a renewed love affair...

I have fallen in love again with... Pinterest.

It had been months. months- since I had opened my pinterest account and scrolled through the pins of DIY and recipes.

So there I am sitting in my PSYCH 301 class. Statistics for Psychology. The class they wouldn't let me waive because it was specific for psychology, and even though I had already taken general stats and stats for marriage and family, it was a no go. Bored as can be. (we were learning about the mean, median, and mode... i learned that in 3RD GRADE!!! 2 hours of which number is there the most of.... i was going crazy) So i pulled out my new smartphone. yes, i have a smart phone. and started looking at apps. free apps. in a spur of the moment I downloaded the pinterest app. Life changed.

One class period later. and 75,000 pins later. I had my future house planned, and enough craft ideas to last me a life time.

Now and honest moment. I have never done anything with any of the things i have pinned- they are always a "one day I will" type thing. until tonight.

I came across the idea while trying to stay awake in class. A date jar. for the night you cant think of what to do you choose something from the jar. it just so happened that a friend's wedding is tomorrow and I was sans gift. this was it.

so one quick run to hobby lobby later. i had a mason jar. paint. craft sticks. and ribbon. ALL SET.

then it was off to my night class. 2.5 hours of marriage therapyness. the only reason i dont go crazy in that class is because our teacher is literally crazy- and so funny. the time somehow goes quickly even though we dont learn very much. so I multitasked. while he repeated himself for the 13th time, i created a list of date ideas.

After class my visiting teacher's came over. having been home for only 10 minutes the whole day and being on a time crunch, they helped me paint the sticks while we talked about life and got to know each other. it was perfect.

I love crafts. truth.

here is the finished product. simple. easy. thoughtful.

the woman who i got the idea from used the different colors of popsicle sticks as different categories. (one's that cost money, that take planning, etc) I didn't want to- so it is just to make it look prettier.

Making the list of date ideas was fun. It was fun to relive dates as I wrote the idea down, or remember times sitting on the couch brainstorming with the boy I was dating a "bucket list" of dates we wanted to go on.

Here is the list I came up with.

1. go ice skating
2. go to the library and read your favorite children's books
3. visit temple square
4. watercolor the sunset
5. invite a couple over for games
6. invite a couple over for dessert
7. get dressed up and go out for a "classy" dinner
8. go for a hike/snowshoeing and carve your initials in a tree
9. look up what is going on in the community and go
10. go to a movie- his choice
11. go to a movie- her choice
12. make italian food and watch the movie "Life is Beautiful"
13. go rock climbing
14. go to a local arcade
15. play catch at the park
16. go star gazing
17. go window shopping for things for your home
18. build a fort and tell ghost stories
19. feed the ducks at the pond
20. make something for your house off pinterest
21. go roller blading
22. play at a park
23. go on a picnic
24. look through old pictures and tell stories
25. go geo cashing
26. go camping
27. go to the mall and pick out outfits for each other
28. go bowling
29. go mini golfing
30. make crayon art
31. finger paint
32. go for a bike ride
33. watch a disney movie while coloring in a coloring book
34. stay home and watch a movie- his choice
35. stay home and watch a movie- her choice
36. play hopscotch, color with sidewalk chalk, and hoola hoop
37. visit a retirement home and talk with the residents
38. go to the food bank and volunteer
39. go see a show/play
40. spend the night in the city (hotel)
41. go to a bed and breakfast
42. go canoeing/paddle boating
43. visit "your" spots
44. relive your first date
45. do facials
46. grab a friend and have a photo shoot
47. go shooting
48. plan your dream vacation
49. go to a museum
50. go to a concert
51. invite people over for minute to win it games
52. cuddle up on a couch and read a novel out loud
53. drive up a canyon and soak in the beauty
54. build a fire and make s'mores
55. make cookies and deliver them to friends
56. go to a sporting event
57. write "your story" together
58. look at wedding pictures and talk about the day
59. go out to dinner on "main street" and walk around
60. go out for ice cream
61. make homemade ice cream
62. put a puzzle together and drink hot chocolate
63. create a couple bucket list
64. go to the temple
65. project an old western on the wall and "shoot" the bad guys with nerf guns
66. have a nerf gun fight
67. carve soap
68. make sailboats with stuff around the house and race them
69. invite friends over and have a murder mystery party
70. find someone to serve
71. go for a run with your cameras and photography the world
72. make a volcano with baking soda and vinegar
73. test the mentos and soda myth
74. invite friends over for a murder mystery party
75. go to a fair
76. plan a road trip and actually go
77. go to cascade springs (in utah)
78. go out to dinner- her choice
79. go out to dinner- his choice
80. go golfing
81. go go-carting
82. go to the DI and get ridiculous outfits
83. go to the dollar store. spend $5 and just play with what you got
84. go dancing in the moonlight

Its the holiday season.

1. carve pumpkins and roast the seeds
2. go to a haunted house
3. go to a corn maze
4. write letters to santa
5. make "thankful' turkeys
6. write thank you notes to your parents (thanksgiving)
7. dye eggs
8. make a snowman
9. go sledding/ snowboarding/ skiing
10. cut out paper snowflakes while watching a christmas movie

If you have any ideas to add to this not comprehensive list...comment. share the knowledge.

also i have a renewed love affair for this song...