Happy Valentine's Day

You will never know true happiness until you have truly loved.

Oh When the Saints....

go marching in for a touchdown, everyone screams! The New Orlean Saints won this years Super Bowl.

We celebrated with our friends in Mardi Gras style with beads, chili, gumbo, crab, appetizers, and plenty of drinks to go round. I was lucky enough to win $50! It was a fun day of celebration, fun, and food.

Today, however, was a day of slow pace and fatigue. We partied too yard yesterday and I'm paying the price today. I was dragging my feet all day! I'm so very thankful I don't drink - can't even begin to wonder what a hangover must feel like.

Thanks to Mona and Peanut for hosting a great party!

V

Love is in the Air

Happy February 1!

Love is in the air!

What is love to you?

For me, love is:

- The unconditional love for my children, husband and family

- The love for life (happy I am alive)

- Loving simple things:

- a warm summer day

- the smell of spring

- surprises

- clean spaces

- great food

- photography

- a cured yard

- nature

- bright flowers

- hearing from a distant friend

- the gym

- exploring new territory

- crossing items off my bucket list

- seeing my children grow, mature, and realize

- laughing

- a cloudless sky

- giving a smile to a stranger (it's free)

- Time spent with my dear friends

- Recycling through wonderful memories in my mind

- Giving

- Cherishing times I've spent with my girls

- Marriage

- Helping

I hope you all take time this month to reflect on what love means to you and maybe share a little love with someone that needs it (the elderly, a needy neighbor, a struggling friend, the homeless).

To truly love is to act in love.

You are loved,

V