The week between Christmas and New Year’s Day always seems a bit strange, doesn’t it? It’s • • •not a regular week, but it’s not exactly a vacation week either. The kids are out of school, many parents are off work, and normal routines are nowhere to be found. In [continue reading]
3 Simple Ways to Make Your House Smell Like Christmas
I always want my home to smell good, but at Christmas I want it to smell great. In fact, I want my home to smell like Christmas. I want it to smell like my childhood home did, the one in which my mom stayed home, baked dozens of Christmas cookies, [continue reading]
How to Have Fun with Your Husband and Enjoy Your Marriage this Christmas
Although planning for Christmas and checking things off your list is important, making time to have fun with your husband is important too. I don’t want to get to New Year’s Day and realize that we haven’t done anything fun together since before Thanksgiving – and you probably don’t either! [continue reading]
5 Ways to Make Sex Less Complicated in Your Marriage – Dealing with Beliefs and Assumptions
We’re talking this month about ways to uncomplicate sex and make it more fun and relaxing. You know, the way sex should be – but sometimes isn’t! (If you missed the first part you can read it here – Why Sex is Complicated – and How to Make it Less [continue reading]
Why Sex is Complicated (And How to Make It Less Complicated)
After you’ve been married for a number of years, it seems like sex should get easier, doesn’t it? After all, you and your husband know each pretty well by now (the good and the bad!), you’ve gotten past the awkward stage of figuring out what works and what doesn’t, and (hopefully) you’ve [continue reading]
Easy Butternut Squash Soup
This delicious and easy butternut squash soup is so good, it’s earned the “family-friendly” stamp of approval at my house! I started making easy butternut squash soup when our picky eater was 13 or 14, right in the middle of his macaroni and cheese/pizza/hamburger phase. And he ate it happily. [continue reading]