Week 1 - Day 5 - SUCCESS!

It's Friday! Hooray! It's been a long week for Bob, so I'm happy the weekend is finally here.

I gave my house a good "Stepford" cleaning - I think the ladies would be proud (there's still a lot of work to do, though). I was exhausted by the time I finished and almost skipped making dinner tonight. But my inner housewife chimed in and reminded me that I don't get to take a break just because I'm tired. This housewife thing is my job and I wouldn't get to slack off if I was still working outside the home, would I?

I'm glad I didn't skip the Welcome Home/Dinner routine today because the evening went so well! I was at the door, drink in hand, when Bob walked through the door. Then, our meal was ready just about the time Bob had finished going through his mail.

I had to check myself a couple of times - I started to give my opinion before Bob asked for it. After a couple of reminders to myself, I held my tongue and was a good listener. It's so hard - I feel like I'm not participating in my marriage if I don't speak up and say what's on my mind. However, that trait is exactly what usually causes arguments so I think I might end up saving us some strife if I just keep reminding myself to hold my tongue once in a while.

From now on, I think I'm going to stop mixing Bob drinks when he gets home. He doesn't like to have them with his meal and ends up getting a beer instead. I think I'll just have a nice cold beer waiting for him when he gets home from work. It will save me some work and it'll save the expensive alcohol!

Bob is still struggling to get used to me being a more hands-on housewife. He got up to get himself a second helping AGAIN. I grabbed his plate before he could get in the kitchen and he went and settled himself back in his chair.

I'm really starting to get the hang of this, I think. Next week will probably present another challenge but I'm looking forward to conquering it.

Tomorrow we have been invited to friends' house for dinner, so I have the night off. I'll check in on Sunday and report back with how dinner prep went (Sunday nights are Bob's night to call his parents, which always presents an interesting timing challenge).

Until Sunday...

Good night!