Happy V Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!  We had a really fun day!  We were going to Beall's this morning, but got a call from Sudi and ended up going to Tarpon Springs.  We met Sudi, Howard, Karen, Becky & Jim at Hellas Restaurant where we had wonderful Greek food.  It was a fun time with high school friends - great conversation, great food, and beautiful sunshine!  The cool weather certainly didn't stop the sightseers today - Tarpon Springs was packed!

The guys!

The gals!

We got back in time to watch most of the Iowa State game while the meatloaf was baking.  I took the meatloaf out of the oven just in time to go to the clubhouse for our V-Day party.  We honored our couples who had been married at least 50 years.  At the head of the table were Pat & Don who have been married for 65 years!

Fun times at The Ranch!

More later...

Cards and Paint

This is a valentine's card that I really like...it's sooo simple! It's just red paper, embossed with a Cuttlebug folder, and a little metallic-like heart put on top of one of the hearts. It's for my great nephew. He's 21 and I think it's not too frilly for him! I've got about 12 valentines made - and I've got 11 to send - one left over for DH! Now I can get a start on next year's supply too.

We're getting several rooms in our house painted and our painter just left after Day 1. He worked in the living room today - it is a dark taupe - I LOVE IT! I can't wait for DH to see it! Tonight is our weekly church supper, so I've got my cookies packed and ready to go. I'm just waiting for DH to come home from work. If he's not here in just a few minutes, I'll go without him. I need my car anyway, because I stay after the supper and go to choir practice. There are about 7 of us who've been staying after supper to play dominos. It's lots of fun - several of us are pretty competitive!

I've been making cards today - sympathy cards. It seems like I can't have enough of them! I went to a funeral today and I've got another one tomorrow.

A Valentine's Card

This is one of the valentine cards we made at card club on Friday morning. The base is made with the Love Language folder from Cuttlebug, then a label from SU Sizzix die, then cuttlebug hearts. Pretty simple, yet very pretty, I think. I liked this folder so well that I had to order one! I can hardly wait to get it.

It snowed last night and this morning - the world is beautiful again. I like it when a blanket of white covers all the old dirty, gray snow and the brown grass. DH is outside now, blading the driveway! Actually, I think he's loading up the lawn tractor and blade and going to do several of our friends' driveways! He's such a good guy!

We went to church this morning and then had our annual congregational meeting following church. We had a wonderful sermon today - very Evangelical - all about getting us to see that we should be asking people who are non-believers to come to hear the good news of Christ's birth, death, and resurrection. The sermon was based on Jesus telling the disciples that He would make them fishers of men if they followed Him. This pastor even has us normally stoic and quiet Presbyterians saying Amen in church - hard to believe!!