My Valentine

Why I love my special Valentine:

He is hot stuff.

He tells me I'm beautiful even when I have bedhead.

He doesn't mind that I don't shave my legs... almost ever.

When I apologize for letting the house get so messy he says it looks fine to him.

He loves me.

When I come running out of the bathroom screaming that I have a beard and I force him to look closely at the hairy spots on my jawline he says he doesn't know what I'm talking about and that he can't see anything.

Sometimes he surprises me and cleans the whole kitchen, including the 2 day old stack of pots and pans.

He doesn't get mad when I sit up in bed and start hitting him and myself because I had a bad spider dream and I'm certain that a real spider caused it.

He makes me laugh.

He brings me ice cream. Lots of ice cream. Even the expensive kind.

When I was pregnant and having a really hard time feeling pretty he gave me the best birthday EVER in the whole wide world.

He spends too much money on me.

He helped me make these lovely things:



He's still my best friend... with benefits. ;)

He has a very sexy, perfectly hairy, awesomely buff, man chest. Raaawr!


But the reason I love my man most is that he made an eternal promise to me and the Lord that he would be worthy of me and our marriage, and everyday he works hard to keep that promise.

I love you, Mr. Hotness! Will you be my Valentine?

Valentine's Day Continues

I said I would post everyday this week. It is 11:20pm. I made it!

Who says Valentine's day has to be a one day deal? With a baby and all the regular stuff in life I find that I never even come close to doing the things I plan to do every holiday. But I really really wanted to have a nice Valentines day to make up for my wimpy Christmas. We started V-day stuff last week and it is taking me FOREVER to even get half way through my Valentine's Day list. I obviously plan way too much.

Today, after church and in my jammies, I did most of my baking/cooking that I simply couldn't get to earlier. Set a fancy table for dinner. Matching glassware counts as faaaaaaancy in our family.

Love note to the family.

My gift to Mr. Hotness this year. Baby back ribs, broiled asparagus, and creamy thyme mashed potatoes with caramelized red onions. I make killer ribs. Too bad I don't really like meat. Good thing I love asparagus.

Chocolate red velvet cake.

It has a layer of twinkie filling and Heath Magic Shell (Sooooo good) and is covered in milk chocolate Ganache. I was told it was really really good. I thought it was ok, but I don't like cake or chocolate.

Now, maybe tomorrow I can finally deliver some Valentine goodies. At this rate I just might finish Valentine's Day in time to start St. Patrick's Day. Sheesh.

Valentine Puzzles

Here is our first fun Valentine idea: Popsicle Stick Valentine Puzzles


First line up your popsicle sticks on a strip of masking or painter's tape. Try to get them as close and straight as possible. The kids were all surprisingly good at this part.

Next, draw your Valentine message. It is a good idea to make a border around the edge. It makes it easier for the kids to put it back together. And if you are making these for teens you could use more sticks to make it more challenging.

Remove sticks from the tape and mix them up (flip some upside down too)

Gather them together with a pretty elastic band and add a note that says, "It is puzzling how much I like you!"

Monster Man (6) enjoyed lining these up but got a bit frustrated trying to draw on them. Cookie (10) and Pablo (8) were able to do the whole craft without help and we all had a lot of fun making these and putting them back together again.

We adapted this idea from the book Fun To Make Crafts For Everyday