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To My Amazing Husband-
Every love story is beautiful, but ours really is my favorite.  There are cheesy parts, sad parts, beautiful parts, hard parts, ugly parts, and wonderful parts.  It’s not a perfect fairy tale, but it’s ours.  And for us, it is perfect.  I wouldn’t change a thing because I absolutely love where we are, who we are – You and me as a couple and myself individually.  All the struggles and challenges have taught me that, no matter what happens, we can get through anything if we stick together.  It won’t be easy and there may be times when being married will be hard, but you have my heart, my whole heart.  And I don’t want it back.  Thank you for your love, support, friendship, help and for tolerating the bad that comes with the good.  You are my everything.  I love you.  Always and for always.  Happy Anniversary!
Love,
K

So, in trying to make room in our teeny little apartment for a baby {I forgot just how much stuff babies need!}, I found some props for a date I’d planned… and we never did.  Eek.  Well, it might end up being our Valentine’s date this year, since we will have a 4-day old newborn and it’s already planned.  And it can be done at home, with the kiddos or after they are in bed.

Here’s the How:
You’ll Need-
– Love Bucks
– Love’s Little Rewards Brochure
– A bottle of your favorite bubbly drink
– Dinner (ingredients or money)
– Lotion or massage oils (optional)

Directions-
1.  A week or so before the actual date, start handing out Love Bucks for things your sweetheart does to help out.  Be generous.  Did he take out the trash?  Five Love Bucks.  Do the dishes?  Ten Love Bucks.  Bathe the kids?  Forty Love Bucks.  You get the idea.  And you decide how much each task is worth.  You might even want to clue him in and let him award you Love Bucks too.

2.  The morning of your date, give your sweetie the Love’s Little Rewards brochure.  Don’t say anything else, just hand it to him as he walks out the door.  He’ll figure it out (hopefully) or just be really confused (maybe).

3.  When he gets home, ask him what he thought.  His choices will determine your date.  If you chose to award each other Love Bucks, take a few minutes, sit down and decide what you’d like to do together.  Now, get ready for your date to begin.

4.  Follow through with the things he (or both of you) chose from the brochure.  Enjoy your evening together.  A week of kind acts and a date?  Sounds like win-win to me.

These images have watermarks on them  If that’s ok with you, feel free to use them.  If you’d like watermark-free images that have more editing possibilities, you can find this date kit in my Etsy Shop.

Not actual housekeeping.  Bloggy housekeeping.  The kind I can do from the couch…  =)  Ready?

It’s HEEERRE!  Bundles of Baby is finally here.  I have been working like crazy the last month or so and have some great baby-themed tutorials, gifts and ideas for you.  I have a few guest posters scheduled (if you would like to guest post, let me know – baby themed or not) and they have some more awesome ideas.

There is a baby-themed linky open and I encourage you to link up and check out the great stuff others are sharing.  If you’ve been around here long, you know that I am all about the personalized, handmade gifts.  They are so much more special and personal than a store-bought gift (although, I do those too…).  So, come share your awesome baby tutes!  P.S. Weekend Wander will still happen each weekend, so you can still show off your other projects too.

And… don’t forget about the giveaways!  Right now, there are two of them going on: the Cutting Edge Stencil giveaway and a giveaway for a New Momma Gift Package.  Don’t worry, you don’t actually have to be a new momma to enjoy it.  So, head over and get your entries in.  The stencil giveaway closes Feb 6 and the gift package closes Mar 4.  Check back if you’ve already entered, more entry opportunities may be added.

Over the next couple weeks, I also have a few Valentine’s ideas to post about.  It’ll be busy around here.  Don’t miss a thing and follow along with GFC (follow button in the left side bar) or an RSS feed.  I will also do my best to keep you all updated on Facebook, Twitter and Google+.  So, feel free to join me there as well.

Oh, and by the way, have you been over to Lil’ Luna lately?  Maybe you saw Kristyn’s big announcement?  If not, you should check it out… I’m awfully excited about it!  You’ll have to scroll down the post a little ways to really understand why.  And, if you don’t follow Kristyn, now would be a good time to start… Just sayin’.