Valentine's Day Blues

When Livi and I went to Utah my niece Evie was sick. Livi ended up getting sick right before we came home. As soon as we got back I took her to the doctor and he told me there isn't much he can do. He prescribed a decongestant and pretty much said to wait it out and make sure it doesn't get worse. Well, the next day I was sick and then on Saturday Phil was sick. So our valentines was pretty lame. We had such high hopes this year. We were going to go all out because we never do. We always end up staying home and me making a nice dinner...which I love doing so it works out great.  I don't think it matters how much money we have, Phil and I will never be big spenders. Don't ask me why we have such an aversion to it. I'm just glad we have that in common. Because if he was constantly going out and buying things, I would go crazy and vice versa. 

Anyway, this year I did not want to cook. I wanted to go out on the town. We had a babysitter all lined up, and then....sickness struck.  But it all worked out in the end. We ordered in and watched a movie and had a fabulous time just being together. Valentines day isn't that big of deal to me because every day feels like Valentines Day! Ok, I'm kidding...almost every day. 

I just have to tell about the card I bought for Phil. Normally, I just write him a nice note or something (again, I'm cheap/frugal) But I was in the pharmacy waiting for Livi's prescription and I was reading the cards and came across one that was so perfect for Phil I just had to get it. First, it's important to know that Phil is big on speaking grammatically correct. Something I strive to do since marrying him since I don't like being corrected.  One of his big pet peeves is ending a sentence in a preposition, i.e. "Where is the meeting at?" He would say, "Where is the meeting?"  So I came across this card that has two women eating lunch and one says, "Who are you spending Valentines Day with?" The other woman replies, "Don't end a sentence in a preposition." You open the card and the first woman says, "Who are you spending Valentines Day with, B@#$*?"  I laughed out loud! I normally hate swear words, but I felt this called for an exception.  Phil got a big kick out of it as well, so it was well worth the $2.50.

Trip to Utah!

Olivia and I went to Utah last week for Maddie's homecoming and we had a swell time. While we were there I got to go to dinner with a few friends from high school. It was so good to see everyone. I hadn't seen them in years, so it was fun to catch up.

Maddie looked great and had such a great mission. I felt so bad for her.  Coming home from a mission is NOT fun. You're so excited to see your family and friends, and then as soon as you see everyone you're ready to go back. She had a hard time holding back the tears a few times. But I thought she did a great job. I remember when I first got home, everyone wanted me to watch Mean Girls and a few minutes into it I started crying and asked them to turn it off. It was just too much world to handle. 

It was good to see everyone, but it was strange. Every time I go to Utah I feel less and less like it's my home. It was so nice coming back to Texas. Don't get me wrong, I still love Utah and obviously love seeing my family. I just feel like Texas is my home now...which it is:)