Belated, of course. I'm all about the belated holidays this year.
Valentine's Day was actually rescheduled within our family, due to an overly busy week. Our celebration was last night and it was pleasant and quiet.
Want to know one of the benefits of celebrating Valentine's Day late?
Buy one get one free roses. It seems that I'll be able to carry on my delightful streak of having fresh flowers in the house, for a little while longer, anyway.
I know the whole Hallmark holiday bit. And I subscribed to that line of thought for a while, but over time I've come to a couple of conclusions. First off, it's a long, cold, dark winter...if having a little celebration in the midst of it brings us a bit of good cheer, I'm all for it.
And secondly, with the way that we celebrate, Hallmark's not seeing any of my money anyway. Steve and I do very little, and usually home-made, gifts for the kids and sometimes little gifts for each other. The kids make valentines for their friends and each other. We send out home-made hearts fashioned out of all kinds of materials to distant relatives that don't get much of a chance to see the kids or their art. We try to use a lot of what we find around the house and recycle other materials. My flowers from Steve, of course, do come from the store, but I'm more then willing to write that off as a necessary expense. It's a preventative measure to ensure late winter mental health and general well-being (that's right. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.). And so, the celebration stays. For my family anyway. No matter how many of my peers roll their eyes at the notion...so roll away! What do I care? I've got roses.
Valentine's Day was actually rescheduled within our family, due to an overly busy week. Our celebration was last night and it was pleasant and quiet.
Want to know one of the benefits of celebrating Valentine's Day late?
Buy one get one free roses. It seems that I'll be able to carry on my delightful streak of having fresh flowers in the house, for a little while longer, anyway.
I know the whole Hallmark holiday bit. And I subscribed to that line of thought for a while, but over time I've come to a couple of conclusions. First off, it's a long, cold, dark winter...if having a little celebration in the midst of it brings us a bit of good cheer, I'm all for it.
And secondly, with the way that we celebrate, Hallmark's not seeing any of my money anyway. Steve and I do very little, and usually home-made, gifts for the kids and sometimes little gifts for each other. The kids make valentines for their friends and each other. We send out home-made hearts fashioned out of all kinds of materials to distant relatives that don't get much of a chance to see the kids or their art. We try to use a lot of what we find around the house and recycle other materials. My flowers from Steve, of course, do come from the store, but I'm more then willing to write that off as a necessary expense. It's a preventative measure to ensure late winter mental health and general well-being (that's right. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.). And so, the celebration stays. For my family anyway. No matter how many of my peers roll their eyes at the notion...so roll away! What do I care? I've got roses.
2 comments:
The roses are simply BEAUTIFUL. I'm all for anything that brightens up a very long winter. :)
I agree with the metal health part...and the day after sale price flowers part, and the homemade part...I just agree!
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