Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. In my heart of being a girly girl, I love Valentine’s Day. Just to be thought of with a simple card or flowers (they don’t have to be Roses) is truly what I love. Hubby on the other hand doesn’t like the fact that there is a day set aside to “make” you show your love. So we will have to see what tomorrow will bring here in our house.

I do want to take a moment to remember one Valentines day a very long time ago (ok, not so long, but twenty years, is that long??). I was in grade 10 and every Valentine’s Day you could buy roses and have them sent to your sweetheart in home room. My sister always sent me one, which was really sweet, so I would be thought of even if I didn’t have a boyfriend. But, along with her rose, I received a rose from an admirer. All the card said was “I tip my hat to you”. I thought I knew who it was from but, he said no it wasn’t him. It wasn’t until years later that I found out that it was him, and I never got to tell him I knew. It was a great day though, all my girlfriends trying to figure out who it was that sent it.

Since then, I have had many fun filled Valentine’s Day’s. Some spent working, serving dinners to the love struck or tending bar and listening to the not so love struck cry about being alone. And some being treated to an evening out full of surprises. After “J” came along we started getting together as a family for a Valentine’s dinner. Although this year everyone seems to be so busy, that we will just be us tomorrow. But, that is fine with me two, because card or no card, flowers or no flowers, I will be with the two greatest loves of my life. The only way it would be better, is if “A” was here with us too. He misses out, but I’ll save him some special chocolate sweet thing for dinner on Wednesday.

Happy Day before Valentine’s, may you all be surounded by the ones you Love.

I thought it would be fun to watch the opening ceremonies for the Olympics last night. Which were all in all pretty great. I got quite teary-eyed while listening to the speech from the Olympic President, or was it the President of Italy? Anyhow, the speech went on to ask for peace. And for [all athletes to play fair and get along no matter their religion, nationality or the country they came from]. It was great. If only it was so simple to get what we ask for, then perhaps the whole world could live together in peace.

I have to comment on the music, as was brought up by Whoorl, what was with the music while all the athletes were filing in? They were playing some really old funky disco-ish music. I laughed a few times and wondered why on earth they chose those particular songs to sing.

I loved the women carrying in the Olympic flag. Sophia Loren looked gorgeous as always and Susan Sarandon looked amazing and was smiling so beautifully. I felt I was having a proud moment for them, being the first women to carry in the flag.

And today we won our first Gold Medal!! YAY!! Jennifer Heil won gold in the women’s moguls. Great Job Jennifer!! And the Women’s Hockey team won their first game 16-0 against Italy. (I do feel sorry for the Italian Ladies, but it is their first year and they got to play because they are the host team. They played a good game and looked like they were having fun).

Will continue to watch the games and hope that the Men’s Hockey team can ignore the silliness out there surrounding the Gretzky’s and play hard to win. Go Team Canada Go!!