Tag: date nights

  • Vimbly for Creative Date and Activity Planning

    At the end of April I wrote a post with an idea of how to keep a relationship fresh. It turned out to be a popular topic of interest for many, going viral soon after it was published. The main premise of the article was to keep the relationship exciting, regardless of how long a couple…

  • Shhh….I am Not Supposed to Be Here

    If you read my post yesterday, you know I am supposed to be unplugged until late afternoon today. You are probably judging me, thinking that I am feigning illness to write this post from the bathroom on my iPhone. Let me assure you–I wrote this on Friday, scheduling it to publish today. But the iPhone…

  • How to Maintain a Successful Relationship in a Hectic Life

    Work, kids, household chores and projects, meal planning and prep, kids’ activities, exercise, and more is squeezed into each week. Somehow, through it all, we also need to find time to focus on maintaining a solid relationship with our spouse or partner. And yet, there are only 24 hours in each day. It seems daunting,…

  • Living a Kid-Free Weekend

    Six weeks. That’s how long it has been since Sean and I had a kid-free weekend. I think we have forgotten what to do with all the time that won’t be spent cooking for a crowd, attending kid sporting events, playing X-Box, board games, or going to a PG movie. I know this weekend will…

  • The Perfect Place to Hide Until the End of Summer Olympics 2012

    Last Friday I wrote a scathing piece about the need to boycott the olympics this year. It generated a lot of dialog with 30 comments so far. In addition to the comments, there was a lot of discussion with readers on Twitter and Facebook. As for the blog comments, I was even called anti American…

  • Who are All These People and Why are They Here?

    I asked Suniverse from The Suniverse to be a guest here because she is funny. And outrageous. Oh, and I like her a lot. Those are my reasons. You will find reasons for liking her as well. My guess is that it will start with her funny guest piece below and then will continue to…