Love That Lasts     

Yesterday at 09:46 AM

Sometimes you just see love in the faces and actions of other married couples. Yesterday was such a day for me. Our choir went to sing for the elderly residents in a local nursing home. I looked out a saw one couple.

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Tags: anniversary | As Time Goes By | love that lasts | lasting marriages | the anniversary waltz

Is Your Marriage a Balloon?     

05 Nov 2009 02:42 PM

Do you view your marriage as a balloon, taking you to new heights? Or do you view it as a ball and chain, dragging you down? Yesterday while talking to my daughter she expressed her reaction to the negativity projected by many about marriage.

Tags: ball and chain | end to freedom | joy | marriage a balloon | negative attitudes

A Great Lunch     

05 Nov 2009 01:37 PM

As promised in my Home blog here is the gluten free recipe Lebanese meal. Tabouli, traditionally has burghul or cracked wheat in it, but we make it gluten free. Several members of my family prefer the gluten free version and make it that way even though they don't have a gluten problem.

Tags: A great lunch | baba ghanoush | gluten free | Lebanese food | tabouli

Marriage Means Adjustments     

04 Nov 2009 01:18 PM

Being married means making adjustments. It means adapting to living with another person and considering, and where possible accommodating their interests, likes and dislikes as well as your own. This is important in bed as well as in other places.

Tags: chatter | compromise | give and take | going to bed | marriage means adjustments

Concentrate on Now     

03 Nov 2009 03:22 PM

Recently a young woman made an insightful comment about the marriages and relationships of some of her friends. 'They're so busy looking ahead and planning ahead, they're not dealing with now.

Tags: concentrate on now | communication | Laughter | planning the future | what makes you happy

The Way out of Despair     

03 Nov 2009 02:08 PM

Lamentations is not exactly the book you expect to find hope and encouragement. Its very name implies otherwise and yet there are some great verses filled with hope and joy. The writer of Lamentations is not identified, though many believe it was Jeremiah.

Tags: God's faithfulness | hope | Jeremiah | Lamentations | the way out of despair

A Problem Invention and a Favorite     

02 Nov 2009 05:41 PM

'Easy open,'the can says. Yeah right! What sadist invented these ring pull cans? I cannot believe I am the only person on the planet that has trouble with the supposedly easy open ring pull cans. In fact I know I'm not as I have seen others end up in the same situation, which makes me feel better.

Tags: a problem invention and a favori | cans | food processor | home appliance | ring pull cans

Straight from High School to College?     

02 Nov 2009 02:22 PM

Is it a good idea to go straight from high school to college? Many young people I know have chosen to take a year's break and defer their college or university for a year and do one of two things. I'll talk about one today and the other in my next education blog.

Tags: finances | manage money | out in the work force | straight from high school to col | Scholarships

Free to Be Yourself?     

02 Nov 2009 01:30 PM

Are you free to be yourself in your marriage? Or do you always feel you have to be on your best behavior or changing the way you act or the things you say or even truing to change your feelings to accommodate your spouse? One of the things I like about my marriage is that I am free to be myself.

Tags: change | free to be yourself | pretending | romantic comedy | tact

Delicious Lemon Coconut Dessert     

02 Nov 2009 12:44 PM

Necessity is the mother of invention so they say. Also of good recipes. This is another delicious coconut pie which came about because I didn't have a tin of pineapple one time when I wanted to make it.

Tags: adapting recipes | dessert | gluten free | lemon coconut dessert | pie