Valentine’s Day weekend open thread
Spending time with family. Hope you have a day filled with love and happiness! Talk amongst yourselves.
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Happy Valentine’s Dat y’all!
I hope no one is surprised by Obama’s thinking he might use executive orders. The left’s view of the Presidency is closer to a king than an elected official of and for the people. The idea that he’d use executive orders to force his will on us and the country is totally consistent with his political philosophy. Just one more reason why we need to do every thing we can to keep the left out of power. They will never go away. But we can make sure the danger that their ideas represent to liberty and freedom never have any power to attempt implementation.
Happy Saint Valentine’s Day everyone!
Happy Valentine’s Day, Michelle.
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone.
I am working away from home so my wife and I celebrated last weekend when I was home.
On this date in 2003, I met my wife for the first time in Beijing Airport. Our 5th anniversary is later this week.
Congratulations, Happy Anniversary…and have a wonderful Valentine’s day! I love hearing how people met their spouses and significant others!! If anyone else wants to share, today would be a good day to do it! I will probably not have much time to communicate today, as our daughter and her husband are spending the day together without their two boys…and guess who has the boys!! Ages 3 and 11 months. We will be busy!!
I met my husband 40 years ago when he lived in an apartment down the hall from me. There was a fire in the building and he ran down the halls getting everyone out. We were married 3 months after that wonderful fire.
What a lovely story, evilned. Happy Valentines Day, Michelle, everyone.
Happy Valentine’s Day to all. Today hubby and I celebrate our 12 ann. My man is the greatest thing to have happened to me, a real jewel!
L
Twenty five years ago, I met my wife at a Love’s truck stop on Valentine’s Day. I’ll never forget that moment when she came bouncing into my life. It wasn’t love at first sight, took me 8 months to convince her that we were meant to be together for the rest of our lives. I’m truly blessed to be her husband.
So as not to leave them out, here is what our Progressive (including a long time friend and confident of Mr. Obama) and Islamist friends think of Valentine’s Day.
Happy anniversary, Ned and, interestingly enuf (considering where you met the Missus) since it’s also the Chinese New Year (year of the tiger), Kung Hei Fat Choi!
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! I’ll be spreading the love at some Mardi Gras parades today! The biggie is the Bacchus parade where Drew Brees will reign as king!
Our celebration is tempered by the fact that so many Americans don’t have a job and no prospect for a decent paying one any time soon.
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone.
Lots of time wasting stuff on TV today, (that I will watch at least some of).
The Daytona 500.
The Olympics.
The NHRA Winternationals.
Thanks, beenthere. Read “Valentine’s Day”. Very good. Glad you pointed me to that article. It does clear up some strange inconsistencies.
Happy Valentine’s Day to all!!!! I hope cupid shoots y’all right in the azz, and makes you appreciate that your significant other has to put up with you all year long. !!!…:o)….lol.
My lady, who worked with one of my patients, called me, one evening, and asked to “stop by for a visit”. That was 10 years ago, and she’s still here. Maybe I needed watching over too. At that time, I was trying to get a Chinese lady, I met in KL (Malaysia) to come to the U.S.. She couldn’t so I ended up with an Indonesian.
Spending the day watching the Daytona 500. Yes, she loves Nascar too.
Even though Danica won’t be in today’s race they will probably continue to track her every move. As a NASCAR fan, the coverage yesterday of the Nation Wide race by ESPN was offensive.
Happy Valentines Day My Friends
Lol. Good stories. I was married for a LONGGGG time. That relationship ran its course, terrible in the end. I am now engaged to a delightful southern woman who makes Valentines Day fun again. About a year ago, I came home and she took me to a wall in the house that I had accidentally made a hole in. She said “do you notice anything”? I looked and she had repaired the sheet rock herself, flawlessly. I shook my head and said “a woman that repairs sheet rock?…that’s why I love you!”.
Happy Valentine’s Day !
This morning I made Orange Souffle Pancakes with homemade strawberry syrup …they were heavenly!
I met the Studmuffin when I brought an aircraft down to Long Island over a July 4th weekend and decided to take the US Commercial FAA groundschool course while I waited for the plane to be done. He was on leave and taking the same class. Having no experience with military, I genuinely thought he was a cancer victim because of his “tactical” haircut.
He likes to tell people we met at an airport.
Such women are precious. Mine is the same way. Hand her a screwdriver and stand back. Maybe that’s why she’s still “visiting” after 10 years.
You’re pretty special too, YTZGal. Had to skip breakfast this morning so I could get some work done in the office and be home before the car race.
evil….
Not that’s sweet and romantic.
Mr. Happy (married 22 years) was just watching Meet the Press and the Biden interview was so insufferable, I asked him to turn it off. Mr. Happy sweetly complied, then turned to me and said “I Love You.” Thats a Happy Valentines Day.
“I was trying to get a Chinese lady, I met in KL (Malaysia) to come to the U.S.. ”
Me too. But my wife keeps beating me to the mail box and complaining about all the junk mail….
NotNOW, NOW….
I agree with Rush Limbaugh, let’s change Valentine’s Day into Valentine’s WEEK. It would just make so much more sense than having everybody desperately scurry around trying to all come up with ‘something’ on the same day. Ditto for Mother’s Day.
Is it just me or are there a remarkable number of guys on this site married to foreign women? Why not try to get an American lady instead?
Flenser, my first wife was American until 1979. My second…no. My first and I are still friends, as is my present wife and her. I think when they get together, they trade “war stories”. Just the luck of the draw that the last 3 ladyfriends were Peruvian, Chinese and Indonesian. However, I did a lot of traveling, years ago.
*Happy Valentine’s Day to MM and all; I’ve been happily married for 30 years to a wonderful Anglo-Indian woman from southern India; As I always say,”southern India, where the food is hot, and the women are hotter”.
Budget woes in Michelle’s town.
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HI HAPPYSCRAPER #7. My ex-Mexican citizen wife (a long time naturalized U.S. Citizen) and I have been married 40 years also. I met her in Juarez, Mexico, when I was an Army draftee. For some strange reason she had always wanted a Gringo husband. She has always been God’s gift to me–and still loves me.
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As far as the fire in your case–and the draft in my case–the Lord works in strange ways. And as the saying goes, “It’s an ill wind that blows no good!”.
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HI FLENSER #29. I married the woman who loved me the most–she just happened to be a good Mexican ranch girl–and a good Christian. She saw more in me than a lot of other girls did–this was one of the best things that happened to me in my life. This probably happens in most people’s lives. We never know how things are going to work our in our lives. But I think that the Lord has a plan for us all. Happy Valentine’s day y’all.
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John Bibb
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True story, offered in good humor.
A few years ago I was with some guy co-workers, all foreign. One was a christian from Nigeria, two were from India, I was the token American white male. At one point we were on the subject of wives and the phrase “american wife” came up. The conversation stopped and we looked at each other silently, sadly, then smiled. We were all thinking the same thought: few things are more terrifying than the American wife. She strikes fear the world over.
If that’s the case, and he pushes his agenda through executive orders, beyond what that mechanism was intended for, Obama needs to be forced out of office. In handcuffs if necessary.
*Giving some love doesn’t end with Valentine’s Day; Remember, J.D. Hayworth announces 2/15/2010 his attempt to primary John McCain into retirement; I will send some coin, with love, as targeting McCain for removal from office should be the highest priority for all Tea Party activists; The message will have a great impact on the future behavior of Sarah Palin, Michael Steele, and the GOP in general:Do not take us for granted, as we are sick to death with ALL of you in D.C., and in the end, we WILL be heard!
Happy Valentines’s Day to all..
and…
you betcha…
LOL–I’m married to a ‘foreign’ man, although he is now a US citizen.
We don’t do valentine’s day, but our first date was 27 years ago this week…
Happy Valentine’s day everyone.
My husband and I, twenty nine years together, 22 years married, will celebrate with a special dinner we make together.
We don’t do the whole gift exchange and hearts and flowers.
I told him years ago that the things he does everyday, and has done for more than 20 years tells me he loves me more than any gift.
We have two beautiful children and he worked hard so that I could be home with them everyday of their lives. They are both college students now, one graduating this spring, one a freshman.
With them gone, I am able to devote full attention to him now and return all the love he has shown us for all these years.
“Obama needs to be forced out of office. In handcuffs if necessary.”
I’m not sure that is the Constitutionally allowed process for this kind of thing. I believe it is the courts.
What you will see is an attempt on his part, that old float a trial ballon thing. If he gets away with it, will be more of it. If he gets slapped down, will complain about a vast right wing conspiracy and then look for some other possible means to move his agenda forward.
He isn’t’ going to stop.
With 34 years of marriage and counting, I have finally got her to stop expecting cards or gifts on special occasions.
Now I don’t have to remember what I got her last time. And as I get older, “remembering” is getting more difficult.
Now…what was I doing before I logged on here???
The other thing he will do is tell us how many executive orders Bush signed as if that truth in and of itself will justify Obama’s. There won’t be any discussion of CONTENT. Just the number.
Same thing we have seen on the CZARS.
No comparison to what the CZARS are doing. Just that Bush had them so its okay if Obama has them.
My guess is we’ll hear the same thing with executive orders.
Until he’s stopped in 2012… and told to shut up this November.
An elderly couple had dinner at another couple’s house, and after eating, the wives left the table and went into the kitchen.
The two gentlemen were talking, and one said, ‘Last night we went out to a new restaurant and it was really great. I would recommend it very highly.’
The other man said, ‘What is the name of the restaurant?’
The first man thought and thought and finally said, ‘What is the name of that flower you give to someone you love?
You know…. The one that’s red and has thorns.’
‘Do you mean a rose?’
‘Yes, that’s the one,’ replied the man. He then turned towards the kitchen and yelled, ‘Rose, what’s the name of that restaurant we went to last night?’
“Until he’s stopped in 2012…”
Yep.
“and told to shut up this November.”
Probably will get louder and cry victim even more than now.
Happy Valentines Day everyone!
I’ve never understood Valentine’s Day. The only memorable Valentine’s Day I have ever had was when Dale Sr. won the Daytona 500. I was in Denver on a road trip, watched the race, and came home after that.
It’s just another opportunity to emphasize being alone.
Happy Valentine’s Day one and all and especially Michele and family. Just finished making a special breakfast for my wife and my sister. My sister’s birthday is also today. And I cleaned the kitchen afterward too. No, I am not done yet. I am preparing dinner for them tonight as well.
Here is my favorite Valentine’s Day wish. Eleen asks Tiger: Darling, how did you meet all of your significant others?
You noticed the older we get the lonelier is becomes? The older I get the more I understand the phrase…”being alone in a crowd.”
Sorry, don’t mean to be a downer on this day of celebrating love for each other…Enjoy it with all your heart and mind.
I don’t know about being lonelier, as much as “slowing down”. I’m not coming home from work, changing, and dashing out to the tennis courts anymore; nor, out backpacking or other things. Spare time is spent with the daughters and g-kids, or with each other.
I would like to correct everyone’s pronunciation of today. The correct way to say it is Valentime’s. Yes, unfortunately, that’s how I hear it pronounced, more often than not.
We spent the morning with our godchildren, my wife is making a special dinner, and I put out the flag for Presidents’ Day
This has most certainly been a great weekend.
I’m sorry but the older I get the more unlonely I get. My doctor says there is medicine that can help but I so enjoy the crowd…..
Pro-flowers.com, chocolates, Teddy Bear and slept in til 10am—ain’t love grand!
ThackerAgency and rightisright, I think the older we get the more we realize how important family and friends are. That can put one in a melancholy mood on a day like this.
Valentime’s Day! I’d forgotten the correct pronunciation! thx madmonkphotog!
True. We’ve done pretty much what we’ve wanted to do. The bar life isn’t interesting anymore. Sailing, hiking and tennis gets old. There are grandkids now, who love to be with their grandparents. Perhaps we live vicariously through our grandkids. Old friends mean more now. Some, unfortunately, are gone. Never lonely; priorities are different now.
Sorry, misspoke. The guy in the back just told me he does NOT enjoy crowds.
“The bar life”
Based on what I’ve seen in Sun City and Sun City West the older a person gets the more they realize its WAY cheaper to buy booze by the tons at Walgreens or Costco and drink at home….
jsmiddleton4, one crowd I would enjoy, being with today, is the Daytona 500 crowd. Of course, with my 2 Nascar fanatics: wife and grand-daughter.
Snowflakes the size of baseballs here in western Arkansas. It was supposed to be a partly cloudy day, high in the upper 40′s.
Algore and his friends at the U.N. are evil idiots.
The guy towards my left says he is Jeff Gordon.
The field is being brought down pit road and the race is being red-flagged as they make repairs in Turn 2.
Happy Valentines Day to the absolute best bloggers EVA!
One of the other guys said he is Al Gore and he invented NASCAR.
They’re showing a lot of movie commericals during this race. For a long time I used to be a movie theatre fan. Nowadays, we both haven’t been to a theatre since “Return of the King”. Just aren’t interested in any “new” movies (same old, same old). For young people, movies are good and fun. Over time, they seem to be either remakes or the same old, “shoot-em-up” plots.
Still snow on the ground in Atlanta from Friday. Six foot snowman assembled with help from grand daughters still standing in protest of Man/Bear/Pig.
*I hear PajamaGram was offering a 2 for the price of 1 special this year; They were calling it the “Sanford Special”!
I’d like to take a whack at that whacko – just once. The man is a menace, and frankly, has less brain power than the current occupier of the Oval Orafice.
MSNBC – Biden takes on Cheney
A quail hunt.
I guess its fitting that “America’s Race” is delayed due to a pothole and poor pothole repairs.
Great race! zzzzzzzz
My guess is there are no unions associated with NASCAR and track maintenance. Just real down-home folks…gas, guts and glory.
And its too cold for the current batch of asphalt!
Oh man, that is FUNNY!
Algore’s weather and Obama’s economy is killing NASCAR.
“Paw… git yer gun!”
Its priceless hey?
A pothole in the racetrack? Sounds like a Wreckovery.gov shovel ready porkulous project. The race will resume immediately after Pavers Union 503 pothole patchers are flown in directly from Philly in posh private jets. A bi-partisan engineering task force is formulating patching procedures as we speak, and once the proposed pothole procedure is approved by an emergency congressional committee, procurement for the neccessary materials and equipment will procede without delay.
In the end, the Daytona emergency measures will save or create 625,427.6 jobs, save the polar bears and provide healthcare for a millenium or two at a deficit neutral cost of only $3.47 Gazzillion.
Enjoy the race!
At least Obama didn’t call up Bill France and offer a stimulus package. Then we would have GNascar. Imagine if the drivers and crews were union? They would start the race, but never finish it, giving up half-way through.
It is ripe with irony hey?
Race on…
To show how memorable that one was, I think Dale Sr. won the year before instead of that year.
I just remember watching it in Denver because I had been on a road trip for a few months (LA, SD (superbowl weekend – Elway if I recall), Las Vegas. . . etc) and after then I was trying to figure out where to go next. I watched the race and decided to come on home when it was over.
It was 1999, but I think Jeff Gordon won. Not too memorable for a ‘most memorable’.
I forget. Who is Man/Bear/Pig.
I am having a brain freeze in this cold weather.
I want either the “old guy” Martin or the US Army car to win. I’m sort of apolitical about who wins. But after 25 years….
And GO ARMY!!!!!
Al Gore…….
I’m into Yahoo fantasy racing. Makes it more interesting. But, I wouldn’t mind seeing Martin win; him, or someone out of the blue.
The Goricle. From a South Park episode.
You’re making me blush, Grayson, but I thank you for the compliment.
I missed all of you during the PCS and love all of you guys, it helps keep me grounded and realize that conservatives are NOT alone.
I’m lucky enough to have the Studmuffin around for a while longer, (although he’s busy studying Pashto) and cherish every morning I get to wake up and have him at home with us.
Studmuffin isn’t big on crowds, and although he loves eating out, hates the big crowds that are typical of V-day, Mother’s Day, etc.
He’s not a big sports fan, so my Valentine’s Day gift to him was to buy him a ticket to hear Admiral Denton (“When Hell Was in Session”) speak at the Marine Corps (that “core”, not “corpse”, lol) Museum yesterday.
Tonight I’m making duck with raspberry-balsamic reduction and I gave a blood orange pot-au-creme a whirl as a dessert. It has a lovely dark red crimson color.
Nascar….my Dad’s a huge fan and we spent many an hour at tracks. Good memories.
YTZGal, and you didn’t invite us?
Wow … I laughed so hard my sides hurt.
Good one.
I thought I was enjoying my deluxe pizza and Corona, but now…
Points go to Michelle for hoping.
At least you’ve got deluxe. My toughest choices today are a) pepperoni or Mexican and b) trim my toenails tonight or put it off until it’s warm enough to wear sandals.
Twenty years together and we still like to talk. I’ve spent the day reading up on what’s new in archaeology and he planted himself in front of the TV and drooled over Pebble Beach and it’s beauty. Roses and a great breakfast. Lovely!
I see so many sitcoms (which young people think is real life) and their role models are parents that physically and verbally abuse each other. In my world it’s so simple….Don’t yell, belittle, criticize, threaten, nor tell someone what to do, and if you violate the trust they have in you it means you must leave. That works in reverse for both parties. Love, nourish, and respect the bond you have with your chosen partner. I still see my husband as he was when we first met. He must be different but I don’t see it.
Today marks 25 years that I have been married to the same woman. Last month I turned 50. Half my life.
And yeah, it was my sappy idea to get married on Valentines Day. Hallmark won’t let me forget my anniversary!
One thing about being married on Valentine’s Day, the stores remind you that your anniversary is coming up, right after Xmas.
I didn’t know Obama and his czars were out there fighting. I thought the troops were. No wonder Obama hasn’t been in the WH much, and we thought it was for politicial trips.
Tuna noodle casserole and a can of cheap beer at my place.
Nah… us southerners will be told to go to hell.
Yeah, they quietly took them off the post office bulletin board and FBI Most Wanted list and replaced them with tea party folks.
The grandkids just left and I am exhausted!! Whew! Only 7:00, but I may just go to bed, watch a little TV and fall asleep. It has been a very special day with my two boys! Tomorrow starts another week and more outrages from our corrupt government. Say your prayers and stay strong for the fight! Good night.
Good night, happyscrapper. I’m off to bed myself, in a minute or 2. There are no holidays in my field. Back to work early. Hope all had a good Valentine’s Day. Congrats to Jamie McMurray.
Wow, it’s only 5:15 and all my kids and grandkids just left. I’m a “happy” tired.
Had the baptism of the newest granddaughter today and had everyone over for pulled pork sandwiches and homemade potato salad.
Turned out to be a very good day–especially when your entire family is in church.
Happy Valentine’s Day! Thanks for sharing all of your wonderful love stories. This was our first Feb. 14th as an engaged couple! In a little over one year, I will be blessed to marry my best friend. I can’t wait!
May we all have some hope in these hard times. The American spirit will shine through.
But, but Islam and Bill Ayers despise Valentine’s Day!