Planning dates can be stressful, right? When you finally get the chance to get out with your husband, you want it to be fun. And sometimes the stress of planning gets in the way of the fun. Last week Scott and I spent the night in Seattle. I had a speaking engagement so we took…
Today is National Love Note Day! It’s so nice receiving heartfelt words from the one you love. I LOVE getting notes from Scott. I especially love it when he hand writes them. These days, a handwritten letter is quite the gift. It’s so personal, and I never tire of seeing my name scrawled across the…
Of course I want to affirm my husband so he feels loved by me. The problem is sometimes I get too busy, or he gets on my nerves and I don’t feel like saying nice things. Sometimes, I would much prefer to tell him all of the things I would like him to change. But I…
It’s hard to remember what life was like without a cellphone. After all, my iPhone is always by my side. It’s attached to my arm at the gym, it’s on my desk while I’m at work, it’s next to me on the couch while I’m watching TV, it’s on the table next to my plate…
Complaining is one of my default modes Sometimes I complain so much that I get tired of hearing my own voice. There are times when even the birds chirping above me annoy me. If I get into one of those moods, it’s very hard for me to snap out of it unless I sleep it…
I hate grocery shopping We have a lot of kids, and our kids have a lot of friends. You can usually find me making food for all of these people. It seems like the second my sink is finally clean, it’s time to think about the next meal. The other day I found myself asking…
Last week Scott was buried in schoolwork and was feeling overwhelmed and a bit frustrated. It was a sunny day, and we were all enjoying the nice weather. Well, everyone except him. He went from doing yard work to writing papers and he didn’t seem very happy about it. He was trying his best…