How to Spice Up Your Marriage

Keep dating your spouse. Hire a baby sitter. Get dressed up! Make special dinner reservations. Buy her flowers. Wear his favorite perfume. Approach each "date" with your spouse with the same desire to impress that you held in your heart on your first date.

Write him love notes. Leave them in the brief case, on the mirror, or taped on the computer monitor. Please, do it the old fashion way, with pen and perfumed writing paper. Not, emails or SMS’s.

Come on, give him a back rub!

Give him love credits. Spoil him by giving him a love credit for any of his favorite activities: dinner in a particular restaurant, tickets to a favorite sporting event, etc. Be creative!

Instead of celebrating your anniversary, why not celebrating your honeymoon? Visit the place where you spent your honeymoon, even if it is for just one night. Should it not be possible for whatever reason, just book into the next best, but classy, hotel for the night!

Serve him breakfast in bed, anytime! Make it yourself and serve it with a flower and a love note!

You can never kiss him too much! Do not be content with a simple little peck on the lips. Give him at least 10 seconds of serious affection each day. Try it just before leaving for the office. You will hardly be able to wait to get home!

Buy him a romantic novel and read a chapter every night in bed!

Flight (The Crescent Chronicles #1) by Alyssa Rose Ivy. $2.99 from Smashwords.com
Sometimes you just have to take flight. A summer in New Orleans is exactly what Allie needs before starting college. Accepting her dad’s invitation to work at his hotel offers an escape from her ex-boyfriend and the chance to spend the summer with her best friend. Meeting a guy is the last thing on her mind—until she sees Levi.

 
Never stop loving him, and tell him that you love him every day!

 

No More Sleepless Nights

Restless nights, insomnia and disturbed sleep claim over 60 million victims every night in the US. So if you experience difficulty sleeping you are in good company. Yet, often sleep problems are the result of a deeper problem, a problem that you may be able to begin to overcome by using some of these five 'quick change' techniques. They will not remove the root cause of your insomnia but they could well reduce its effects, which will help you to get some well-deserved rest. 

1. Avoid caffeinated drinks in the evening 

To avoid sleep insomnia it is good to clear all of the caffeine out of your body prior to resting. In practice it is right to avoid all caffeine from early evening onwards. And because some teas and chocolate contain caffeine you must be careful of any secret sources of caffeine. 

2. Make sleep a habit

Create a specific and systematic bedtime routine. Start the relaxation process some time before you want to sleep. Do the things that feel right for you, for example you could get yourself a warm drink, and relax with a good book. Do things that don't need lots of movement and ideally avoid spending time on the computer or being glued to the television as both could be very stimulating. 

3. Avoid alcohol

It is a misconception that a late night drink can help you relax; alcohol is proven to inhibit or in some cases interrupt deep, relaxing sleep. Although the odd glass of wine will not make a great difference, it is best to avoid all alcohol whist you attempt a routine to induce consistent sleep patterns. 

4. Make bedtime regular

Most sleep professionals concur that having a planned and regular time to go to rest is an aid to sleeping well. Initially, if you have a problem sleeping your normal instinct is to go to bed early, in fact the most efficient way to get a peaceful night's sleep is to go to bed later. You may sleep for less you will have deeper, more restful sleep. Then once your rest patterns have stabilized and your body readjusted you could then begin to go to bed earlier and sleep for longer. 

5. Relax to calming music 

To aid your journey to rest think of listening to calming music, natural sounds, self-hypnosis or suggestion audio for a deeper more soothing sleep. These treatments are actually developed to help you relax and calm down. A few are based on successful therapy practices and designed to solve the root cause of your insomnia.

The best three little words in the English language

The best three words in the English language are “I love you.” 

When you are in love, and thus love each him, you must tell him that you love him. Of course, you do not have to say it every day, may be not even every week, but when the spirit moves you, when you really feel it intensely, say it!

Do not worry about whether he’s going to reply “I love you too,” or whether he says it as often as you do. Keeping score is anyway a game many people play to protect their self-esteem, because they think that acts of giving (saying “I love you” is such an act) diminish them if not received in equal measure. 

Giving never lowered anybody, nor has anyone’s store of love ever been reduced by giving it away.

However, it is also a fact that if you give but never receives, something is wrong in the relationship, and you need to re-evaluate it. But, you are not diminished one particle by giving.

Remember, desperately needy love, the kind that says “I cannot live without you,” is not giving but taking!

Furthermore, bed is not the only place to tell him you love him, although that is a good place! Any place, any time is good!

The best thing about love is that love speaks not only in words but also in little acts of thoughtfulness, in letting him know you care and appreciate him. Just being there for each other, is an important part of showing your love.

Remember, what goes around, comes around – also love!