I am so not a valentines kinda gal. Ive never been about flashy gifts, I have always wanted a ring. But fact is I probably wouldn't wear it if I had it. Im a simple person, I don't do flashy. I dont wear one single piece of jewelry, I did have a St. Christopher that my mother gave me, and I loved that thing, mostly because she gave it to me. It was one of those rare mother daughter moments where I felt like we connected and she understood me. She rarely understands me. But I rarely understand her too so that special little moment meant something, and the st. christopher was a symbol of that. Turns out, as my luck would have it that the only material thing I tried to for an attachment to.. I ended up being allergic too and cant touch. I have it on a nail near me and I can look at it, and be near it. But I hadn't better touch it. But anyway... Ive lost track of what I was trying to talk about haven't I?

This is a good link i want to try this.. 

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Sentiment is a beautiful thing. It is a lost thing now-a-days. Its so easy to go buy a gift card, give cash, let them buy their own gift. The sentiment is gone in all the giving holidays, and I dont really get it anyway. I participate, but I shake my head all the while. What are we REALLY doing?

Im gonna go out here and buy you a thing, and you go out here and you buy me a thing, and we will swap these things, and ill hope you like your new thing, and you will hope I like my new thing, but chances are we wont. Because its just things. Next year Ill regift this years new thing to another person and save a little cash, and they will not like it any more than I liked it, and The cycle will repeat itself, until quite possibly you end up with your own gift regifted to you several years down the line, and I wonder if you like it? I mean originally you did pick it out.

It makes as much sense to me as if, you give me 20 dollars and ill give you 20 dollars, and well... we both end up where we started. Why do we do this?

Im crazy though.. Just ask my husband..

The best gifts I ever got were from my grandmother.. One christmas she gave me coffee a big can. Now I know that doesn't sound like much, and it wasn't expensive and flashy. But it made me cry. She knew me. She knew what I liked, she had paid attention to me enough to know that coffee would be the perfect gift for me. I felt like it was a gift that truely spoke of our relationship. It was a gift I used.. One valentines day my hubby did just as great a job. He brought me Coffee, reese's cups, and slim jims. My three favorite things in the world. It wasnt a costy gift. But it spoke of our relationship. My hubby is a non coffee drinker, but he had paid enough attention to me that he knew what brand I drank and he aced it. He knew that I loved reeses and slim jims even though I rarely bought them for myself because they werent the least bit healthy and he indulged me. He knew me. I cried that time too.. 

The world would be a better place if more people gave like my hubby and my grandma... If more people gave from the heart, instead of the wallet life would be sweet. 

For those who need the hoopla, and the tadoo, of it all.. here is a fine link for you to enjoy... Happy VD to you all.. HAHA i laugh when I say VD which you think means valentines day.. But maybe a little bit it also means venireal disease day. Cuz I bet more VD's are spread on valentines day than any other day of the year.. Peace out homies..... 

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