Thoughts on Valentines...

I have worked in many restaurants for Valentines. This has led me to believe that the best way to celebrate is at home, with pizza, or chinese, or something that you had fun making together.

I have worked in a Hallmark store during Valentines, this has led me to believe that cards are fun and I love any excuse to buy a good card.

I love the colors of Valentines, found in the bag of valentine's m&m's.

Growing up my mom always had fun decorations, and it's fun to buy her the valentine's themed dishtowels or decoration. Before I got married I had the same type themed stuff. My husband doesn't "do" seasonal decorations so our house doesn't have them.

Valentines is the day my Grandparents met so many years ago. Every year my Grandaddy brought my Grandmommy a box of Whitman's Sampler chocolate. This year my sweet husband had a heart shaped box of chocolate sitting on the bathroom counter with a picture of a princess and a frog and a note that said even though I'm still a frog I'm glad you kissed me, my opinion is he's not a frog, he just has a lot of warts!

I'll never forget my brother's frantic email about Valentine's in 2010 asking what he should do for Jelly since they had only just met. I told him the following year he could make a card but that year he needed to buy one so he wouldn't come across as cheap. I'll never forget that Sunday when he took Grandmommy and I to dinner for Valentines and told us all about her.

I think it's important to show those you love that you love them year round. I also think it's fun to have a day to celebrate hearts and chocolate and while I think the commerical hype is ridiculous I also think it's a good reminder to be nice to others and be happy even on a cold day in the middle of February.