Surprise Kiss

Archive for November, 2011

Want to go out to a special restaurant and see a movie this weekend but can’t afford the high prices? There is still a way you can enjoy a nice restaurant and see a movie but at a lower cost.

Go out for a late breakfast or brunch and then see a matinee. Expensive restaurants don’t cost as much when you go in the morning and heading to the movies in the afternoon is always less expensive. You will feel like you have done something special but it didn’t break the bank.

The dates you make with your sweetheart don’t always have to be in the evening. Changing it up a bit will make it more interesting than doing the same old thing on the same day. Life and your relationship will feel more exciting.

Keep those sparks flying!
JoJo

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There are many couples today who have to make the difficult decision on whether or not to live apart. One of them has lost their job and can’t find a job locally so they have to move to a city hundreds of miles away from their partner to be able to work.

What would you do if you were offered a position with a company across the miles and needed to be separated from your sweetheart? Would your relationship last? What would you do to make it work?

The Today Show has a segment about couples who have had to make this tough decision and why they did it. Lilia Luciano talks to these couples and finds out how they are staying together and keeping their relationship strong.

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I know of a few couples who are living apart for the time being until the job market improves and they both can be together again. They know this is only temporary and they are finding inventive ways to stay close even though they are miles apart.

One couple had no choice in the matter. Terry is in the military and she was sent to Iraq for a year. Her husband, Dick, was left home continuing to work and take care of the kids. They talk everyday on SKYPE and texted each other but what really impressed me was the creative way they made each other feel special.

Terry wrote  little notes, poems, sayings and thoughts she liked or wrote herself (some were very sexy) on 365 cards and put it in a box for Dick. Once a day Dick opened his box and chooses one card and reads it.

Dick took a picture of both of them together and had a 252 piece puzzle made to give to Terry. Everyday Terry had to put one piece of the puzzle together each day until it was done. At the end of the 252 days she would have a completed puzzle and Dick sent her a frame to put it in and a love note reminding her they only had 110 days left before they seen each other.

You can have any picture made into a puzzle by going to Walgreens or Shutterfly.

This was such a creative and loving way to stay connected. Are you separated from the one you love? What do you do to stay connected?

Keep those sparks flying!
JoJo

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