DR's favorite picture of the ones she sent me:
My favorite picture of the ones she sent me:
Instead of a Who Am I for a while we are going to do a "know your president " at the end of the blog. I will 'you give a quote and some facts and you have guess the president who said the quote.
Moving on to an article about truth. Disturbing truth:
http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2011/05/02/25-facts-about-rape-in-america/
From the serious to the unusual. An interesting way to stomp out bad breath.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110506/od_nm/us_korea_kiss_odd
Let's move on to tips on how to argue:
http://marlothomas.aol.com/2011/03/07/the-virtues-of-a-good-argument-and-how-to-have-one/?icid=main%7Chtmlws-sb-n%7Cdl8%7Csec3_lnk2%7C212463
Hope your week starts out well and gets better each day!
Comments are appreciatied.
KNOW YOUR PRESIDENT:
"Here in the United States we turn our rivers and streams into sewers and dumping grounds, we pollute the air, we destroy forests, and exterminate fishes, birds, and mammals." This president wrote this in a book review that was published in 1913. He was born in 1858. He was an outdoorsman and sometimes was a bit of a rough rider. Which President Am I?
4 comments:
I like the idea of the "kiss apple", but not sure it's practical on the spur of the moment.
I agree that done correctly, arguing is good for a marriage. Otherwise, complaints can simmer and get bigger without the partner noticing.
Isn't Skipper just the cutest little girl ever!
Thanks for posting the pix, Bill. She's turning into a terror, knowing no fear, and now she knows she's "safe" and Mom's nearby, she's beginning to tear around the entire acre, so I'm getting lots of fresh air, Vitamin D and extra exercise! Since she's also discovered how to get under the shed and the shop and way ahead of me on the upper terrace, it makes housebreaking a challenge, as I never know if she's done "jobs" or not or whether to praise her. As I said before, she'll keep me young or do me in, but I already love her to pieces.
The rape stats and discrepancies don't surprise me, unfortunately. I can't tell you how often I've heard the rationale, "she was asking for it." If the guy(s) is convincing, it becomes "unfounded."
The apple... I'm with Pat and the gal in the article. It's kind of like saying, "Let me take a breath mint first." Kind of spoils the moment.
Like Pat, again, I agree that arguing, done right, can be healthy for a marriage, if it brings issues out into the open and each is aware of the others' concerns. Accusation and defense don't qualify as healthy arguing to me.
Hi Pat
Skipper is just about as adorable as they come.
Yes it would spoil the moment if you said "excuse me I have to eat an apple."
I'm not sure I could argue appropriatedly in a marriage, I'm a more go for a walk guy.
Bill
Hi DR
Sounds like you got a really playful puppy. It also sounds like he knows he is going be cared for in style. My guess is he will eventually settle down. Maybe in a few years.
I don't see how we can take steps to prevent rape if we don't know the statistics.
That makes three of us wondering just when do you eat the apple.
I've learn to argue in my career of dealing with the IRS. I'm just not sure how that translates to arguing in a relationship.
Bill
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