Monthly Archives: July 2024

Making Ordinary Days Special

Posted on July 31, 2024 by Debi Walter

Dating your spouse is a mindset. It is the desire to be together doing things you both love. The key word is “together”. Using this definition can make an ordinary, running of errands, kind of day into a date, if … Continue reading →

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How To Tell If You’re Selfish In Your Marriage

Posted on July 29, 2024 by Debi Walter

Our church is going through Proverbs and today was chapter 5. Loving marriage the way we do, we have committed our lives to encourage intimacy on emotional, physical, intellectual and spiritual levels. But there is a fifth aspect of intimacy … Continue reading →

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Open Door

Posted on July 22, 2024 by Debi Walter

Doors can welcome you in or shut you out. What determines one over the other is who is on either side of the door. If it is friends coming over for game night, you gladly open the door for them … Continue reading →

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Foodie Fridays – New Favorite

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Debi Walter

There is a local restaurant where we have gone for years. They used to serve a Veggie Flatbread pizza that was amazing. I thought the secret ingredient was red baby potatoes, but I was wrong! When I asked the server … Continue reading →

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I Have A Question

Posted on July 17, 2024 by Debi Walter

Years ago we offered a daily Healthy Marriage Tip on our Facebook page. It was a gentle nudge to help remind you to focus on your marriage each day. Above is a meme I made with one of the questions. … Continue reading →

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Why Romance Matters

Posted on July 15, 2024 by Debi Walter

Our blog is called The Romantic Vineyard, so naturally romance is a key focus of ours. But romance can’t take the place of being intentional in growing your marriage for the purpose God designed. Marriage between and husband and wife … Continue reading →

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Foodie Fridays – A Challenge Accepted

Posted on July 12, 2024 by Debi Walter

Our 10 year old granddaughter just spent a week with us. She is the one in our daughter’s family who has always had a mature palate for her age. I have a video of her at 12 months sipping her … Continue reading →

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What’s Your Marriage Forecast?

Posted on July 10, 2024 by Debi Walter

Weather. We depend on it for so much of our activities. Will we do this or that? It all depends on the weather. No one wants to eat outside when it’s too cold or too hot. Nor do we plan … Continue reading →

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