Christmas Traditions

What traditions do you have at Christmas time? While traditions with extended family are great, I want to have traditions with just my husband and kid(s). Nick and I have bounced around some ideas, but most of them are still a few years away before we can do them. I'll share them in the comments!

PS. I'm not very Blogger savvy, but I discovered that if ever there's a post on someone's blog that I want to get the comments to I can have them sent to my email and not have to keep going back to that blog to find them. If ever you want to read up on other's ideas and suggestions for our club topics all you have to do is click "email follow-up comments to..." and then every time someone leaves a comment to a post it will be sent to your email. It's pretty much awesome! Then you can keep contributing to the discussions as if we were all sitting in the same room having the conversation in person during a club meeting! Yay for cyber clubs!

Quality Time

What's something you and your husband do as a couple to spend time together? Read books? Go on walks? Play boardgames? Put together puzzles? I'm looking to add some new ideas to my list so give me all you've got!

Thank You Challenge

It's a little late and short notice since we're already 2 days into the month, but here's a fun challenge to show your husband you appreciate him. We all know November is the month for giving thanks. Your challenge is to give your husband a thank you note everyday this month. It doesn't have to be anything elaborate. Make it as simple as you want. I'm doing mine on post-it notes and sticking one to the steering wheel of his car everyday so when he leaves for school in the morning he'll see it. On weekends I think I'll put it on the bathroom mirror or the lid of the toilet (he definitely won't miss it there)! Have fun with this challenge and be creative with why you're thankful for your husband. Point out the obvious, but also thank him for more personal things and even silly things! After all, you have 30 (or 28 if you don't make up for the two days we've missed) different things to be thankful for.

Here's a tip: I suggest writing all of them out at the same time so you don't have any repeats.

Homemade Turtles

These are so easy a turtle could make them! :)

What you need:

 Rolos, Pecan halves, and square shaped Pretzels.

First preheat the oven. It doesn't matter how hot really. When I turn mine on it automatically sets to 350* so I just went with that.

 I recommend buying the Rolos that come in tubes (found by the registers). If you buy them in a big bag the way I did you have to unwrap each one. The tubes aren't individually wrapped.

 Lay out your Pretzels on a cookie sheet. I put Aluminum Foil down first because the chocolate melts through to the pan so it just makes for easier clean up.

 Place a Rolo on each Pretzel. Then put them in the oven for a minute or two. They only need to be in there long enough to soften the Rolo.

 While they're in the oven, pull out the unbroken pecans from the bag. It's easier to already have them separated so you can quickly place them while the chocolate is still soft.

Once you take the pan out of the oven, place a pecan on each Rolo and push it down to flatten the chocolate. Let the chocolate harden back up and they're ready to serve. Like I said, so easy a turtle could do it!

If you're unsure if your chocolate is soft enough test it by pushing a pecan down on one while they're still in the oven. If it pushes down with ease then they're ready to go.

Club Meeting #3

We will be holding our club meetings the first part of every month; not that it really matters because you don't need to be in attendance! What's the purpose of a club meeting you ask? Our meetings are a chance for you to tell us what you would like to see from this blog. Open up and share your opinions. We hold these meetings so your voices can be heard! It's also a way for us to bring our focus back to the center and talk about what we've learned, what we've tried and applied, and most importantly, how we've strengthened our marriage! After all, we call ourselves the Better Wives Club, therefore we should do things that make us better wives today than we were yesterday!

Leave Your Comments:

~Did you try any of the recipes or crafts?
     -Which ones?
     -How did they turn out?
     -Are they something you'll do again?

~Did you do something this month to strengthen your marriage?
     -Any tips?
     -Did he notice?

~What's something you and your spouse do together that you really love?

~Any ideas for the rest of us of something we can try to strengthen our own marriages?