Archive for May, 2010

So you want to surprise your spouse and take them to a sport, concert, theater or an exclusive event they have wanted to go to but the event is sold out. You are in luck. I just found out about a website that may be able to help you locate and purchase the tickets.

How does this work? Fans purchase the tickets but for some reason cannot attend the event. They put the tickets up for sale on this site. The website guarantees the sale and purchase of the tickets to the seller and buyer. Read their guarantee policy carefully before you purchase any ticket because there are specific rules you need to follow.

The name of this company is called:   StubHub.com

If you purchase the tickets several weeks ahead of time the tickets will be sent to you. If you purchase the tickets at the last minute you will be directed to go to one of their Last Minute Service Centers. Checkout StubHub.com for their locations before you purchase an event to make sure they have a Last Minute Service Center in the city you are going to.

I personally checked out this website and they have a huge selection of events to choose from across the United States. Also, just to let you know StubHub.com is an eBay company.

So you want to take your sweetheart to a special event they wanted to attend but thought there were no tickets left. See if they have tickets for sale at StubHub.com. How special would that be when you get to surprise your sweetheart by taking them to an event they wanted go to? They will never forget you went out of your way to please them.

Keep those sparks flying!
JoJo

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Happiness in your marriage is in your heart, not in your circumstances. Saving $5 will change your circumstances because you will be able to afford a romantic getaway.

Keep those sparks flying!
JoJo

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So you and your spouse would like to take a trip overseas. You are saving your money for that dream vacation but it will be a couple of years before you can go. Did you know you could plan a date night around your dream vacation? Listed below are things you can do now to help you feel as if you are getting closer to your destination.

  • Buy posters of the Country you want to travel to.
  • Go to the library and check out a cookbook and a travel book.
  • Rent a foreign film. If you are planning on going to Italy, rent an Italian film or maybe it is France, rent a French film, etc.
  • Get a CD or download the music from the Country you plan on going to.
  • Take a foreign language class at your local college. (Make sure you know how to say “I love you” in that language.)

Take 10 minutes every night to read the travel book you got and start to write down the places you both want to go to.

Send your kids to their friends or a relative to spend the night. Hang your posters on the wall and make a regional dinner together from the cookbook you got at the library. In the background play your CD you purchased or downloaded, light the candles and enjoy a romantic dinner talking about the places you plan on going to.

After dinner pop in the DVD you rented and enjoy your foreign film. If the kids are spending the night you could continue your quite evening with candles in the bedroom, the CD you got playing in the background. Oh what fun you will have fun pretending you are already there and telling your sweetheart you love them in a foreign language.

I love you:

  • French:    Je t’aime
  • Spanish:   Te quiero
  • Italian:     Ti amo
  • Swedish:  Jag äiskar dig

Keep those sparks flying!

JoJo

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Ok, you have saved enough money to fly someplace with your sweetheart. And I know you want to arrive to your destination ready to enjoy each other and the area you have chosen. Here are a few tips that might help you.

Chose the right flight. Try to take the first or second flight. Flights after 9 AM are when most delays begin. Try to fly midweek. Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday is usually the least busy.

Get a paper ticket. Even though airlines like to you get an electronic ticket get a paper ticket. If there is a problem with your flight a paper ticket may be needed to get another flight.

What you need to know before you go. Go to www.tsa.gov. This site will give you the information you need to know before you go on your trip. Click on “For Travelers” Here is some of the information on this site:

  • New security rules when traveling in the US
  • Food & gifts
  • How to get through the line faster
  • Liquid rules
  • Acceptable identification at checkpoints
  • Prohibited items

There is additional information on this site. Check it out.

Were comfortable clothes. Don’t wear tight clothing. You want to be comfortable. There is nothing worst than sitting on plane and being uncomfortable. Ladies, on the day you fly don’t wear an underwire bra with security equipment more sensitive you may beep because of metal tucked away underneath.

Your fight has been cancelled. Don’t go to the customer-service line. Call the airline. You can get a seat on the next flight while everyone else is still waiting in line.

Plan ahead when traveling by plane and you will be hassle free and ready to enjoy the alone time you both have been planning for. Romance and relaxation!

Keep those sparks flying!
JoJo

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Do you hug and kiss your spouse in the morning and in the evening? If you said “No” I need to know what your excuse is? It just takes seconds to give a hug and a kiss and there are benefits for both of you. Did you know you exchange energies and it puts you in sync when you take the time to have a quick hug and kiss?

It sounds too simple doesn’t it? But research suggests these two little actions are a very powerful tool to keep you connected with each other. So why don’t more couples take the time to do it? What I hear most is there is no time with the kids and getting ready for work. Did you know touch is the most powerful form of communication? Couples who give each other a kiss before going to work live five years longer than the ones who don’t. Other health benefits are it releases tension and can keep facial muscles tight. (Ladies, just one more reason to keep kissing your husband, it doesn’t cost a penny and your face will look better for it!) Oh Larry, where are you? I need a kiss right now!!!

You need to try to hug and kiss each other at least 10 seconds in the morning and at the end of the day. This is such an easy way to stay close! When you hug and kiss there is a rush of the bonding hormone oxytocin.

A simple hug and kiss is saying “I love you” which keeps the fire burning in a relationship.  Because of all the positive side effects it can create in your marriage you need to do it every morning and evening. It might keep you from saying your spouse feels like a brother or sister to you.

Keep those sparks flying!
JoJo

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Do you and your husband take the time to get a physical every year? Do you do it separately or together? Larry and I have been getting a physical every year together since we turned 50. I knew he probably won’t do it for himself but he would do it for me. So I told him I knew we had reached a turning point in our age and we needed to be proactive about our health. Because I had cancer at such a young age I asked him if he would go with me a get a physical too.

Last month Larry and I went to the Sansum Clinic in Santa Barbara, CA to get our annual physical and last week we got the results. We are both doing fine but Larry’s cholesterol is elevated. The doctor has told him to loss twenty pounds and he wants to see him in two months. Because of these results we are now motivated to exercise and eat a healthier diet.

It is important to take responsibility for our own health. Doctors can’t do it. We have to want to do it. When we work together to stay healthy we motive each other and are less apt to stop exercising and eating right. Here are recommended test we should all be doing as we age:

20’s & 30’s

  • Blood Pressure – every 2 years
  • Cholesterol Level
  • Dental Checkup
  • Diabetes
  • For Women: Self & Clinical Breast Exam
  • Eye Exam
  • For Men: Testicular Self-Exam
  • Immunizations

40’s

  • All of the above
  • For Women: Mammogram
  • Colonoscopy

50’s +

  • All of the above
  • Hearing Test
  • Osteoporosis

Make a date with your spouse and physician to have an annual physical every year together. Let your doctor help you both decide what type of test you need for your age group. The ones listed above are suggestions to get you started.

When you take care of your health you are taking care of your relationship health wise and sexually. Without your health there is nothing going on in your bedroom.

Keep those sparks flying!
JoJo

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Get back to the basics in your marriage: laugh and share a smile everyday and keep saving your $5 a week.

Keep those sparks flying!
JoJo

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It’s Friday and I told you I would reveal what to do with the items I requested you to pick up so you could surprise your wife on Mother’s Day. If you haven’t gotten these items yet you will want to run out and get them before Mother’s Day. Here are the items you will need in case you didn’t read my blog yesterday:

  • Cloth hanky
  • Candles
  • Lotion in her favorite scent
  • Matching bath & body wash in her favorite scent
  • Massage oil
  • A CD of her favorite songs or down load them on her IPod
  • Card
  • Gift Bag

Put everything in the gift bag except the hanky and the card. On the card write:

“Today is your day off and the kids and I will take care of you. Tonight after the kids are in bed I will pleasure you with a little hanky panky all night long.”

Put the hanky in the card.

Give her the card and gift bag in the morning while you are still in your bedroom and there are no kids around. Let her unwrap her gift bag and read the note. Take her out to breakfast (even if it is McDonalds) or make her breakfast at home. Then let her decide what she wants to do. If weather permits you could barbeque hamburgers and have the kids help set the table. After dinner draw her bath and make sure she has her lotions and bath and body wash you bought her. While she is having a relaxing bath you and the children could clean the table and put everything in the dishwasher. Then have the kids take a bath and put them into bed.

In your bedroom light the candles have her favorite music playing while you massage her feet with the massage oil, then work up her legs and higher. You get the picture.

Have an enjoyable “Hanky Panky” evening and a memorable Mother’s Day your wife will never forget. Her friends will be envious of her.

Keep those sparks flying!
JoJo

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Hey guys it is “Mother’s Day” on Sunday. Do you have plans to do something special and a gift from you to your wife yet? Don’t tell me she is not your mother so you don’t need to buy her anything. Now wait just a minute she is the mother of your children. Shame on you for not even considering getting her a little something to say thank you for being such a great mom and wife! Or are you still trying to figure out what to get her? Well you have come to the right place for a romantic idea for her.

Here is a list of the items you will need:

  • Cloth hanky
  • Candles
  • Lotion in her favorite scent
  • Matching bath & body wash in her favorite scent
  • Massage oil
  • A CD of her favorite songs or down load them on her IPod
  • Card
  • Gift Bag

On Friday, 5/7/10, I will tell you what to do with these items. Your wife will be bragging to all her friends about how thoughtful you are.

Keep those sparks flying!
JoJo

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Did you know when you breath in sync you will have a stronger connection with your sweetheart? While we all breathe automatically and there is very little thought into doing it. Did you know there is a very important element we could be missing?

When you are lying in bed do you find you and your partner breathing in sync? Stop and think about when you are making love and how important it is to be breathing together, how powerful it is. It is what helps you connect. When you breathe in rhythm together it increases passion, ecstasy and intimacy. Not breathing in sync would make it very hard to be in the moment and make a connection.

But did you know when you are in a car or sitting and watching a movie you will find your breathing is also in rhythm with the other person too? Studies have shown when your breaths are in rhythm you tend to like each other more. Breathing is a life force, something we do without thinking. It is a very powerful part of our lives and because of this it can affect our relationships.

So the next time you are sitting next to your spouse try to match your breathing with them. You will instantly feel a subconsciously strong connection to each other and it might take your breath away.

Keep those sparks flying!
JoJo

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