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sketch your
dream house floor plan and talk about the possibilities of
each room.
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write the
story of how you met. get it printed and bound.
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list your
spouse's best qualities in alphabetic order.
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tour a museum
or art gallery. click on
http://www.ohiomuseums.org/ for a list of museums in
ohio
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kiss and hug
in the dark while watching the international space station
make it's daily visible pass over ohio. for sighting
info, click on
http://www.heavens-above.com/
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attend a fall
festival together. click on
http://www.ofea.org/ to
find a festival.
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take a stroll
around the block-hold hands as you walk.
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spend a night
together at the quaker hill conference center solitude room
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give your
spouse a back rub.
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rent a DVD,
microwave some popcorn, and watch a movie while cuddling.
PERSONAL NOTE: carol & I have a movie date night once each
week. we alternate who gets to choose the movie.
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build a fire
in the fireplace, turn out the lights, cuddle and talk.
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take a shower
together.
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go swimming in
the middle of the night.
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write a poem
for your spouse.
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walk through
Sam's Club and try all the food samples.
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walk the mall
together with the goal of not to buy, but to test perfume or
cologne along the way.
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hug your
spouse from behind and give him/her a kiss on the back of
the neck.
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stop in the
middle of your busy day and talk to your spouse for 15
minutes.
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take a free
factory tour. available tours range from candy
factories to a motorcycle manufacturing plant. click
on
http://factorytoursusa.com/StateList.asp?state=OH
PERSONAL NOTE: carol & I have made dates out of the
following factory tours: airstream in jackson center,
kitchenaid in greenville, and dayton daily news printing
plant in dayton.
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do something
your spouse loves to do, even though it doesn't interest you
personally.
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send your
spouse a love letter
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build a
snowman together.
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watch a
sunrise or sunset together.
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sit on the
same side of the restaurant booth.
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picnic by a
pond.
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give your mate
a foot massage. PERSONAL NOTE: Social scientists tell
us that massage causes the body to generate oxytocin, which
leads to increased sexual arousal in women.
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put a puzzle
together on a rainy evening.
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take a bide
ride on one of the ohio bike paths. click on
http://www.trailresources.com/trails-index-ohio.html for
trail information.
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on a hot
summer day, wash the car together, with the intent of
splashing each other with water.
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whisper
something romantic to your spouse in a crowded room.
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have a
candlelight picnic in the back yard.
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perfume the
bedsheets.
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serve
breakfast in bed.
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reminisce
through old photo albums.
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have coffee
together at a coffee shop.
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share a
milkshake with two straws.
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kiss in the
rain.
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brush his/her
hair.
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ride the
merry-go-round together.
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dedicate a
song to him/her over the radio. PERSONAL NOTE: for
carol's 40th birthday I dedicated the country song "she's a
little past 40 but a long way from over the hill."
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on your
wedding anniversary, renew your wedding vows with family and
friends.
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have a hot
bubble bath ready for him/her at the end of a long day.
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buy new satin
sheets. PERSONAL NOTE: red satin!!
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tenderly touch
your spouse as you pass one another around the house.
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reminisce
about your first date. PERSONAL NOTE: we watched
"airport" on our first date, so we watch it and reminisce
each time it plays on the american movie classics channel.
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plant a tree
together in honor of your marriage.
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raid the kid's
toy chest and go kite flying.
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attend a
sporting event you've never been to together.
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take time to
think about him/her during the day, then share those
thoughts.
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create your
own special holiday.
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