My Eternal Valentine

At lunch today Kyle told me he had a few things planned for our Valentine's evening out, so I was excited. Kyle's not a huge celebrator of holidays like I am, so I figured he just meant going out and maybe catching a movie. We haven't been to a movie together in awhile.

So, after lunch I did my normal(Thursday) activities, watching my shows and catching up on my sites. Then, at about 3:30, as I was about to go take a shower so I'd look nice for my husband, I heard the door opening. Looking out the window, I saw that Kyle's truck was back. What was he doing back? Why'd he take off work 1/2 hr early? So, I went into the kitchen, and what did my eyes behold, but a big red bag with roses and a monkey sticking out! But there was more! And here it is:



My giant bag was filled with a giant heart pillow, a stuffed monkey (which we gave to Kady, and she loves), some lemongrass aromatherapy from Bath and Body Works, a beautiful card with a gift certificate to get my nails done, Twilight candies, red roses (my favorite!), and a gift bag from Kays Jewelers, where we got my engagement ring! Inside that bag were two boxes: one with a gold chain for a necklace piece he'd given me for Christmas, and some gold earrings with lovely diamonds!

I love my present, but I love my husband even more! I tried telling him that I was sorry my present wasn't as good, and that I was planning on doing more housework and everything, but he stopped me and said "If you're happy, I could have nothing and be happy." Isn't he the best? He's more then made up for his past gift giving fiascoes.

So, all in all, I think Elizabeth Barrett Browning sums up how I feel about Kyle:

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love with a passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

Here is my darling little girl at my niece Sierra's !16TH! birthday party a month ago. I've been meaning to blog, but Kyle got himself a nice new(ish) computer, so this one got moved to the living room, and the printer hasn't been networked yet, cause we need some cabled or something.



So, this is pilfered off facebook, which I should do more often.

Anyway, updates: Kyle still likes his job, and is still a fantastic fellow all around.

Kady, however, is in her SECOND year of life. Which means what you think it does. She's a temper tantrum throwing princess. And her favorite people in the world are Daddy and Grandma. She gets pretty excited when I start getting her jacket and hat(which looks like grapes, btw) out, because she knows we're going somewhere, and if Daddy's coming too, then chances are we're going to Grandma's. Sometimes she doesn't really care, but once she realized we're at Grandma's, she's all smiles. She's also changed her schedule. Last year, when we had church in the mornings, she took a morning nap. Now, just in time for us to change to the afternoon shift of church, she now takes afternoon naps. But then she smiles, and it's usually all better.

As for me, I've just been doing a lot of crocheting, and the past week I've been trying to walk more. Kristy got herself, Saren and I pedometers, so now I know how much I walk. Which isn't a lot, but I've been getting myself up in the mornings to go on little walk around our driveway/property, so that's really helped stack up the miles. And later this month I'll be going back down to MO, so I can do a birthday thing with my friend Whitney, and I'll be there for Tara/Jerica's birthday celebrations, so I have to figure out what to do for a cake, so that'll be tons of fun. And when I come back I'll be bringing my friend Tiffany with me, so we'll enjoy planning a bachelorette party for our friend Audrey, and putting together stuff for that. And we'll be using each other as crutches to exercise and eat better.

So, that's about all that's been going on since my last post.