Be My Valentine

So, due to the internet dying at my apartment I have to bring my twelve days of Valentine's series to an end a little short :( But that's okay lol. At least I can share my Valentines day with every one.

Friday night - I kind of say that Valentine's started on friday night for me and my guy because we rented 2 movies and cuddled. The first movie was Kick Ass which was a lot funnier then i thought. The second movie we watched as Date Night which also a lot better then i thought it would be. One of my favorite lines was "Someone stabbed that chicken nugget with a sharpie! Now that's badass!" lol. I'd recommend both of these movies no matter if it's for a date or just funny movies to watch :)


Saturday - I had to work Saturday morning but thankfully I got off at 2. I got the kitchen table ready (with Dorian's help of course!)

Then had just enough time to get ready before my boyfriend came over. Of course he was running late ;) lol. but brought us Gloria Jean frappucino's and we started making our awesome cornish hen with amaretto stuffing and honey glaze dinner! It was really yummy, who would guess that amaretto and cornish hens would actually go together? Lol While we waited for the cornish hens to cook, we played mario party (yes we're nerds) and opened gifts.

He already knew that I got him tickets to body world but i felt kind of bad because he didn't have anything to go with his valentines day card(s) yes, cards lol so i bought him a pack of Guiness beer and gave the bottles bow ties.

My boyfriend got me chocolate (turtles which are absolutely yummy!) and he got us tickets to see Gnomeo and Juliet not to mention he also bought the wine for the night and brought me to Fujiyama the weekend before lol.

So finally we ate, had our wine (which we finished the bottle but there's nothing wrong with that right ;)) and then headed to Gnomeo and Juliet. Lol i must say that the movie was interesting. It actually really corny at parts (even a little too corny for my taste) but it definitely had it's cute moments and was good for a valentine's day date night. After the movie, we picked up another bottle of wine, had strawberries and chocolate and watched some t.v. at my apartment <3

I have to say that it was a really fun and romantic valentines day even if we didn't do anything adventurous or outrageous. It was nice having a simple date and just spending time with him where neither of us were stressing about work/internships or school.

But hopefully you all had fun reading about my night and i'm really upset that i never got a picture of the hens we made :( lol. I always eat the food before taking pictures of it XD Maybe next time right? lol.

12 Days of Valentines - Day 7?

Still not inspired but here's a funny Valentines day quote for ya! :)

"I don't understand why Cupid was chosen to represent Valentine's Day. When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is a short, chubby toddler coming at me with a weapon." -- Author Unknown

P.S. This has nothing to do with Valentines day but instead with McDonalds. Whenever you go to McDonalds for food please remember that it's a FAST FOOD restaurant, not a restaurant where you're getting a 3 course meal. We cannot melt your cheese on your burger (bc that would just involve us putting it in the microwave and overcooking it and then you would just complain about it being over cooked anyway) lol. Boy, i needed to rant lol.

Twelve Days of Valentines - Day 4,5 & 6? lol.

I know i have slacked a little bit (okay a lot) on my twelve days of valentines series. And honestly, i've been busy and when I haven't been busy i've been too lazy (or not inspired :() to post cutesy valentines day things. HOWEVER, i will make up for it by posting cute valentines day comics :)

 

Twelve Days of Valentines - Day 3

Today i realized that Valentines day technically doesn't just have to be about a significant other. It can be about spending the holiday with someone you love like your parents, your friends or maybe that crush you really really like but they don't return your feelings (but your still friends! lol). When my boyfriend and I first met; we were friends for about 8 months before we decided to start dating. I remember trying everything in the book to make our 'first friendship' valentines day special XD. We ended up going to the student center on campus and he played the piano for me and he played lovey dovey songs (I was technically picking them out lol and he probably didn't even realize I was doing it on purpose XD). But anyway, back to the moral of this note. You can spend valentine's day with anyone - or you can also be anti-valetines with people too! (:cough cough: Dorian :-D). But here are some fun activities that you can do with your family, friends or potential significant other :)

1.) Scavenger Hunt
Organize a treasure hunt on Valentine's Day. Write up little notes about how you feel for the people you are celebrating with and what they mean to you and place them around your house (or dorm or somewhere special that you always hang out!) along with a candy heart or other treat. Add a riddle at the end of each note about where to find the next note. At the last note, have something special waiting there, say a teddy bear or other toy or treat.

2.) Touch lives
Saint Valentine gave up his life to be of some assistance to his countrymen. Relax, I'm not advising you to do the same. But Valentine's Day can be a splendid opportunity for you to touch the life of someone else and see if you can help that person in some way. You can visit a nearby hospital or chronic care home to hand over small Valentine gifts to the patients admitted in there; especially those who do not have many visitors or have none to call of their own. Your presence will fill them with a sense of belonging to the community and provide them with some much needed emotional boost. Make sure to call the hospitals or nursing homes beforehand to arrange for your visit. Else, your noble intentions can be misinterpreted and can land you in unpleasant circumstances.

3.) Picnic Fun (However, some of my readers are in places with LARGE amounts of snow, so try having a picnic inside! ).   
Cook up some yummy dishes at home, pack them into your Valentine baskets and go for a picnic with your family. The February weather is apt for a day out in the open. Fill up the picnic hamper with games and goodies and have a wild time! If you prefer to eat out, you can hit your favorite joint with your gang, order what you enjoy the best and savor lip-smacking delicacies like pancakes, cupcakes, cones and roasts.


4.) Balloon Goodies
Buy some red balloons and have them filled with candies. Add a folded-up Valentine's message and inflate each balloon. Attach a paper heart to the string of each balloon, with a note to your loved ones. Then leave them in spots where they are to be found by those you have addressed. It will be a nice Valentine morning surprise. Also, decorate the ceilings by hanging heart shape balloons of colours red, pink, purple and white - the traditional Valentine's Day colors.

5.) Throw a Valentine's Day party (or anti-valentine's day if that's how you roll lol).
Valentine's Day deserves a grand celebration and what better way to do so than to throw a splendid Anti/Valentine's Day bash at your home? No need to invite a crowd; you can keep it a family affair.

Just so everyone knows, these aren't my ideas. XD I just like to make everyone aware of the ideas that are out there though! Hope this helps get the creative juices flowing for your valentine's day planning! :)

A break from my Valentine's day series...

So February is not an easy month for me. For people who don't know me, it will be eleven years tomorrow since my dad died. It's been eleven years, but that doesn't mean that the pain or the grieving will ever go away. My dad was my hero. He helped me with my homework even though he wanted to pull out his hair when it came to math and science (not that he had much to pull out because he was already going bald lol), he inspired me to become whatever I wanted to be (even though he pushed for me to be a doctor so i could one day come up for a cure for pulmonary fibrosis) and lastly, we were almost identical (same curly hair, same freckles, same pale sheet like skin and definitely same bad teeth lol) and as i continue to grow i just see more of him in myself. Well these past few days have been hard for me because it was tuesday night when i realized what the date was and guilt instantly filled me since I had almost forgotten. So i sobbed and I honestly have been crying for the pass few days on and off. And I'm not asking for sympathy, that's not why I'm writing this post. It's more just to get it off my chest, and that's what a blog is for right?

I think the reason why it's so hard for me to get over my dad's death is because of all the questions I have. I was only 12 when he died, so he really didn't get to see much of my life. I just wonder what he would've thought of me today, what he would think of my boyfriend, what he would think of my career as a social worker and not a doctor. Silly questions like that and i'll never have the answers - I think that's what hurts me the most. With my upcoming graduation in May (woohoo Master's degree!) i think this february has been a little bit harder for me then it has been in the past. So i've been kind of down and well today after a meeting for my internship, i stopped at a gas station because i was almost on E lol. So i filled up my gas and decided to get a slushie to cheer me up. I got my slushie, and got in line and I almost stopped dead in my track. In front of me was a bucket of roses - at least 5 each of yellow, red, and white and then sitting in the middle of them all was a blue rose. I mean what gas station has blue roses?! I've rarely ever seen them as an actual florist, let alone a gas station.

Blue roses mean a lot to me and have always brought me comfort ever since my dad died. A few weeks after my dad died, i had a dream about a field of blue roses and he was there amongst them and I've always believed that blue roses were his way of saying that he was alright in heaven and I would be alright without him. And just seeing that blue rose today... it provided me with a sense of relief. I knew that he was looking down on me and making sure I was going to be okay. So i bought the rose and it's currently sitting in my room in a vase right now lol. Even though i may be crying as i write this, it's not because I'm hurting, it's because I'm relieved to know that I'll always have an angel watching over me. And who better for that angel to be then my daddy? :)

I wanted to share pictures with you guys of the rose. So here you go! And i hope this wasn't too upsetting to read. I just really had to get it all off of my chest and to show that God works in amazing ways when he knows that we're hurting <3

Twelve Days of Valentines Day 2

Today's twelve days of valentines is how to make one's boyfriend more romantic. The title sounds like your forcing your guy XD but i promise that's not it. They're actually really cute ideas :)

1. Lead by example. Tuck a love note in his lunch bag or backpack or stop and bring him his favorite dessert just because. Once he sees how special these gestures make him feel, chances are he'll want to reciprocate.
   
2. Tell him what you find romantic. Men and women communicate very differently, and your boyfriend may think changing your oil is romantic, while you'd rather he cook you dinner. If he doesn't know what you like, he won't be able to do it, so be direct with your suggestions.
   
3. Make romance seem like his idea. Mention something romantic you saw in a movie or that you read about in a magazine, and then drop the topic. By planting the bug in his ear, he may start thinking about romance in general and how he could bring some to your relationship.
   
4. Rethink your expectations. Romance isn't always about horse-drawn carriage rides and candlelit meals in front of fireplaces. Something simple, like your boyfriend drawing you a bath so you can relax a hard day can be romantic.
   
5. Realize that your relationship is about more than romance. Remember the things that drew you to your boyfriend in the first place and remind yourself that no one is perfect. Whether he's a hopeless or hapless romantic, he's your boyfriend and you should be happy with who he is.
   

I thought this was totally cute and it's a good thing to remember that you didn't fall in love with the romance, you fell in love with the person <3

Twelve Days until Valentines Day...

So i decided, that since i've run out of blogging ideas (or since my life just isn't THAT interesting because it mostly consists of internship, classes and work) that I'm gonna create a twelve days of Valentines day. For some reason, I'm obsessed with valentines day (heck i started thinking about it when New Years Eve was over! lol) and i consistently think about it until the day comes and is over with. Maybe it's because my guy is my first boyfriend, maybe it's because we also consider valentines day to be our half of year as well. I'm not quite sure but I always love the surprise that comes with the day since my guy usually plans it. However...

My guy isn't the most romantic out there. I mean don't get me wrong! I'm pretty lucky compared to some girls! lol. At least my guy has bought me flowers and candy and we cuddle on a weekly basis so I'm not deprived of cuteness, but I definitely don't have the charming you with songs and poetry every day for the rest of your life type of guy. I think those guys only exist one in a million (even though i personally know two guys who are like that) or they exist in Disney movies lol. I'm happy with my guy, we've had our rough spots and we've had our good spots and I couldn't ask for a better boyfriend :) I think on Valentines day, I just want his romantic side to come out a little bit more ya know? :) Nothing wrong with that right? Oh! And i think he would be more romantic too if we weren't both so busy all the time! Just adding in that side note lol.

So today i typed in a google search, "how to deal with an unromantic boyfriend on valentines day" and I actually found a pretty funny article.

Top Five Romantic Valentine's Day Gifts for Unromantic Guys: Playing to His Preferences 

Some of the Most Unromantic Gifts You Could Give a Boyfriend or Husband on Valentine's Day

1.) "Hair Loss and Replacement For Dummies" - $16.99 at the For Dummies Store

There's nothing quite as tender as helping your honey understand the pros and cons of toupees versus hair transplant surgeries. And the fact that it's from the "For Dummies" collection is really just an added bonus.

2.) "Odor-Eaters Ultra Comfort Odor-Destroying Insoles" - $9.99 at Walgreens

Who doesn't want to be reminded on a romantic holiday of his unbearable foot odor? And, here's the best part: "one size fits all." That means you don't have to put any extra effort into knowing which package to toss in the cart. Could shopping get any easier?

3.) Clearance "Height Increasing Dress Shoes" - $59.95 at ElevatorShoes.com

Not only will this gift help you send the classy message that you're uncomfortable with your man's height, the find can also remind him how cheap you are, too, since you picked a pair from the clearance section. Letting him know he's not worth a penny more is just as good as sending a Hallmark card.

4.) "Silent Snooz Snoring Aid" - $12.99 at Walgreens

You'll be sure to want to highlight the selling point of this particular "Silent Snooz"--the fact that it can be reused for thirty nights. To think: a whole month's worth of happiness for only $12.99! Nothing says "I love you" to your spouse in quite the same way.



5.) Life Insurance Policy on Your Husband - See Your Local Insurance Agent

Another winning plan seems like gifting a life insurance policy to your husband for his Valentine's Day present--one that benefits you, of course. Now seems like as good as time as any to begin allocating resources.

Lol. Maybe i should try rephrasing my search tomorrow XD 

in preparation for your loved one's death. Hey, you don't want to be left out in the cold. I completely understand.