Valentine's Weekend....
This Sunday is Valentine's Day and I have shared the last 8 1/2 of them with E. For many years before meeting E, I wasn't one for Valentine's Day because it is viewed as a "couples" holiday and I was "single" during most of those years even though in my early 20's while living at home with my parents, my Mom would give me chocolates for V-Day - I think she felt bad that I didn't have a sweetheart at that time. I thought it was nice but I wanted it to be from a "man", but now that I am much older and wiser I really understood why she did it so much more now. I miss her thoughtfulness so much.
By the time our first V-Day came, we had been in our relationship almost 7 months and I had basically started living there (officially I moved in with all my stuff in April) and I was so so excited about Valentine's Day. I remember the beautiful red roses and of course, the wonderful card (which I still have...I have kept all our cards to each other over the years). I don't remember if we went out for dinner or one of us made a special dinner, but either way that was the beginning of "not dreading" Valentine's Day anymore. Since then some V-Days have been more memorable than others, depending on what is going on in our lives at those times.
This V-Day weekend, I have decided to stop at Carvel to get one of those V-Day ice cream cakes...I have been dreaming of having one for quite awhile now probably because I haven't had one in years. It was the kind of cake I always would ask for when I was young for my birthday parties. There is nothing like those chocolate cookie bits...yummy! I plan to make dinners for us this weekend. I have picked out 2 recipes to make over the weekend from the Pillsbury website....so off to the supermarket I go as well.
I also want to say how blessed I feel to have E in my life. There were times in my past that I really thought I would be single for the rest of my life. I met E when I was 34 years old and had been living on my own since 26. He is my first thought in the morning and last thought at night. We have been through alot in these 8 1/2 years together, but I won't have wanted anyone else along for the ride beside me.
By the time our first V-Day came, we had been in our relationship almost 7 months and I had basically started living there (officially I moved in with all my stuff in April) and I was so so excited about Valentine's Day. I remember the beautiful red roses and of course, the wonderful card (which I still have...I have kept all our cards to each other over the years). I don't remember if we went out for dinner or one of us made a special dinner, but either way that was the beginning of "not dreading" Valentine's Day anymore. Since then some V-Days have been more memorable than others, depending on what is going on in our lives at those times.
This V-Day weekend, I have decided to stop at Carvel to get one of those V-Day ice cream cakes...I have been dreaming of having one for quite awhile now probably because I haven't had one in years. It was the kind of cake I always would ask for when I was young for my birthday parties. There is nothing like those chocolate cookie bits...yummy! I plan to make dinners for us this weekend. I have picked out 2 recipes to make over the weekend from the Pillsbury website....so off to the supermarket I go as well.
I also want to say how blessed I feel to have E in my life. There were times in my past that I really thought I would be single for the rest of my life. I met E when I was 34 years old and had been living on my own since 26. He is my first thought in the morning and last thought at night. We have been through alot in these 8 1/2 years together, but I won't have wanted anyone else along for the ride beside me.
In Pennsylvania in 2003 at Jillian's (where E worked)
Us at my brother's House in 2004
Us in Atlantic City, NJ in 2003-04
Announcement of Engagement - Dec. 2003
At My Niece's Wedding in 2003
At Tyler State Park in Newtown, PA in 2003, soon after we moved there.
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