on Feb 8, 2012 in
Love,
Marriage,
Romance 
February 7-14 is National Marriage Week.
I love this – I love that there is a collaborative focus on marriage. According to the National Marriage Week website, ‘Marriage works. It makes people happier, live longer, and build more economic security. Children with married parents perform better in school. Click here for new research on ”Why Marriage Matters: Thirty Conclusions from Social Science.”‘
With this focus on marriage this week, culminating in Valentine’s Day with all sorts of attention on sweethearts and love, think about your marriage and your relationship with your spouse. Have you let that romance ball drop? Is there anything you can do special this week to make him feel special and loved? To let her know how much you appreciate her?
As you have fun this week giving your husband or wife that extra attention or special romance, think about how you can make it last all year long – so that we can develop the habits of making our spouse feel loved and appreciated don’t just get our focus one day or one week – but every day, every week, all year long.
Marriage is a favorite topic of mine. Here is a link to all of my posts I’ve put under the “marriage” category.
Hallee
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In my post about cancer awareness month, I encouraged everyone to order a free breast self exam shower card here and to use it. Select a day once a month to do a self-exam. I also encouraged everyone to find a buddy and remind each other to do your breast exams.
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on Feb 6, 2012 in
Housekeeping,
Life Do you use a homemaking app for your phone/pad/tablet?
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You ask your husband to stall five minutes while you rush home, three children in tow, and shovel things into your room and shut the door, throw laundry baskets down the basement stairs and shut the door, whisk dishes off of the coffee table, sweep the dirt clods off of the couch that somehow made it from boy feet to the furniture, and set your teenager to the dining room to make sure that room, at least, has order.
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My daughter, Kaylee, is incredibly driven. She wants to excel at everything she does. For a while that manifested itself into her not trying anything because if she couldn’t perfectly succeed, she absolutely refused to try. As she’s matured, it has become a driving force – she must try and she must succeed.
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These cupcakes were so much fun to make. I just put them together with things I had in my pantry.
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Any and all money we collect will be given directly to that ministry. We do not send money through the Souper Bowl of Caring or to any national agency — we take it and donate it directly to Angel Food Ministries without any middle men.
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Here’s the menu for my family for the week of January 30th. February 2 is Groundhog Day here in the US and it is also recognized as Candlemas, and Presentation of Christ in the Temple Day in Orthodox faiths.
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“Can-Do” No Cans Cream of Mushroom Soup
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on Jan 26, 2012 in
Life,
Parenting For years, that box sat in storage. One day last year, I came across the box and decided that, if I had crocheted a box of blankets, I would want my son’s family to use them rather than keep them in perpetual storage.
So, I pulled one out, washed it, and laid it across the back of my couch.
