Before you get married, you get so much advice.  The old cliche about not going to bed angry, say I love you every morning, and a multitude of other canned platitudes that people say so they feel wise.  The problem I have with advice is that it just begs to be ignored.  I imagine sitting [...]

I have worked about a million hours this week and we’re having family in for the weekend so tonight I’m going to sit in front of the tv and veg.  No exercising, no cleaning (for which I will feel guilty), no nothing.  Just tv.  And maybe some Oreos (to further negate the no exercise thing).  [...]

As I have written about before, my mother passed away in December.  This past weekend would have been my parents 41st wedding anniversary.  It was just a year ago that Mr. Diva and I went to visit them and took them to a wonderful dinner.  I went to the bakery where I had my wedding [...]

Sometimes in a marriage we are overly polite. We don’t want to make a mountain out of a mole hill. I’m talking about the 101 little things that your spouse does that shouldn’t bug you but they do.  I’m talking about when the other person leaves the toothpaste cap off, doesn’t empty the trash when [...]

I was sitting on my couch trying desperately to relax from the day with a little American Idol, I am being forever pestered by one of my cats.  Before you call me a Crazy Cat Lady, I only have two.  I think I am at least 2 cats away from one of those people you [...]