what are you doing or what have you done to "celebrate" valentine's day?

[orleans]

i went to the grocery store & it was a madhouse!

everyone else was there too. they had people showing you how to dip strawberries in chocolate. they had bacon dipped in chocolate! (no, i didn't try it)

several employees were chasing around the floral section like it was on fire

there were lots of pink & red iced cupcakes & such in the bakery

i bought bacon, milk, avocado, soup

came home, played with pooch, watched a movie, did laundry, dusted a couple things. came here to live vicariously through everyone else's plans.

so whatcha up to today?

[In_The_Wind]

1. I've spent the day with DU and napping.

[mopinko]

2. cryin in my beer.

and going to bed early.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Not a damn thing.

It's been many years since I've had a reason to observe Valentine's Day.

[PennyK]

4. I made a nice dinner

Steak, baked potato (for him), roasted Brussels sprouts. I made a low-carb peanut-butter-cup pie, and we're going to watch "Her" on HBO later.

[antiquie]

5. Reading and vaping

[PennyK]

7. Yay vaping!

I just won a Facebook contest and got a 60ml bottle of a brand-new flavor, Oasis, from Ahlusion. Supposed to be a blend of citrus flavors and cactus juice. While it's steeping I'm enjoying their Melonade and Crisp Melon. Yums all around! Hubby keeps me company with some zero nic Blue Fairy (absinthe!).

[antiquie]

8. Is that nicotine?

That's, um, not what I'm vaping.

[fizzgig]

6. i spent most of it with a cat in my lap

i internetted and a bit, just cracked a beer. husband got called back into work and i have no idea when he'll be home, not that we have anything special planned. i have to scoop the cat box, do some dishes and take a shower.

i should probably figure out something to make for dinner, too.

[petronius]

9. Lying in bed and stroking my wife's

cat. Poor kitty seems a bit under the weather today, so I'm trying to give her some extra attention while I get some work done.

Also, drinking some beers...

[MerryBlooms]

10. I made cards and cookies

so he had one of each in his lunch box all week.

I ordered Shari's Berries (as I always do), but I made a typo in the address, so UPS let me know the berries wouldn't be here until Monday. While on the phone with UPS, I let the gal know the package was Shari's Berries and part of my husband's VD pressie, she was sorry, but they still couldn't be here before Monday. I thanked her for trying, so I then dashed down stairs to whip up some Valentine traditional sweet. I ended up making chocolate cupcakes w/ peanut butter frosting... not more than 10 minutes into my mixing, the doorbell rang... it was my UPS guy with the Shari's Berries! lol Anyway, I thanked him and waved, then finished the cupcakes.

He also received the book, "The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones", music cd Lone Bellow, "Then Came The Morning", and a new slot car.

[orleans]

16. you spoil that man! lol! n/t

[MerryBlooms]

17. I do, but he spoils me too!

He got me awesome and very tall metal flamingos for my garden this spring, a lovely card, and he ordered-in my favorite pizza!

[orleans]

20. that's very sweet. have a lovely evening. n/t

[Sedona]

11. My Sweetie is on a runaway production so I volunteered

on the whale watch boat for The Aquarium of the Pacific where I am a regular volunteer.

[hopemountain]

12. very cool!

give my love to the whales

[lovemydog]

25. Please tell Natalie Portman that I say

you're no good for her, she should hang out with me.

Seriously, great photo, hope you enjoyed the aquarium volunteering.

[hopemountain]

13. friends came over

and we visited, watched a movie, enjoyed sparkling cider, organic popcorn with browned butter & sea salt and freshly baked caramel drizzeled chocolate brownies. the movie we watched was "songcatcher" with the heart throb - aidan quinn.

[BlueJazz]

14. Painted the exterior of my house. Had a steak for supper (With Cauliflower)

...and watching Jeopardy right now

[orleans]

18. where are you at that you could paint your house? i'm in a chicago burb and it's

FREEZING!!!

[BlueJazz]

28. I'm pretty close to you. Sarasota, Fl

[orleans]

30. yeah...

is right!

lol!

[lovemydog]

26. Reminds me of the old joke.

I was sitting next to a lovely woman at a bar. She said 'I'll do anything for a hundred dollars.' I said 'Okay. Paint my house.'

[BlueJazz]

29. LOL! good one

[Manifestor_of_Light]

15. Exchanged cards.

[orleans]

19. ...and then...?

[LiberalEsto]

21. Made a nice dinner for the family

Salmon, rice, asparagus. Just my husband, adult daughter and myself. I got cards for both of them; he got me a card and pink roses. Watched the snow fall.

[RiffRandell]

22. My 13 year old son has 2 school friends over so their parents could go out.

Separately, but they have been good to us in the past so no big. Plus I have a nasty head cold.

[one_voice]

23. Not much...

My husband wanted to take me to dinner but I'm not feeling well. It's bitter cold so we spent the day watching movies (Lucy & Into the Storm) and some stuff on the dvr. He made me grilled cheese and soup--that's what I wanted.

My son was here (his sweetie is working tonight) so I spent a relaxing day with my two favorite men. My daughter will be over tomorrow and we'll spend the morning with tea while the boys do their weights. Nice weekend for me.

[lovemydog]

27. That's sweet. I called my mom & sister today.

Told them they're my two favorite valentines.

[one_voice]

31. I bet that made their day.

I hope you had a nice day too.

[lovemydog]

24. Met a friend at a chocolate store that makes chocolate coffee.

It was a madhouse too. We talked & laughed about how glad neither of us is now in a relationship or marriage or whatever. A lot of people assume that single people must want to be in a long-term relationship. I've been in them. Nothing wrong with that. Nothing wrong with being single or whatever either, especially when you have good friends.

We tried to keep it sotto voce so as not to offend any lovebirds. I can get a little carried away on the subject.

[bikebloke]

32. Ran my usual Saturday errands.

Not a holiday for me. I'm content without it.

[PADemD]

33. Opened a birthday card.

Stayed inside because it's snowing and cold.

Wished my daughter & son-in-law happy anniversary.

Searched the TV schedule for anything to watch.

Started a new afghan.

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

[KMOD]

36. Happy Birthday, PADemD

[PADemD]

40. Thank you.

And thanks to the person who gave me a heart.

[lovemydog]

45. Hey, happy birthday PADemD

[PADemD]

49. Thank you.

[Inkfreak]

34. Went to the SU v Duke game and got my heart broken in the 2nd half....

but there's always next year!

[lovemydog]

46. Oh yes, rooting for a team will break your heart.

Have you ever read Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby? It's a great book about how rooting for his favorite soccer team broke his heart many times over. Reading that got me to care a little less about one particular team and more about enjoying the actual sports. Though I gotta say I was way more heavily emotionally invested in the Seahawks this year than I should have been. Thank goodness I didn't bet on them in the Super Bowl. Then I would have lost money and been furious. Instead I just kind of floated around in shock & denial for a long time, lol.

[Laffy Kat]

35. Picked up dog poop in the yard before the snow arrives.

And I made brownies for my boys, in that order, although several hours apart.
Cheers

[mackerel]

37. Took the boy to a college tour at CSU Monterey Bay

it was 75 degrees and I swear damn near the whole state of California was there enjoying this amazing weather. Lines and traffic everywhere. We did finally make it to a deli in Monterey picked up some sammies and inched along until we got to Pacific Grove and found a decent spot to park by the bay. We also found a bench not in use. Ate our sammies and hung about for a bit before returning home.

[hay rick]

38. Went to the drugstore to pick up a valentine for my wife.

No hurry- she's in Cancun and won't get back for a couple more days. Anyway, the "for wife" displays were all empty and the "for husband" displays were almost all full. Pointed that out to the guy next to me and he said the women probably bought early and the store restocked. Then there are a whole lot of last-minute guys like us...

So Valentine's Day I'm home almost alone- just me, the cat, a bottle of rum, and the internet. Did constructive stuff during daylight hours and I'm feeling ok.

[KMOD]

39. Spent the morning trying to do nice things for others

Spent the afternoon making phone calls, texting, reaching out via facebook to all my lovies.

Got this from my Husband.

But I didn't get much of his time. He has been working all day and evening. I did get to spend about 30 minutes with him while we ate takeout from a restaurant.

Now he's fast asleep on the couch. Burned out I'm sure. My kids are all off doing there own thing.

There's no way I can eat all that chocolate, so if anyone is nearby, please feel free to stop by. I'll gladly share some.

[orleans]

41. thanks. maybe i'll stop by tomorrow. can i bring my dog? n/t

[KMOD]

42. Absolutely!!!

[murielm99]

43. I went to the grocery store, too.

They were manning the floral and bakery sections pretty heavily. They were also having a prime rib dinner. I don't know how well attended it was. I am not sure many people would think dinner out at the grocery store is romantic. But it was busy, for such a cold day.

[orleans]

44. dinner at a grocery store? what store was it? n/t

[murielm99]

50. County Market n/t

[orleans]

55. actually, that's kind of cool that the store does that

their website is showing the closest store to me is in indiana--which isn't close at all.

stupid question:

do they have a dining room or do you sit down at a table to eat and people are pushing their shopping carts around your chair?

[murielm99]

57. Next to the deli they have a seating area.

It has about eight tables. They have always served lunches and coffee there. They just made it nicer for Valentine's day. It is well out of the path of shopping carts. It has always been a nice little eating area.

I like the store and its deli. There would be one big problem for me that would make me hesitate to eat over there. The town, about ten miles from me, is the hometown of Ronald Reagan. There are two big pictures of him on the wall of the luncheon area. I am not going to look at that evil man and eat dinner.

My community no longer has a grocery store. We had a thriving store. The nice people who ran it retired while they could still enjoy themselves. The guy who took over ran it into the ground. We now have to drive out of town to shop. There is a Dollar General in my small town. They do have food items. I don't go there unless it is an emergency. The store is dirty. The workers are indifferent. The parking lot was one giant pothole until they had to settle a lawsuit with a handicapped man who hurt himself there. I don't think the corporation who owns the store cares about anything but collecting our money.

There is supposed to be an economic development committee in my town. They are more of a "let's suit ourselves and our friends and shun everyone else" committee. They don't break the law, but they close ranks against others. I am sorry to go off topic, but I despise this town.

[orleans]

61. i'm sorry about the way things happened in your town

that's really too bad when businesses close or change like that.

and i don't blame you for not wanting to look at pictures of reagan when you're trying to eat. maybe you could talk to the manager & tell him that a couple nice pictures to help enhance the "atmosphere" of the eating area would probably attract more customers.

[Skittles]

47. nothing

I do not care about such things and I ensure anyone I date knows how I feel

[countryjake]

52. Same here

We did go into town to pick up groceries today and my man bought a bag of candy bars on sale (for himself).

After supper tonight, I called him an old sweet fart. That was the most acknowledgment either of us gave to this forced commercial holiday.

[Suich]

48. I went to a local nursery and heard DUer NRaleighLiberal

talk about tomatoes for an hour! Man, that guy knows a lot about tomatoes!

It was a lot of fun and I wish he had talked for another hour...really!

[mnhtnbb]

53. We had tomatoes for dinner last night--with balsamic vinegar, olive oil,

and I add Italian herbs to mine and sesame seeds to my husband's--
and talked about NRaleighLiberal's book! I gave my husband an advance copy
of it for his birthday about 2 weeks before Christmas, which NRaleighLiberal
so graciously provided AND autographed!

[rocktivity]

51. I celebrate the day after

when the chocolates go on sale.

P.S. Married With Children did a brilliant Valentine's Day episode:

rocktivity

[BarbaRosa]

54. I made chocolate pudding,

from a box, but MamaRosa liked it anyway.

[orleans]

56. i had jello chocolate pudding for dessert

fresh out of the little plastic tub!

and a few fannie may dark chocolate buttercreams i bought earlier in the week

[seveneyes]

58. It’s hard to hold the hand of anyone

who is reaching for the sky just to surrender

Like any dealer he was watching for the card
that is so high and wild
he’ll never need to deal another
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger

[frogmarch]

59. I Mod Podged a wallet and

mr. froggy started building a RC heli. We've been happily married for almost 50 years and are still each other's valentines. One reason why is that we don't think we have to do everything together or enjoy the same things.

The painting I computer-printed and used is Arnold Bocklin's "Battle of the Centaurs." mr. froggy said he thought frolicking horses would have been neater...so there you have it, just like I said.

[Kaleva]

60. Sex

[orleans]

62. oh, that's right...rub it in...

grumble grumble

i mean--that's great! hope you had fun!