Want to Know?

Want to know what I’ve learned about marriage?

      1. Don’t eat all the fudge.

      2. Don’t eat all the Nutella.

      3. Don’t use the timed-dry option on the dryer. (I don’t know why either. Just. Don’t.)

And that was just in the last month! 

Yes, marriage can be confusing. Not-so-research-based Google says married people are “annoying, boring, cheat and so on.”  Anecdotally, many people have told me that marriage is a very good thing, however, one should avoid the elaborate wedding part due to its cost, the stress, the we-had-to-invite-them-unwanted-guests, etc. Real science has revealed that there really are many benefits to marriage which reportedly include some pretty important considerations:

1. An increased life-span.

2. Higher earnings throughout one’s lifetime.

3. Generally higher levels of happiness.

If it's really that good though then this seems to beg the obvious question: why do so many marriages end?

I don’t know.

Here’s another thing I don’t know. Dear wife, I DO NOT KNOW your internet passwords nor your usernames that you forgot and even if I laugh about what you think your password is and suggest that your new password should be “confused1” and even if you threaten me and then demand, “HELP ME! I MEAN IT!” I still do not know your computer passwords. But despite this, once we stop laughing and making fun of each other, I help you anyway.

And that is truly something else I’ve learned about marriage: help anyway.

Little Liebsters!

I like this word. (I like to imagine Heidi Klum saying it to me.) Apparently it means "beloved" or "dearest" or even "my love." I'm going to start calling my teens my little liebsters in hopes that it will make them docile.

In the meantime, I humbly thank both Life of Riles and Less than Perfect for cranking their spotlights over to my blog. I too would like to shine some light on my favourite blogs so simply look right, scroll down and find my blogroll. They're my little liebsters too but they don't usually back-talk me. If you'd like me to be more specific, I offer three blogs that intrigued me today.
1. Nostomaniac ~quirky times nine and she loves calculator watches.
2. Semi-Coherent Thoughts ~a bit of a micro-blogger; self-described social commentator.
3. Munk Davis ~I like the way he thinks too much.

Threes

Another blogger used this three things format to share some information about his identity and his answers intrigued me so I thought I would share mine.

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. sense of humour
2. somehow I managed to attract really terrific people into my life
3. my bumbling professor-ness

THREE THINGS YOU CAN IMPROVE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. my worst-case-scenario-izing
2. knowing when to shut up
3. my waistline

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Scottish
2. Scottish
3. Who knows?

THREE+ THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. turkeys
2. June bugs
3. big dogs
4. whales (simultaneous terror and wonder, it's a religious experience)
5. that lady with Trichotillomania who whispers "shhhhh" in the movie Shutter Island.
6. people who brag they never read
7. family reunions

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. books
2. a pillow
3. I-pod

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. T-shirt
2. boxers
3. wedding ring

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS OR ARTISTS AT THE MOMENT:
1. my daughter
2. my son
3. Aaron James Sorenson

THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS
1. white-water rafting
2. saving $10,000
3. losing weight

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP (Love is a given):
1. to be needed
2. to be listened to, not for someone to solve my problems
3. playfulness

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE: (in no order, it’s more fun that way)
1. I have been in two provinces at once.
2. I have showered in a woman's locker-room.
3. I have peed next to Bryan Adams.

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. curves
2. heat
3. talent/communication skills

THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO:
1. add hours and minutes
2. get better at playing the guitar
3. eat lobster (giant bug)

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. writing/blogging/reading
2. art
3. guitar/cooking vegetarian

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. magically remove aches
2. win a lottery, any lottery
3. magically transform my teens into well-adjusted, responsible successful adults

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:
1. Teaching adults
2. Art
3. Journalism

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. Scotland
2. Sydney, Nova Scotia
3. Iceland

THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. ensure my children get an education
2. publish a book
3. get another degree