Valentines Day - Back in my Day

Tomorrow is Valentines Day and is meant for those who are in love, care about one another, want to express their feelings towards someone special but need that nudge and hence, some feel Valentines Day is the day to make that move forward in their life.

I just saw an awesome video of a swimmer who proposed to his girlfriend on the podium. He had to win the race or his plot would have gone down the tubes.

I remember way back "in my day", we used to make our handmade valentines for everybody in the class. The teacher would give us a list of everybody's names printed out on a piece of paper and so for two nights, I would be home working on these valentines. When Valentines Day came, we each had our own handmade mailboxes and the Valentines would be dropped in our boxes. We couldn't open them at school but had to wait until we got home. It was a lot of fun to make these valentines because they were personalized and some of them, well, we found out that "Bobby" or "Steve" had a crush on us .... at least for that day.

Lots of money is spent on Valentines Day and the price for roses jumps up pretty much the week before and the week after Valentines Day. To me, it was never about the roses but about being with that certain someone, that night, for dinner or watching a moving and cuddling on the sofa watching a movie together.

No matter what you do for Valentines Day, just make sure that you make is personal but whatever you do, don't buy your significant other an appliance! My Dad's Advice to my brothers prior to their marriages.

Have a Happy Valentines Day and I hope it is something extra special for you.