Nothing squashes a passionate sex life like having children. With romance on the mind this Valentine's Day, parents may be wondering when they’ll get some alone time. A healthy sex life helps keep intimacy alive in your relationship—but what if you can't get a night alone? When it comes to sex … [Read more...]
Married With Children? This Post Is For You.
Remember last week when I posted about this and told you that I wasn't really into Valentine's Day but if I was I would definitely make that happen? Well, I did it! The last year has been really crazy with our home renovation and me heading back to a full-time job so I decided it was high time Imy … [Read more...]
A Valentine’s Day Retreat
Have you ever gone all out and done something really special with your Valentine? I am not a Valentine-y kinda person and we're not a Valentine-y kinda couple. It all just seems a little contrived and a lot of pressure. So we usually do something for the kids, acknowledge that we love each other … [Read more...]
Is It Hot In Here?
So there's a new category of books coming up, known as "new adult." They are, let's say, books aimed at older teens or early twenty-somethings who enjoy teen lit. and the defining characteristic may just be that they are a little steamier than your average teen lit. Here's an example by an author … [Read more...]
A Sip and a Sigh.
The smell of canola isn't strong, but it is distinct, and there it was wafting on the wind on the breezy Saturday we found ourselves at Georgian Hills Vineyards. It was one of many bits of idyll in that magical place, where for the few hours we were there I found myself relaxing, watching the clouds … [Read more...]
Get a room
Did you hold your sweetheart's hand shopping on Boxing Day this year? Lay an arm behind them on the couch on Christmas Eve while you chatted with your parents? Stole a quick kiss without being terrified that someone might see you? I did, and I didn't. I could only do so with one of my two partners, … [Read more...]
Shatter Me
On the heels of The Hunger Games, post-apocalyptic lit has been hot for teens these past few years, with big titles like Blood Red Road, Matched, Divergent, and this one, all featuring strong girls - not a bad model for a teen book, if you're going to go with a popular formula! Shatter MeTahereh … [Read more...]
do you date your husband?
People always ask me if I hate dating. I can't bring myself to hate anything that I must do so I choose to love it. Even when it is hard. A great date makes me think of how it would be so good to do often in a marriage (yes I did this - obviously it does not fix everything but I still … [Read more...]
Simple Song
I really love The Shins.There's a scene from the 2004 movie Garden State, where Natalie Portman's character Sam, and Zach Braff's Andrew Largeman meet in a clinic's waiting room. At one point, she holds out her earphones and says, "You gotta hear this one song, it'll change your life, I swear..." … [Read more...]
Top Ten Love Songs (the Grownup Edition)
Ahhh...le sigh...l'amour. You know, it doesn't really matter how much I go through in life or how old I get, there's still an undying romantic buried deep within me that just won't go away. And so, as Valentine's Day approaches, I find myself reflecting on the nature of love, the possibility it … [Read more...]