Getting Your Team Together – and Thursday’s Winner!

by | Jan 3, 2008 | The Husband Project, tips and ideas | 0 comments

Hi ladies –

 We have a Winner!!! Our first prize-winner for the Husband Project Kick-Off has been notified – as soon as she gives me the OK to publish her name, I will tell the world. She has won “The Man You Always Wanted is the One You Already Have” by our own Paula Friedrichsen. (You can check out the book here at Amazon!)

So – gearing up for the 10th – it is time to get two other ladies on board to plan and scheme and bless the socks off your men. SO – go ask a couple of friends to do the Project with you. Have them sign-up for the daily e-mails (that way they can be eligible for the drawings over the next week!)

Here is a recent posting I did that has a great letter to ask your friends to do the project with you.

 Secret Contest

Only for the wives who are signed up on the daily e-mails. I want this blog to be a fun exchange of idea between all of you. SO , in that spirit…

Everyone who comments on a blog each week will be entered into a drawing for a $10 Starbucks Card. (Have you gotten the idea that I am a Starbucks fan?!?) The more times you comment, the more times you are entered. Ask a questions, offer an idea – whatever. Our first drawing will be next Wednesday, so get those fingers typing!

Now for the post:

One of the tenants of The Husband Project is that every job is more fun when your friends are involved. One of our wives, Sugga-Lamb, (love the nickname, teehee) gave me a sample of the letter she sent to get her friends on board.

“Hello ladies, I’m participating in a secret experiment called the 21 Day Project. It is actually a ‘husband’ project and it is to be kept secret from our husbands. I’m going to give extra love and support to my husband for the next 21 days, unconditionally. Sounds easy enough, right? Well with the busyness of our everyday lives it will be easy to put the project to the side…something I don’t want to do. To keep me on track I’m required to have 2 accountability partners. I’ve emailed 4 people that I feel will be the best supporters of this project for me. That’s where you come in. Please check out the website at http://www.thehusbandproject.org & let me know if this is something you’d like to do with me. If you’d like to participate as well, great! The more the merrier! Thanks, ladies!”

Feel free to copy this letter and pass it along to the women you want to do The Project with. Have fun!

All About Me

by | Dec 25, 2007 | The Husband Project | 0 comments

It’s a new week, again, and the best way to take care of your man at the start of the week is to take care of his wife, too.

Five minutes. That’s all you need today. (Okay, it may take 10 minutes to prep for this, but it will be worth it, promise.) (more…)

A Warm Marriage

by | Dec 20, 2007 | The Husband Project | 0 comments

By Paula Friedrichsen

We live in a disposable society. It’s now cheaper to buy a new toaster, vacuum, blender, TV, or computer than it is to have the old one repaired. Our frantic pace and enjoyment of new things dictates that we must quickly toss out anything old and obsolete, replacing it with something up to date and appealing. Things just don’t seem to hold their value anymore. (more…)

Embracing Your Differences

by | Dec 17, 2007 | The Husband Project, tips and ideas | 0 comments

By Paula Friedrichsen

Cut roses are kept in cold storage at floral shops to keep them from blooming. This way, once they are exposed to warmth and a little natural sunlight, they will open with glory. The lovely fragrance fills your home, and the spectacular color of the flowers impresses all who enter.

Acceptance, appreciation, and validation are the warmth that will cause your husband’s personality and true self to bloom. (more…)

Friday

by | Dec 14, 2007 | The Husband Project | 0 comments

Project Prayer…Hey, is it OK if I pray for you?

Actually, I pray for all of my Project Managers (that would be you) everyday. I know that as noble as this whole endeavor is, it can be hard being nice everyday.

Just as soon as you commit to the Project, someone gets sick or your husband gets chewed out at work, or finances that looked OK a week ago are suddenly desperate. (In one situation, a Project Manager had just began the program only to find out she was pregnant.) There is always something.

That is why it’s exciting to remember that it’s not all up to us. Ephesians 3:20-21 reads:

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

God can, and will, do more in our marriages than we could hope or imagine. Make sure that prayer is part of your day when it comes to your guy. The proof of prayer will show up in your Project.

Kathi Lipp

Thursday

by | Dec 12, 2007 | The Husband Project | 0 comments

OK – this just cracked me up. The following message was in response to my note that asked, “Did You Fall Off the Turkey Wagon?”

I will also be one of those that will need to expand the 21 days. My husband and I argued over, of all things, a Turkey. It sounds funny now but I wanted to kick him in the teeth, not love him extra. No worries; we’ve been married 17 years and we’re back on track.