project 52 failure!

due to a HUGE lack of energy, our date nights got pushed back. there really is no excuse for not dating each other (making time for each other is the whole point)  but it seriously hasn't entered our mind. we're lucky if we get 10 minutes alone, let alone a whole date! when we can get quiet time, it's never anything super exciting so i have felt that it wasn't blog worthy. for example, last night we watched 'pirate radio' but not without about 3 interruptions from baby needing to eat and be put back to sleep. oh, and liam sneaking out of his room. 

this is apparently a phase in having children. so i've been told from mommy friends. where you don't have a single moment to yourself and everything is screaming for your attention and you just want to lock yourself in the bathroom and pull your hair-out and cry. i'm soooo there! but i am determined to win this daily battle and especially when it comes to my marriage. we have to make 'us' a priority again. our kids are taking over!

so hopefully, my friends, we will once again join you in this wonderful dating community. we will attempt for a date this week. even if it is an hour. and hopefully it will be blog worthy.

project 52:5

This was my husband's first time planning one of our dates. He did a wonderful job! Just look at this spread!

That fondue pot was given to us when we got married and we've never used it! Until, Friday night...
He bought white chocolate chips to melt down, strawberries, angel food cake, cheesecake, and my favorite drink!

He put far more thought into his planning then I did in the 4 dates I planned put together. I'd like to think that it's because he's a dad and doesn't have quite as much going through his head as I do on a daily basis but I know that isn't true. He's just great at planning ahead and i'm great at pulling things out of my butt! last minute things....

He even researched the best way to melt the chocolate and found that you have to kill the flame after the white chocolate begins to melt otherwise the chocolate starts firming up. We discovered this to be true but thankfully had only guinea pigged half the bag and so we were able to start fresh with the remaining chocolate left. Yum!

We sat and talked for a long time. He wasn't feeling well but still gave me a lovely back rub that he'd promised me. He's very wonderful. I'm very blessed!

This coming date is going to celebrate our 6 year wedding anniversary. We are still working out what we are going to do for sure but I can't wait!

Need a change in your marriage? Just need to re-connect with your significant other? It's not too late to join!

project 52:4

on friday, at 10:35 am., i decided that i was going to re-paint our living room.  so, we spent the weekend putting the room back together. we were so determined to get our date in that we were trying to finish up what we were working on by 9 pm. on sunday night. 9 turned in 11 pm. but we still got our date in! 

i made us some coffee and chocolate cake......

it was amazing! my recipe?

1 tired mommy

1 minivan

1 wal-mart

1 box of chocolate cake mix

1 can of chocolate frosting

bring home. dump contents of box into bowl. add water, oil, and eggs. stir. find any clean pan that you can. dump batter into pan. bake. take out of oven. cool. slap on 2-3 inches of frosting.... and, enjoy!

we rented 'everybody's fine', snuggled, ate cake and drank our coffee, and ended up talking until 2 am.

the movie was a downer. i thought it was a happy holiday movie. we both cried. next time i'll research a movie a little better.

i am not including the photo we took of ourselves. how come? because we both look like crap at that hour and could not take a good photo. but we were both a part of this date! we both wore our comfy clothes though. (broke the rule again) BUT i still had some of my make-up on from earlier that day and my hair was still curled but pulled up on top of my head. so, for me, that cancels out the fact that i wore my comfy clothes.

so, that was our date! i love how the simplest dates can turn out to be the most fun. we absolutely LOVE our dates and time together. it has done more for us then i can possibly express in words. it has made every aspect of our lives as a married couple and parents even better.

this was my last date to plan for the next 4 weeks. i'm looking forward to seeing what my husband comes up with. he has our anniversary this month.

it's not too late to join in on project 52!

*blogger keeps messing up my typing. i assure you that i know that there are no breaks in the words 'little' or 'dates'

project 52:3

This date almost didn't happen. We were busy Friday - Sunday. We had a very eventful weekend. As mentioned in my previous posts, we traveled to wisconsin to pick up a minivan. What was supposed to be one night, turned into two because of road conditions. All is well though and we got home safe and sound.

We got home yesterday afternoon. We were exhausted. I got a little nap in so I was actually able to stay awake past the kids' bedtime in order to get our date in. Very little preparation went into our date but it made for a very fun date. I had read over at butterscotch sundae that they had played gin for one of their dates. I have never played gin but as a person who loves to play cards I really wanted to try. Plus, I was intrigued that it was a card game for two. We love playing cards and often play pinochle but always have to wait until his brother and his brother's girlfriend can join us. The only card game we play, that can also be for two people, is phase 10 and that i am sick of. I like a card game with a little more strategy. So, anyways....

For our third date we learned how to play gin! And it is really fun! I can't wait to make him play tonight now that we are a little more rested. We only got through one game last night.

We found some informative video tutorials online....

Our local Dairy Queen just opened on friday for the season so of course we ate that...

Then, we got down to business and tried our hand at gin...

Notice, I am not in these photos... I was present... I was an active member of our date but wasn't about to show you what I look like make-up less, exhausted, and frumpy. Yes frumpy. We broke a rule. But, we got over it and accepted each other as we were and just enjoyed our date. Lesson #1 - if cheating while on a date by wearing frumpy clothes.. wear oversized frumpy clothes instead of fat-hugging loungewear that you dug out because all of your other clothes were in the wash... it makes you complain the whole date about how fat you are and how badly you are in need of a work-out regime. oh and when feeling this way... don't eat dairy queen. it makes matters worse. tonight my husband will finally be downloading P90x onto my lap top per my persistent requesting last night.

Oh, and of course, I won! Good thing cause I was too tired for a re-match had I lost. (i'm just a little competitive...)

Lesson #2 - when unprepared... improvise! use a piece of scratch art-paper and your daughter's over-sized girly pen to keep score...

interested? join project 52 at anytime! it's for any couple! (married, dating, engaged, young, & old)