February 13 and 14 - two potential reasons to celebrate love relationships - whether it’s your friends, family or co-workers(??)!
In your life are these Hallmark holidays or a reason to do a little celebrating?
We don’t do anything super involved or mushy I am making dinner tonight for my S and DIL and H. I pulled out my heart shaped cake pan last night and make a homemade brownie recipe w/parchment paper so I can flip it tonight and serve it with powdered sugar and strawberries.
I sent a V-Day box to my two girls out of town. I like to do that. Some candy, a face mask, a gift card.
Simple but meaningful for me. I like to share the <3 :x
We don’t go overboard on Valentine’s Day. We went out to dinner with a group from our church last Saturday, it was advertised at church as a Valentine’s outing.
I sent my newly married D 2 gift packages from Amazon, one with coffee, teas and biscotti and one a shower/spa one. It will be delivered tomorrow. I didn’t really send it for Valentines, more as a stress reliever because she is in the middle of studying for her step one USLME exam for her medical license. That test is coming up soon and I wanted to encourage her to take breaks. It just happened to be Valentine’s time that I sent it .
I love the idea of Galentine’s Day to honor women’s friendships and to support other women.
We don’t do a lot for Valentines Day. H will likely buy me flowers (yes!) and/or candy (I like it , but don’t need it).
Chocolates all around is the constant, year to year, for Galentine’s and Valentine’s. <3 When D and S1 were in college, we always sent cards and candy.
This year we’re keeping it extra low-key, as one of the grown kids just ended a very long-term relationship. Still, chocolate never hurts, right? Just maybe not heart-shaped.
We don’t celebrate. I would get everyone candy, and continued getting some for DH…which I partook. We just recently started really watching what we eat and working out, so I’m not going to sabotage it.
We sent DS in Seattle a couple of frozen Lou Malnati pizzas, round not heart shaped; did the same last year. DH and I both have colds so unlikely we’ll do anything. DH may get me flowers.
Mr. B is on the road, and it is a good thing because I am swamped with work. We will hit our favorite local restaurant on Friday. Kids will do their own thing.
DH usually gets me chocolate and flowers. I usually cook something festive and pink like duck or salmon. I picked up a heart shaped donut for him this year. (He loves donuts, but normally we only eat them on long drives.)
I chose to think that Valentine’s isn’t just about you and a romantic love - for me it’s about loving and showing you care. To all kinds of people in your life.
FWIW, I boycott my birthdays - have never liked them!
We went out to dinner tonight (tomorrow will be crazy). My husband got me a necklace while on a trip last week, and we deemed it for Valentine’s Day, but it would have been mine either way. I picked up tonight’s dinner since he got me something.
My husband used to get me flowers, but our Bengal kitten made such a mess knocking flowers over we don’t get them any longer.
My husband really likes cards, but I’m not a big card person.
We don’t do for the kids any longer. They are in their 20s.
In Japan school girls and young women give Valentine chocolates to boys/young men and not the other way around. The gifts are called “rabu-choco” - a Japanese approximate pronunciation of “love chocolate.”
I sent our son a care package that included a box of Sponge Bob valentines, and I put a sticky on them that read, “So you can tell all your cadet friends just how much you love them.” He said he only left them on his desk for a few minutes before a couple of friends spotted them, took a pic, and posted on FB that they were waiting for ChoatieLT to tell them how much he loves them. Now he says his entire company is waiting for their Valentines, and he’ll never hear the end of it.
Tomorrow will be the best Valentine’s Day ever - DS is getting out of the hospital after 10 weeks! We’re taking a big cake up to the floor to say thanks to all the staff for their help. They’ve been great.
