Posted in Musings on Marriage on February 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m away from blogging for a while, but I hope to be back mid-February sometime. In the meantime, be sure to have a look around – and check out the Wife Encouragement and Husband Encouragement Challenges while you’re here.
Yours for the celebration of life,
Claudia
Posted in Musings on Marriage, tagged Christmas gift, collapsible market tote, family gift, giveaway, internet cafe on December 4, 2008 | 16 Comments »
Christmas is the time for giving, and the participants in Celebrating Holidays at the Cafe are all giving away stuff through Friday, December 12. The drawings may have different time limits, so check each one out and be eligible to win from any one of the participants.
A few months ago I purchased a Collapsible Market [...]
Posted in Musings on Marriage, tagged collapsible market tote, giveaway on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There’s still time to get in on the Collapsible Market Tote Giveaway.
Read Thanksgiving, Christmas, and a Giveaway for full details.
Yours for the celebration of life,
Claudia
The Anniversary Shop, modern and traditional anniversary gifts and gifts for all occasions.
Posted in Musings on Marriage, tagged appreciation, busyness, communication, love, overworked, quality time on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In Slow Down, You Move Too Fast – Part 2, I talked about the secondary gain that a person gets from being too busy; namely, being busy allows us to put off things that we don’t want to do, some of which would be helpful in the long run but might make us vulnerable and [...]
Posted in Musings on Marriage, tagged appreciation, busyness, communication, love, resolve conflict on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After reading yesterday’s post, did you come up with anything that you were putting off by staying too busy? I know I can think of a couple.
Drs. Les and Leslie Parrot consider this a “secondary gain”: being busy gives us freedom to put off things that are pressing but that will take more time and [...]
Posted in Musings on Marriage, tagged appreciation, busyness, communication, love, overworked on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Overworked, underpaid; overscheduled, underappreciated.
Over the next few days, we are going to look at the perils of busyness and how to overcome or at least reduce it in our own lives.
In the time you would have spent reading a longer post, contemplate these words from Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott found in Christian Counseling Today:
But [...]
Posted in Company Girl Coffee, Musings on Marriage, tagged friendship, love, marriage on October 17, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Men, don’t be turned off by the Company Girl Coffee logo. This post is for you, too.
I just love the internet, and I’ll bet you do, too. Where else can you toss out a word or two and find a quote you’ve been looking for for days?
Last week I wanted to join in the Company [...]
Posted in 30 Day Husband Encouragement Challenge, Musings on Marriage, tagged encouragement, husband, love, love dare, marriage, save marriage, wife on October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me. (Song of Solomon 7:10)
The sexual relationship. It’s one of those elements—along with money and children—that can derail a marriage through negative comments. Negativity destroys intimacy, but encouragement builds and strengthens the marriage bond.
Let’s get practical here. Is your husband a “good lover?” Have you told [...]
Posted in Men's Marriage Minute, Musings on Marriage, What If, tagged love, relationships on October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had planned to post another day of one of the 30 Day Challenges today, but thought it was time for a break – and time to offer something to those of you who aren’t doing the challenges (see 30 Day Challenges in the sidebar if you are interested).
I woke up [...]
Posted in Musings on Marriage, tagged Fireproof, husband, love, love dare, marriage, save marriage, wife on September 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Have you heard about the new movie Fireproof? It just opened today and promises to be a great movie geared toward helping husbands and wives understand what’s important in life and in marriage and what it takes to keep a marriage together.
My husband and I are going to see the movie tonight with some friends.
I have [...]
