40 Date Ideas

My husband and I have had some pretty boring dates lately. Part of that is just because we'd rather sit at home watching a movie, but part of it is that we didn't plan ahead. Sooo, I've decided to plan ahead and make one of those cute Internet Dating Ideas Lists. Here are some of the dates I plan to plan in 2014:

1. Visit a historic cemetery near our home
   
2. Go cross country skiing or snow shoeing
3. Visit the local cathedral
4. Bake bread
5. Make Altoids emergency kits
6. Find "our" poem
7. Run at the indoor track
8. Eat at an Indian restaurant
9. Take a tripod to a garden and pose for pictures
10. Learn to make tamales
11. Bake cookies and doorbell ditch them on neighbors' front porches
12. Make a list of goals we want to accomplish together (long and short range)
13. Do a home repair
14. Watch a drive-in movie
15. Sort family pictures and/or find ways to display them
16. Plan our next anniversary getaway
17. Make up a new recipe for homemade icecream
18. Interview an older family member on video
19. Leave kind notes for an elderly neighbor or bring her flowers
20. Eat at a Brazilian restaurant
21. Have a water fight
22. Destroy something with a sledgehammer (my husband's idea)
23. Go birdwatching to see the eagles who winter near our home
24. Walk at the mall
25. Beat up on my sons' heavy bag and jump on a mini trampoline
26. Explore a new bike trail
27. Watch one of these movies: "The Bells of St. Mary's," "The Young Victoria," or "Redemption: For Robbing the Dead."
28. Go see a comedian or watch a Brian Regan dvd.
29. Attend a filming of one of our favorite shows.
30. Walk through IKEA
31. Have a campfire with s'mores
32. Visit an art museum
33. Go sledding
34. Visit the planetarium
35. Make a playlist of songs we both love
36. Do a puzzle
37. Have a dinner party with friends
38. Refinish or paint a piece of furniture
39. See a local band play
40. Go hiking
41. Chaperone a school dance