Wifely Steps

Tweet Welcome to the second edition of It’s A Wife’s Life! Thank you to everyone who joined this carnival! Nancy Reinke presents Joyful Altitude: Honey, Have You Seen My Duct Tape? posted at Joyful Altitude, saying, “I’m a writer, living in a small cabin in the Colorado Rockies with my artist husband. Married on Valentine’s [...]

Tweet If you stay at home too long, you can go cuckoo. Cabin fever, it’s called. If you also do a lot of things repeatedly such as watching Kung Fu Panda or washing poop, you can go a little crazy. Then there’s Elmo everyday. What do you call that? Mommy Madness? Mommy Mania? Whatever it’s [...]

Tweet It’s never too early to plan for Halloween costumes! Here are some great ones from Etsy. Adult or kids, Etsy is just brimming with wonderful costume ideas. The following are some of my favorites. Read on and be inspired. Little Red Riding Hood cape – tulle and satin RRH never looked this stylish. Etsy [...]

Tweet Would you like to submit a blog post to the second round of “It’s a Wife’s Life”? Yes? Cool! What is “It’s A Wife’s Life Blog Carnival”? This blog carnival is open to all those who’d like to share their wifely stories. Whether frustrations or hopes, recipes or humorous situations, love stories or epiphanies, [...]

Tweet After a long day, this poem surprised me in my inbox. I couldn’t think of any words more apt for a moment when I need utmost quiet and just a little bit of time to recollect and reconnect with myself before running after the kid again. Solitude You can learn to keep yourself company, [...]

Tweet “To keep your marriage exciting, take up a hobby together.” That tip is probably in every marriage how-to book I’ve read. Spice up your marriage by taking a class together! Do something different together to prevent boredom! We’ve tried that. It doesn’t always work. While my husband and I enjoy spending time with each [...]