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Looking for ways to rekindle the romance with your sweetheart? Then watch the Today Show’s video with Dr. Laura Berman. She has good sound advice that is easy to implement into your life. So watch the 2:50 minute video and start romancing each other:

Re-Energize Your Romance for a Hotter New Year

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Start today if you want to keep the romance in your relationship. You won’t wake up one day saying my husband/wife feels more like my brother or sister instead of my lover.

Keep those sparks flying!
JoJo

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Since it still gets dark early, I have a date night idea I bet you have never thought of. It is something that is inexpensive and fun.

Purchase a glow-in-the-dark Frisbee and head to your local park at sunset. Enjoy throwing your Frisbee at night. Work up a sweat, play and laugh together. Wager against each other and whoever wins get to choose where your next date will be for the following week.

Have a little fun, laugh a lot and get sweaty. It really doesn’t matter who wins. All that counts is your adrenaline is up and when you get home you are both ready to hop into the shower together. Imagine what that will lead to……Let the real fun begin.

Keep those sparks flying!
JoJo

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Have you thought about checking to find out where there is live entertainment for date night recently? There is lots of good local talent right in your own backyard and it usually isn’t very expensive.

Here is a sample of what I found in our local independent newspaper the “Sun” and on the internet:

• Karaoke @ Applebees Restaurant in Santa Maria – Call to find out dates.

• Several wine tasting rooms in Solvang have evening entertainment on the weekends and the only thing it cost you is the fee for wine tasting.

So checkout your local newspapers and the internet and see if you can find something that is being offered in your area. It is usually inexpensive and you get to hear live local entertainment.

What a fun way to spend an evening with your sweetheart.

Keep those sparks flying!
JoJo

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Happy New Year! Hope you started the New Year off right with my romantic idea for New Year’s Eve. I have another great idea to start 2013 of right and I got it talking to a co-worker last week. She wanted to keep her marriage feeling new and exciting.

Cathy was telling me the only New Year Resolution she and her husband were making this year was once a month they would do something they have never done before with each other. What a great idea! This is something we can all strive to do with our sweetheart the whole year long.

Cathy mentioned she was telling another friend about their New Year Resolution and they suggested they could go sky diving! She said absolutely there was no way she was doing that. She wanted something a little tamer and less expensive.

Here are some suggestions you might want to consider doing with your husband:

• Try a new restaurant in town
• See a foreign film
• Learn to dance the tango
• Take a cooking class
• Go hiking in a new area
• Go to an expensive hotel nearby that you have never been to and have cocktails and appetizers
• Learn to play golf
• Cook something you have never made together

Choose the same weekend every month that you will try something new together and stick to it as much as you can.

Do something you have never done with your sweetheart once a month and you will make your relationship feel new and exciting just like Cathy and her husband will be doing all year long!

Keep those sparks flying!
JoJo

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I wrote this blog in December 2010 and thought it was a good date to be reminded about. I know we will be doing this again this year because I am embarrassed to say we have not gotten one gift yet.

Have you taken my advice and turn your Christmas shopping into a date? We did. We wrote our list on Friday and checked it twice. And even though Larry worked on Saturday in the morning when he came home at noon we hopped into the car and went to San Luis Obispo and shopped till we dropped.

We went out to lunch at one of our favorite restaurants, Big Sky Cafe. We had a cup of soup and split a Cuban pork sandwich with sweet potato fries. Yum! With list in hand off we went to the various stores to get everything we needed. We were even able to find the cutest pair of cowboy boots for our 2 ½ year old great-grandson. About half way through our list we stop at one of the local coffee houses, Linnaea’s Cafe, and had a cup of Mexican hot chocolate with whip cream on top. We sat at their small bar overlooking the street with the window open watching people walk by. We relaxed and talked about what we had bought and still needed to get.

Then it was back to shopping and completing our list. We got home around 6:00 PM and ate leftovers, a chicken dish I had made on Thursday night. Later that night we relaxed on the couch with a glass of wine and a candle lit. It was a nice way to end the day after Christmas shopping. We only have one gift left to get and plan on getting it this week.

We turned something that can be stressful into something enjoyable while accomplishing so much. We came to an agreement ahead of time about what we wanted to buy and how much to spend then we went together and turned it into an enjoyable day. When you do simple things like Christmas shopping together you get a sense of connection most couples don’t have. We turned a mundane task by eating out at a special restaurant and taking time for a break and having a warm drink together. Even simple things don’t have to be boring.

Hope you decide to follow my suggestion for your date with each other this weekend.

Keep those sparks flying!
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Does your sweetheart like to watch the chef Guy Fieri on TV and is he a fan of Diner, Drive-Ins & Dives? How would you like to surprise him/her by taking them to one of the places that has been featured on the show?

Well I found a website that has a list of restaurants in each state that Guy has traveled to across the United States.

You can check it out at:

Flavortown USA

This website also sells Guy’s cookbooks and videos, a great Christmas gift for your Guy Fieri fan.

Throw on your jeans, grab your sweetheart, hop in the car and head down the road to one of the places Guy Fieri has been to on TV. You can both become a TV critic and see if the place is as good as Guy said it is.

Keep those sparks flying!
JoJo

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Did you know it is “Stay at Home because you are Well Day” today? It is considered a good day to take off work and call in that you are “Well Today”. Now I don’t recommend you do this because there is a good chance you could lose your job but it is a great day to celebrate when you are home with your sweetie pie.

With the holidays in full swing all you may want to do is take the evening off when you both get home from work and enjoy some quite time together.  Pop some popcorn, make some hot chocolate or pour a glass of wine or beer and put on your pajamas, cuddle up and sit back after the kids are in bed and enjoy a movie together.

The Hallmark station has some cute Christmas movies right now that you might enjoy. They are simple, no brainers and you know the outcome but there is no stress just a cute movie that you can relax by.

So enjoy your “Stay at Home because you are Well Day”. Sometimes that is all you and your sweetheart need to distress.

Keep those sparks flying!
JoJo

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