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How to Make Household Chores More Pleasant

Have you ever met anyone who really lived for cleaning? The kind of person that would give up, let’s say, going to the movies, in favor of cleaning the kitchen? Can you believe that these people actually exist? While I like a clean and organized home, I have to confess that there are many other things I would rather do than to do the household chores. But, they have to be done lest we live in dirty, messy houses. So, the trick here is to find ways to make the chores more pleasant, so they will seem to go by … Continue reading →

More Ways to Eliminate Stress

Stress is part of life, but it’s how we deal with stress that makes the difference to whether we feel challenged or overwhelmed. When it’s “overwhelmed” time, that’s our signal to change the way we are currently running our lives. Here’s some ideas to help you cope with life’s inevitable dilemmas. 1. Prioritize pleasant events Most of us get so caught up in the weekly routine of school lunches, ballet classes, meal preparation, household chores, job responsibilities, (and the list goes on), that we forget to have fun. Fun is essential to our mental health, adults need it to survive, … Continue reading →

The Marriage Blog Week in Review for December 17-23

Merry Christmas Eve! ‘Tis the season to be even busier than usual, but maybe today you have some time to catch up on things. Such as reading the Marriage Blog. If you missed any of last week’s musings from Lyn and myself, check out this edition of the Week in Review to see what we wrote on: Monday, December 17 How Much are You Willing to Give? Lyn proposed situations of spouses giving and wondered which ones would be giving too much and would warrant a “No!” Why Nookie Should Be on Your Christmas Wish List A report I saw … Continue reading →

Marriage Tips: How to Share Your Household Chores

We talked earlier about not asking for help, because asking for assistance implies sole responsibility rather than shared responsibility. A marriage is a partnership and like any partnership, it requires a sharing of responsibilities and more. Here are some tips to help you and your spouse to share your responsibilities and to avoid the disagreements and arguments that come from pointing fingers and accusations and hard feelings. What are your priorities? What are your spouse’s priorities? You need to answer these two questions. You need to know what is important to you and to him or her. You need to … Continue reading →

Summon Your Strength To Get It Done

Sometimes, the thought is more unpleasant than the process. When you have your own home – based business, you may go through times where you wonder how on earth you are going to get all of the work that you have to get done on time. You might make a plan for when you will do the work, and that is a good thing because it is important to stay organized. Unfortunately, looking at the road map that you have set out for the week, month, or project can sometimes be overwhelming. If you find yourself staring down a deadline … Continue reading →

Help With Housework

The makers of Scrubbing Bubbles have released the results from their second annual Dirty Work Index. They surveyed 2000 men and women and found that women still do most of the housework and as much as we may complain about that, it doesn’t seem that we are ready to give up the housecleaning limelight. Most women say they want more help around the house but they are not confident that their husbands can clean to their standards so they just do it themselves. Men feel they are helping more around the house but are not getting credit for it, and … Continue reading →

Are You Making Things Harder on Yourself?

Still in a turkey coma? I wish I was, too much cleaning and decorating going on at my house. Remember the good old days when Mom just made everything magically appear and all you had to do was enjoy? When I was growing up the tradition was that Santa put the tree up on Christmas Eve. Looking back I’m not sure if that made things harder or easier. Especially when my mother was a single mother. It’s so hard to get everything ready all by yourself. I can’t imagine how hard that was to do alone. Get the kids to … Continue reading →