Valentine's Day is one of those holidays where you can be really happy or really sad or I guess really mortified at the cost of things. Well, other then being a child and liking it, I was mostly a single gal and hated it until about 6 year's ago when I meet my hubby. So I guess I have turned into one of those people who like it and believe in it. I hated it before because I wasn't really participating in it (and it was a reminder that I was without that special someone) and of course, if you don't participate, the holiday would seem like a really meaningless day. I don't really buy into the "It's stupid, because it costs a lot of money thing." Because A) you can celebrate it on another day or B.) You don't have to break the bank. It's like all the other holidays really. You decide how much you want to participate and how much you want to pay. I like this holiday now because I feel like I am participating in the spirit in which it was created. With that spirit being doing some nice things and spending some quality time with your main person. It's really not about buying your loved one the most expensive present ever. We all lead very busy life's and sometimes it's really hard to take moments out of your day to show someone how much you really appreciate them. So if you find yourself planning a little more for one day out of the year I don't think that is a bad thing. I think, why are we not doing it more? I understand that Valentine's day can be wrought with overpriced dinners and expensive flowers and candies but I believe it really doesn't have to be about those commercial things. The reason I like Valentine's is because you get to spend the day with someone doing stuff that the both of you like to do. The hub and I's Valentine's Day's are not necessarily about the the flowers and the candy but rather its about doing things we both have interest in like eating breakfast together, like going to an art museum, like having lunch by the ocean, like walking along the beach, like taking a ride on a ferris wheel, like getting a message, like hanging out in a really cool french bar with cool retro music. Valentine's to me is having a "fun day" sometimes I call them "Breakfast at Tiffany's Days" with the person you like the most. That's Valentine's Day to me. It's a Do (for me).
Have you ever watched those TV Game shows where they have a couple of doors and behind one is a grand prize? Well, this weekend the hub and I found out what was behind our Door #1. The hubby and I are starting the beginning phases of landscaping our backyard. Our first step, was to clean out the area behind our garage. When we moved in, there was about 2 feet of walking space behind our garage the rest of the area was covered in vines. Vines were growing on the roof and generally it was a mess. Not wanting the vines to take over the roof, we I started to clear out the vines last fall. But after we cut a million vines with only a pair of clippers we gave up and decided to clean out the rest in the spring. Spring came around and we didn't do much until one day when I was sick a few weeks ago, I ran into our gardener. I showed him the mess and asked if he knew of anyone who could come clean it out. I could tell he was actually, quite happy for me to broach the subject of
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