When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie...

I always feel like I'm on a quest with some new idea, I get excited about it and I research it (mainly through books and the internet) and I attempt to carry it out. Today is no different!! This is kind of embarrassing to admit and talk about, but with a total of about 2 people that read this, I don't think its going to be on the evening news or anything. So here it is. My counselor has talked me into the idea of Jessie and I "wooing" each other (oh, how I hate that word, it just sounds weird! but I like the idea of it)..so I told Jessie about it and didn't get much of a response (0f course) but I am going to (try to) swing this thing into action. It's nothing complicated, but it does require extra effort on both people's parts, just so the other can know that you care and think about them. The counselor said it would restore "intimacy"...not regarding sex or anything, just that bond. You know, you get so busy with jobs and kids and life in general that your relationship just gets overlooked at times...I think its a novel idea. I've been looking at this website called lovingyou.com, and it has some pretty neat ideas. One of my favorites: $20 date night! This sounds like SO much fun to me. You each get to be creative and have fun spending time together. The idea is, of course, to spend only $20 for the entire date (food, entertainment, etc.) and you alternate planning the dates. Here are some ideas I liked:
-going to the bookstore
-going to the park/playground
-eating off of dollar menus! or cooking at home
-going to a semi-expensive restaurant and only ordering dessert
-checking out a movie from the library (easy)
-a candlelight tailgate dinner
-a cookies and milk picnic outside with candlelight and music
-bowling
Anyway, you get the idea. I love it. The only problem for us is the kids. We may have to have mostly "in" dates, and save the "out" dates for like, once a month when we can plead with a family member to watch our heathens, er, I mean our sweet little angels. :)