Well... since I'm already married with the wife here and been here for a while, I'll share my story.
At first, I just chained her directly to the stove. That didn't work out so well when it was "helicopter time" so I had to let her loose here and there. Since that wasn't a good option, we moved on to the cinder blocks because they're readily available here in metro area. The neighbors complained about the "dragging noises" all the time so I just made her carry it everywhere. She got pretty strong over the next couple months and it wasn't restricting her mobility as much as I liked so we switched to one of those door clamp hanger thingies. We have a small apartment so a bungee tied to the central beam really worked well; for a while.
She figured out how to use the doors to block off the stretchiness and give her more flexibility so I bit the bullet, invested the money, and bought one of those invisible fences with the shock collar. Man, we've never been happier! It gives her the freedom to move around the house but that subtle little reminder of when she's going to far and venturing too close to the edge. Plus, the "manual override" feature is nice too. Any backtalk and I just push the little red button. Shuts her right up.
You guys should check them out. BassPro and Cabelas both have nice sets for a good price. If you don't want to invest the money in the whole fence, you can just buy the collar and the transmitter. Not a bad deal to supplement the cinder blocks if you're on a budget.
(And mox, I love your idea about giving her something to do by keeping the engine clean too. What a thoughtful guy. You're going to make a great husband!)
QUOTE(mox @ Mar 10 2008, 12:50 PM)

Have you seen the new Night Rider? Sweet jeebus it's awful. I mean, camp was part of what made the original show fun, but this show isn't even campy in a fun way. It's just a 60 minute Ford commercial, except the actors are worse than your average car commercial actors. It's sooooooooo bad.
I watched exactly three minutes of this nonsense. First of all, a Mustang? Secondly, KITT sounded like a Miami call-boy and with no Hasselhoff, what is Knight Rider anyway?
Garbage.
I hope the movie's better. (And features Hasselhoff!)