Thursday, February 19, 2009

Late V-Day Post

Who needs a boyfriend to enjoy Valentines Day? Not me!

I had a pretty nice, albeit lazy and/or relaxing, Valentines Day. Last Friday (the 13th - oooh!), I drove north to spend the weekend with my cousins for one of our cousins weekends. We stayed up too late, of course, finally getting to sleep around 5am. We took our time getting up and getting ready so didn't leave Aly's house 'til around 4pm - not bad, considering. We stopped at Kohl's to do some shopping. I bought three necklaces; they were on sale so I got three for the price I had planned on spending for one! Aly bought sunglasses and Cassie bought a pair of earrings and a few rings. We had decided to go low-budget for this weekend, so we went grocery shopping and bought items for two quick yet delicious meals. It was a good idea, because we saved money, ate good food that was a lot better for us, and had fun cooking together. We made herbed chicken with feta cheese and roma tomatoes for Saturday night and chicken, spinach, and cheese pizza for Sunday's lunch. Mmmm. They were good. We spent the evening watching romantic movies - Memoirs of a Geisha (an odd romance, but still a romance) and Only You (cheesy, but fun). It was nice hanging out with the girls; talking, laughing, sharing secrets, solving the world's problems, bonding.

When I arrived home Sunday evening, I discovered this surprise left for me by my roommates:

The big heart reads "Happy Valentines Day!". Isn't it sweet? They had thought about putting hearts all over the front door (this is my bedroom door), but were afraid that the weather wouldn't be kind to the hearts. They didn't want me to know who had done it, but since whoever had done it had access to my bedroom door, I knew it was them. They are so great!

Monday night, I went to my Dad's house for a little while. When my parents were married, he used to give me a single flower every year for Valentines Day. This year, he restarted the tradition and threw in a few other presents for fun. He gave me a red rose, a teddy bear, and a movie:

(Yeah, yeah, I know it's not a quality picture. I should have closed the blinds but I didn't. Sorry!)

My step-sister was there with her son - he's a cutie! It was good to sit and visit with my dad and everyone. My dad is different from how he was a few years ago; he's more like the man I remember as my dad while growing up. I can tell that he's happy and that makes me happy. My little sister is growing up to be a smart, beautiful, young lady. We have a lot in common and are both BIG daddy's girls. She loaned me a book that I'm really enjoying. In fact, all the books she has loaned me have been fabulous (if you haven't read Fablehaven, try it! The second and third books in the series are even better than the first).

After Dad's, I went to my brother's house because his kids had valentines to give me. Brooke gave me a tweetie bird valentine and Porter's was a snake skin valentine. We played a couple games on their Wii then played one of my favorite games, Foul Play, which I have nicknamed Chickens and Wolves. It's such a simple game, but I love it! Brooke even let me have a piece of chocolate. She told her mom before I came that I can't have food any more so they'd better put away all the sweets. We can't convince her that that rule was only for the 10 days before my surgery and I can now eat food again. She's such a nurturer, it's cute!

All in all, it was a good Valentines - day and weekend!

7 comments:

Cardine said...

Ooooh, Return to Me. I like that one. A lot.

Sounds like you had great weekend! I got the annual chocolate. The actual chocolate isn't very good, but I love the gesture.

Booklogged said...

Sounds like a smart as well as fun idea to cook your own meals on those cousin weekends. I can see the 3 of you working on making dinner.

Mellissa said...

Return to Me - one of my all-time favorites. It sounds like you had a great Valentine's Day. You are a trooper, staying up until 5 a.m. I feel way too old for that!

julie said...

Cardine, you're totally right - the gesture is what makes it special. We ended up not watching the movie last night, do you want to some time this weekend?

Book, you know, it really was fun cooking together. Cassie and I talked last night about doing it more often.

Missy, would you like to come watch the movie with me and Cardine? And, yeah, I'm totally too old to stay up that late too. I'm normally in bed around 11pm. It's been rough recovering from the lack of sleep!

tearese said...

Hey, I have that movie (our first date movie!) You got tons of Valentines, sounds like it was fun!

Cassie said...

That is so cute. That's quite a bit of hearts. How nice to have such nice roommates.

Jason and Rachel said...

I am glad you had some Valentine gifts:)! I wish we could see you more often too!:) Love you!