Wedding “How We Met” Video
Posted on 15. Apr, 2010 by lisa in Uncategorized
A little long distance = a lot of love 
Gifts for your partner. Cute AND matching.
Posted on 12. Apr, 2010 by lisa in Creative/Fun Ideas, Other sites
Looking for gifts for your long distance partner? Check out BoldLoft. They have matching pillowcases, shot glasses, t-shirts, etc that are all sold in pairs and meant to be separated. Their designs are the perfect level of cheesiness – cute, but not over the top.
A more detailed look at long distance relationships
Posted on 12. Apr, 2010 by lisa in Communication, Other sites
Below from here…
My heart went out to Russell Crowe, when the bad-boy superstar was arrested and charged with second-degree assault and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon after attacking an employee at the Mercer Hotel in New York. As Crowe later explained to David Letterman, he had repeatedly tried and failed to call his wife in Australia. I’m not condoning the use of a phone as a weapon, of course, but long-distance relationships can be tough enough to make even the calmest person edgy, much less a hard-rocking gladiator with a temper.
When I heard about Crowe’s rage, I’d just spent three months apart from my husband, Andy, in Tours, France, attending a language institute and living with an unconventional host couple in their fifties. (By “unconventional,” I mean that they had matching red leather pants. He gardened in his Speedo. Their home had leopard- and zebra-print decor and dozens of stuffed—by a taxidermist—animals. I’ve seen her breasts. Have I said enough?)
My first reaction on the day I arrived, exactly six months after Andy and I were married, was not aggression but something akin to hysteria. Exhausted by 15 hours of travel, I actually cried in my coq au vin when my hosts, who had already revealed their penchant for public displays of affection, asked me how my husband felt about my leaving him for so long. Later that night, despair escalated into a tantrum to rival Crowe’s when I discovered I had only one minute’s worth of prepaid cell-phone time left.
It’s a scenario many know all too well. Despite the teary goodbyes, lonely nights, flight delays, and outrageous phone bills, an estimated 14 million Americans are currently in LDRs, according to the Center for the Study of Long Distance Relationships. That number includes couples of all kinds, from those who fell for each other while living on opposite coasts to those who’ve been married for years but decided to live apart while she takes that plum international assignment or he goes back to school.
How do they do it? The simple answer is that, barring the occasional attack on a hotel clerk, long-distance relationships can work—and work well. Research suggests that they don’t break up at any greater rate than traditional, geographically close ones. Plus, multiple studies have found that LDR couples’ levels of relationship satisfaction, intimacy, trust, and commitment are identical to their geographically close counterparts. LDR couples might worry more about infidelity, but they don’t actually cheat more.
…Article continues here.
Ellen doesn’t like the Hug-e-gram
Posted on 09. Apr, 2010 by lisa in Creative/Fun Ideas
To be honest, until Ellen did this on her show I had never heard of the thing! Its kinda funny…. When they flash to the audience – check out how happy the only guy is
Creative Ideas
Posted on 05. Apr, 2010 by lisa in Creative/Fun Ideas
Wanting to send some creative gifts to your partner? How about doing one of the following:
1) Make your partner a scrapbook. If you have memorabilia lying around from your relationship, why not pull it together into something more fun – like a scrapbook. Collect together pictures, ticket stubs and other stuff and make a memorable gift for your partner
2) Send your partner some kisses – the chocolate kind. You can also re-wrap them with your own personal message inside. If your partner prefers the chocolate of M&Ms, then order M&M candies personalized!
3) Next time you send something to your partner, make it float. Get a big box, get 2 helium balloons, tie the balloons onto the gift, put the balloons and the gift int the box. Make sure to write lots of warnings on the box (this side up, do not puncture, etc) and when they open it your gift will float right out of the box. Kinda fun!
