Happy Day!

Pigeonroof Studios - Helleborus

I just love Valentine's time - I love the girly colors, the special goodies, the overall goodwill. I don't know, I catch a happy little bug every mid-February. Um, the mild tempuratures we enjoyed for a couple of days probably did not hurt...

I am not a romantic - I think I fancied myself to be one early in my now very comfortable relationship. Now, I am practical. Contrived romance makes me giggle, sorry dh. Thankfully, he falls flat in that department anyhow, it is not his "gift" shall we say. However, we did enjoy a wonderful fish fry last night and stole away to see Gran Torino (which I absolutely loved, when crotchety old Clint Eastwood makes you laugh, it's a winner). You see, February 13th is our "engagement" anniversary - 16 years ago yesterday he handed me a ring - so it seems worthy of celebration - and each year we beat the Valentine's dinner crowd. We were meant to be practical.

Around here, Valentine's Day is for the kids. I admit that I felt a pang of envy as my 8-year-old tucked her cool, handmade Valentine's "locker" and her i-pod treats under her arm for her school party. I remember being in grade school and writing out cards for my classmates - leaving no one out, yet I personally could not help saving the most treasured of the commercial bunch for a special friend or two? As a matter of fact, thinking about this blog post prompted me to dig out one such special card from 1979. omg, I had the biggest 7-year-old crush on "Steve". This crush lasted through grade school, we remained friends until he left this earth in 1993. And I was, and still am sure he saved this one for me in 1979.



It is stashed in one of those old magnetic paged albums - and archival no-no. I almost teared up looking at all of these cards, such fond memories. There is nothing like a walk into yesterday. Okay, for now I need to get back today and clean those bathrooms.

Oh, and because this is a blog about knitting afterall...

more about these later...