Why, you may wonder, am I writing a blog post on Valentine's Day instead of spending a romantic day/evening with my DH?

Easy.

He is currently engrossed in an X-Box {Modern Warfare} battle with his brother {AKA: Uncle Buck ~ UB} & both the children.

Oh, and we are currently financially challenged.

Good news is, UB arrived this morning announcing that he was making dinner & proceeded to walk through the door withgroceries! 

I know, huh? Someone waived their magic wand in my direction {& rendered poor UB brainwashed}!

So, I may be giving up some romance ... but honestly, in the end ~ I'll take it!!!

I've been given plenty of R&R all day:

I woke up cuddled in the arms of my DH {he surprised me by taking the day off ~ he was suppose to be on shift} then we had a 2 hour long conversation about "how we are doing" ~ sorry that was better than any candle lit dinner any of y'all will get today! And while I made coffee he prepared breakfast!

We hung out as a family playing cards, I read a book, took a nap, watched a few episodes of Weeds {I'm on Season 3} and now as UB has dinner cooking in the oven ... they are playing X-Box & I can't believe I'm going to say this ... 

I'm not sure what to do.

I know I don't want to do any work for the week ahead or watch the boys play X-Box.

So here I am ... writing.

Now the day hasn't been perfect ... Macy's is still calling about my overdue balance, the weather sucks & the animals have cabin fever ~ but all in all, I'd like to focus on the bliss of the day.

As I sip my glass of wine {Riesling, to go with the smoked chicken masterpiece in the oven} ... journaling my thoughts of the day ... I've realized that maybe Cupid's lame heart-tipped arrow isn't so bad after all. {I know, I can't believe I said that either ... but hey, that's part of the ploy, right?}

xoxo,
TOAM