Archive for June, 2011

Life has do overs and so does the relationship in your marriage. Saving $5 a week for your romantic getaway will make you feel like your relationship had a do over when you go away with your sweetheart to celebrate your anniversary.

Keep those sparks flying!
JoJo

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How was your Memorial Day Weekend? I hope you found time to have a little fun with your Sweetheart. Did you go to the park and play with the Frisbee together? See: “Let’s Bring Out the Kid in Us”. We decided to do something a little different. There are a couple of things that happen only on Memorial Day Weekend on the Central Coast. For 2 days strait we played and allowed each of us to go where we wanted to.

The West Coast Kustoms-Santa Maria Car Show is in town for Memorial Day Weekend and on Friday night they have a cruise down Broadway. When Larry got home we quickly ate dinner and cleaned the dishes and ran out the door with our jackets in hand. We were still a little hungry so we first stopped to get ourselves a yummy chocolate covered strawberry. Delicious! Need I say more? Then we went on to the Cruise Night to watch all the cars drive on Broadway between Stowell and Main. There were lots of people watching lots of custom cars and their owner proudly cruising down the street. Saturday morning after breakfast of bagels and coffee at home we went to the Santa Maria Fairpark to see all the cars up close and personal.

We went out to lunch for burgers and fries which seemed so appropriate after seeing the old cars and hearing 50’s and 60’s music. Then we decided to go and see a movie. Larry wanted to see “Hangover 2”. We were disappointed. It was the same movie as the first “Hangover” just in a different country. This is totally an adult film and I would not recommend bringing children. Larry & I couldn’t believe people were bringing their children to see this. After the movie we decided to go out for Mexican food.

Then Sunday we got up and had breakfast and went to Arroyo Grande for their annual Strawberry Festival. In this quaint old timey village the main street, Branch Street, is closed down and filled with arts and crafts along with food booths and entertainment. We walked the streets and enjoyed seeing all the beautiful artwork and smelling the delicious aromas from the different vendors. Lunch was at our favorite deli in Arroyo Grande and then you guessed it we went to another movie. This time we saw a French film “Potiche” with subtitles. It was very cute and funny and then out to dinner again.

We had the pleasure of walking hand-in-hand, talking, stopping for lunch, a coffee break, movie and then dinner while doing things each of us enjoy. Cars aren’t necessarily my thing but I went anyway and arts and crafts may not be Larry’s thing but he went along. It isn’t all about one person doing what they want to do. It is about finding pleasure in seeing things in another person’s eyes, enjoying being together.

Try to find the time to play all day at least every so often. If you have children make arrangements to have someone watch them and then you watch their kids. Be carefree together without the kids. Taking the time to be together all day will help you to stay connected and feel like you were when you didn’t have children. Yes children are important but 2 or 3 times a year of taking a whole day and playing together is important for your relationship.

This weekend if you can make it happen have an all day experience with your sweetheart. You will both feel renewed. I know we did!

Keep those sparks flying!
JoJo

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“A lot of people focus on the 25% wrong in their relationship instead of celebrating the 75% that’s right.” Lisa Niemi, Dancer/Co-Author, Patrick Swayze’s Wife

There is a lot of truth to Lisa’s quote. Most couples only see what they don’t like about their spouse instead of looking at their positive side and why they fell in love in the first place. How do you view your relationship? Did Lisa hit it right on the button? Are you only looking at the 25% wrong in your relationship?

If Larry and I only focused on the things we don’t like about our marriage and the person we married we would probably be divorced by now but we continue, for the majority of the time, to look at what we liked about each other and our marriage.

For the last couple of weeks I have written about a couple who are seriously considering divorce. See “Where is the Love?” What About Me?” Did you, along with your sweetheart, write down your personal goals and discuss it with them? Did you both learn something new you didn’t know about each other?

This week I would like you and your sweetheart along with Tanya and Michael to find some quiet time alone and write down what you like about your relationship and each other. Then again go out for a cup of coffee together and discuss what you both wrote down.

Hopefully you and your sweetheart will discover you both still respect and love each other and there are a lot of positive things about your relationship you had stopped noticing. Doing things like this hopefully will slowly build the trust and respect you might have lost and you will want to start to put things together.

Keep those sparks flying!
JoJo

Need help with cooking for romance, relationship or travel ideas? Then go to my Surprise Kiss Store above and click on the tab to see the authors I like to read and games that are fun to play with your sweetheart.

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