...No, I don't mean mad-crazy (although you may be this too...) I mean
I'm-mad-as-hell-and-I'm-not-going-to-take-it-any-more MAD!

The fact of the matter is that the Honey-Do List has created friction between men and women for as many years as we have been sharing a common dwelling space.

Just last week, the television series "House" played out this scenario when House and Cuddy woke up after he spent the night.  He wants to know if she wants to have sex.  She wants to know if he'll take out the trash.  "Oh, can't. Sorry. My leg hurts... Gotta go..." Then she discovers that he has used her toothbrush - again - after she has asked him six times not to.  The hour episode unfolds in a way that's predictable..

...And I am not feeling like I have much of anything pithy to say. 

Last year, about this time, I wrote a Blog Post that said: "A Joyful Celebration!" is turning Two."  And as any good two-year-old, we (Okay "I") was busy exploring my world and trying out new things.  All kinds of things.  Too many things.  It was exciting and fun.

I know. It's Valentines Day on Feb 14 and you are planning to celebrate with Hallmark cards, heart-shaped candy, or very expensive red roses.  Right?  Want another idea?

Well, what does this have to do with a wedding and relationship blog? Maybe nothing. Or maybe "something" if you take into consideration that when most of us get home at the end of the day, cooking a meal for yourself or your partner may not seem like something you feel up for. We all have these days.

It has been so long since I have written a blog post that I am a bit embarrassed just to show up now. It feels a little like showing and ringing your doorbell unannounced just as you are sitting down to your holiday dinner...

Okay, I have a confession.  I have been married for a year, and I still have not completed that whole name change thing. So, in an attempt to make it easier for you, I am including two links below.  The first link is from The Nest, and it provides a guideline for both women and men who are making legal name changes after the wedding.

If you are applying for a marriage license in Wayne County, Michigan, be aware of changes in their hours of operation.  The offices will now be open later on Thursday nights, but will be CLOSED Fridays.  You will no longer be able to apply for, or pick up marriage licenses on Fridays.  Please keep this in mind when planning for your license.  This is especially true for out-of-state couples who are marrying in Wayne County.  Please make your travel arrangements to accommodate picking up your license earlier in the week.

It's Mother's Day.  My daughter, Cori, was born the day before Mother's Day, May 11, 1991.  The following morning, the nurse wheeled her bassinet into my hospital room.  There was a pink sign with a yellow sun on it that read "Happy Mother's Day!"  And, indeed it was.  A couple of days later, I was sitting with her in the rocking chair in her new nursery at home.  I remember so clearly thinking: "Now what do I do?"

Sometimes we make big decisions, and life changes.  We decide to marry, or we decide to go off our birth control to "see what happens..."