The Big Day. There are two each year in my book: Wedding Anniversary and Birthdays. These can sometimes be as challenging as a playoff win for Peyton Manning. I speak tongue in cheek but also with a small grain of honesty. As a guy here’s…
Mark it. April 15th, 2013. Four months into our date night experiment, I almost threw in the towel. Not entirely, but just for one date. We’ll call it a moment of fogginess. We came off a whirlwind weekend and were just looking to relax, couldn’t…
Venturing into unknown territory can be uncomfortable but is usually where the most innovation, creativity, and (in our case) fun is cultivated. Our past date night involved both an uncomfortable (for Britt) date adventure and unknown (for both of us) meal. We had a great…
Good Eats (Camaraderie) Cold season officially arrived at our house this past week, and it showed no mercy wiping Lily and I out. We spent the week in comfy pants, resting, snuggling, and taking medicine. As the week progressed I was anticipating date night more…
We finally did it. After sitting for three and a half years on our 30 Things Before We Turn 30 list (more on that later), we finally crossed it off. We cooked live lobster in our very own kitchen! Of course, now the lobster is…
Britt and I are coffee snobs. By snobs I mean we don’t like the taste of coffee at all, but can manage it with a hefty amount of creamer. So we’re actually the exact opposite of coffee snobs. Is there a word for someone who…
This is a quick and sweet story. Britt and I had an excellent time with some friends in Gatlinburg this past week on Spring Break. One of the mornings, Britt and I wanted to pull away and spend some time together, we also brought our one…
Britt and I are big-time budgeters…eh, big time might be a bit much…most of the time we’re budgeters. We allot $50 a month for our date nights and begin our new budget on the 15th of each month. We had $5 left for this weeks…
I wanted to give a little update on how this whole date night experiment has been at the two-month point. Exhaustion and busyness seem to be the consistent distractions. Some weeks we have been more tired than others going into our date night, especially a…
Four months ago, the average date night planned by yours truly was a last-minute scramble and oftentimes peaked by watching an episode of The Office together (nothing against The Office). Date nights seemed to feel more like a night off and not an intentional, oneness building…