Love is in the Air - the Valentine's post!!
Date: Feb 15th, 2005.
It is the day after Valentine’s Day and I have been having an absolute ball by myself. For 2 nights now, I have sat by my warm fireplace, with wine, chocolates, and great movies and enjoyed it thoroughly.
Hubbs daahling had to go out of town on work, early on Valentine’s morning. I don’t mind really…we make up for all the lost time in many innovative ways and it helps the romance stay alive. At least in our case it does.
What innovative things you ask....take for instance our Valentine’s date. We have had a really busy month or so and have hardly had time to catch up. He’s been traveling a lot and I was longing for just one sweet, quiet, precious moment with him…without the mobile or the blackberry or the laptop….So we decided to do something special after all the weekend chores were done. Chores done, Saturday over & we were too tired even for a smile.
Next morning, we were off to Church and while on the way home a light-bulb flashed. So we stopped by at this great bread place, got some wonderful, aromatic, fresh, warm, bread. Went home and I quickly put together some salad and a goulash-curry-sort-of-a-thing and I packed a picnic basket. Honey was not too sure…after all it was freezing outside and it looked like rain as well. But I was determined not to let the moment pass. So, I sent him off with the grub and a great big flask of tea to load up the car, and snuck in some candles into a bag, along with some other supplies.
We drove to the nearest park on a beautiful lake and it was windy & freezing. Our coats and jackets were no good in this weather, but we braved it. It was impossible to stand by the water, let alone eat, so we went to the covered eating area….not one bit romantic or lovely. There were no chocolates, no wine, no roses, no gifts. We were both in track suits and running shoes, with hoods over our heads.
But once the table was set, we were both grinning from ear to ear like it was our very first date. When I reached for the bag with the candles, he thought it was a gift for him and started apologizing for not getting me one. I showed him that it was no gift and we laughed till we had tears in our eyes. When he saw the lit candles he was speechless….we have had hundreds of moments like these, but we are speechless at every one of them.
So right there, in the park with kids and dogs playing, far from the water front, in the most unremarkable setting…we celebrated each other! We enjoyed each other’s company…we ate, talked, laughed, shivered, laughed some more. Only one hour…no phones, the only blackberry there was the kind you can pick off a shrub & eat and I was the laptop…Lol. It’s enough to carry us thru’ another couple of weeks.
It is the day after Valentine’s Day and I have been having an absolute ball by myself. For 2 nights now, I have sat by my warm fireplace, with wine, chocolates, and great movies and enjoyed it thoroughly.
Hubbs daahling had to go out of town on work, early on Valentine’s morning. I don’t mind really…we make up for all the lost time in many innovative ways and it helps the romance stay alive. At least in our case it does.
What innovative things you ask....take for instance our Valentine’s date. We have had a really busy month or so and have hardly had time to catch up. He’s been traveling a lot and I was longing for just one sweet, quiet, precious moment with him…without the mobile or the blackberry or the laptop….So we decided to do something special after all the weekend chores were done. Chores done, Saturday over & we were too tired even for a smile.
Next morning, we were off to Church and while on the way home a light-bulb flashed. So we stopped by at this great bread place, got some wonderful, aromatic, fresh, warm, bread. Went home and I quickly put together some salad and a goulash-curry-sort-of-a-thing and I packed a picnic basket. Honey was not too sure…after all it was freezing outside and it looked like rain as well. But I was determined not to let the moment pass. So, I sent him off with the grub and a great big flask of tea to load up the car, and snuck in some candles into a bag, along with some other supplies.
We drove to the nearest park on a beautiful lake and it was windy & freezing. Our coats and jackets were no good in this weather, but we braved it. It was impossible to stand by the water, let alone eat, so we went to the covered eating area….not one bit romantic or lovely. There were no chocolates, no wine, no roses, no gifts. We were both in track suits and running shoes, with hoods over our heads.
But once the table was set, we were both grinning from ear to ear like it was our very first date. When I reached for the bag with the candles, he thought it was a gift for him and started apologizing for not getting me one. I showed him that it was no gift and we laughed till we had tears in our eyes. When he saw the lit candles he was speechless….we have had hundreds of moments like these, but we are speechless at every one of them.
So right there, in the park with kids and dogs playing, far from the water front, in the most unremarkable setting…we celebrated each other! We enjoyed each other’s company…we ate, talked, laughed, shivered, laughed some more. Only one hour…no phones, the only blackberry there was the kind you can pick off a shrub & eat and I was the laptop…Lol. It’s enough to carry us thru’ another couple of weeks.
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