What a sweetie, my husband had these delivered to me this afternoon. I was teasing him last night because I was in IMs with a friend and asked her what she thought the chances were that he bought me flowers (I am thinking $4.99 grocery store flowers), and she said “None, he is a man”. I teased him a little bit and that was that.

Well this afternoon my door bell rang. I almost did not answer it because I thought it was a solicitor, but I did and saw the prettiest flowers. For a moment I thought it was from a friend, but the card proved otherwise.

Apparently he said he tried to order them yesterday, but they were closed, so he did it bright and early in this morning. I knew he sounded funny when I called him at 11:00 am!

If you are looking for a neat place to learn how a startup dot com business is built from the ground up, visit the reality show style videos at RockStartup.com where you can watch funny, fascinating videos about the company Pay Per Post, it’s founder, Ted Murphy, and his amazing staff.

My favorite videos are probably the Vegas Episodes; specifically Julie’s Wedding, just because I love Julie & Michael. In episode four you see Veronique & Britt scheming about the idea of a Postie Wedding, and then you get to fast forward to them in Vegas and you get to see Julie trying on dresses. I absolutely LOVE the woman who fits them; she turns to Michael and tells him “I am going to have you out of those pants so fast!” LOL

The actual wedding takes place in Episode five (don’t get confused by the Holiday Special slipped in between the two), and I always cry at weddings, even videos of weddings.

I love this video so much because it shows raw human emotion and I love how well Pay Per Post takes care of Julie, making sure she has a beautiful ceremony and is well taken care of. And what is a Vegas wedding without Elvis?? When Julie kisses her sons before joining Michael at the front, I started tearing up. I love a good love story.

After they are wed, Ted makes sure they have a little startup money of their own and he gives the newlyweds $1,000 in cash. I sure with *I* had gotten cash at my wedding; but I got Bobby, my husband of almost 10 years, who is priceless and the best gift of all, so I cannot complain.Anyways, I have gone off on a tangent, make sure you check out all 12 episodes at RockStartup.com!

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JustSayHi.com is a 100% free online dating website, with all the online features of the other paid websites. No credit card is required, but I am sure they would appreciate a little word of mouth referrals to your friends and family.

Like a lot of other websites, on Just Say Hi you can search by gender, sexuality, age range, and distance from a specific zip code. You can also read bios, which include a picture, their physical description, profession, interests, and lifestyle choices.

I found the lifestyle choice questions were great, things you want to know like if they have been married before, if they have children, if they want children, if they are a drinker, a smoker and what religious preference. I feel those questions there tell a lot about a person. When I was dating Bobby if he said he never wanted children, that would have been a deal breaker for me. However I know people who are looking for a partner who does not want children, because they chose to live childfree by choice.

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I have never been one for Valentines Day; I think it is a made up holiday to celebrate commercialism. I usually swear off all gifts, but this year DH was moved to get me something, either spur of the moment or planned… whatever the case may be, I think it was super sweet on the part of all my boys.

I had been getting sick on the 13th, and had laid down for a nap when Bobby got home from work. The older boys needed cards for their classroom the next day so he loaded up all three boys and headed to the store. He ended up getting fixings for dinner and he got me a teddy bear (from Matthew), a rose (from Christopher), chocolates (from Austin), and a beautiful lily plant from Bobby (pictured to the left, click to enlarge) and a balloon. When I came downstairs they had already made dinner and had arranged my gifts for me.

Of course, then I felt bad about not getting anything for Bobby, but he insists it is “my day” not his. He knows I hate Valentines Day so I know he did not expect anything. I have always loved how Bobby is romantic all year long and not just one day a year, so usually for Valentines Day I ask for time together. We joke that last year we went to the gun store for V-Day, but I loved it! I love just hanging out with him, spending time with him, commercialism aside. So thank you to all my men (big and little), for making this Valentines Day special… I love you all.

….and the marriage.

Lately Bobby and I have been trying to make a habit of date night. You can read all about last night’s date night on my other blog, but we have been trying to do dinner and a show of some sort. This really helps us connect as a couple; we have really needed this time together, especially since we have not really had alone time since Matthew was born.

Date night is important for couples with children because they often get caught up with work, children, and the daily routines that do not involve connecting as a couple. When you make time for each other and spend one on one time together, without the kids you can get that time back together and insure that you don’t grow apart. If we had a babysitter, I would like to have one night each week; but instead we try to do a date night at home when we can’t go out.

Do a Google search for “importance of date night” and you will find great ideas of things to do, why date night is important, and other ways for couples to reconnect.