So, since I've decided to make this blog more of a "family" one, I decided to write a post about me and my honey:) (BTW...thanks to all who suggested new names for my blog..er umm...OUR blog. I'm still carefully considering the different names!) Anyway, back to me and my honey. It seems like every time Joel and I go out with a new couple, they always ask us what we like to do together. We always twiddle our thumbs for a second and say "hmmm..what DO we like to do together?" Here's what we say.
1. Hike. This is funny...b/c I don't really LOVE hiking. I enjoy it in PERFECT weather conditions with no bugs, in areas of the country I've never been before. Those conditions seem to be quite rare...BUT, we always say hiking....even though we only do it once a year.
2. Traveling. This is TOTALLY true. We are both TRAVEL freaks. I love, love, love this about my husband.
and that's about as far as we get. This used to really disturb me. I would think to myself "Gosh, we've only been married for ________ and this is all we can think of? Where are we going wrong? Why don't we love all of the same things? We should be spending every minute of our free time having a blast (okay, so that's an exaggeration.) I then realized that we do have our own special little hobbies...they just aren't the usual types of hobbies one would mention when going out with a new couple friend. Here they are.
1). We watch the Amazing Race. Since we both love to travel, this show is perfect for us! We imagine what it would be like if we were the ones doing the challenges. We laugh at the silliness and drama...and we try to figure out who's going to make it to the end.
2). I finally convinced Joel that it would be a good idea to convert our garage to our own little home gym. We now do P90X together. This has been great for us! We usually do this together about 3 times a week! (For some reason Joel doesn't want to get up at 4:30 am to exercise on the days I have to go to work...:)
3) We like to go to the beach. I feel like this is something every couple says. It doesn't seem unique enough to be a "hobby." But..nonetheless..we both enjoy this. It's so relaxing! Plus...he can read his "manly" books...and I can read my classic literature...or my not so classic literature!
4). Playing any type of scrabble has also filled many of our spare hours. Since my husband is a brainiac, I hardly ever win. Sometimes this is frustrating..but it makes the victory oh so glorious when I do beat him!
So, all you couples out there...what do you and your sig. other enjoy doing together? You should definitely clue us in on some new hobbies that are FREE. We're all about saving money!
