This is Us Not Celebrating

If I had known how easy this was to make I wouldn't have been hitting up my [now defunct] local Pie Shop for the past 20 years.

So, so, so easy.

Homemade Stawberry Pie

Homemade whipped cream

Valentine's Day on a plate

Oh, and remember I said we don't buy gifts or cards for eachother?
Well I was blessed with a
"Lucky Friday the 13th bouquet"
He's a goof, but I love him.
[prize to whomever can guess what I used as a vase]
And a balloon for our foyer so the girls can see when they arrive home.

Blogger only allowed me these five pics, so I will have to post dinner some other time.

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It was so yummy. We made stuffed shells and Sink salad [with Catalina dressing - hi Marni!] instead. We all ate way too much and I suspect we will all sleep until noon tomorrow.

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I hope everyone had a lovely day and you felt loved and appreciated.

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Hugs and Happy Valentine's Day.

What Are You Doing?

[ATC by SkippyMom]

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So what are everyone's plans for Valentine's Day?

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Pooldad and I don't celebrate it, as we figure that we have 364 other days in which to tell eachother how much we love one another and we do a lot of fun [and sometimes romantic] "couple stuff" that we don't really need a holiday to express it. We also don't like how it seems to force people to have a significant other/date or they feel bad if they don't.

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Cynical aren't we?

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I am kidding [about the cynicism - the rest is true!] but we do have a special night for the kids. For as long as I can remember we have had the infamous "Red Dinner" - which consists of Spaghetti with Marinara sauce, salad with lettuce, red bell peppers, tomatoes and Thousand Island Dressing [well, it is almost a red dressing], garlic bread [which isn't red] and for Dessert? The yummy-licious Strawberry Pie with real whipped cream. We have, in the past, dyed their milk red [and green on St. Patricks Day :D] but they don't pander to that anymore and won't let us [don't you hate when they grow up? sigh]. And strawberry milk? No, not with spaghetti, tyvm.

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So does anyone else have a tradition or something they like to do on Valentine's Day? I would love to hear all about it.

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and if anyone rats me out for spelling "dyed"as "died" before I could edit it...just remember, I know where you blog. heehee