Saturday, January 5, 2013

i dare you


since i didn't make any New Year's Resolutions this year, I felt like I had to do SOMETHING to celebrate new beginnings. That may or may not have included buying new mouthwash, a small shopping spree on new plastic organizing bins and a trip to the bookstore. 

where i got The Love Dare. 

stay with me here. I decided Drew and I were going to start it on January 1st. Yep, I decided. He had no idea what he was getting into. 



this is literally taken word for word from the first page of the book. It is actually typed in the book in all CAPITALS. hahaha. 

RECEIVE THIS AS A WARNING.
THIS 40 DAY JOURNEY CANNOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. 

IT IS A CHALLENGE AND OFTEN DIFFICULT PROCESS, BUT AN INCREDIBLY FULFILLING ONE. TO TAKE THIS DARE REQUIRES A RESOLUTE MIND AND A STEADFAST DETERMINATION.

IT IS NOT MEANT TO BE SAMPLED OR BRIEFLY TESTED AND THOSE WHO QUIT EARLY WILL FORFEIT THE GREATEST BENEFITS. IF YOU WILL COMMIT TO A DAY AT A TIME FOR FORTY DAYS, THE RESULTS COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND YOUR MARRIAGE. 

CONSIDER IT A DARE FROM OTHERS WHO HAVE DONE IT BEFORE YOU. 

I actually was frightened to keep reading. 

I briefly explained it to Drew (not going into the potential creepiness of it) and he agreed. 

day 1:

go the entire day without saying anything negative to your spouse. 

not just ABOUT your spouse. (that's hard enough) anything NEGATIVE at all?!

our morning conversation?
"how did you sleep?"
"Oh, your snoring didn't keep me up at all."

day 2:

go the entire day without saying anything negative to your spouse AND commit a random act of kindness. 

i overslept. and ran out of milk for my honey nut cheerios. and it was COLD. and I was hungover. Ran out the door and MY CAR WINDOWS ALREADY HAD THE ICE SCRAPED OFF of them. It was seriously the greatest random act of kindness EVER :) 

I wasn't expecting Drew to do such a good job. hmm.. now I had to comeback with something really good. (not that I was comparing... ;) so I decide to travel to 4 different Redboxes and get the movie he has been dying to see. (He found out about it, because the silly Redbox sent him an email saying it had been rented.)

I ALSO decided to be the best wife ever and go pick up his car tabs that he had ordered online but needed to go pick up. He literally ordered them a month ago and kept forgetting. When I handed them to him he said, "DID YOU GET MY TABS?"

I was so proud of myself. Turns out he had ALSO gone THAT day and they couldn't find the tabs (BECAUSE I ALREADY HAD GOTTEN THEM.) The license place thought maybe they got misplaced so they gave him another set.

What are the freaking chances we both go to the license place on THE SAME DAY when they have been sitting there for a month?

aka I sucked at the random act of kindness dare and now we have two 2013 license tabs in case you need one ;)

day 3:

go the entire day without saying anything negative to your spouse AND buy them a small gift that says "I'm thinking you of"


we got in a fight about me wanting to go to mexican food and him not and Drew just kept saying "LOVE DARE, LOVE DARE". annoying. :) 

I came home to beautiful flowers. (he is good at this love dare thing so far)

we played tennis this evening. pssshhh. wanna see if you can not say anything negative to your husband? play a freaking game with them. I almost bit my tounge off because I literally had to clamp down on it to prevent from swearing and screaming at him :)

after tennis we saw a movie and on the way home we had to make a quick little stop at the grocery store because I forgot to get him a gift. 
I said he had to wait in the car while I ran in and got something.

his favorite bag of chips it was. not what they had in mind i don't think :( 
hmm... for thinking I was going to ace this love dare thing, I think I got a C for the week. 

i wonder what next week's dares will be. (Drew is wondering if one day will include not turning on the TV. He is scared for that one. :)

I will keep you posted. :) 


1 comment:

  1. Oh I have been wanting to do it to! Chris and I watched Fireproof and we both had tears in our eyes through most of it. I would say we have a pretty strong marriage, but there is always ways to treat each other and or marriage better. Buying the book is not really in our budget right now. Maybe you can let me borrow it when you guys are done! haha

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Saturday, January 5, 2013

i dare you


since i didn't make any New Year's Resolutions this year, I felt like I had to do SOMETHING to celebrate new beginnings. That may or may not have included buying new mouthwash, a small shopping spree on new plastic organizing bins and a trip to the bookstore. 

where i got The Love Dare. 

stay with me here. I decided Drew and I were going to start it on January 1st. Yep, I decided. He had no idea what he was getting into. 



this is literally taken word for word from the first page of the book. It is actually typed in the book in all CAPITALS. hahaha. 

RECEIVE THIS AS A WARNING.
THIS 40 DAY JOURNEY CANNOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. 

IT IS A CHALLENGE AND OFTEN DIFFICULT PROCESS, BUT AN INCREDIBLY FULFILLING ONE. TO TAKE THIS DARE REQUIRES A RESOLUTE MIND AND A STEADFAST DETERMINATION.

IT IS NOT MEANT TO BE SAMPLED OR BRIEFLY TESTED AND THOSE WHO QUIT EARLY WILL FORFEIT THE GREATEST BENEFITS. IF YOU WILL COMMIT TO A DAY AT A TIME FOR FORTY DAYS, THE RESULTS COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND YOUR MARRIAGE. 

CONSIDER IT A DARE FROM OTHERS WHO HAVE DONE IT BEFORE YOU. 

I actually was frightened to keep reading. 

I briefly explained it to Drew (not going into the potential creepiness of it) and he agreed. 

day 1:

go the entire day without saying anything negative to your spouse. 

not just ABOUT your spouse. (that's hard enough) anything NEGATIVE at all?!

our morning conversation?
"how did you sleep?"
"Oh, your snoring didn't keep me up at all."

day 2:

go the entire day without saying anything negative to your spouse AND commit a random act of kindness. 

i overslept. and ran out of milk for my honey nut cheerios. and it was COLD. and I was hungover. Ran out the door and MY CAR WINDOWS ALREADY HAD THE ICE SCRAPED OFF of them. It was seriously the greatest random act of kindness EVER :) 

I wasn't expecting Drew to do such a good job. hmm.. now I had to comeback with something really good. (not that I was comparing... ;) so I decide to travel to 4 different Redboxes and get the movie he has been dying to see. (He found out about it, because the silly Redbox sent him an email saying it had been rented.)

I ALSO decided to be the best wife ever and go pick up his car tabs that he had ordered online but needed to go pick up. He literally ordered them a month ago and kept forgetting. When I handed them to him he said, "DID YOU GET MY TABS?"

I was so proud of myself. Turns out he had ALSO gone THAT day and they couldn't find the tabs (BECAUSE I ALREADY HAD GOTTEN THEM.) The license place thought maybe they got misplaced so they gave him another set.

What are the freaking chances we both go to the license place on THE SAME DAY when they have been sitting there for a month?

aka I sucked at the random act of kindness dare and now we have two 2013 license tabs in case you need one ;)

day 3:

go the entire day without saying anything negative to your spouse AND buy them a small gift that says "I'm thinking you of"


we got in a fight about me wanting to go to mexican food and him not and Drew just kept saying "LOVE DARE, LOVE DARE". annoying. :) 

I came home to beautiful flowers. (he is good at this love dare thing so far)

we played tennis this evening. pssshhh. wanna see if you can not say anything negative to your husband? play a freaking game with them. I almost bit my tounge off because I literally had to clamp down on it to prevent from swearing and screaming at him :)

after tennis we saw a movie and on the way home we had to make a quick little stop at the grocery store because I forgot to get him a gift. 
I said he had to wait in the car while I ran in and got something.

his favorite bag of chips it was. not what they had in mind i don't think :( 
hmm... for thinking I was going to ace this love dare thing, I think I got a C for the week. 

i wonder what next week's dares will be. (Drew is wondering if one day will include not turning on the TV. He is scared for that one. :)

I will keep you posted. :) 


1 comment:

  1. Oh I have been wanting to do it to! Chris and I watched Fireproof and we both had tears in our eyes through most of it. I would say we have a pretty strong marriage, but there is always ways to treat each other and or marriage better. Buying the book is not really in our budget right now. Maybe you can let me borrow it when you guys are done! haha

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