Project: 52 Dates

I could write about all of the benefits of date nights and how it helps build connection and keeps a marriage healthy and so on and so forth...I could cite research on the benefits of dating your spouse and how it helps in the battle against divorce; how dates can rekindle romance or at least make us feel human for a few hours...but I think most of us know all of that. We know how nice it feels to sneak away with our partners, how being on dates helps us to reunite, gives us the chance to have an adult conversation, to hear what the other is feeling or thinking without the interruptions. We know this...how could we not? This topic is splashed all over the covers of magazines and the topic of numerous self-help books and I've probably read most of them. That doesn't mean I've actually made dating my husband a priority.  I keep saying I'm going to do this. I have good intentions and even lists of over a hundred date night ideas; I am the queen of lists after all...but this year is going to be different. I am going to do this. I am going to turn dating my husband into a fun little project. I am going to go out on a date with him each week and I am going to document it and gosh darn it, it's going to be fun!
Here are some date ideas I have so far:

1. Everything's new date
2. Curling
3. Running errands 
4. Sunday drive 
5. The music date
6. The cemetery date
7. The cottage 
8. On the water 
9. The get lost date
10. Factory tour
11. Sightsee our city
12. The playground date
13. Geocaching
14. Tennis
15. Double date
16. Picnic
17. House tour date
18. Weekday afternoon
19. Puzzle date
20. Canalside{Buffalo} fun date: igloos at the ice, skating, 
21. Arcade
22. Candlelight date
23. Gardening date
24. Culinary date
25. Dinner & a movie{out}
26. hiking
27. Park bench date
28. Shuffleboard date
29. Pub date
30. At home movie night
31. Garage sale date
32. Game night
33. Bike ride date
34. Flea market date
35. Second first date
36. Art gallery
37. LBD date{nice dinner}
38. Overnight in our city
39. Dive bar date
40. Wine/ Beer tasting
41. Coffee shop date
42. Sabres game, drinks & dinner
43. Mini golf
44. Attend a local festival
45. Trivia night {World of Beer at the mall}
46. Snowshoeing
47. Small-town America Main Street date
48. Art class date
49. Brunch
50. Night at the mall date
51. Science museum nighttime events
52. Casino- dinner & entertainment

Well, we'll see how it goes but that's my plan for now. Here's to dating in 2020!