Happy Valentines Day Haters

I love Valentines Day. Eric and I started dating on Valentines Day in 2005....7 years ago. I can't believe it has been that long. I have to admit, Eric usually gives pretty good gifts, so I usually look forward to Valentines day.  I think last year will still did gifts. This year we decided to buy something practical for the house. We were going to get a storm door. Well, as all home owners know just when you save up the money for something, something else comes up. Well last week our water heater went out.....so guess what I got for Valentines day.......you guessed it.....a water heater!! But after the water heater broke the first time on Christmas eve and I had to go to work and take a cold shower, I would give up getting any present for a hot shower. Take a cold shower and you will surly agree with me.
What really annoys me about Valentines Day is all the haters. The "you should celebrate love all year round, not just one day" people. I refer to these people as Valentines day haters. Like a friend of mine put it, we have Veterans day, Labor Day, MLK day, Christmas Day, Easter, etc. All things that should be celebrated, and thought about all the time, but we still only think about them mostly on those specific days.....so why bash Valentines day and ruin it for the rest of us just because you don't have someone to buy you some over priced roses....just saying. I am sorry if that was mean, but it is really how I feel.

Our blender stopped working yesterday, and since Eric uses it everyday and I had some extra money this month i went out a bought him a new one. Eric tends to buy me the best without looking at the price. This time thats kinda what I did. 

Some things that made me smile this week.

• sweet friends and a sister that came to my comfort after being, what felt like, humiliated in front of my entire church. I know every one makes mistakes, and after singing for 8 years in school I know what it is like to be in front of an audience and make a mistake, or getting off stage knowing you didn't do so hot, but when its in front of an audience that you know, for some reason it makes it that much worse.
• bringing my grocery bill down by $30 dollars with coupons. 
• having Eric come home after I had been cleaning for 3 hrs and commenting that the house was "sparkling" 
• I made something new last night that I got from Pintrest.... I didn't quite follow the directions. Any ways making it was a disaster....it didn't turn out the way it was supposed to. But more importantly it tasted good, and Eric ate the whole thing.  
• Ellie had to be put under to have a shave yesterday, besides it costing twice as much as they told me it would, Ellie came home not quite awake....so she was much more affectionate then she normally is. 
• Eric coming home Monday with an early Valentines present with some chocolate and roses from Ellie and Knox. So sweet.
• Knox snoring while he sleeps
•  A lady at the gym asking me what I am majoring in in college.....this one made me laugh. It was all I could to the not laugh in her face when I told her that I was in my second year of nursing practice. Glad I still look young enough to be in college though.
• I saw this video on Ellen Georgio Loves Sonic! Enjoy!!

Hope everyone took sometime with the one they love yesterday, as well as everyday. I have learned in my short 23 years that you are never promised tomorrow, so live for today!

Happy Valentines Day to my Eric and to my parents, who were the first ones to love me!