
if not, you may want to listen to this song.
This is the card that I made for my love after having this song on my ipod "Run" playlist for the past several months. One day, the words just rang out to me. "Those would make a great Valentine's card!"
Sweet. Simple. and to the point ;)
How was your Valentines day?
Let me tell you, celebrating V-day surrounded by high school teens really makes me appreciative of messages like this on my wall:

I just want to tell my teenage students, that it will all be okay. I was once in their single teen shoes, and really, it's just one day out of the entire year, and just be happy, and it's not all about flowers and cards and candy and yadda yadda yadda. But honestly, I'm just really glad I'm not in those shoes anymore.
Valentine's day did come early for me this year due to a friends email+a really awesome sale+a husband that was relieved to have me pick out my own gift that all equaled up to

Smile. I mean, it's pink and everything :)
But seriously, THIS below was the best gift a more practical girl like me could get (just yesterday, mind you!):

SHELVES!!!! in a pantry space that for four entire years of us living in our home, has been just an empty space!!!
The convo on Sunday afternon went a little like this:
me: I'm gonna take a nap - washing my car made me sleepy!
A: oooh, sounds good to me!
me: Um, what about my shelves?!
A: well, all I have in the garage is MDF and you don't want MDF shelves do you?!...
me: uh, YES! I just want them!
A:(grumbles and moans) ugh. are you sure???? (pause) o.k.
me: I'll paint them next weekend - just get them on the waaaalllll....pleeeease?! :)
And that, folks is what I call love.
Happy Valentines.
or as my sister and I jokingly say, "Balentimes."