13 days to go....

Today is the 1st day of Feb., which means, 13 more days until my favorite holiday. Yes, unlike most people in this world, Valentines Day is my favorite holiday instead of Christmas. Shocking. Actually Christmas would rank 3rd. I love Christmas and what that holiday represents. But sometimes I just get caught up in the "wrong part", the gifts and stockings etc. My 2nd fav. holiday is Thanksgiving. Explanation time: Valentines Day is my favorite. I just love the whole idea of a day devoted to your loved ones. In this world, , we need a time to be all mushy, and lovey and ooey gooey. I know I am a romantic. And I know that plays in too it. But what other time can I kiss and love on my kids all day and I can say, " sorry guys, it's Valentines Day this is what you are supposed to do". And get away with it. But not only the kids, but with Ben. The love of my life. The divorce rate in this country is so high,and people don't seem to care about the sanctity of their marriage. It makes me ill. I know that the majority of the time, I take my wonderful marriage for granted, so why not have a whole day to let him know how much I love him?! So there it is. I love Valentines and will be counting down. I am going to go to Target and see if I can find some cute little Valentine decoration for the house.