had to have the box of electric blue Peeps you were fingering. No, I am referring to a real nightmare shopping trip that ends up with you and your spouse in jail and your … 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 →

Adjusting Your Health and Fitness Plan

Lately I have been writing about my mid-year goals and the changes I have been making. Since my last blog my schedule has changed and I am going to make some adjustments. For my healthy eating goals I am still going to keep up my current plan of three fruits and three veggies a day. To do this I am going to buy my veggies once or twice a week. Then I will put them in those small reusable containers in the fridge already to go to take to work. For fruit I am going to have some bananas, melon, … Continue reading →

Buying Gifts for Your Spouse

Since it’s coming up to Christmas, I thought it would be good to cover the subject of buying gifts for your spouse. Before you can go out and buy a gift it is much easier to start off with an idea in mind. Otherwise you are likely to spend a lot of time wandering around looking at things and coming home with nothing. Some families I know ask for suggestions of things the person would like. This is particularly helpful if they want a certain book and CD, so that you end up with the right title. It can also … Continue reading →

Grocery Shopping as a New Couple

I’m always amused when I hear young couples at the grocery store. I can tell which ones are shopping for the first time. They are always very careful to clear their choices with their spouse, to the point of self-denial. “Honey, do you like carrots? You don’t? Okay, I’ll put this back.” When you get married, you are taking two lives and melding them into one, and this is true on so many levels, right down to the grocery shopping. Suddenly you’re trying to decide what to eat—a decision that once was so simple, now made complex. How do two … Continue reading →

Solutions For Getting Gifts You Like From Your Spouse.

Yesterday we looked at the problems surrounding gifts and your spouse and how sometimes it can end up so wrong. Here are some simple solutions to getting gifts you like from your spouse. When shopping point out and admire things in the shops that you would like or in the catalogues mark things that you would like and leave it lying somewhere your spouse will see it. Or just give it to them and say, ‘if you’d like some ideas.’ Provide a suggestion list of things you would like complete with the name of the store where they can be … Continue reading →

How Observant is Your Spouse?

How observant is your spouse? I remember once seeing a man give his wife a present. Everyone saw the look on her face, when she unwrapped the practical gift for the kitchen, except him. He was busy feeling pleased with himself for his gift and really thought he’d chosen well. It has since I’m pretty sure sat in the cupboard and never been used. But then one other time he admitted he didn’t have a clue what sort of things she liked. From what I hear from a number of women it’s a common enough problem. Many women claim their … Continue reading →

Ks to Give Your Marriage a Kick

Okay I’m back on my alphabetical marriage hints. This time K is the main star. So here are some Ks to give your marriage a kick. Kindness One of the basic tools in any relationship needs to be kindness. So this week try and incorporate little acts of kindness , doing jobs for your spouse, maybe fixing that leaking tap or sowing that button on or picking up some shopping on your way home or sorting out the finances if your spouse finds it stressful or helping with the dishes or cooking a special meal or whatever it might be. … Continue reading →