Giving you your blog back for Valentine’s Day….

I am not sure if you realize it but we are getting pretty close to celebrating something for the 30^th time.  2016 will mark our 28^th Valentine’s Day together.  So close to 30.  28 times I will have asked you to be my Valentine and for the 28^th time I will wait to hear you say “yes” (well assuming you do say yes J).

Valentine’s Day poses kind of a dilemma for us.  So I thought long and hard a few weeks ago about what to give you this year.  Flowers? A given.  Cook dinner or something of the sort?  Easy.  But a present?  Can’t even imagine what you want/need.  However, I can give you something you used to have and should have back.

So I am giving you the blog back.  Giving it back with a commitment to updating it as regularly as possible.  No less than once a month and hopefully more frequent.  I saw the last “bringing the blog back post”, but that plan was hijacked by life events.  It just never seemed the right mood for the blog.  That was wrong of me. I missed the point. Because after all my love, I have lots to say to you about us. 

Welcome back blog entries, oh how I missed you.

After deciding to return, I struggled with what topics.  I have a “2016:  A Long December” idea.  But it is a different kind of romantic than Valentine’s Day.  I have an “I saw something in your smile” idea.  But in all honesty it was kind of a “sexy smile” and the topic might get mildly racy.  I have my “happy thoughts jar entry in my head.  But we kind of need to get that jar first.  There are a few more, so I will have loads of topics to keep things going.  But currently none have that “Valentine” feel.

We both make the joke that Valentine’s Day is for amateurs. We certainly are not rookies at this being in love stuff.  It is what we do best of all.  We kind of always have.  I just wonder to this day who really thought that not only would we still be together, but that after 28 years we never had so much a “gap” in our happiness.  Never so much as thought that this wasn’t forever.  Never a doubt that we hadn’t found the perfect pairing of two people who should be together forever.  So taking just ONE day a year and trying to make it “extra special”, well isn’t that what our anniversary is for in March?

But Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate love.  So I thought how better to celebrate love by making the day be really special?  So I came up with this plan.  I think it is truly romantic.

We will start the day late in the afternoon.  Because prior to that we just kind do daily stuff, nothing special just daily stuff.  As we got dressed we make sure that fragrances are strategically placed.  Me with my one spray of the scent you love and you making sure that you hit every spot where I like to kiss with your best scent.  Even if that means scenting your hair so I smell you when I kiss your head while we hug.

First up is deciding what to have for dinner.  We may cook.  You may surprise me with an already planned special meal – nachos maybe?  A great new taco recipe?  Chili that knocks my socks off?  It could be something as simple as dialing 773-472-7400 and ordering a pizza.  Or we could go more romantic and do cheese and crackers.

Then we will set the table.  It will be truly special.  It will have some bells and whistling horns.  Ice in glasses.  Cocktails. Everything arranged just perfect.  Each of us with our special seats.

We will listen to music and watch some of our beloved Blackhawks.  We will play cards.  Drink cocktails and enjoy ourselves.  We will celebrate a Kaner goal and a Corey save.  You will have Chelsea Dagger queued up at the perfect time.  We will say “gin” like 20 times.  The score book will grow and grow.

Then we will dance and sing.  Sometimes a slow dance.  Sometimes an upbeat dance.  We will belt out tunes at the top of our lungs.  Singing often to one another and sometimes to entertain the imaginary throngs of people who aren’t really in the room.  (BTW I have a whole blog planned for the “Suddenly I get to sing all these songs to you” aspect of our basement concerts).

When we finally wear out we will head upstairs for a late night snack.  Then head to bed for late night “cuddling”.  Then finally fall asleep in each other’s arms.

The whole night will be about two people being in love with each other.  Two people still wildly attracted to one another.  Spending a romantic evening just being together.  Enjoying each other’s company.  Great conversation, some romantic kisses, dancing, randomly saying “I love you” all night, amazing hugs…..perfection.  A dream date for almost any couple.  One they will talk about for years.  “Oh how we had such a nice time that night.  It was so much fun.  We laughed and danced.”…….Valentine’s Day 2016.  Memorable forever.

Except that in our case, it won’t be “Valentine’s Special”.  It will be like oh say a Tuesday.  Or a Thursday.

Why?  Because in our world February 14^th really IS for amateurs.  We don’t need a special day each year to have a perfect date with each other.  We don’t need a day to “step up our” game.  We are in love every day.  We celebrate it often.  We “date” all the time.  We celebrate Valentine’s Day every day.  As it should be when you love someone so much.

So Happy Sunday my love.  Happy Tuesday and Thursday.  I will let Hallmark know they need a new line of romantic cards.  It is time to celebrate our love again.  Time to smile and laugh with each other.  Time to kiss and hug.  Time to desire one another.  Time to care about each other.  Time to enjoy being with the one true love of your life.  It is always that time with you my life long Valentine.

You are the love of my life.  A reason to celebrate every day.

Happy Valentine’s Day, will you be mine ONE MORE TIME?

You’re the world to me.  I love you more than anything in the world.