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The "Journal of Marriage and Family" did a study recently and decided that the old adage of "happy wife, happy life" is pretty much true. Basically they are saying that a happy woman is more likely to be more nurturing and taking care of her husband and their household and that men enjoy having less decisions to make around the house.
The study came out in September and I read it then. Yesterday, I ran across another version of the study on a website and thought about it again.
This morning...I saw it in action at the satellite home of 13700.
I hate to iron but Robby can't iron. Like...dude irons and still looks wrinkled. Well...I can't have him walking around looking homeless so I iron his business casual clothes. Last night when I set the coffee pot I forgot to change the filter so when he got up at 5:30am...he was met by a coffee mess in the kitchen. To his credit...he cleaned it up but hey...let's face it...that's no way to start off your morning.
When he heard me get up at 6:45, he asked if I was ready for my coffee and I said yes. I went to handle some bathroom business and then I remembered that I was out of creamer so I yelled to him not to bring me any coffee. He'd already poured my coffee and I heard him mumble something rude cuz well...we don't hide our frustration very well. LOL!
At the time I didn't know about the coffee cleanup situation.
He walked into our bedroom looking like he felt some kinda way and I asked him if he'd picked out what he wanted to wear today. His face scrunched up something awful. I was loving up on Jaru so I *BLINKED* when I saw his face and Jaru's tail stopped wagging.
Me: Da hell?
Him: I just don't want to make one more decision. This is why Steve Jobs wore the same thing every day. It was one less decision to have to make.
Me: Um...you want to start wearing the same thing every day? I mean...I can make that happen noooooooooooooo problema.
(Now...again...I didn't know about the coffee cleanup situation so I'm still feeling pretty good. I mean...I started reading a good new book last night, I have a new episode of "The Mindy Project" to watch on Hulu sometime today and I got some good sleep in.)
Him: No I don't want to wear the same thing every day! I was just saying!
And I burst out laughing cuz dude...um...seriously? LOL!
Then he told me about the coffee and I understood his mood. Poor baby was straight up drove. LOL! I went and hugged him and apologized for screwing up the coffee and rubbed his back. He was like...it's okay...no problem. I guess it just put me in a bad mood.
SIP: Ya think????? LOL!
He picked out his clothes and got in the shower. I set up the ironing board and ironed his shirt and pants. When he got out of the shower...he was my awesome dude again. Smiling and talking. Laughing. Telling me about stuff he'd read, etc.
All because I was in a good mood and didn't let his bad mood control what was going on in our home.
I remember giving someone else the "Happy wife, happy life" advice once after they shared with me something they were frustrated with.
Him: What if she is never happy unless she's bitching about something? What if the only thing that gets her up in the morning is thinking about ways to torture me? What if she's just a miserable azz person who sucks the happiness out of every.single.thing?
I looked at him and then looked away.
His phone rang.
It was his wife.
I could hear her going off on the phone.
I walked out of the room to give him some privacy.
When I walked back in...he was just staring at the wall in front of him blankly. The phone in front of him.
I hugged him. Quick. Patted him on the back. Sign of solidarity. That's all I got bruh.
My advice to him after that? "Follow your heart and be a good person."
That's all I got.
What's YOUR take on happy wife happy life? Agree or disagree? Do you think that if the wife is happy it's one of the most important factors in the entire household being happy?
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Yesterday I found myself reading something about suicide. I kept following links and clicking on related articles and it really made me feel so very sad way deep down inside. Especially since this is the time of year that suicide touched me in an extremely personal way.
Every 40 seconds on a regular day someone commits suicide for a myriad of reasons. During the holidays...that rate triples.
It seriously hurt my heart to think of people who feel that alone and hopeless.
I said something on FB about it and told people that if they ever needed someone to talk to just hit me up. I'm sorry to say that more than a few took me up on that.
During the holidays I hope you make yourself more aware of the people around you. Try and smile a bit more and be nicer and kinder and gentler to folks. You never know what folks are dealing with daily but we do know that the terrible feelings of loneliness some feel are greatly increased during the holidays. You never know what that smile or kind word will do for a perfect stranger.
And you never know what receiving the same will do for you.
For Christmas this year I wish that everyone would simply be NICER to each other. Open a door, give up your seat, pay it forward, give out baked goods to neighbors and/or coworkers, let someone in during traffic. You know...simple stuff.
We have to help take care of each other.
I've started doing a bit of Christmas decorating. Since this is my first time doing Christmas someplace other than 13700, it took me a while to figure out how to do what to where. I still haven't figured out where I'll put a tree yet and, honestly, I'm considering doing a much smaller version of the tree we normally get so as to not overwhelm the living room. I'll probably have that figured out come Sunday.
I started doing the mantle the other day and ran into a major snaffoo. Once I'd removed everything that was on the mantle, I accidentally hit the mirror ripped out the hanger on one side.
JOY.
So I had to wait for Robby to help me redo that because I couldn't rehang the mirror solo.
Aiight. Now, I didn't want to add too much because again, the room is kinda small. I wanted to go simple and, I wanted to use stuff I already had. Well, yall know me, I was in Michael's and found a gold 'M' for $3 and then I was over at TJMaxx and ran up on a yet another tree that I had to have. Hey...I justified it by saying it matched the color scheme I wanted to go with this year. And it was different.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Other than that...that's all I really needed to get. Except for some ribbon. And these three cheap ornaments that I hung UNDER the mantle.
But I digress.
As always.
So...the first thing I had to do was hang the wreath on the mirror. After several tries using different things, I finally got the look I wanted using two 12 pound Command velcro strips on either side. I love Command strips because they can be removed easily and without damage. I tried using 4 pound ones initially but that ended the way you're thinking it ended. Yup...wreath all over the floor and glitter everywhere.
Prior to attaching the wreath to the mirror, I looped a piece of ribbon around the top and simply tucked it behind the mirror to make it seem like it was used to hang the mirror. I thought that would give it a nice look. I'm sitting here now looking at it and I think I'm going to flip the back ends of the ribbon over to the front and cut a 'V' in them to give it even more of a tailored look if that makes sense.
Once the wreath was hung, I placed two berry trees on opposite ends to balance it (and to hide that goodness awful antennae cord as much as possible). Then I added a faux pine garland.
Next, I wove a string of battery operated lights to the garland, our JOY stocking hangers, my 'M' and my new tree. Then...it looked like I wanted it to look so I didn't add another nuttin' above the mantle.
Under the mantle I simply hung three cheapo ornaments using Command mini hooks. They are so small that I might just leave them there. All together, it looks really simple and nice if you ask me. (TIP: You can pretty much buy Command hooks and strips anywhere but keep in mind that Michael's sells them too and you can ALWAYS find a 40% off coupon for Michael's full priced items. GO ME!)
Me likey.
What do you think? Do I need to add anything? Have you started decorating yet? Do you have a mantle in the room you spend the most time in? Do you decorate it for Christmas? Have you ever hung a wreath on a mirror? How'd you do it?
