Count down to Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!A oft-heard Christmas Carol is the Twelve Days of Christmas in which a "true love" sends a different gift over the course of 12 days.

My true love sent to me
  • Twelve drummers drumming,
  • Eleven pipers piping,
  • Ten lords a-leaping,
  • Nine ladies dancing,
  • Eight maids a-milking,
  • Seven swans a-swimming,
  • Six geese a-laying,
  • Five golden rings,
  • Four calling birds,
  • Three French hens,
  • Two turtledoves,
  • And a partridge in a pear tree!
I never did get what leaping lords are good for but that is beside the point.

For Valentine's Day, take the same concept and make a "count down to Valentine's Day".

Twelve (Feb 3)
Lots of things comes in dozens like flowers, doughnuts and eggs. Also, you should be able to find flowers for a reasonable price still.
Eleven (Feb 4)
Eleven sweet nothings like the candy hearts or Dove Chocolate Promises both of which have messages for the day.
Ten ( Feb 5)
Ten digits like phone numbers or fingers. Send an "I love you" TXT message or use your ten fingers and give a nice massage.
Nine (Feb 6)
Nine languages of love. Write nine different notes that say I love you in 9 different languages:Ek is lief vir jou, mi stimabo, Asko maite zaitut,eu te amo,Hu Guiya Hao,Wo ie ni,Mi amas vin,Nu' umi unangwa'ta,Ti amo,Techihhila. Leave the notes in places where they will be found through-out the day. For bonus points, put them in fortune cookies or wrapped in kisses.
Eight (Feb 7)
Create a CD with eight songs your valentine will like. You could also give the eight green M&Ms and then share the rest. You could also give 8 Kisses or Hugs and Kisses keeping in mind that not all Kisses come from Hershey.
Seven (Feb 8)
Seventh heaven: 7 chocolate dipped strawberries or the strawberries without the chocolate.
Six (Feb 9)
Half dozen heart shaped cookies
Five (Feb 10)
5 Golden rings like funnions or 5 TXT messages that say I love you (see Nine above).
Four (Feb 11)
Four favors: give four Love Coupons
Three (Feb 12)
Three balloons. For extra credit, put something in the balloon like a mini 3 musketeers bar, a little note or a present split into three pieces.
Two (Feb 13)
Lots of great things come in pairs. Give either earrings, tickets or socks. Another idea is something his and hers like a keychain.
One (Feb 14)
Write a letter to your sweetheart expressing love and gratitude. This can be the final gift by itself or attached to the gift.


Have a happy Valentine's Day.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Sweet Deal: Free Printable Valentine's Day Love Coupons

Over in the Romantic Gifts and Products link, you can buy a set of I Love You coupons . Today I have found some free love coupons, just in time for Valentine's Day. Riti's Printable Valentine's Day Coupons All Free Printables - Valentine's Day Coupons BlackDog's Valentine Love Coupons Free printable love coupons from the craft cafe Valentine Coupons from the Activity Village Free Printable Valentine Love Coupons Marvelicious Valentine's Day Love Coupons More If you know of any others, please add them in the comments.
Read more

Marriage on Television

Image
arroyo TV Originally uploaded by reddirtrose . I had a couple of separate thoughts come together today. The first thought was about the number boys that are growing up in homes without fathers. There are so many single mothers either due to divorce, death, fathers abandoning their families and children concieved out of wedlock. Some sources say that as many as 50% of children will spend at least part of their childhood with only one parent. As wonderful as mothers and women are, boys want and need a male role model to show them how a man acts. When there is not a father to provide this role model, it must come from somewhere else. If that role model is to come from TV, I would be hard pressed to name one that I like. The second thought come from working on getting my book ready for printing. I have been re-reading some my favorite things of what I had posted before. Topics like respect, humor, couresty, faithfulness, undestanding and gratitdue are common. The practice of
Read more

Don't stop flirting with each other

Image
Don't stop flirting with each other Ferocious Flirting: Making Marriage Wonderful  is published by the Cleverly Group and is available for order on Amazon.  This book takes a positive approach to marriage as a lifelong relationship should be fun. The book has been grouped into sections to make the ideas really stand out.  Sections include: Continue Courting Gifts and Surprises Date Ideas Valentines and other Holidays Family In addition, each section has an illustration by Val Chadwick Bagley. Ferocious Flirting makes a great wedding present that can be enjoyed throughout the couple's marriage.  It makes a nice surprise for a couple with an Amazon Gift registry.
Read more