Par for Valentine's Day

Jasen and I always struggle with this idea of Valentine's day. On the one hand, we want to celebrate our love, but on the other hand, we detest that Hallmark tells us it must happen on Februrary 14. We have gone from celebrating it up, to not at all, and now back to "I guess we'll do something small." We are both in agreement that it is not the woman's day only, and so I have always enjoyed giving a gift or some other type of small thoughtful gesture to Jasen. Some of our friends think it is only about the girl.....I guess I missed that memo!

So, we maintain that we will NOT pay inflated flower prices or inflated restaurant prices. Therefore, the task is always to find a way to celebrate it in our own way. This year, I decided to cook a surprise dinner the day before V-Day for Jasen, partly as a way to thank him for running the household while I went to school full time and worked a full time job for the last three years. Hehe. I'm pretty proud of myself for figuring out a way to fold a napkin so it would stand up. My apple-almond torte didn't turn out quite as I had hoped, but it was still good with a cup of coffee. :)

The day of Valentine's day, we decided that a golf outing sounded like fun! Jen and Andy went with us, and Matt as well. We are quite the hilarious group of golfers. Not because we aren't good (although, at times, we aren't), but because we are quite boistorous on the course. For instance, on the first hole, I decided that Jen and Andy were a safe distance ahead on the fairway (in their golf cart) for me to hit. Only, next thing I know, the ball is driving straight (right) toward their cart with the loundest THUMP, followed by, "What the hell was that!!!" I screamed. Matt yelled, "You nearly killed someone!" as the golf ball had just missed Jen's head and instead had hit the cart. And so, our golf day began!

 Matt is a pretty good little golfer, and I actually nearly had a hole in one.....I quote Matt in saying, "It roled right by the hole!" So, I had par for that hole. I'm getting better with my slightly used men's clubs.....I gave my women's clubs to Jen because they were entirely too short for me.

So, I have to say that I am very grateful to be golfing in mid-February. :) Today we went for a walk in t-shirts. I heart california!