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Category Archives: Creative Dates
Celebrate National Lasagna Day
If you’re Italian you don’t need a day like this on the calendar. But if you aren’t–this is the perfect time to celebrate a classic dish. Today is …and several restaurants in the Orlando area are offering the dish at … Continue reading
Secret Word Game
This is a fun way to communicate a simple word to your spouse over the course of a day. Here is all you need to do: Think of a word you want to say to your spouse. It could be … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Creative Dates, Date Night Ideas, Daytime Dates, Growing Strong Marriages, Romance in Marriage, romancing your husband, romancing your spouse, romancing your wife, Romantic Ideas
Tagged Arts, Encourage Your Spouse, Facebook, games, Paris, Post-it note, Romantic Secret Word Game, Secret Word Game, Video Games, Word, Word game
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Anniversary Round-Up
We’ve been collecting the anniversary dates of our FB fans the past couple of days, and last count we were at 156. We have nearly 3k fans, so we’re hoping to get a lot more of our readers to respond. … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Celebration Dates, Celebrations, Christian Marriage, Creative Dates, Date Night Ideas, Growing Strong Marriages, Romance in Marriage, Unique Dates
Tagged African Methodist Episcopal Church, Baskin-Robbin, Oklahoma, Olive Garden, Opal, Othello, Outback Steakhouse, Shopping, Wedding Anniversary Ideas
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GYRO Week 13 – Get Lucky Date Night
Everyone knows the number 13 is thought to be bad luck. Hotels skip numbering a floor with it which has never made sense to me. Just because you choose to go from floor #12 to floor #14 doesn’t mean the … Continue reading
GYRO Week 12 – Cinco de Mayo es Romantico
Here’s our GYRO Date night idea reposted from May, 5, 2010. We’re a couple days late – sorry. Hopefully you can still make time to celebrate this Mexican National holiday! Ole! Since today is Cinco de Mayo – the Mexican … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Dates, D.R.A.B., Date Night Ideas, Free Dates, Fun Dates, GYRO Challenge, Holidays, Romance in Marriage, romantic date nights, Romantic Ideas, Unique Dates
Tagged Battle of Puebla, Cinco de Mayo, Cinco de Mayo date idea, Cooking, Holiday, Home, Mexico, Puebla, United States
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GYRO Week 11 – Drive-In Movie Night
I know we don’t normally encourage a movie night for a date, even at home, but this one is different. The idea is to pick a really bad, B-rated movie. Believe me, they’re out there. I found one site that … Continue reading
GYRO Week 10 – No Electricity Night
We are in North Carolina this week and had the opportunity to be on the Blue Ridge Parkway late one night. We stopped at an overlook point and turned off the car so we could gaze at the stars. It … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Creative Dates, D.R.A.B., Date Night Ideas, Free Dates, Growing Strong Marriages, Outdoor Dates, Romance in Marriage, romancing your spouse, romantic date nights, Romantic Ideas, Unique Dates, Winter Date Ideas
Tagged Blue Ridge Parkway, Date Night Ideas, Electricity, International Dark-Sky Association, Light pollution, Night sky, North Carolina
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6 Date Ideas To Help Build Marriage Friendships
Most times when we think of a romantic evening, it’s just for the two of us. But there are times when it is fun to invite your closest married friends over for a nice evening together. And if you don’t … Continue reading
GYRO Week 9 – Spouse Appreciation Night
This date is a great way to let your spouse know all the things you love and appreciate about them. Start by making a list of those things you appreciate most about your spouse. It has been said, “what we … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Creative Dates, Date Night Ideas, Dating Your Spouse, GYRO Challenge, Romance in Marriage, romancing your spouse, romantic date nights, Romantic Ideas
Tagged Appreciation Date Night, marriage, Quality time, relationship, The Five Love Languages: How To Express Heartfelt Commitment To Your Mate (Walker Large Print Books)
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GYRO Week 6 – Romantic Easter Date
It’s spring, and Easter is right around the corner. As Christians there isn’t a more important date on the calendar, for Easter represents the freedom Christ bought for us. It truly is a date to celebrate. And as couples the … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrations, Christian Marriage, Creative Dates, Date Night Ideas, Dating Your Spouse, GYRO Challenge, Romance in Marriage, romancing your husband, romancing your spouse, romancing your wife, romantic date nights, Romantic Ideas, Spiritual Intimacy, The Gospel & Marriage
Tagged Ben Hur, Christ, Christianity, Communion at Home, Easter, Easter egg, Egg hunt, God, Holidays, Religion and Spirituality, Romantic Easter Ideas
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Downton Abbey Date Night Idea
I don’t know how we hadn’t heard of Downton Abbey until recently, but we hadn’t. However we’ve managed to catch up on all three seasons in three short months. 🙂 When our GYRO Challenge was to pick a country as … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Creative Dates, Date Night Ideas, Dating Your Spouse, Dinner Dates, Growing Strong Marriages, GYRO Challenge, Romance in Marriage, romancing your husband, romancing your spouse, romancing your wife, romantic date nights, Unique Dates
Tagged Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey Date Night, Edwardian era, England, Huffington Post, Matthew Crawley
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GYRO Week 4 – Passport Date
We love to travel, but sometimes it just isn’t possible to go away to a place of your dreams. That’s the idea behind this week’s theme. Pick a country you’ve always wanted to go to and plan a night around … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Creative Dates, D.R.A.B., Date Night Ideas, Dating Your Spouse, Dinner Dates, Growing Strong Marriages, GYRO Challenge
Tagged Date Night Ideas, Dating Your Spouse, England, Holiday, Home, Ireland, Patrick, Saint Patrick's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Themed Date Night Ideas, United States
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4 Myths Of At-Home Themed Date Nights – Part 4
Myth #4 – I’m not creative! Oh how many times we’ve heard this one. The best part of planning a themed date is it makes it easier for those who are not so creative. Having the parameters of a theme … Continue reading
4 Myths Of At-Home Themed Date Nights – Part 3
First of all we want to share that The Romantic Vineyard was voted a Top 12 Marriage Blog for 2012 on a Twitter contest sponsored by Square 1 Ministries. We don’t take such honors lightly, but recognize God is at work … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Creative Dates, D.R.A.B., Date Night Ideas, Dating Your Spouse, Fun Dates, Growing Strong Marriages, GYRO Challenge, I.Heart.List, romancing your husband, romancing your spouse, romancing your wife, romantic date nights
Tagged Blog, date night, God, Holidays, marriage, New Year, Relationships, Twitter
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4 Myths Of At-Home Themed Date Nights – Part 1
With the GYRO Challenge in full swing, we had an interesting conversation with our grown kids about planning themed date nights at home. Both of our married daughters said their husbands would roll their eyes at the thought of such … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Creative Dates, D.R.A.B., Date Night Ideas, Dating Your Spouse, Fun Dates, Growing Strong Marriages, GYRO Challenge, Movie Dates, romancing your spouse
Tagged Arts, Literature, marriage, Myth, Mythology, Myths and Folktales, relationship, Themed Date Nights, Themed Dates, you've got mail
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GYRO Week 1 – Game Night
Welcome to week one of our Get Your Romance On Challenge. We have several signed up for the entire 14 week date night challenge. However, we invite you to try one or more even if you’re not up to doing … Continue reading
Posted in Cheap Dates, Creative Dates, D.R.A.B., Date Night Ideas, Dating Your Spouse, Free Dates, Fun Dates, Growing Strong Marriages, GYRO Challenge, romancing your husband, romancing your spouse, romancing your wife, romantic date nights, Romantic Ideas
Tagged boardgame, clue, Date Night Ideas, Free date nights, Game Night, games, Get Your Romance On, Monday, Recreation, Scrabble, Video Games
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Clue Date Night With A Sexy Twist
We all love the classic game of Clue where each player tries to figure out whodunnit. But what if the whole game was given a twist into a game of whereyougonnadoit, instead. Are you with me? This date will take … Continue reading
Surprise! You’ve Been Spouse-napped!
This past weekend I had the privilege of helping my daughter plan an awesome birthday surprise for her husband of 7.5 years. Words can’t describe how fun it was to help her come up with an idea that would bless … Continue reading
Posted in Atlanta Date Ideas, Birthdays, Celebration Dates, Christian Marriage, Creative Dates, Romance in Marriage, romancing your husband, Romantic Ideas
Tagged Birthday Surprises for Husband, Boss (video gaming), Friday, Husband, marriage, Nap, Sleep, United States, Workweek and weekend
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13 Fall Dates – #13
Since it’s the last post of our 1/2 Marathon Blogging Challenge, we knew we had to offer a real knock out of a post. We think we’ve come up with the perfect one for you to try. Fall Date – … Continue reading
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