How Was Your Weekend?

We enjoyed a four-day holiday weekend. It was a quiet and restful time, the kind of extended break we rarely get.

On Thanksgiving Day, we went out for breakfast. Pumpkin pancakes! For lunch and dinner, we enjoyed a few small plates at home, including stuffed portobello mushrooms, patatas bravas, and Mac and cheese. The weather was cool and clear, so we went for a walk around the lake.

Happy Together

For our 30th anniversary last December, Hubby and I treated ourselves to a week at a luxurious resort in the Bahamas.

It was beautiful.

If you've seen the ads for these places, you might get the impression that everyone there looks like a model. In reality, the people at the resort look just like the people at home. We saw one couple that looked like models. Everyone else was mostly average -- fat, thin, tall, short, all ages, all types.

Accomplishing Something By Doing Nothing

by guest contributor Steve

My wife and I recently returned from a week-long vacation in the Caribbean, where we stayed at an all-inclusive resort. It was a special occasion, so even though it was more expensive than we usually spend on a vacation like this, we traveled first class and got a one-bedroom suite with a butler. Neither of us knew what to expect from the butler service, but it was amazing. (More on that some other time.)

Entertainment or Relaxation?

I once attended a lecture by a psychologist who said that none of us can expect to be a source of entertainment for our spouses for long. He said that most people have a very limited number of stories to tell. Eventually your spouse will have heard all of yours, many of them more than once. Gradually, a few old stories get dropped and a few new ones get added, but it doesn't matter. Now, your spouse has not only heard all those stories, but has experienced many of them personally. What once was entertaining is now boring, and even a bit annoying. If you are a public speaker or professional entertainer, the situation may be even worse. Your spouse is proud of your achievements, but he or she has seen your act enough times. Nobody enjoys living with a performer who is always "on".