Happy Valentine's Day

A happy Valentine's Day to all my friends.

I especially want to wish a happy Valentine's day to my sister-of-choice Naomi, to Callie and Marty, to my lovely daughters Kat and Emmy, and of course to my oldest and dearest Valentine, Colleen. Today marks our 35th (or maybe 36th) Valentine's Day since we became a couple, and I'm more in love now than ever before.

Here's wishing you all love and happiness in the coming year. It's also Chinese New Year, so wishes for health and prosperity are also in order.

Done yesterday (20100213 Sa)

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A very good day. From a little clutter reduction in the morning, to ordering a new netbook for Colleen, to the YD's impressively gorgeous "zed cards", to a st/roll twice around the Rose Garden with Colleen, to making a tasty dinner of chicken piccata and kasha. And ending with a last-minute shopping run, originally just for supplies at Walgreen's. But W. had closed half an hour before, so I ended up at Safeway and impulse-bought a bunch of flowers for Colleen. Go Me! She was surprised and delighted, which delighted me as well.

Sometimes, on the bad days, it's hard to remember that I can have good ones. This was a timely reminder.

Thankful, um...

No, I didn't forget Thankful Thursday; I just... um... anyway:

• Special thanks to whoever sent me the virtual Big Bear Hug. Whoever you are, a very happy Valentine's Day to you. Dare I say "I love you"?
• Big thanks, as well, to my dearest Valentine, Colleen. For everything.
• Thanks to my Wolfling, and especially to her employer!
• Thanks to my lovely Younger Daughter, and to JRP and the photographer who did her first photo shoot as an aspiring model.
• Thanks and the best of Valentine's Day wishes to my sister-of-choice Naomi, my sister-in-law-of-choice Callie, and my sister-of-choice-in-law Marty.
• And thanks to whatever marketing genius at Dell decreed that the only netbook they'd sell with 2GB of RAM would be the one running Ubuntu. It makes things so much simpler. And the other genius who decided that purple was an appropriate color. I love you both.