I am a big fan of Gretchen Rubin, the author of The Happiness Project and Happier at Home. I haven’t read the latter yet (it’s on my list), but the Happiness Project made me very, very happy. Since I follow her on Facebook and Twitter I’ve been noticing a lot of promotion around her new Home [...]
Gretchen Rubin of the Happiness Project recently posted the 5 Mistakes she continues to make in her marriage. I was so inspired by her post (as I am by anything Gretchen writes) that I have decided to make my own list. Oh, Lordy, the mistakes that get made by moi. Mea Culpa! Here goes nuthin’. [...]
If you follow Late Bloomer Bride on Facebook (and I hope you do!), you may have answerd our poll on when it’s okay to ask a man for his opinion on what to wear. Most respondents voted for “only when I ask him,” though “he can have a say; doesn’t mean you have to take it” [...]
Just when I thought Husband’s and my communication couldn’t get any wierder, enter our security camera. When Husband and I found our dream property (and by the grace of God managed to buy it), the first thing he did was set up four security cameras. Three face outward and one faces into the main part [...]
As part of our series this week on characteristics that make an older, first-time bride different from someone who married for the first time much younger, let’s start with the dreaded “c” word. Compromise. All marriages require a level of give and take. But, we Late Bloomer Brides sometimes have trouble with this one. For [...]