I have been working on lots of stuff, back and forth because I get bored very easily. Hopefully soon I will have some nice finished projects to share. But for now I will just tell you about my Valentine's Day.
First, let me start by saying that my husband and I aren't big on Valentine's Day. While it is nice to show your appreciation and love for each other, we like to do that throughout the year, not just on one Hallmark holiday.
However, I am a crafty person and any excuse to make something is a good one for me! Now, we agreed not to do anything this year besides our traditional Valentine's dinner (I'll get to that in a minute) and I had school in the evening so we weren't going to get much time together. So I just made him a little Valentine.
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| I didn't add our faces because I had a feeling I would mess up and ruin it. |
Ok so there is a long story behind this, but I'll just keep it short by saying that this is a drawing of a picture of us from when we were falling in love. It is the first picture of just the two of us and it makes me happy.
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| Here is the original picture - July of 2007 |
So, he got home from work, I have him his card, we talked and snuggled on the couch for a bit, then had an early dinner. Want to know what it was?
Ta da! Our traditional Valentine's Day dinner! Six Valentine's ago, my now sister-in-law(-in-law as I like to call her to be silly) so graciously flew me out (I was a broke college kid... still am I guess) to California from Florida (Yes, we were long distance for almost a year in the beginning) on Valentine's Day to surprise my honey.
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| Here is a picture one of his coworkers took when I surprised him at work. (I had to dig deep into my email to find this pic!) |
My wonderful sister-in-law(-in-law) offered to make reservations for us on the same dinner cruise that her and my brother-in-law were going on. But I didn't really have the money and didn't want her to spend any more on us than she already had. That left us on Valentine's Day with no reservations anywhere. So we stayed in and had what was available in his apartment... Lucky Charms! We made it all cute and mushy by exchanging marshmallow hearts and all that. And because we aren't big on the extravagant wining and dining-ness, we have had that same meal every year since.
Now here is the crummy part of my Valentine's Day... We knew I was going to have class (two actually) so it wasn't a big deal. Early in the day, my teacher sent out an email saying that she had a doctor's appointment to have some scans done at 4 and just to be safe she was pushing our first class (both of my classes are with her) back from 6 to 6:30. Cool! That means I get an extra half hour with my hubby before I have to go to class!
How did we spend that time? Making a grocery list. I know, we are just so romantical that way.
Since I've been pregnant, the only thing that I would say I really CRAVE is a smoothie. Just about every day. Unfortunately, there are no smoothie places (that Google or I are aware of) within 45 minutes of where we live. Sure there are places that specialize in other things and will make you a smoothie, like McDonald's (ick) or that frozen yogurt place that I love but their smoothies are more like milk shakes (its just not the same... Baby wants what baby wants!). I know, its crazy and unfair! I am considering giving up my career goal of becoming a teacher to open up a smoothie franchise in our town.
Ok, the point to all this is that I wanted a smoothie and couldn't have one so I settled on a Frappe Mocha from that icky McDonald's place. (I'm pretty sure its the only thing I've had from there since I've been pregnant and I think this was only my 3rd time having it.)
Alright, so I drive the 30 minutes it takes to get to the school campus... only to find out that class has been cancelled! WHAT? Turns out, (our teacher was there) she cancelled our second class and for the first class she advised us to meet with our groups before we went home.... Um, why tell us we are having class at a later time just to turn around and cancel it (on Valentine's Day!)? It frustrates me the most because it was not worth the hour drive to chat with my group, something I could have done via email or the phone. Ugh.
Anyway, at least I get to go home and spend more time with my hubby. This time, we spent it in the baby's room. It's pretty much finished now! Last weekend we got a small, three shelved bookshelf and a bench/ottoman that also serves as a toy chest. My father-in-law bought us a new mattress for the crib (the crib is almost twenty years old, who knows how old that mattress is? Plus it was stored in a garage for a while). We finally put the last of the wall decals up (some stars). Oh and my Paddington Bear (that is older than me) got vacuumed off and put in the baby's room, yay!
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| Oh and Guster thinks this is his room and that the giant dog is his too. |
Around 10:30, we got in bed and read some books to the baby. We laid down to sleep around 11. And I laid awake. I got up to go to the bathroom a few times. And laid awake. Around 2, I still had yet to even come close to falling asleep, so I got up and ate some crackers. And then I laid awake. Sometime between 3 and 4 I got up and got into the recliner that hubby put in our room to help with my frequent heartburn (even though that wasn't the issue this time). And I sat/reclined awake.
Hubby got up around 6 to get ready for work, so I got up and make him lunch. Then I laid awake. I think I finally fell asleep around 8 this morning. I tossed and turned for maybe 3 hours and then woke up with that feeling that I wasn't going to be able to go back to sleep. So I got up.
Apparently, if you never drink caffeine and then have a Frappe Mocha, it keeps you (and your squirmy wormy baby) up for 14 hours. I. AM. NEVER. HAVING. CAFFEINE. AGAIN. I don't usually drink it, if I have soda (which I rarely do) its Sprite, I don't drink coffee or tea. The most caffeine I get is from chocolate. I had a Frappe Mocha just last weekend, but I started drinking it at 2 in the afternoon while we were out shopping all day. I thought 6:00 would be early enough to be able to sleep, but I guess I was wrong.
Anyway, that was my Valentine's Day. Some good, some bad. Hope you had a wonderful day full of love!
