Fever, Fillings & Five Minute Naps

Just a few days ago, I was talking about My Spouse Won’t Go To The Doctor and the difficulties we cope with when these situations come up. Monday night, I was confronted with this particular situation head on again. As a mother and a wife, it’s rare that the needs of those different roles come into conflict with each other – but Monday was a different story. Monday Morning My daughter woke up with a relatively high fever Monday morning. It’s important to note that she rarely, if ever runs fevers, even when she’s had very bad ear infections she … Continue reading →

Wives Who Work From Home – Working May Help Your Marriage

We’ve been talking a lot about wives who work from home. This is a subject that is near and dear to my heart. After all, I’m a wife who works from home. I’ve been a wife who works outside the home. I’ve been a wife who works at home. I’ve been a stay at home mom and I’ve been wife and mom who went to school. I have great things to say about all of the above. Working May Help Your Marriage Let me be honest about something, I enjoy being a mom. I enjoy being a wife. I love … Continue reading →

Wives Who Work From Home – Working for the Weekend

We’ve been working for the weekend all week long in our wives who work from home series and we’ve talked about planning your schedule, getting respect for your work and keeping your husband from steamrolling your business. Today, we’re going to focus on a subject that is actually the hardest one in the world for me: the weekend. A weekend is defined as the end of the week; it typically falls on Saturday and Sunday. If you work in an office, you usually have the weekends off. When you work from home, however, there is no real such thing as … Continue reading →

Wives Who Work From Home – Schedules, Spouses & Stop Signs

As we continue our series on wives who work from home we’re addressing another issue that was brought up in the comments. How do we keep our spouses from steamrolling the schedules we make for ourselves? Spontaneity is a great thing, but if you set a schedule, make appointments and have deadlines, there is nothing more frustrating than your spouse blithely turn your schedule upside down because they made appointments or decided to take the day off and want you to go somewhere with them. Put Up the Stop Signs First and foremost, assume that your spouse has no idea … Continue reading →

Wives Who Work From Home – Bringing Home the Bacon

A couple of days ago, we talked about the fact that yes honey, I do have a job and we heard from wives who are facing this same problem with their husbands. One reader asked the question of how do you communicate this message to them. I gave a response in the comments section, but I thought it deserved a little more discussion here. Bringing Home the Bacon When we as wives, work from home, we do so for a variety of reasons. For myself, personally, it has to do with the fact that I want to be here for … Continue reading →

Wives Who Work From Home – Soccer Mom Syndrome

We’ve been talking about wives who work from home and what would a series on working from home be without talking about the soccer mom syndrome. What is the soccer mom syndrome? It’s a personal phrase that I have coined (though someone else out there may give it another name) that refers to the wife who tries to do it all – to the point that she exhausts herself. The Soccer Mom Syndrome Who is the soccer mom? She’s that mom who’s always on the go. She provides transport to her kids, the neighbor’s kids and more to go to … Continue reading →

Wives Who Work From Home – Yes Honey, I Do Have a Job

Saturday, we talked about wives who work from home and we’re launching a series on wives who work from home this week and how it may affect your home life, specifically your marriage. For business tips, check out our home business blog. Yes Honey, I Do Have a Job One difficulty you may have when you are a wife who works from home is that your spouse may not appreciate that you actually have a job. A typical day for me begins about 4:30 in the morning. I get up, have a light workout followed by a shower and a … Continue reading →

Wives Who Work From Home

We’ve talked about the career wife versus the housewife, but what about the housewife who works from home? I’m one of those. I work as a consultant and a contractor. I work out of my home office taking online writing jobs as well as technical writing jobs for local companies. We both had careers when we met and we both worked full time for a living. It suited our lifestyle for several years, but after our daughter was born – the priorities for both of us changed. Shifting Goals Our personal goals shifted with the main priority being at home … Continue reading →

Marriage: It’s Okay to Lose it…

Yep. It’s definitely okay. In fact, it’s a great idea to lose it… IF we’re talking about that old, drab flannel nightgown! What are you wearing? Those footsy pajamas were cute when you were eight and that flannel gown will work when you’re eighty. Those sweats are perfect for stretching and getting some exercise, but very few of these get-ups have any appeal for your husband. Of course, nobody’s going to look like she stepped out of the Victoria’s Secret catalog all the time, and we need comfy stuff to wear, but most of us could also stand to inject … Continue reading →

Signs of a Cheating Wife or Not?

I recently got into a lively discussion with a few friends about what constitutes signs of cheating for a wife. I love these kinds of discussions especially when the majority of participants are married and aren’t basing our argument on anything more than personal experience and opinions. So, with their amusement and permission, here’s a look at the signs we’ve compiled and some personal comments on them. Signs of Cheating or no? The collective wisdom of our group (comprised of 4 married participants and 1 soon-to-be-married) the signs of a cheating wife include: She maintains her prescription for birth-control pills … Continue reading →