Where's the Lemonade?

After years of marriage, our date night consisted of finding a rom-com and falling asleep on the couch. We freshened things up with new date ideas including trying to find something open after 9pm in Folsom. We ended up going to a grocery store and making more healthy brownies. Check out our episode about how to spark excitement in your marriage.

Show Notes

After years of marriage, our date night consisted of finding a rom-com and falling asleep on the couch. We freshened things up with new date ideas including trying to find something open after 9pm in Folsom. We ended up going to a grocery store and making more healthy brownies. Check out our episode about how to spark excitement in your marriage.

Getting back to dating after a divorce

  • When you first start dating after a divorce you don't bring your dates around the kids. So you have to find places to meet.
  • Closed restaurants
  • Bowling
  • Grocery runs at 10pm 
  • Movies
  • Miniature Golf

Falling into a routine (rut)

  • In a blended family, you only have your kids every other weekend so it is hard to go out and leave them.
  • The kids like it when we go out. They love having the house to themselves (Scary)
  • In a blended family, it is extremely important to have alone time, because you never had a honeymoon with no kids, exes, etc..
  • Life gets busy,
  • We are tired.
  • It is hard to come up with things to do.
  • The town closes down at 9pm. 
  • What would we do, movie, restaurant or stay at home order Thai food and fall asleep to a rom-com. (Boring)

Resparking the romance

  • Three rules of dating your spouse
    • No business talk
    • No money talk 
    • No housework talk
    • No talking about kids
    • No talking about responsibilities.
    • Have fun. Take a break
  • Find excuses to do something together, besides watching a movie at home.
  • Surprise lunch together
  • Take time to be intimate with each other. Schedule it if needed.
  • Ideas for Dating your Spouse
    • Try shopping at a new grocery store together for a new recipe. 
    • Miniature golf, Top Golf,
    • Look at the old things that you used to do.
    • Bowling
    • People watch, make things up about peoples lives
    • Hiking, 
    • Dance class (Line dancing)
    • Shopping 
    • Cook together
    • Work together
    • Escape room
    • Painting class together (Bob Ross Painting party)
    • Plan a trip together (Even if you are not going to take it for a while)
    • Create a theme night for a dream trip destination.
    • Play old video game console (Flicky)
  • Make sure you do quality time together as well as "work time"

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What is Where's the Lemonade??

They say when life gives you lemons you should make lemonade. Making lemonade is not always easy or possible. For us, we found ourselves single in our 40's with kids at home and starting life over again. Luckily we found each other, online no doubt. When we began blending families, schedules, traditions, and laundry, we discovered lots of lemons. Our podcast is a reflection on how we get through the hard times and enjoy the good times on our new journey together, all with ten kids in tow. Sometimes when life gives you lemons, you make lemon squares. Lemonade might come later.