So we only have 2 kids tonight and I thought that Scott and I could have a few minutes alone tonight. My first thought was that when he walked in that dinner would be ready and I’d smell nice, if not look pretty nice.
Well that would be just fine, except that he’s almost here and dinner isn’t ready I just got out of the shower and decided to wear a black skirt and a cream colored top. Well that’s not working out well because my dull razor cut my….upper inner thigh. OUCH!!! So I’m just trying to walk around and get dressed. My ONLY white bra is MIA. WHAT!
Ok ladies, this top is nearly see through, I have big boobs and if it wasn’t for the kids I wouldn’t care. But I have to have one. So I say screw it and go get my nude strapless.
This nude strapless is different than any other I’ve ever had. Its a 2 person bra. In stead of having the regular hooks and eye in the center of your back, it has 2 sets one on each side of your back. Its a convertible bra but I only wear it as a strapless. It took me 5 minutes to put my bra on, and only because I found a mirror to help. Oh my goodness that was hard. You can’t fasten it then twist it around because it has these rows of rubber like stuff on the inside of the bra to keep it from sliding up and down. Well that keeps it from sliding around also. Whew! That’s gonna be counted as my workout for today, and may be causing an appointment at the chiro next week.
Anyways ladies, beauty hurts…my back and my upper inner thigh. OUCH!
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Scott is such a wonderful man. Our budget has been stretched the last bit because of him taking off a lot of time to be with his grandmother. His grandmother is on her death bed. I’m writing this tonight (Thursday) because I don’t know what tomorrow brings.
My heart goes out to this man. This man sits and holds his grandmother like she’s a little girl. He is there for his mother when she is crying uncontrollably. He’s there for his children that are in denial. He is being strong. He’s being a man. He’s hurting so bad.
I know that this is not a Date post, but it is about the love that flows from this man that I love. He loves so much that its breaking his heart to loose this woman in his life. He loves so much that its breaking his heart that his mother is loosing her mother. He loves so much that his heart is breaking because his children are in denial. He loves so much that his heart is breaking.
I ask you that will read this to pray for Scott and his family. Our date night may be canceled this weekend, but I’m sure that we will be in each others arms more than normal.
So cheer us up with your stories, please.
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Life gets in the way doesn’t it? I’ve always known this, but lately we’ve been feeling the crunch. There have been multiple trips to the hospital to see Scott’s grandmother. The kids and Scott have all had the flu. I worked a 13 hour shift at the polls. I’ve felt blah, but haven’t had the full blown out flu. A lot of things have been suffering here at home for the last two weeks, but for the most part Scott and I find a few minutes together each day.
Scott works out of town, so normally we only see each other on weekends. He was home with his grandmother and the flu for 10 straight days, and boy did we get some cuddling in. We like to be near each other at home, and pretty much everywhere else. At home you find us sitting together cuddled up watching tv, reading something on the computer or sleeping. Even when one of us is asleep and the other not, we are still close enough to touch.
We started this cuddling almost right off the bat. In fact the first ever picture of us together was made when we fell asleep on a friends couch. I just saw it for the first time this morning and no its not the prettiest picture, but it is a picture of us cuddling. This picture was taken after being up all night and day. We were watching tv at a friends house and the next thing we knew there was a flash, I kinda smiled and went right back to sleep.
 Our First Picture, yep we like to cuddle! So yeah, we cuddle. We like it. Its not really a date night, but we’ll take it over date night anytime!
This past week has been really hard. Everyone has been sick. Scott’s grandmother has been on her death bed. Date night has been an afterthought here. Romance has not been in the air. I do miss the romance, but there’s just not been time for it lately.
From now until Christmas, I’m afraid that money will be tight. I have gotten most of my fall wardrobe bought, and only need a couple pair of jeans. I bought very modest clothing, but it all fits very well. I can’t wait to have a date night and be able to wear something new and nice.
My concern is finding ways to be both frugal and romantic and not stay at home for date nights. This could last until January. We had planned on going to a big musical event in the next few weeks, but that may not happen.
My first goal for this situation is to make my bedroom a haven. Somewhere that we can enjoy each others company, watch a movie together. We will have 5 kids this weekend, and will need to have us time. I will be moving all of the excess things out of my room, and possibly change the bed linens (lol, more than just clean, whole new sets of everything)
Do you have any ideas to help me with my dilemma?
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We’ve had the kids a lot lately, and so little time to spend together so this week I’m dedicating some time to planning this weeks date night and some ideas for the future.
If you haven’t joined Spring Pad yet, they have a note book for date ideas. You can use a calendar, check on movies and concerts all kinds of things. I’m loving it for all types of things.
The Red Carpet Treatment looks like a great idea. We could use a night in with some good Chick Flicks.
Heart Music is a great story and idea all in one. I’d love to dance with my darling. This is something we’ve never done, but would be a nice romantic night out or in.
We may end up in town for dinner and a movie, or on the beach just to watch the stars. We’ve missed each other like mad this week, and just want some time together.
What are your ideas for Date Night this week?
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Scott likes to fish. I like to fish, but really enjoy the water and scenery more than the fishing. Our fishing liscence both expire in about a month so of course we decided to spend Saturday afternoon fishing. We went to town and got worms (YUCK!!) and headed to the river with the boat in tow.
After an hour and a half of not leaving the landing because of motor problems, we left to change motors. Well guess what happened with motor #2? Yep it broke too. So aggravated with our luck on the river, we went home.
Sunday afternoon we tried this all over again, but this time we took motor #3 and a trolling motor. We were doing great for about 20 seconds and that motor broke! So we used the trolling motor instead.
We trolled around and then put down the anchors to fish. Scott fixed me up with a really fat worm (double Yuck!) on my hook. Told me exactly where to drop my line and what to do with it.
Well as he always says, “You always take a girl if you want to catch fish.”
I got several bites but wasn’t setting the hook apparently. After a careful demonstration of how to YANK the rod to set the hook, I tried it. SNAP! the rod broke in half! I’ve NEVER had that happen! EVER! That was one big fish!
Then about that time there were little drops of water everywhere. RAIN! Crap! So we looked up and saw the rain comming. We rushed as fast as we could to the landing, which isn’t saying very much because its a trolling motor. Thank goodness we were not very far away.
Now with my luck at the river it took forever for me to get out of the boat, because of all of my previous boating injuries. So by the time Scott was out of the boat, the storm has started.
Have you ever been stuck in a storm where the rain was horizontal? Well while Scott ran barefoot up the boat landing to get the truck, I had the job of standing at the bottom holding the rope to the boat. That’s not easy to do.
Thank God we didn’t get hurt or loose the boat, or truck for that matter. It was scary for a little while.
When we got back to his parents house, we decided to give up and go for dinner. I had a dress that I had bought for 8 bucks in the van, and slipped off my wet clothes and changed (no bra! but it worked) and combed my hair. Dinner was great, even if we had been soaked.
Our date didn’t go as planned, but does it ever?
For the next two weekends we will have the kids. This weekend Scott is moving into an apartment, and I am planning a surprise for him. I will show you during the week what I have up my sleeve.
So does your dates go as planned? Do you try to salvage what’s left?
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Yep. You guessed it. There is talk of wedding bells. I think even from the very start there has been talk of wedding bells. Being a Singleton you are normally in one of two boats. The boat that’s just for fun. You know I want to date you because you are fun to be with, and I’m along for the ride, as long as its fun. or The marriage boat. You know, the one where you are all tied down and do laundry all day, cook, and look after the kids. In the later case, you are always checking your list to see if the other person is marriage material. Marriage is brought up early when you are older, I think.
Well I’ve decided that I’m in both boats, and I’m not going to get injured from another boating accident.
I want it all. I want to be a wife and girl friend. I want the ring and the dates. I want the romance, and cooking dinner for the kids. Why can’t I have it all?
The purpose of this blog was to record my love story. I guess I didn’t think that far in advance to start. Sometimes its work to be romantic. You get settled with the other person, and it doesn’t matter if they know that you pee in the shower.
Nope I’m no expert on relationships, so don’t take my advice on anything to do with them. I will say that I am an expert on relationships that don’t work. Now I’m finding ways to make my relationship work.
What if I was married and in a few years I felt neglected? In the past, I haven’t known how to head that off. I’ve just gotten mad and let it come to a big fight or worse. Now I really want to find ways to head those fights off at the pass. I want Scott to be reminded every day how much I love him, appreciated him and respect him. I know that Scott has to play this game too, and I’m sure that he will.
I’m shamelessly stealing this phrase from Love, Actually.
After all, marriage (and every relationship for that matter) is about give and take……And remember, dating is cheaper than marriage counseling!
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On Saturday Scott and I rose early, well early for us on a Kidless Saturday. We picked up Kayla, and drove her down to my mom’s for a birthday party. Mom wrangled the two of us into a birthday present project that included fitting a brand spanking new rocking chair with a 5-point seat harness. Being that Scott’s love language is that whole doing things together business, this was right up his alley. Hey, I don’t mind accommodating my man! Ha! I want to brag on him a bit here so you can tune out for a moment if you want. Scott is a super genius when it comes to things like this, and it worked out perfectly. My niece sat in the rocker for over an hour, and just loved it! He engineered this thing to look like it was installed at the factory, and all done on the fly! Way to go! Ok bragging is over.
We were both hungry when we left the party, and stopped to eat pizza. Um yuck! We were craving one pizza and ate another, why do we do that to ourselves? We did enjoy great conversation as always, but the lunch was horrible.
As per my request, we walked the long aisles of the flea market, scouring over every cut glass dish in the place. It had been raining earlier in the day, which is normal for a flea market day, but in the heat had not subsided. Yucky mucky conditions made for a sticky hand holding adventure.
We both love to look at things at the flea market however, those things are different. VERY DIFFERENT. He was looking for boating things, and I was looking for dishes. Hand in hand we walked by tables of things that were made of glass. I would stop, and he would still be looking ahead. The only way he would have any idea that I had stopped is because I would drop his hand. He would automatically stop and have this look of “where did she go!” on his face. Um honey, I was right there looking.
I’m a looker, not a buyer. I rarely spend money until I find just the perfect thing that I’ve been desperately been stalking for quite some time.
There it was! A four place setting of a wonderful Platinum Wheat china set! I just knew it would be too much to buy, but he asked if I wanted it. Of course I said yes! My eyes beaming up at him, he took out his wallet and asked for the price. The girl started counting and then tallied up $2.50! WOW!
All in all we spent a grand total of 5 bucks that day, on me anyways. The boat is a whole different story.
For hours at the Flea Market and then at Bass Pro Shop, we walked hand in hand. It was such a wonderful link. People always notice when couples hold hands. Older women will catch my eye sometimes and wink, or just smile as they glance down at our hands. It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside, but nothing beats spending the day walking hand in hand with my honey….nothing but….
Oh yeah! The Kissing Challenge from this week was wonderful! I haven’t even told Scott about it, but he knows the drill anyways. Our pecks are still there, especially when the kids are watching, but the long drawn out kisses have resulted in…well he’s almost late for work again this morning! Ha! That’s every morning this week so far. I’m getting butterflies again just thinking about it!
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Ok so Scott and I haven’t been together for years or anything, but lately we’ve really noticed that when we kiss sparks fly. Girls love kissing, and guys well…who knows what they are thinking.
I’ve had a difficult week. This stuff happens, but dealing with kids, school, finals, a fresh injury from the boat landing and general stress, I’ve really needed a break from reality.
Scott has been home for the last 5 nights, and with everything going on, he tends to try to make me feel better. I’ve shed my share of tears on his shoulder this week. Some tears of anger, some of laughter and a LOT of pain. Scott is one of those really cuddly guys. You know the type with the soft skin, strong arms, and wide shoulders. I could lie in his arms for eternity, if it weren’t for my arm falling asleep or something inhumane like that.
All of this cuddling has ended in a lot of kissing. Kissing has ended in sparks, and well the sparks haven’t gone out yet.
Kissing
What a word.
When I think of kissing Scott, I automatically think of our first kiss. Kissing in the rain was the most amazing thing. The 2nd date where we kissed for hours without coming up for breath. HOT! I wish everyday was like that.
Well I’m starting to think that with a spare 20 seconds in your day, you can return that spark to your relationship. The one where you feel like two teenagers making out for the first time…you know that feeling.
Why 20 seconds, you ask? Well I don’t know how to explain it, but Try it! I heard this from the Slob Sisters. I came across something that said that one of them told the other this little secret, and one morning when the sister’s husband was running out the door she stopped and asked him if he had 20 seconds to spare, and told him what for. Well he said that he would give her 20 seconds and checked his watch. They started their 20 second kiss, with giggles and whatever else may have come from this kiss the husband was 45 minutes late for work!
Ha! 45 minutes late! Now that was some kiss!
I know that we all can’t expect that result, but I bet that in 20 seconds a day, we can all add a little more spark in our relationships.
So I challenge you to start kissing every day for 20 seconds. Report your findings. Was it hard to kiss for 20 seconds? Did it end up lasting longer? Did you actually time your kiss? Does it seem like work? Did it add a little spark?
Thanks for stopping by My Chick Flick: Date Night 4th edition. Please feel free to play along. The rules are posted on the Date Night page. If you have any questions please feel free to ask. I hope Date Night adds a little more romance to your life.
This week Scott and I have been apart, which will be normal for the next year. The weekends we will share will be half full of kiddos, and half alone. School starts on Monday, so most of our conversations have revolved around that, a potential stalker from Facebook, and his tires needing to be replaced.
We have learned to enjoy each others company from a distance, and miss each other something fierce. Tonight I will be cooking a big dinner and will have the table set when he walks inside. Later I’m not sure what we will do other than sit back and relax and enjoy each others company from a very close proximity!
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