This particular challenge isn’t working so well for us at the current moment because I never know when the “not feeling so hot” preggo moments will strike, but it has worked for us in the past. So before you poo poo the idea, give it a shot. In other words, don’t knock it until you’ve tried it.

Grab your calendars ladies. We are schedulin’ ourselves some sex. Scheduling you say? That is so boring and unspontaneous. Spontaneous? If you are waiting for the mood to strike you, your hubby could be waiting a loooong time. I would bet spontaneous isn’t working too great for you (or your hubby).

Here’s the upside. You will be having regular sex. You will be happy. Your hubby will be happy. You will have less nights that end with “the look” when you are too tired to even function. You may even grow to look forward to those nights on the calendar with excitement and anticipation. That is the way it is supposed to work anyway.

If your hubby happens to be offended by the thought that you must “schedule” him in in order to get the deed done, perhaps you could keep it from him a bit. I would truly never advocate lying in your marriage. Truly. Not a good idea. But if you happen to start scheduling sex and he just chalks it up to his wife spontaneously being in the mood a little more often, that isn’t such a bad thing. Everybody wins.

Alright, you can do this one of two ways. But May is the month to jump on board this challenge. Choice number one- pick a night and stick to it. Just make sure to let everyone know that Sunday night is sex night so people don’t disturb you. Ok, so maybe not that last part. Choice number two- you and the hubby get out the calendars and coordinate your schedules. Find the nights without commitments and stresses and pencil in a little horizontal mambo (I have been waiting to utilize the euphemism and it just felt right…sorry).

I won’t tell you which of the two methods we are choosing. Just please don’t call on Sunday nights after 10:30

This week’s “challenge” is near and dear to my heart. Since all my pregnancy woes seem to happen in the evening, that time of day just isn’t happening for us. At all. So at the risk of way TMI, the morning cartoon hour is quickly becoming our new best friend. My husband and mother are both currently mortified. Sorry, but I do believe it is a great way to start the day

Where is it written that sex has to be at night? Yes, it’s dark and the kids are in bed, but how tired are you? Most days, I am so exhausted by the end of the day it is all I can do to climb up the stairs and into bed. When the hubby gives me “that look” I seriously could start to cry.

Now, I realize an actual nooner is probably out of the question most days. The hubby is at work and the kids keep annoyingly expecting you to feed them. However, last week you shook up the location, maybe this week you can shake up the time of day.

Set the alarm a little before the kids wake up and start your day with a bang (hee, hee). Or would it be so wrong to stick the kids in front of some morning cartoons and head upstairs? You know they could zone out for hours in front of the tube and truth be told you don’t really need near that long (maybe you could squeeze in a nap too). Or try when the kids are napping, just make sure the door is locked in case of an early wake up. If you really want to be adventurous wake up your hubby in the middle of the night. I have a feeling he won’t mind…

Just got home from an exhausting weekend in Chicago and I need a vacation. There will be no “challenging” tonight and seeing as hockey playoffs have begun, even sex seems to have moved down the list. Here’s hoping I can take my own advice this week BTW-last time I posted this particular challenge, I got some very interesting comments. TMI is much appreciated.

So remember that scene in When Harry Met Sally…no not that scene, I have already told you ladies, we are not to be “faking it”. This scene:

Sally Albright: And Joe and I used to talk about it, and we’d say we were so lucky we have this wonderful relationship, we can have sex on the kitchen floor and not worry about the kids walking in. We can fly off to Rome on a moment’s notice…… And I went home, and I said, “The thing is, Joe, we never do fly off to Rome on a moment’s notice.”
Harry Burns: And the kitchen floor?
Sally Albright: Not once. It’s this very cold, hard Mexican ceramic tile.

Ours is hardwood, so maybe it wouldn’t be so bad. Either way, it got me thinkin’, what if we did something outrageous and crazy and had sex in a different room? Post kids and 7 1/2 years into marriage, it is amazing (and a little sad) what is considered outrageous and crazy.

So your challenge this week is to find an “un-christened” corner of your house and “christen” it. If you want to be lame, pick the guest room. If you want to be adventurous, the kitchen floor (although I have to agree with Meg Ryan on this one, that does not sound appealing). Just pick a room, any room and mix it up a bit. If you want to be REALLY adventurous, don’t stop picking until you have “christened” the whole house. That is like a level 5 challenge. Participate at your own risk. I would avoid the kids room in case of somehow causing a lifetime of therapy needs. Not sure who would need it more, you or your children should they find out.