I would love to be able to say that “that time of the month” has no effect on me, that it’s just something that happens as I go about my every day routine and then it’s gone. The thing is, I turn into a rage monster who has an insatiable craving for salty food and I hate everyone and everything and want to drive far, far away from it all.

The comical thing is, I am taken by surprise every. single. month. I have a thundercloud of anger floating around my head and spend a good chunk of time trying to figure out why, as evidenced by the Facebook status I posted the other day.

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We’ve been dealing with a bit of a “neighbor situation” for the past few months. When the initial dog attack happened, I was not exactly what you would call calm. A nasty pit bull had his jaws clamped on my dog’s ear, the owner was barely holding back his other big dog, and I started to think my dog was going to die because the other dog showed no signs of letting up.

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We live in an active community, and I know a number of couples who share both marital love and a love of the same physical activities. One couple runs together and they both race. Another couple like mountain biking on rugged trails and entering mountain biking events. Yet another couple enjoys hockey and play in the same league.

My husband and I … are nothing like them.

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Every once in awhile I’ll ask my husband if there’s any marriage topics I should cover here. This morning I asked him and he quickly responded with ‘Would your husband encourage you to get plastic surgery?’

Um, that was quick. I asked him if he wanted me to get plastic surgery and he had another quick reply for me. “I wouldn’t be offended if you had a breast enhancement.’

And then I killed him.

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The temperatures are cooling and the official first day of fall is just around the corner. Those long walks on the beach after a dinner out don’t have to end, you just have to trade out your breezy summer dress for jeans and a long-sleeved top. Here are a few other ideas:

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A few weeks ago, Linda highlighted her husband’s annoying household fails and I had a good chuckle. Today, she confessed to her own bad household habits and I had another laugh, because ME TOO.

My husband shares a few of the habits that her husband has. The one that drives me the most crazy is when I’ll text him and get no response, even though I know that his phone never leaves his side. Or when he’ll ask me something on gChat, I’ll respond and ask him something back and then … crickets. (It’s not a household thing, but it still drives me insane.)

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My friend Jen sent me a link to this Huffington Post article titled ‘15 Ways To Stay Married for Fifteen Years’ last night and I almost cheered out loud. I’ve lamented before that it’s hard to find content online that supports marriage, and this article is a great one. It had me at point number one: Go to bed mad. I agree.

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After my husband and I got engaged, we took part in a pre-marital course where they partner you with a ‘mentor’ couple and we worked through topics like communication and finances, etc. (Another couple in the group cracked us up because while the girl had been living on her own for a few years, her fiance was a University student who lived at home with his parents. In the budgeting session, he estimated that their monthly grocery bill would be $250. Haaaaaaaaaa.)

Our mentor couple had us over for dinner one night and gave us some valuable communication tips tha we still use today (including the fact that it’s okay to go to bed angry - things always look better in the morning). Here are a few of them.

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