It's important for me to enjoy the season. I look forward to having fun and creating memories. Since John and I don't have kids, it's even more important to me that John joins in with enjoying the holidays. He doesn't always get into it as much as I do. So this year I decided to try out the Spouse Christmas Countdown, which it described over at www.thedatingdivas.com. I came across this idea through Pinterst (where else?).
John's Christmas Countdown
It took me about a month to complete. I sat down and figured out what I wanted to say every day for 25 days. I wrote reasons why I love him, reasons why I am thankful for him, things I love about him (which is different than why I love him), came up with date nights, etc. Some days are accompanied by a small gift (new gloves for when he rides his bike to work in the winter and a jar of honey because he's my honey). Date nights are just small activities, as I wanted to make sure we stop and enjoy the season with one another (putting together a puzzle, watching Christmas movies, video game night). I also included things to do for him (make him breakfast one weekend since he's usually the weekend breakfast maker).
Michelle helped me hang everything up the morning of December 1st. It's now the 8th, and I'm pretty sure John is liking his countdown. It's nice to have something to look forward to every morning.
Day 6 - gift day
Day 6 gift = Ask me about my t-rex t-shirt
Now I'm off to finally decorate the tree. It's been standing there naked for the past week!
