I was thinking yesterday about how boring my life really is. Anthony and I really don't do much, unless you count renting movies and sitting at home watching them is super exciting.
It's not.
I mean, I love snuggling with my husband and watching good movies, but it really isn't exciting.
The thing is, we don't have a ton of money right now, so we can't do all that much. We can't travel a ton right now, or buy fun things, or do any of that. So I spent some time brainstorming yesterday, and came up with a list of 101 activities we can do that cost little to no money! Each one can be its own little adventure. The best part, is Anthony was actually kind of excited about it. Whenever I talk about my lists and plans and ideas, he rolls his eyes. But I showed him the list after he was home from work, and although he said a few times, "what, are we in high school again?!" he started saying other things like, "hey, that could be fun..." which basically means, "wow, my wife is the most creative person in the world but I really don't want to tell her that because that would be giving too much away, so instead I'll make an ambiguous comment that could possibly be perceived as a compliment and maybe she'll figure it out." Yeah, I got it! :)
So I'm going to print out the list and cut it up into little slips of paper, and for each date night that we have, we can pick one of the activities. Sometimes they're a bit longer than just a few hours, or need to be during the day, or require (or would work best with) more people, so if that is the case, then we can just snuggle and watch a movie, but we have to plan that activity out right then, schedule a time for it. If it is a typically "seasonal" activity, like dying eggs, then we still do it anyway, and decorate them for whatever season we're in. Haha!
Oh, and there were a couple things that he wasn't sure he wanted to do (he's too joe cool for that, I guess!) so the rule is, that if we pull out an activity and he doesn't want to do it, he has to plan something more fun instead. And there were only 2 or 3 that he said that about, so he only gets 3 chances to change the activity.
And so off we go, making memories and traditions in our family!
MINI ADVENTURES
1. Ice skating
2. Rock climbing
3. Boating at tempe town lake
4. Horseback riding
5. Play golf
6. Tandem bike riding
7. Drive in movie
8. Bumper cars
9. Roller skating
10. Climb a tree
11. Fossil Springs
12. Go to the zoo
13. Visit an art museum
14. Go-Kart Racing
15. Mini Golf
16. Visit a waterpark
17. Carousel at the mall
18. Laser tag
19. Bowling
20. Improv theatre
21. Sporting event
22. Dye eggs
23. Picnic in the park
24. Farmer’s market
25. Hike south mountain
26. Fly a kite
27. Take Polaroid pictures
28. Visit Santa/Easter Bunny at the mall
29. Ice blocking
30. Oracle caves
31. Sand castle at the park
32. Wish balloons
33. Visit a random themed museum
34. Open mic poetry reading
35. Test drive a very expensive car
36. Relive the first date
37. Make your own drive-in (and make your own “car”)
38. Play a game of pool
39. Make homemade ice cream
40. Swap meet
41. Wedding crashing (for the food) :)
42. Hopscotch at the park
43. Local band concert
44. Go to the arcade
45. Feed the ducks
46. Carve pumpkins
47. Roast marshmallows
48. Visit a fair or carnival
49. Watch the sun rise
50. Go to the public pool and jump off the high dive
51. Take Zilli to the dog park
52. Find a tire swing
53. Ride the light rail
54. Play tennis
55. Go fishing
56. Run through sprinklers
57. Read kids books at the bookstore
58. Make pottery
59. Play Frisbee
60. Make rock pets
61. Tie dye tshirts
62. Play croquet
63. Make a lip synch music video
64. Regressive dinner (backwards, different place for each course)
65. Paper airplane contest
66. Photo shoot
67. Jazz/Piano bar
68. Exchange love letters
69. Batting cages
70. Hike papago park
71. Ghost town
72. Tonto bridge
73. Dance club
74. Castles & Coasters
75. Salt River Tubing
76. Scenic drive
77. Stargazing with a star map
78. Indian ruins
79. Japanese friendship garden
80. Ugly night
81. Apache Trail Drive
82. Paint a picture together
83. Truth or dare (mostly just dare)
84. Visit a nursing home
85. Heart attack someone
86. Build a model rocket that flies!
87. Sneak into a ritzy hotel and swim in the pool
88. Learn a new card game
89. Play with legos (etc)
90. Photo scavenger hunt
91. Broom hockey
92. Go to the visitor’s center to watch the movies
93. Capture the flag
94. Play racquetball
95. Eat cereal and watch cartoons
96. Dollar theatre
97. Dress up and get fast food
98. Get a piñata
99. Homemade taffy
100. Remake something from a thrift store
101. Pizza slice tour of town
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