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Category Archives: Blog Love
A Double Post of Encouragement
We return to our joint post with Lisa Graf of Mom Blog today. We are sharing practical tips on how to encourage your spouse. Lisa’s post is in purple and mine is in wine. And if these aren’t enough we … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Love, Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Guest Post, The Gospel & Marriage, Wives
Tagged Encourage Your Spouse, Encouragement in Marriage, Family, God, Graf, Home, Husband, marriage, Mom Blog, Parenting, relationship, Three
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Happy Hour
In eight days we will celebrate the 3rd Anniversary of The Romantic Vineyard. November 12, 2008 is when we first launched this blog. It has been unbelievably rewarding allowing us to meet some incredible people. You’ll meet some of them … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Love, Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Happy Hour, The Gospel & Marriage
Tagged God, Holiday, Husband, marriage, relationship, Romance, thanksgiving
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Happy Hour
It’s time once again for our “Specials of the Week.” There are a lot of great blogs out there, this is merely a sampling of some of our favorite ones. Enjoy! Encourage Your Spouse Buckle In For The Ride – … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Love, Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Happy Hour
Tagged Christ, Christian, God, Husband, marriage, relationship, This Post
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Turn Up The Heat
Sadly, Lisa Graf with Mom Blog took the title of this post quite literally. She has a high fever and is quite sick, so I’m covering today’s post all by myself. Lisa – we pray God heals you quickly, so … Continue reading
10.5.1 Mall Date
On Tuesday Tom and I managed to have a night to ourselves. He had a lot on his mind, so I knew it would be difficult to enjoy “us” time unless I thought of something to completely distract him from … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Love, Creative Dates, Date Night Ideas, Dating Your Spouse, Fun Dates, Rainy Day Dates, Romantic Ideas
Tagged Mall Dates, Shopping mall
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Happy Hour
Where has this week gone? With all the emergencies in my life this week, I haven’t had the time to read all the great marriage blogs I love. I did manage to read the few below and offer them to … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Love, Christian Marriage, Date Night Ideas, Growing Strong Marriages, Happy Hour
Tagged Blog, Christian, Don't Touch Me, God, marriage, relationship, United States, Warning sign
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Happy Hour
It’s time for our “specials of the week.” And there are many to choose from – enjoy! Couple Things Blog Driving Your Conversations Deeper: Seasons – an excellent start to a much needed series on the importance of meaningful conversations … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Love, Happy Hour
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A Fragrant Aroma – New Friends
When was the last time you made new friends? There is something invigorating about meeting with a new couple, sharing your story, hearing theirs and genuinely talking and listening from the heart. We had such an opportunity last weekend. Meet … Continue reading
Happy Hour
Tom and I have been away on vacation – kind of. We’re taking care of our two grandchildren who live in Atlanta, while our daughter and son-in-love are away enjoying the vineyards of CA. It has been a fun, exhausting, … Continue reading
A Varietal of Sorts
In wine-making a varietal wine is so named when the main grape consists of at least 75% of the wine. The other 25% can be from another type of grape. Our post today is a varietal of sorts. Lisa Graf, … Continue reading
Happy Hour
We are posting this on Saturday as the opening of our Ultimate Blog Challenge for October. Somehow it seems fitting to shed the light on some of our favorite marriage blogs available on the internet. We are privileged to call … Continue reading
Happy Hour from 37,000 Feet
As I write this we are on our way home from Arizona. Although it was hotter than I found comfortable, it was beautiful in so many ways. It has been a trip filled with stories of marriages growing, changing and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Love, Growing Strong Marriages, Happy Hour
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A Fragrant Aroma – Beauty in the Desert
I was born in Orlando. I have never lived outside of the state of Florida. I love the beach, and even if I am unable to go as often as I would like, just knowing it is there is a … Continue reading
Posted in A Fragrant Aroma, Blog Love, Christian Marriage, Difficulty, Growing Strong Marriages, Testimonies
Tagged Arizona, Christ, Desert, Florida, God, marriage, Orlando, Orlando Florida
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The Marriage SPA
I have become friends with a young mom of 4 children through a blog challenge I took part in during the month of July. Her name is Lisa Graf. She graciously asked if I would like to write a guest … Continue reading
Happy Hour
Welcome to our weekly Happy Hour. It’s the time when we share with you special blog posts of other marriage bloggers worth your time. Enjoy your weekend! Hot, Holy and Humorous Come Over Here So I Can Slap You – … Continue reading
Happy Hour
It’s the weekend, and we are going on Papa and Nana Duty for the next week. 🙂 Our son and daughter-in-love are going away to celebrate their 5th wedding anniversary. This time for them is the first since their honeymoon, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Love, Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Happy Hour
Tagged Christian, Divorce, Don't Touch Me, God, Husband, marriage, relationship, This Post
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A Fragrant Aroma – Face to Face
Did you ever have a pen pal when you were little? They were usually assigned to you through some sort of organization like Girl Scouts or through the church. The idea was to write to this person in order to … Continue reading
Posted in A Fragrant Aroma, Blog Love, Christian Marriage
Tagged C.S. Lewis, God, Husbands, Labor Day, Pacific Northwest, Paul and Lori Byerly, Paul Tripp, Pen pal
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Mark Your Calendar
Today we are doing something completely different for Labor Day – we are having a couple stay with us whom we have never met in person. We are quite excited as this couple has been instrumental in helping us grow … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Love, Date Night Ideas, Holidays, Mark Your Calendars (time sensitive), Orlando Date Ideas
Tagged date night, Labor Day
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Happy Hour
With it being Labor Day weekend, we wanted to provide you with a great list of marriage blogs we love and their recent posts which stood out to us as SPECIAL. These couples have worked hard to help our marriages … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Love, Happy Hour, Holidays
Tagged Christian, Gary Chapman, God, Husband, Labor Day, marriage, relationship
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Happy Hour
So, here are the posts of other marriage bloggers which stood out as “special” to us. Take some time over the weekend to read and enjoy. @Awesome Husbands 100 Ways To Love Your Wife – a new blog we are … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Love, Christian Marriage, Date Night Ideas, Growing Strong Marriages, Happy Hour
Tagged Christ, Christian, God, Husband, marriage, relationship, Romance, This Post
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