Blog Posts on wifely bliss

How to Manage Your Finances Well by Emancipation of Jane on Mar 25, 2009We feel and hear the singsong of global economic crisis, people losing jobs, commodity prices going up, and so on. Are we really going rock bottom? If we are, then we’re lucky because there’s no other way but up, right? If we aren’t, then we re...

Happiness Comes in Pieces by Emancipation of Jane on Mar 5, 2009On Mark’s 25th birthday in 2002, I gave him a book entitled “The Next 500 Stories” by Frank Mihalic, SVD, and I wrote a note on its first page that said, “Age is not a date in time but a state of mind. Our duty here on earth is not to add yea...

A Day in a Military Wife's Life by Emancipation of Jane on Mar 3, 2009“As I rouse from deep sleep, I offered a prayer to God for a good day ahead. Just then, a voice over the PA system announced: It is now recall. It is now recall.”As a military wife, I can't help being like a PA system that sounds off at five thir

Home Sweet Home by Emancipation of Jane on Feb 25, 2009It has been over a month since my last post. The reason for my silence is that I and my husband wanted to fully enjoy our extended rest and recreation in our hometown. We made a deal to make most out of it through steering clear of internet, cable TV...

Ways to Say I Love You by Emancipation of Jane on Jan 20, 2009Mark and I have our share of ups and downs as a couple but no matter what, we are still committed to say I Love You to each other always. It helps us revive our vow to make our marriage stay fresh till the end.Likewise, we have our ways of exclaiming...

Making Marriage Work by Emancipation of Jane on Jan 19, 2009OK! (Sigh) It was our longest fight ever. Four days. Yesterday morning, Mark kissed and hugged me then I gave in. We’ve decided to just learn the lesson from our rift and take it from there. Go figure.There are five things that pretty much keep our...

Moving House, Anyone? by Emancipation of Jane on Jan 18, 2009With the kind of job my husband does, I am expected to move with him from one place to another. I have become like a rolling stone that gathers no moss but honestly, I am cut out for it. I don’t fear changes. Instead, I like to welcome new surround...

How I Captivate My Husband by Emancipation of Jane on Jan 12, 2009It’s windy here in CALABARZON area and I like it very much. It’s precisely the right weather to cuddle with your husband the whole day, isn't it?Not for me though.My Mark loves to work (or should I say experiment) with details and once he’s int

5 Steps to Better Sex by Emancipation of Jane on Jan 11, 2009If there is one show that I have to follow religiously, it’s got to be Oprah. I watch it every weeknight on Hallmark Channel and find it very informative and entertaining.This week Oprah ran a special entitled Oprah’s Best Life Series. Last Monda...

Welcoming 2009 with a Bang! by Emancipation of Jane on Jan 3, 2009It’s my first post this year and I’ve decided to try a new leisure pursuit that is uploading my own videos to YouTube!I hope you will enjoy watching them as much as I enjoyed making them.First up is the New Year’s Eve Street Dancing along Palma...