Yikes! I’m blushing scarlet at how many days it’s been since I’ve posted. I do have a good excuse that I’m hoping will be rectified sometime next week. I’m on dial up now, versus wonderful DSL that I used to have at our old house. Yes, we’ve moved to our new home…another reason I’ve been silent lately, as I’ve been trying to set up our new household rather than living indefinitely out of boxes…NOT a fun thing to do for…
S.T.O.P.–A 4-Step Strategy for Handling Conflict Without Hurting Your RelationshipExamples of Overt Muscling: · Demanding sex and/or obedience · Controlling resources: $, freedom, time · Using violence or threats to control partner· Showing anger and contempt for partner in public (includes: attacks on character or appearance as well as acting as if partner is invisible)· Shouting or intimidating with words or gestures (includes: sarcasm, mocking, finger-pointing, cornering, taunting,)· Blaming, belittling, interrogating, name-calling · Hammering a point to death · Ganging…
S.T.O.P.– A 4-Step Strategy for Handling Conflicts Without Hurting Your Relationship By Betsy Sansby, MS Brain researchers have found that when people are scared, hurt, or angry, they’re physiologically incapable of thinking straight. Stress hormones flood the body and cause the rational part of the brain to shut down, and the irrational part to take over. That’s why angry people don’t talk to each other, they rant and rave–or work on their trucks. The S.T.O.P. Strategy will help you calm…
Finally!!! We’ve spent several nights at our new house now, but are still getting moved in. We have a lot of clean up and some misc items to pack at the old house, as well as a few pieces of furniture to move. I’ll get back to my regular schedule of posting here 2-3 times per week as soon as we finish the last details. We got our washer and dryer hooked up this week end and moved my three…
Today is our 35th anniversary and yes, we got married when we were just babies, LOL! This is the only snapshot I have on my computer of our wedding, I need to ge the professional ones transferred. Actually, I did marry young and it’s miraculous our marriage held together through all the ups and downs and immaturity we both brought into it. Two babes getting married without a clue what sacrifice really meant. God is faithful, though, and He’s brought…