Today I received a text from my husband:
I'll be home in a bit. Can't wait to grab a nice beer with ya tonight. (you can get a nice Merlot of course.) How sweet! This text reminded me to get excited about date night. And to be thankful wherever we go and whatever we do. To say 'thank you'. To be pleasant, and to talk about happy good things. You both work hard, this is your time to enjoy each other immensely. Date night is a privilege. It's an honor to go out with your man. The days leading up to it, show your excitement and enthusiasm for spending time together. Put notes in his lunch box, send him a texts or email all saying that you're looking forward to your date. 11 years ago I watched Something's Gotta Give with Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton. Watch it and you'll see what I mean. If you can't watch it here's what's important to know. Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton's characters get divorced. Jack Nicholson brings his new 20 year old girlfriend to his daughter's high school graduation party which is at his ex-wife's (Diane Keaton) house. Diane Keaton goes ballistic about this 20 year old girlfriend. Jack Nicholson's reply is epic. She get's excited when I take her out to dinner. She bubbles over with joy and appreciation over her steak dinner. With this I thought, how miserable and grumpy married women can be. Yuck! Who wants that! Stay happy and thankful always for everything your husband does for you. Remember, his life revolves around your happiness. He will set the sun, moon and stars at your feet. Some ideas for texts, emails and notes in lunch box: 3 days and counting till our date thanks for asking me out this weekend, can't wait sooo looking forward to just you and me Friday night 1. Communication
2. Finances 3. Sex Not necessarily in that order, but these are the three most important parts of marriage. When one is out of whack, 1/3 of you marriage is down. When two are suffering, 2/3 of you marriage needs help. If all three are sad, start working on the communication part first. Make sex a quick second. Then work on your finances and live with in your means. Fold it in half long ways.
On the left side list EVERYTHING you love about your husband. Think long and hard. Think about it for days. Keep adding to the list. The more good things you think of your hubby, the more good things you will think of your hubby. Next. Write all the the things you don't like about your husband on the right side. All the little things and all the big things too. Now, cut the paper in half down the middle of the two lists. Throw away or burn the list of things you don't like about your husband. Never think of them again. With the list you've kept, add to it often and refer to it as needed. You may consider looking at the love list when you're upset with you hubby. Here is my love list: kind loving tender sweet protective provides caring handsome tall strong patient outstanding father helps with the kids great at homework brilliant, absolutely brilliant fair godly good worker ingenious industrious brave valiant my knight in shinning armor my hero amazing artist can build anything can fix anything amazing leadership helps around the house takes out the garbage does the dishes helps pack lunches helps make breakfast watchful wise keeps our finances in order respected in the community incredible teacher honest fit makes me laugh giving attentive perfect gentleman great writer & author friendly sweet Feeding the family healthy meals is a job in and of itself.
Two things get me by. 1. A long list of lunch and dinner ideas. 2. A weekly food journal. The meal lists go in the back of the journal (I keep a running list in my computer too for back up). Then, each week gets two pages. The page on the left I keep the running grocery list. The page on the right I write the meals for the week. I keep this on my counter and live by it. When someone needs something, they write it on the list. When a meal gets rave reviews from the family, I make a note of it. When I have no idea what to make for the week, I look at previous weeks or the list in the back for ideas. I put a star next to the days of the week when the evenings are very busy. On those nights, we have soup, salad or baked potatoes. But always something simple. This keeps me organized for the week. Staying organized and planned keeps chaos and trouble at bay. When things run smooth our homes are peaceful and our hubby's are happy. Be in health. A peaceful morning is the best way to start the the day.
Making 5 breakfasts and packing 5 lunches can be intense. I wanted my family to have a good, hot wholesome lunch without cooking a full meal at 7:00 am. The solution.... CrockPot Chicken. Here's what you'll need: 1/2 cup red or white wine 1 onion pealed and sliced White or sweet potatoes Carrots 5 cloves garlic peeled and smashed 1 or 2 Chicken thighs per person in the family Herbamare salt and seasoning mix. If you don't have Herbamare you can use salt, pepper and poultry seasoning. Here's what to do: In the evening.... Season the chicken. Add all the ingredients in order above to the crock pot. Put the lid on and set the crock pot on low. In the morning, whala! Hot yummy lunch for the thermos. |
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