It doesn’t matter the circumstances of life – celebrating with your spouse builds a healthy marriage. Birthdays are an ideal excuse to celebrate that special person God created just for us.
August 27th is my birthday.
September 7th is Robert’s birthday.
There are 11 days between.
So this year Robert and I are going to celebrate the days between our birthdays
with a dare…
12 dates in 12 days!
The idea first came from this post by Fawn Weaver at the Happy Wives Club!
As people who blog about marriage, we are great at giving ideas, so I thought it might be fun to take up one of these dating dares and follow through. Now – if it were just me, I’d start with good intentions, but after a few days “life” would take over. I’d get side-tracked. Knowing my own tendency, I recruited Robert. He is persistence personified!
He read Fawn’s post. We sat together and planned out our 12 dates – and modified the dating ideas to fit our personality. One modification is that we’re going to stretch out our “Become a Connoisseur” date over the next 12 days.
To be candid, it was a little difficult to decide what we wanted to become a connoisseur over – it had to be inexpensive, and something we liked to eat for 12 days… One idea was sushi. However, as much as we like sushi we decided we couldn’t handle 12 days of raw fish. Another idea was salsa, but our palates aren’t honed enough to truly appreciate the nuances.
What did we settle upon, you ask?
(to learn what we chose – sing this to the tune of “The 12 Days of Christmas”)
On the first day
between birthdays
my true love gave to me…
Soup.
Yes.
We are a boring couple…
We have chosen to become connoisseurs of soup.
Celebrate!
If you and your spouse became connoisseurs –
what would you choose?
ps- We went to Red Lobster and had their Clam Chowder (7/10) and the Lobster Bisque (9/10)! We both liked the Lobster Bisque the best because it had just a hint of a kick with every spoonful. As usual the cheddar biscuits were astounding and addictive. We ate w-a-y too many!
Thanks to Laura, our server!
Our 2nd date is a “home improvement” date!
And we’re trying some place new in Raleigh for our next soup adventure…
If you’re interested in the 12DateDare that spawned our celebrations read it HERE.
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Soup is a good option! There are a lot to try! We had some clam chowder and some other fishy chowder when we were in California and loved it! It was stuff we would typically not eat.
Connoisseurs of….cheesecake! 🙂 My husband loves cheesecake. I love sweets and chocolate so that seems like a good one! 😉
Soup is a great idea! Try Panera Bread, the soup in a bread bowl is always a win/win!
I wish I would make you some Pumpkin or Butternut Squash soup…but since inexpensive is one of your criteria, I am pretty sure a trip to Virginia is out. 🙁
Love these date ideas! Soup is a great plan! Think I would choose cheese – I love it and spend some great evenings with my hubby picking at cheese and biscuits and enjoying good conversation. Not great for the waistline if indulged in too often though!
Thanks for linking up at Essential Fridays.
Blessings
Mel from Essential Thing Devotions.
Soup is easy and straightfoward! I shared my Chicken Noodle Soup recipe over at my blog just yesterday. My husband & I would definitely be connoisseurs of pizza if we aren’t already!