Obligatory Valentine's Day Post!

It's Valentine's Day folks. In case somehow you missed all the pink and hearts all over the place, I'm lettin' you know now. It's Valentine's Day.  Valentine's Day is a pretty old holiday and it wasn't, contrary to popular belief, started by Hallmark to boost sagging post-Christmas sales. It was actually enacted in 496 AD  by Pope Gelasius I to honor a Christian martyr, Valentinus.  It became associated with romantic love in Geoffery Chaucer's time during the middle ages and by the 15th century, people were giving each other romantic tokens in honor of the occasion.  So, it's been around a while. But, Valentine's Day is just kind of one of those holidays...
** For the kids it's fun. We had a Valentine's Party with our homeschool group.  We went bowling and handed
Valentines and had lots of cookies.
** I was talking to a mom at the party and asked if they had plans. She kind of sighed and said she was going to make a nice dinner for the family, but that was about it.
** Driving home I saw numerous roadside stands that offered white teddy bears holding little heart shaped mylar balloons and silk rosebuds.
** Tomorrow night Hubby and I are celebrating while the 3 olders at at Awana. We're going out to dinner with the little ones.

I've never been a huge fan of Valentine's Day. When Hubby and I were dating it was nice. He took me out to a nice dinner.  One year, it was funny. He took me to this steak house and as we were being seated the waitress gave me a rose bud and said to me, "He requested this," and winked at Hubby. Hubby was just kind of rolling his eyes.  So, that's what I think about Valentine's Day. Not much. Not up there on my list of favorite holidays.