Valentine's Day

Today is the day of "love"...of "cupid" so to speak...and I am so torn about celebrating this day.  I believe that everyone should stop and take a moment to tell the people they love how special they are and now much they mean to them.  However, isn't this really something that we should all be doing ALL the time, EVERY day.  So why spend useless amount of money on some gaudy piece of jewelry or flowers that die, or candy that doesn't get eaten?  Just TELL THE PERSON YOU LOVE YOU LOVE THEM. Better yet show them!  Use today as a jumpstart to tell them every day.  Show them by appreciating what they do for you, for being there and for loving you.  That all being said, I did receive a beautiful bracelet from my husband which is unfortunately too small.  I will be looking in to having it sized, it is much much to pretty to return.  I do appreciate the gesture and do love it very much. 

I spent my Valentine's Day doing a miriad of things. First, a HUGE breakfast for the family, heart shaped pancakes included.  Then off to Marissa's basketball game where I filled in as coach. With only 5 girls there, I was worried about their stamina but they did great and pulled out a huge "W".  Then off to the in-laws to enjoy the Daytona 500 and tacos for dinner. We played a game of sequence, hung out with my baby nephew and relaxed with one (or 2) cups of coffee....what a great way to spend the afternoon.

Overall, it was a great day.  I'm so proud of Marissa's leadership during her basketball game, and enjoyed the day with my family.  Now to bed and tomorrow? To stand by my own words...to wake up and remember to show my loved ones that I love them.

P.s. I was planning the breakfast for ever...and had planned on taking pictures, I had such a cute double page layout in mind and even had my eye on some embelishments at Michaels.  Would have helped to remember to take pictures...guess those ideas will need to wait until next year.

Snow? Really?

Ok, so we do of course live in the Norteastern part of the US, but in recent years our "winters" have been minimal. An occasional snow flury here or there and a short cold snap, but before you know it the daffodils were in bloom and summer was in full swing.  For WHATEVER reason, Mother Nature has decided to put the full grasp of winter on us so far this winter season and I'm not very happy about it.  I am a total spring/summer kind of girl...capri's, flip flips and a little t-shirt and I'm good to go. I would prefer a sandy beach over an igloo made of snow any day.  Yeah yeah, the white stuff looks all pretty like when it falls, and it does have a calming affect and makes my kids giggle and smile, and forces hot chocolate smiles and sticky S'Mores fingers....oh goodness, so much for the DISDAIN I feel for winter.  *sigh* can't fight it I guess....winter is here to stay, at least for another 6 weeks according to that groundhog.