I know I have dropped off the grid in blog land. It's just that I have been very, very busy. I am up to my elbows in my laundry room make-over. I don't know why I always think that things will be quick. I should just always plan to multiply my timeline by 3. Then, perhaps, I won't feel stressed about getting projects done. Seriously!
I did take a few days off from my project to start another project for Valentine's Day.
I am really excited about it. But before I tell you about it, I want to give you a brief backstory about the project.
As many of you know, my hubster works second shift and I work day shift. Basically, we are ships that pass in the night. In addition to this we will be empty nesters in about 6 months. ( I take a brief moment to wipe away a tear and hold back a sob.)
Sooo...we really don't spend too much time together.
This got me to thinking that we need to make our time together more meaningful and deliberate. I came up with a plan.
We need to start dating again.
Yes... each other!
So, I made a scrapbook for him for a Valentine's Day gift.
It's a year of pre-planned dates.
One a month.
Some are local and a couple are out of town. Every one of them is inexpensive. A couple of them are even freeeee. Yippee!
The idea is to spend time together, not spend money.
Shhhh....don't tell him!
Here is a little look at what I did.
I chose the 12x12 scrapbook so I could add photos of the date on the opposite side of the page.
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| For this date we will just stay home and watch a movie together. Netflix makes this a free date. Yay! |
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| Ok...I am Kindergarten teacher...I couldn't resist! We will go see the Lorax and go to dinner. If we go to the Matinee, we can save on ticket prices too. |
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| For this date we will go to Barnes and Noble and have a little scavenger hunt. Our store has a Starbucks inside so we can laugh over a cup of joe. |
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| Here are the scavenger hunt cards we will do while at the bookstore. Even though memories are priceless, this date should be under $10 Yipee! |
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| Ok...okay. I know that a trip to the Mouse House is expensive. But we have season passes so the cost is already paid for. Also, we never get to go just by ourselves. It should be a magical day! |
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| A dinner and bowling date! |
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| We will cheer the home team onto victory at a baseball game. Tickets to our games are very reasonable. |
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| We will go to the fair. They often have free seating at the concerts too. |
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| We will go on an evening picnic to the local park. |
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| This is our anniversary month. For this date we will order take-out, look through our wedding album and view our wedding video. |
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| We love camping! We have a camping membership so this little trip will just cost us the gas there! Love! |
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| For this date, the hubster has to do some planning. He needs to plan a dinner and I will be his sous chef. Then an evening in front of the fire. A nice little break! |
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| This will be our last date for this project. We will meet for breakfast (his choice) to discuss our year of dating and plan for our next year of dates! |
I am excited for him to see this project.
Even though we have been married for 20 years now, I want him to know that he is still very important to me, even though life makes it hard for me to let him know it all the time.
Coming up with the ideas for the dates were not that hard...really!
I was actually very surprised that a google search came up with dozens of sites and blogs about dating.
Who knew???
Once I saw these, I was inspired to come up with a few on my own. As I said earlier, the idea was to spend time together and not go broke doing it.
Now back to that laundry room project! Aye!
