I made the boys heart shaped breakfast sandwiches with heart shaped strawberries. Tonight we are having a fancy dinner. Candelight, dining room and the boys lol. I think they will think it is fun. I am making cesar salad, bacon wrapped shrimp, asparagus and filet mignon. And I bought red velvet cheesecake for dessert.
H got me a gift card for a massage. I am super excited about it.
The kids were outside playing and now I hear them coming back in. bummer lol.
Post by verycontrary247 on Feb 14, 2016 14:08:41 GMT -5
Last night date #1: brought me flowers and booze. we went and had a boatload of Indian food, saw Deadpool at a theater that has a bar. Came home to a box of mystery chocolates with no indication as to whom it was from. Slightly weirded out. Drank some more, had sex, woke up early this AM and got breakfast.
Today I found out mystery candy was left by my other potential love interest. He's working today so we aren't hanging out until later.
Post by usuallylurking on Feb 14, 2016 14:08:57 GMT -5
I made the boys heart shaped pancakes, bacon and scrambled eggs for breakfast. I think I'll make it easy on myself and do pizza for dinner. I might steal your candlelight "fancy" idea though, that would be fun with them.
H is gone OOT for work, he'll be home 2/25. So we said happy Valentine's Day via text this morning, lol. I did send him a card, I wrote "Roses are red, violets are blue. October 23rd is when our next baby is due." So cheesy, lol, but he will love it. He hasn't mentioned getting it but they've had some pretty bad weather up there so it's probably delayed.
H bought me my V day gift a couple weeks ago. A beautiful necklace by a local designer. It might be my most favourite thing he's ever picked out for me!
I'm waiting for H to wake up to give him his gift. A couple prints for our home office. Aside from that I'm parking my ass on the couch and watching movies today. I may shower and tidy up a bit later on.
My mom left me a valentine card in the bathroom this morning. (I mailed her a card last week before I got here).
In an hour I'm heading over to my cousin's house to help go through what's left of my grandmother's stuff. Several of my aunts and girl cousins will be there. Grandma passed away in 2008 but they just recently cleaned out her storage area. Today will be the last day a family member can claim anything--whatever is left over is being donated or thrown out. I'm looking forward to hanging out with my "clan" today. lol
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
DH gave me some Ghiradelli chocolates and a bottle of pink moscato. Tonight, we're getting all dressed up and going out to a fancy dinner at The Refectory.
Post by DotAndBuzz on Feb 14, 2016 14:22:23 GMT -5
Nothing much exciting, but I'm pretty pleased with the day.
Got 9 solid hours of uninterrupted sleep after a...um...exceptionally fun bedtime last night for which we were long overdue.
Drank my coffee in peace, then we cut in the basement ceiling and baseboards with the first coat of paint. Currently, H is getting ready to go to work, and I'm deciding between sorting/organizing the art supplies, or the mass of school papers. I'm thinking papers will win, because they're really out of control, and long overdue to be deal with.
Dinner plan, since it's just me, is leftover pizza, and wine. Eh, who am I kidding? Wine will be starting early. Like, probably in about 45 minutes when I start the paper sorting.
DH gave me some Ghiradelli chocolates and a bottle of pink moscato. Tonight, we're getting all dressed up and going out to a fancy dinner at The Refectory.
Post by venice2007 on Feb 14, 2016 14:23:44 GMT -5
Slept in (slept like a rock after my cold race yesterday!), had coffee in bed, sex, exchanged cards with h, and made him heart shaped pancakes. We've been watching movies ever since and I'm browsing athleta and etsy online as my bday is tomorrow! Walk, steaks, dessert later!
Post by laceylaplante on Feb 14, 2016 14:24:51 GMT -5
It has been sucky. He has been playing a new video game since he woke up and I got nothing. I'm about to order myself a cheapish piece of jewlery because I feel cheated since my birthday got skipped this year as well. But, I have eaten 6 cookies and snuggled with DD all day. So there's that.
Post by killercupcake on Feb 14, 2016 14:29:16 GMT -5
Guyyyyyyys, I have cramps.
::whimper::
H and I didn't plan to do anything for Valentine's, so I'm watching Forrest Gump and H is still sleeping. My plan was to clean a bit, but I'm waiting for the painkillers to kick in.
Post by Jalapeñomel on Feb 14, 2016 14:31:47 GMT -5
We took D to his first movie. He sat for about two 20 minute periods, so I call that success. But then I came home and realized that I left the chili out over night, and now I have to throw it away.
No plans here since h is on call. I was going to make pink chocolate chip pancakes for the kids, but ds wanted chocolate chip Eggos instead. We aren't big on VDay so I just got h a card and he got me nothing...and I'm perfectly ok with that. He is going to hang the towel bars up in our main bathroom, though so I will consider that my present.
Post by litebright on Feb 14, 2016 14:42:17 GMT -5
DH and I had an awesome dinner out last night and saw Hail Caesar, which was great fun. He brought home flowers yesterday -- roses for me, and the girls each got a bundle of flowers in their favorite colors (pink and purple), and I brought him a six-pack of an IPA he likes from a local brewery. We haven't exchanged actual gifts yet, we'll probably do that right before TWD midseason premiere tonight. We're keeping it minimal this year, I got him a massage GC and a Broncos Super Bowl shirt.
Sex last night and shower sex this morning, and I'm hoping tonight will be round three. <)
Of course, we had our unwelcome visitors at 2:30 a.m., but overall that was a blip in an otherwise good weekend.
DH is currently installing bathroom light fixtures as the next step in our hopefully-will-be-wrapped-up-next-weekend renovation. I am meal planning and making my grocery list, and hoping that I'll be able to get a run in this afternoon.
H hits Valentine's Day out of the ballpark maybe every other year, and today was one of his "on" days. He gave me a box of fancy truffles from my favorite candy shop, a pair of really pretty earrings from a store we used to window shop at all the time before we had kids, and took DS 2 to the grocery store so I could have a couple of hours off while DS 1 was at a playdate. Oh, and tonight he's going to pick up takeout from our favorite Iranian place.
DS apparently woke up a bunch last night and I slept right through it. This is great! When my anxiety was really bad this was a major issue, I would lay awake worrying he would wake up again and then I couldn't sleep all night so it looks like my anxiety is way down.
I got up with DS in the morning since DH took night duty. We had chocolate muffins and strawberries. I built a sweet barn out of legos. Shopped for some new pj's for DS.
DH got me flowers which he never does. He asked the florist to use hydrangeas because they're my favorite. This is seriously ground breaking that he remembered that AND remembered it was Valentine's Day AND bought me something. Therapy has been life changing for us. I'm not even kidding.
We're having ribeyes for dinner and Walking Dead and Downton. Overall a good day!
Post by AHappierHour on Feb 14, 2016 14:50:25 GMT -5
My friend had a bday party last night I'm beyond hungover and need to take DD1 to tutoring in an hour and getting dressed seems like a huge chore. I need to get my crap together and shower. I know I will better after I do.
I did come home to flowers, champagne and 2 outfits from LLL.
H and I didn't plan to do anything for Valentine's, so I'm watching Forrest Gump and H is still sleeping. My plan was to clean a bit, but I'm waiting for the painkillers to kick in.
You need to send your H on a wine and chocolate run when he wakes up.
H went out with friends last night and is hungover today. So I cleaned up the mess from last nights dinner (I cooked so he was supposed to clean) and got up with DD this morning and made breakfast. He got up and we exchanged (token) gifts. Then he went back to bed.
Later we were supposed to go for lunch and to the zoo. After he was still laying in bed an hour and a half after I asked him to get ready, and DD was whining that she didn't want to go to the zoo, I said eff it all and hopped in the car alone. Just had lunch and going to spend an afternoon to myself shopping/browsing. Not sure if I will still make the nice dinner I was planning. We will see how I feel about it when I get home.
Dyed my hair today and it isn't green so I'd say it's a success!
I put this in flex's thread, but BF was overwhelmed at the store and just grabbed a card without looking. Oops.
He got me this bracelet, too (middle one) well, he said got it for me for Christmas, but then decided I had enough presents for Christmas so he saved it, lol. Either way, I love it. It's not my usual style, but I love that he picked it out.
Post by underwaterrhymes on Feb 14, 2016 15:17:56 GMT -5
It's pretty funny to me that I got married on Valentine's Day and, as such, it is one of my favorite holidays because when I was 24 or something I wrote a poem that had the phrase:
"And to all the Whos down in Whoville who in love raise their glasses Can take this damn holiday and shove it straight up their asses."
My 24-year old self would find my 41-year old self super annoying. LOL.
Post by underwaterrhymes on Feb 14, 2016 15:19:31 GMT -5
Also, I am super bummed because a bunch of us Chicago area folks were meeting up with miso today and I had to bail because my baby hates life right now.
Post by 1confused1 on Feb 14, 2016 15:25:20 GMT -5
I went on a 5 1/2 mile walk and my kids came back from their dad's earlier than expected, so yay!
Except they came back with so many damn gifts that I want to punch my xh in the face. He owes me so much money, but managed to buy my son a ton of expensive baseball equipment and a karaoke machine for my daughter
Its been a lovely day so far. H got up with DD1 and the baby let me sleep in. H took DD1 to Frozen on Ice and they are having such a good time! We didn't tell her and her face is pure joy in the pictures. My mom brought over some gifts including dark chocolates. I'm just hanging with the baby and trying to clean up a bit while watching Mocking Jay part 1.
I work 11 to 7 today, so I surprised my boyfriend with his goodies last night (I can't keep a surprise for long and I couldn't wait til later tonight apparently).
I got him a bottle of Evan Williams honey whiskey that he had been looking for all over, a pint of lactaid cookies and cream ice cream that he's been excited to try (he is super lactose intolerant but loves ice cream), a fancy Vosgues chocolate bar, a little bag of white chocolate pretzels and a really awesome card that screams 'us' - he was super surprised and really happy. His favorite thing I got him was the card, he loved it and seemed touched by what I wrote.
We sort of gorged on the ice cream and candy stuff. Way too much sugar. Had sex, played Halo 3 for hours until we finally beat it and since I had been up since 5am I promptly rolled over and passed out. Got to sleep in a bit today which was amazing.
We didn't actually talk about doing anything for V-Day but I know (he thinks he is sneaky but he's not) he is planning something for tonight. I sort of think we're either going to see Deadpool once I get off work or he's going to cook for me or something.