{"id":3781,"date":"2010-02-15T08:26:07","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T06:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/archives\/3781"},"modified":"2010-02-15T08:36:25","modified_gmt":"2010-02-15T06:36:25","slug":"he-loves-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/archives\/3781","title":{"rendered":"He Loves Me!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"vday2010\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

Money is tight in our household this year, after a big bad surprise from the belastingdienst (tax office) that I never got into here on my blog.  I don\u2019t plan to, but basically they screwed up and now we owe them over 2000 euro.<\/p>\n

So we agreed that Valentine\u2019s Day wasn\u2019t going to be an expensive event this year.  Not that it usually is but we made sure that this year we were really good.  No meals out, no expensive gifts and I\u2019m so glad!  It turned out to be a homemade Valentine\u2019s here and I love it!<\/p>\n

On Saturday my husband locked himself in the man cave and wouldn\u2019t let me in ALL DAY.  He told me he was working on something for me as a gift, and after hours and hours passed I was getting really curious.  All I knew was from the bits and pieces he told me.. 1) it wasn\u2019t expensive 2) it might take a long time to make 3) I\u2019d like it.   Grrr\u2026 I wanted to know!<\/p>\n

\"vday2010b\"<\/a><\/p>\n

He made me ten hand made long stemmed red roses. One for every Valentine\u2019s Day we\u2019ve been together.  He sat in his office for hours practicing on plain white paper until he got it right, and then made them in red.  He also made the stems and leaves and put it all together into these beautiful roses.<\/p>\n

You know why I love them so much?  Beside the fact that he took the time and effort to make them for me, and that they are so lovely, it\u2019s that he knows me so well.  One thing I\u2019ve always said about Valentine\u2019s Day is that it\u2019s always about flowers and chocolates.   I love them both but within a few days the chocolates are gone, the flowers are dead and what do you have to show for it?  A few extra pounds and some dead flowers.  Plus it\u2019s so commercial nowadays, with all the tacky Valentine\u2019s Day crap in all the stores.  I love something with a personal touch and he never fails to come through.<\/p>\n

When Xander gave me these flowers, he told me that it\u2019s one flower for every year we\u2019ve been together and that they won\u2019t die!  I thought it was brilliant!   It was the perfect gift for me, from the perfect husband!  Now I can put them in my china cabinet where they will be safe from the dogs and the dust, see them year round and remember our 10th Valentine\u2019s Day together.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"vday2010c\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

I made sure to pamper him all day.  I printed off \u2018love coupons\u2019 (a footrub, movie night of his choice, slave for a day and other unmentionables) hid them all over the house and sent him off on a treasure hunt when he woke up.  I made him blueberry pancakes for breakfast and a great dinner with orange ham in the slow cooker, scalloped potatoes and cottage pudding for desert.  I will share the recipes for these a little later.  Whoever said the way to a man\u2019s heart is through his stomach really knew their shit!<\/p>\n

We hung out together, snuggled up for a nap in the afternoon, and spent the day relaxing.  I had such an incredibly happy day, and I know he did too.  I am so glad that I get to spend every Valentine\u2019s Day, and every other day, with him for the rest of my life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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