(Yes, I did eat those by myself, and yes, I ate a lot more than that over the past couple of days!)
Happy day after Valentines Day! Holidays in the blogosphere can be tremendously guilt or jealousy inducing, take your pick. All you have to do is blog hop for awhile, or read blogs you follow (my own amazingly talented and wonderful friends that I admire and love dearly included) and you'll see everything from home made valentines for the kid's classes, to delicious cookies, cute decorations, and tales of romantic plans and festivities all around you. I know, I know, my last post about the roses could be seen as one of those things, but let me tell you the truth. I made those for the young women at church, it was a craft that caught my attention because of how easy it looked but fancy at the same time. And yes, easy it was, but what a pain. I don't like having sticky fingers, so working with floral tape is NOT my idea of fun. I honestly don't know if I'll ever do them again, because it just plain wasn't a super fun craft. Pretty? Yes. Fun? No.
But back to Valentines Day.
Lest any of you were feeling jealous or guilty over things you read and saw out there in blogland, let me enlighten you on a different kind of Valentines Day.
Valentines for Rebecca's class: They were the store bought kind, you know, where you have to tear them apart at the perforated edges? Yes, those. And it took all the energy I had just to get her to write everyone's name on them and sign her own.
Oh- I forgot. We got really fancy. We put some double sided tape on them and stuck one Hershey's kiss to each card. Some fell off in her backpack, but she was resourceful and just stuck them back on before giving them to the kids. She made one rose for her teacher and wrote a little note.
Valentines Day consisted of letting the kids watch lots of TV, while I cleaned three bathrooms and did three loads of laundry. I did make a yummy dinner, but nothing complicated and we had a 5 minute family home evening where I quickly cut out 10 hearts and we each wrote one nice thing about everyone else.
Oh, and as far as my number one Valentine goes... well, he sent me an e-card from work (it was a really funny one-made me laugh), and finally made it home after a very long day at 1:30 a.m. He didn't even get an e-card from me. I think the only thing I did for him was the one note at FHE. Yep, that's real life people. Our lives might be stressful right now, but at least we have each other and for that I'm grateful. We're happy, we're in love and we're in survival mode right now.
I have to add that Joseph had another febrile seizure on Friday while at a friend's house. They called and asked, "has he ever had a seizure before because we think he just had one." I rushed over there feeling badly that I had sent him anywhere in the first place. He's had a high fever ever since. Today was day 5 and the fever was lower, so I'm hoping that it's over by tomorrow. Considering I've had a fussy, teething baby, too, who just wants to be held, the fact that I got all that cleaning and laundry done yesterday was truly a Valentines gift, and something that made me happy. Now there's something to be jealous of! :)
I had a great Valentines Day. Hope you did, too.
