Feelin' Great...

...at Twenty-_____! :)

Happy Heart Day!

Valentine's Day art courtesy of http://eighteen25.blogspot.com/.

I just had to borrow it because it's so stinkin' cute.

As tradition would have it, for the past 5 years, my FIL has sent a bouquet of flowers to my office for Valentine's Day. Thanks Steve, they're beautiful! :)

For the record, I told Tom NOT to get me a bouquet of flowers this year - and I really did mean it. We decided not to spend any money on each other and just have an evening at home since it fell on a Monday night. I made meatloaf, mashed sweet potatoes, broiled asparagus, and bananas foster. It was yum.my! I'll share the recipes in the posts to come.

I'll leave you with a pic of Ruby posing with a Valentine from my Aunt.

Tradition, tradition!

Per tradition, I received a lovely bouquet of flowers from my Father-in-law, Steve for Valentine's Day. Tom and his dad sure know how to make a gal feel special! :)

My Funny Valentine

I got a sweet surprise at work today! My Valentine sent me a fresh cut bouquet of tulips. I was totally caught by surprise. It's really hard to surprise me and I don't think Tom has ever had a bouquet of fresh flowers delivered to me in the 6 1/2 years we've been together. Let me clarify, I have asked him not to get me bouquets because they are usually pretty pricey. Instead I've suggested if he's going to buy me flowers that he buy some sort of potted flower since they live longer and are cheaper. I also usually discourage him from doing anything for Valentine's Day because our anniversary is the 25th of February and that is more important to me. But sometimes it's good that he doesn't go by my suggestions because fresh flowers always make me smile. :)




What's funny is, for the past several years, Tom's dad has sent flowers to my office for Valentine's Day. So when I got this bouquet today I automatically assumed it was from his dad, but this is what the card said (sorry it's blurry).



After I read the card I immediately called Tom and told him thank you and that I loved them. I also confessed that before I read the card, I had assumed they were from his dad and he told me he thought I would think that. I just love surprises!