<p>Schmoomcgoo, you’re my hero. I don’t have the slightest idea how to drywall.</p>
<p>To add to the romantic list, H stumbled upon a sale at William Sonoma. He called and asked if we need anything since everything is 30% off. I am getting a nut grinder, and poultry sheers (someone in my family walked off with mine and I have yet to have them returned. It has been over a week). I’d go for something expensive, but since we have our college bills, I went for the inexpensive practical things that I could use.</p>
<p>Hubby visited Victoria’s Secret for me and I will be cooking all his favorite munchies on Sunday and serving and pampering him as he watches the Daytona 500. Looks to be lots of fun.</p>
<p>It’ll be a first for me, Blue, but I’ve seen it done so I can do it, right? I’ll let you know!</p>
<p>Dh usually gets me flowers, usually on the table for breakfast, but not today. He’s been swamped with work and gave someone a ride home yesterday. I usually cook a nice dinner (lamp, salmon, filet mignon) and put on the red table cloth, candles and lace doilies.</p>
<p>My D gave me my traditional V-day gift this morning - a poem he composed about me. I have quite a file of them now - 28 years of marriage. And some swiss chocolates. I still haven’t decided what to get him but I have a few hours. I’m thinking new slippers.</p>
<p>Nothing. And she’d be very offended if I did. We don’t believe in blood sacrifices. Yesterday was my birthday, and I received nothing, and I’d be very offended if I did as well (I let my mother celebrate).</p>
<p>My husband has been dropping hints about rhubarb pie, so I made pie crust after he left for work this AM…and sent him several pictures of pie over the course of the day and told him to enjoy his virtual Valentine dessert. Now he’s downstairs putting together a wine rack for the 36 bottles we bought last weekend, and I don’t think he has noticed the delicious aroma coming from the kitchen (frozen rhubarb, hope it works!).</p>
<p>We’re going to Brussels and Brugge for the weekend, nothing planned except nice walks and good dinners, but if we “happen” to come across a flea market that I’ll make sure is on a walking route, well then, we’ll have to check it out.</p>
<p>^ mmmmm . . . rhubarb pie just sounds so good right now.</p>
<p>I haven’t had a “SO” since the late 1980’s, so I am throwing myself a pity party tonight complete with chocolate and champagne. DD just got a job, and tonight is her first night, so it will truly be “GA2012MOM, party of one”? :(</p>
<p>Rachacha, my H is a big fan of shiraz as well. Can’t remember his favorite label, but South African reds, especially shiraz, are great. I just picked up a nice bottle for tonight’s dinner. If you haven’t tried SA reds, give them a try sometime! Happy Valentines’ Day!</p>
<p>mathmom - you cook a lamp?</p>
<p>Come on baby light my fire?</p>
<p>We told each other last week, “no gifts, right?”. That didn’t last. I got my DW (a breast cancer survivor) a really cool Susan Komen necklace that is really a 2GB memory stick. She knew I’d got her a gift and gave me about 6, 1/2lb bags of cool, interesting and different whole coffee beans for my latte habit. Whoever said they got, “Younger Next Year”, that is a great book, well worth the read. Goes well with a heart monitor BTW! I don’t think you can turn back the clock, but after reading that book, I firmly believe that you can slow the clock down.</p>
<p>My SO is having a minor, but invasive and uncomfortable, medical procedure today. The only day the doctor was available. We’ll save our VD until next month when we are spending a week in Las Vegas.</p>
<p>Someday mathmom will learn to type… :o</p>
<p>Not everybody can cook a good lamp.</p>
<p>Reporting back - bought DH a gift box of luxury skin and hair care products, then printed out a crazy love poem by Anne Sexton and put it in his card. It will scare him. Rahr.</p>
<p>Didn’t get my Garfield - H couldn’t find one. Bought instead a box of nice chocolates that he happily polished off (I had one).</p>
<p>Reporting back, I got Godiva heart shaped chocolates and flowers. He got red table cloth, chocolate covered strawberries and heart shaped linzer torte cookies and shrimp (no lamp).</p>
<p>I actually got flowers this year delivered to my office. It was so unexpected that I asked the receptionist if she knew who they were from. Of course darling H had sent them. I got him a new 1K piece puzzle. Guess I wasn’t thinking a romantic gift when I was at Target last weekend. Oh well I was surprised.</p>