Married Monday Review: Marriage 365

I am bringing back Married Monday Reviews, once a month or so I will review or share about a marriage resource I have found and enjoyed. These could be anything from books to websites and everything in between.

Today I want to share with you this great site called Marriage 365. The site is ran and wrote by husband and wife, Casey and Meygan. Both of their parents had multiple divorces, despite that they fell in love during college and got married. Then like many others their happily ever after wasn't so happy and they were surprised with the difficulty of marriage. They realized that they needed to work on themselves before they could work on the other. They sought help and sought to make their marriage better. They have been married now for 12 years and have 2 kids. They have realized that a great marriage has ups, downs, and takes being intentional 365 days.

They have webinars, a premarital course and many ebook all available on their site. The blog is full of great posts with tips, advice, ways to improve your marriage. I have enjoyed reading through their posts and learning some interesting things. I like that they both write posts, it is one of the few sites where you can get a man's perspective as well.

A couple of my favorites so far have been:

• 10 Quick Tips on Dealing with In-Laws 
• 4 Things We Learned from Marriage Counseling 
• 10 Ways to Ruin Your Marriage 

I encourage you to go take a look over at Marriage 365 (http://marriage365.org/) and see what they have to share. I know I will be following them for now on!

Married Monday: Fun Valentine's Day Gifts for Husabnds

Valentine's Day is getting close and if you are like me you are trying to think of a great gift for your husband. I love buying and giving gifts, the happiness on their face and their genuine appreciation makes me so happy.

Hubby is my favorite person to buy for but sometimes it is hard to think of a great idea. Especially when he can't even think of anything he wants. That is when it is time to get creative. If he doesn't need any essentials and has everything he's been wanting then it's time to look for fun gifts.

Valentine's Day we don't normally do big gifts. Instead, we spend time together, have a nice meal, and maybe exchange something small. So I started to make a list of fun, simple gifts that are perfect for husbands.

• Love notes- Get romatic and leave him sweet notes to find throughout the day.
• Coupons- Create some fun coupons for massages, favorite food items, a chore free day etc. I did this for Christmas and it was a big hit.
• Food- food is one of our love languages. It really works for most any occasion. A favorite dessert, a meal all about him, or even a surprise of his favorite fast food item.
• Create your own 6-pack, or drink pack- For those who like trying different things many liquor stores have a spot you can mix and match to create your own set. I think this is a fun gift that you can customize to what he likes or choose ones that have a meaning to the two of you.
• Personalized key chain- This one sounds a bit lame but there are some fun keychains out there that fit so many personalities. I love having a couple key chains to switch out.
• Coffee mug- Design your own using Sharpies and bake the mug or pick a cute one out. Pinterest has a lot of cute options.
• 52 reasons I love you- I love the idea of getting a card deck and writing one reason you love him on it.
• Luggage tags- going for vacation this summer wouldn't it be great to have personalized luggage tags so he can find his easily.
• A simple sweet card- sometimes simple is the best way to go. Purchase a sweet card write a little I love you note and you are set.
• A movie night bucket- get a new movie he's been wanting to see, popcorn, candy and a note saying you will watch it with him. Doubles as a date and gift, perfect

There you have it 10 simple inexpensive ideas to gift your husband for Valentine's day. For us at least, Valentine's day is more about the thought and togetherness then gifts. I rather spend an evening enjoying a home cooked dinner together then a big extravagant gift any day. How do you like to spend valentines with your husband? I would love to hear from you.

Married Monday: A Praying Wife

    Prayer is so crucial to our relationship with God and for our marriages. It is the way we can speak directly to God, the way we can ask him for help, seek his will, and know that he cares about us and loves us. He wants your marriage to serve him, to be good, and something that shows his love to the world. For your marriage to be its strongest I believe that we should be praying for our husbands and our marriage.

Married Monday: A Year of Date Ideas and a Challenge

   I want to challenge you this year to be intentional with dating your husband. Yup that’s right I want you to go on dates. We try to go out or take one evening at least every couple weeks to hang out together. These don't have to be elaborate things they can simply be watching a movie and cooking dinner together. Here is a list of 12 dates to do during the year, one for each month.

Married Monday: Play Games Together

   What do you do after dinner? After cleaning up and you are ready to relax do you hang out with your husband? Or do you go to your different screens and do your own thing? I know many of us go and watch our tv shows, check Facebook, or play games instead of spending some good one on one time. Why wouldn't we though it's easy, it's entertaining, something to do when you want to unwind and relax, instead of the harder task of finding things that you both like to do, something to talk about, something new to do.

Married Monday: Fun Christmas Ideas for Couples

  4 days until Christmas! I can't believe that it is time and the year is almost over, it seems like last Christmas was just the other day. We have all our gifts wrapped and sitting under our shiny tree just waiting to be opened. We are excited to be headed home in just a couple days to spend time with our families. I love Christmas time.

   With the bustle these last few days before Christmas it is easy to forget to spend a little extra time with your spouse and have a one on one moment. These are a couple ideas that are fun for the days leading up to Christmas, Christmas Eve and even Christmas day.

20 Reasons to be Thankful for Your Husband

    I am glad to be back with Married Mondays, I have some great things happening in the coming weeks here.  

   Thanksgiving is quickly approaching and I have been thinking what I am thankful for. My amazing hubby always comes to mind first. We fit together and complement each other so well I just know that God, designed us for each other and brought us together.  

Married Monday: Update

   I have been a bit behind in my Married Monday posts, I have been having a hard time thinking of great topics that you all want to read about. I am going to take a little break just from my Marriage posts until mid November so that I will be able to give yall great information that is helpful and useful for you.

Married Monday: Fall Bucket List 2015

   Last year I wrote this post and made a cute little image with a bucket list of things I wanted to do with Hubby during the season. This year I am making a new one. Some things the same and a few new dates added.

Married Monday Review: 9 Thoughts That Can Change Your Marriage by Sheila Wray Gregoire

I received this book in return for a review from Blog for Books. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

   About once a month I go and choose a book from the Blog for Books website, the last few that I have gotten have been cookbooks because I can never stay away from them. This time, though I was looking for a book based on Christian marriage and for the first time, since I started, saw one that looked good. I didn’t pay much attention to the authors name and did not realize that it was Sheila who blogs over at To Love, Honor and Vacuum. I have been following her since we got engaged and love the advice she gives.

Married Monday: Five Tips to Make Him feel Appreciated

   Our husbands are great, if, for no other reason than they put up with us, they should be reminded of their awesomeness on a regular basis.  With the holidays right around the corner, life is about to get busier than normal and letting him know how great he is will get pushed to the back of our minds. That’s why today I am going to share some simple ways to show him how much he is appreciated.

Married Monday Review: A Woman After God’s Own Heart by Elizabeth George

   I have read this book a couple of times and I love it. It is just a great insight into what a woman’s heart should look like. The book is broken up into 4 parts: The Pursuit of God, The Pursuit of God’s Priorities, The Practice of God’s Priorities, and In Praise of God’s Priorities.  It is organized and laid out very well.

Married Monday:Marriage Bible Verses, Gen 2:22-24 and Mat 19:4-6

   Last month I talked about a couple verses in Proverbs that dealt with favor and character in marriage. This month the two verses I want to talk about are very similar to each other, they show that God views a husband and wife as one flesh.

Married Monday Review: Sacred Marriage By: Gary Thomas

  “What if God designed marriage to make us holy more than to make us happy?” The subtitle to the book sums up the main theme and point that Gary is making throughout the book. It’s a big thought: we don’t get married to be happy, marriage is meant to bring us closer to God.

Married Monday: Book Reviews

The next few months I have scheduled a few different christian books on marriage to read and review.

Married Monday: Marriage Bible Verses, Proverbs 12:4 and 18:22

   

   The Bible is my favorite book, even though a lot of it I don’t understand without re reading it a few times and going to look up some meanings behind it. I think that’s perfectly fine though because there is a lot of important information and lessons in there that can help and serve as a guideline for life. Any part of life you need help with, guidance on, or reflection the Bible has it covered, if you take the time to read into it and between the lines. Marriage is covered throughout the Bible often and in many ways, today I want to look at two verses that celebrate marriage, and give me something to strive for as a wife.

Married Monday: Top 5 Marriage Tips for Newly Weds

   

This weekend my best friend is getting married!!  She has found someone with the same values as her, who loves her so much, and is her best friend, I could not be any happier for her. And with our anniversary being just two weeks away I decided that today I will share my top 5 tips for newlyweds.

   Some of these may be a bit cliché but they are actually all things we practice in our marriage and they make a difference.

Married Monday: The Problem with Pride

    Pride is defined as a high or inordinate opinion of one’s own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority.

   Pride will ruin any relationship you have, and it is so toxic in a marriage. Pride can make a person feel independent like you don’t need anyone, even God.  That should be enough to know you don’t want to be prideful. Here are a few other things that pride can cause and why it hurts your marriage.

Married Monday: Pride and Marriage

   Happy Tuesday and late Married Monday. I got so caught up in life I forgot to get my post out yesterday, oops.

   Pride is something that can ruin relationships and next week I am going to dive into how it can hurt a marriage to the point of complete ruin. 

   I was scrolling along my Facebook feed and up popped this picture from Unveiled Wife and it convicted me big time.

Married Monday: Balancing Act

   I was reading some articles on Family Circle and found this one on balancing personal needs and marriage. It has some good points, some that I have hit on before about setting boundaries in your marriage and keeping personal time.