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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
Okay, so I have no boyfriend/manfriend/significant other, or love interest.

So I want to hear about everyone else's plans for Valentine's Day -- so I can sit here and sigh and wish and envy......

Let's hear it! What are you doing for your "special someone"?

Farmgirl
 

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Posted by dread pirate romany (Member # 6869) on :
 
Probably make him truffle brownies (just got a recipe) and cut them into heart shapes.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
We're dressing up (okay, he's just staying dressed up) and going out for dinner. Possibly without the baby, we don't know.

Mmmmm, Indian food.
 

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Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
 
I think I'll clean my basement.
 

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Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
 
Probably eating brownies and then cutting Lindsay into heart shapes.

after dinner of course
 

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Posted by TheHumanTarget (Member # 7129) on :
 
My wife is having a procedure done at Hopkins, the glow from the radioactive dye is very romantic.
 

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Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
 
or maybe we'll go see Hope For agoldensummer after dinner. choices choices
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 

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My wife is having a procedure done at Hopkins, the glow from the radioactive dye is very romantic.

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Sounds like she will need extra special treament after that....
 

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Posted by punwit (Member # 6388) on :
 
Oooh, thanks for the reminder, Farmgirl.
 

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Posted by TheHumanTarget (Member # 7129) on :
 
Yeah...maybe some chocolates or something
 

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Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
 
I have no clue, we haven't discussed having any plans.
 

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Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
 
I'll be celebrating Arizona Statehood day instead of that other holiday. That's right, on February 14th, 1912, Arizona became a state. Does anyone else want to join in the celebration?

The only thing that mars the festive mood, is that 1912 is the year the Titanic sank.
 

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Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
 
We're dropping the kid off with the grandparents and staying at the Portofino Hotel at Universal over the weekend. It's been quite a while since we did anything like this.
 

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Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
 
The first of three gifts for Eve arrived today. The rest should appear tomorrow.

No specific plans, although I'll likely cook something special.
 

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Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
 
Three gifts?!?

You newlyweds make the rest of look bad.
 

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Posted by TheHumanTarget (Member # 7129) on :
 
Dagonee, who's Eve? Lovely name. My daughter's middle name is Eve.
 

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Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
 
Eve's my wife. She posts (occasionally) as bunbun.
 

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Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
 
I've made my CD of cheesy romantic songs and will mail it in a card. My honey lives in Honolulu, so I won't get to see him until President's Day weekend... we wait for long weekends to see each other usually.
 

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Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
 

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The only thing that mars the festive mood, is that 1912 is the year the Titanic sank.

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That's like saying you can't celebrate your birthday because <insert tragedy here> happened in the same year!

That means practically everyone in the world can't celebrate their birthday!

I'm not doing anything special, except perhaps reading (reading weeeeeek!) and sleeping ( ). I keep mixing up Valentines Day and April Fools Day, which I think is particularly amusing.
 

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Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
 
In the morning we're doing pre-marital counseling and in the afternoon I have my final interview and oral examination with the board of ordained ministry. Assuming I survive, we'll probably go out for dinner afterwards.
 

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Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
 
For Valentine's Day you're having an oral examination?
 

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Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
 

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I have my final interview and oral examination with the board of ordained ministry

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I was confused for a minute; I was thinking of a dental exam by ministers.

I must be sleep-deprived again.
 

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Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
 
Dana, is that so you can be ordained?
 

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Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
 
Yep. The UMC has a multi-stage ordination process, and this is the last step. The culmination of nine years of candidacy. They get to pick over my videotaped sermon, lessons plans, spiritual autobiography, 50-page theolgy paper, pyschological evaluations, and anything else they'd like to bring up. And somebody decided to schedule it on Valentines Day.
 

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Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
 
9 years? Wow, that's a long time. I had assumed you were ordained.

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That's like saying you can't celebrate your birthday because <insert tragedy here> happened in the same year!

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For Valentine's Day you're having an oral examination?

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pyschological evaluations

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Doing anything special for Valentine's Day?

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Definite possibility that I'm going to court after all.

Every time everything is settled . . . it's not.
 

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Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
 
Not for me, kat. I got it.

ElJay, I figured she only needed to worry if fiancees had to be analyzed as well.
 

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Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
 
Dag, it depends. They have the option of a conditional recommendation, in which case I’d have to do additional work (for example, a 5-page reflection paper on some topic they didn’t think I’d covered well enough) but could still be ordained this year. Or they could recommend I continue probationary membership for another year, if there’s something they think I need to work on. But if they don’t choose one of those in-between options, then I find out that same afternoon.

Restrictions before ordination – I can’t be elected to General Conference, or vote for General Conference delegates. I can celebrate the sacraments only within the parish to which I am appointed. I’m required to meet six times a year with my mentor and six times a year with a supervised peer-group. I’m required to get three credits of continuing ed per year, (But that’s a requirement even after ordination). I think those are the big differences.

[ February 08, 2005, 04:42 PM: Message edited by: dkw ]
 

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Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
 
Re: the thread topic, not that I know of, but a week is a long time.
 

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Posted by punwit (Member # 6388) on :
 
Umm... I considered that you might have been posting a tongue-in-cheek question but, I wasn't sure. I just took the bait and implied that I was running.
 

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Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
 
I'm just teasing, punny.
 

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Posted by punwit (Member # 6388) on :
 
I always appreciate a set-up.
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
Do you have to be married to a Methodist to pass?

FG
 

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Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
 
Well I got my Valentine's Day present a bit early. It was a necklace I asked for for Christmas. He's a little slow but he gets there.

The reason why I got it early is because I do the finances, and the loveable moron got himself in a pack of trouble because he didn't *tell* me he was spending money from that account and as a result it suddenly became overdrawn. It isn't like we didn't have the money, I just would have juggled accounts differently had I known...

It's hard to get too mad at him though... it's an awfully pretty necklace.

AJ

[ February 08, 2005, 04:51 PM: Message edited by: BannaOj ]
 

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Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
 
Zan, go here and click on either “steps into ordained ministry” or “candidacy process” to see just how much formality it involves.

[ February 08, 2005, 04:52 PM: Message edited by: dkw ]
 

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Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
 
Just for general information, flowers that you buy during Valentine's day (or February for that matter) have been stockpiled for weeks and are nowhere near being fresh. In addition, the floral wholesalers take the opportunity of universal demand to jack up their prices, especially on roses. So, in effect, you're paying up to twice as much as you usually would for flowers that will stay fresh for a day or two if you're lucky.

If you must buy flowers, try to steer clear of roses. Lilies are just starting to come into availability, and are a classy alternative.
 

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Posted by Architraz Warden (Member # 4285) on :
 
I'll be mourning.

Feyd Baron, DoC
 

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Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
 
We're going to a really nice formal dinner at our church on Friday. They do this every year for married couples and it's always a lot of fun. One year a group of us wore our wedding dresses. That was a great year...

This year I'm wearing a very pretty black dress (I'm not sure if I can fit into my wedding dress after the lbs I put on last year while travelling...), getting my hair done right before, and have my after-dinner present for Ross all ready. I'm pretty sure he'll like it.

For the actual day, I think we'll do Valentines with our kids and watch a family movie together.
 

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Posted by xnera (Member # 187) on :
 
I'm having transferrence issues this year. It's rather annoying.
 

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Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
 
I have a physical therapy appointment.
 

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Posted by amira tharani (Member # 182) on :
 
We're going to Rob's parents' house on the South Coast for five days, including Valentine's Day, as it's half term and all that. So I'll probably take a break from lesson planning, we'll go for a walk if it's not raining and then we'll cook a meal for ourselves and his parents and make it something really special. We decided not to do gifts this year, but I'll get him a card and see if I can turn my brain to writing something sweet to go inside it.
 

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Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
 
I should have six more inhibitors purified by the end of the weekend and will be testing them out on Monday. Go drugs go!

No. Not those drugs. Or those.
 

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Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
 
Well, Dana, good luck! Hopefully you'll have good news to share Monday.
 

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Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
 
Feyd, you can join in the celebration of Arizona statehood day.
 

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Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
 
"If you must buy flowers..."

Now come on, Annie. That's not really an option, is it? The bouquet I ordered has carnations and lilies in it (if lilies are those big blooms with four petals). It's tall and elegant, good for the kitchen table.

I'll get another bouquet for our anniversary, and that one will be big on daisies. I always do something with daisies on our anniversary, no question. Hopefully those flowers will be fresher.
 

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Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
 
Thanks for the info, Dana. This will count as what I learned today.

And good luck.
 

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Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
 

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The bouquet I ordered has carnations and lilies in it (if lilies are those big blooms with four petals). It's tall and elegant, good for the kitchen table.

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Oh, good choice. Those are both quite long-lasting.
 

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Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
 
The weekend before I am planning on doing something with friends. I am planning on getting a really good bar of chocolate for myself for the actual day. I have to go to a rehearsal so I can't do anything that night. Maybe I will make out with the cute trumpet player in the instrument closet during break.
 

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Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
 
That's a good idea, Allegra.
 

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Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
 
I know, I just need to convince him of this.
 

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Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
 
Try this: repeat everything he says in a sultry voice and add the word "baby."

Him: I need to clean my spit valve.
You: I'll clean your spit valve, baby.
 

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Posted by amira tharani (Member # 182) on :
 
My second year at university I was single on Valentines and had an absolute blast. I went out for an early dinner with two male friends (one gay, one straight, both single) - we went to the sushi night at the local Japanese restaurant and laughed the whole time. Then I went back to college and bumped into another (female) friend of mine who was going to the cinema to see Shallow Hal with some of her other single friends and asked if I wanted to come along - which I did and had a great laugh. The projector died for about 10 minutes in the middle but didn't spoil the film at all.

As I found out when I got home, my ex didn't have quite such a good time (we were sharing a house at the time, not a good plan) - he'd spent most of the evening getting drunk and pining after various girls, so the evening didn't end as well as it began. It's still one of my most memorable nights at uni and one of the most fun.
 

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Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
 
In my increasing attempt to use as much British vocabulary as possible (I've just managed to master the use of bit), I think I shall start talking about my years at uni.
 

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Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
 
My freshman year of college my friend Jason and his harem (which consisted of me and three other girl friends) went to see Legends of the Fall for the sixth time in the theatre.

I think I've blocked out all the other Valentine's Days, including the ones from when I was dating someone.
 

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Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
 
Last year, one of my French professors got one of my human heart (à la Gray's Anatomy) valentine cards. She was really touched when I handed her the envelope. She said, "It's been years since someone gave me a valentine!"

I felt kind of guilty, but didn't have the heart to say anything until she opened it.
 

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Posted by dread pirate romany (Member # 6869) on :
 

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Definite possibility that I'm going to court after all.

Every time everything is settled . . . it's not.

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Try this: repeat everything he says in a sultry voice and add the word "baby."

Him: I need to clean my spit valve.
You: I'll clean your spit valve, baby.

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I don't think I could say it with a straight face.
 

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Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
 
February 14th is a Monday. During tax season's "peak".

Yep, I'll be working a 12+ hour shift that day.


 

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Posted by Uhleeuh (Member # 6803) on :
 
I'm going to try to ignore the fact that it's Valentine's Day. It was just my luck; the first year I'm not single for Valentine's Day and I still have to spend it alone. No phone call, no IMing, nothing. I don't even have single friends I could spend the day with. Yes, there will be much ignoring of the day.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
dpr, it's not the actual court-papers date. It's the show-up-and-tell-a-second-judge-what-you've-got pre-court-date date.

And it may get canceled if we (read: the lawyers) can resolve this tomorrow; if we're close (as is fairly likely), it will probably get delayed.

And I've never celebrated Valentine's -- but it's still ironic, and not in a good way.
 

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Posted by Avadaru (Member # 3026) on :
 

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Doing anything special for Valentine's Day?

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Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
 
Somebody's boyfriend is working late on Valentine's Day.

...but he's also taking me out to dinner the Saturday before.



[ February 08, 2005, 11:13 PM: Message edited by: Leonide ]
 

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Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
 
My sweetie is 3,000 miles away, so not much, really, except maybe an extra-long phone call that's a bit more sappy than usual.

On Feb. 15, though, I am going to celebrate Lupercalia and ritually sacrifice a goat.
 

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Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
 
In answer to the question - NO!
 

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Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
 
Good question.
 

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Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
 
I'll probably be doing homework and sleeping in. Fortunately, I ordered some chocolate when the chocolate website thread was on the first page, so I'm good on that front. Guess I'll celebrate AZ statehood too!
 

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Posted by Choobak (Member # 7083) on :
 
I'll get a diner conference with a french Grand Maître Internationnal of chess, The 58th player of the world : Laurent Fressinet.

No comment...

St Valentin for me is a day to be depressive when you are single.
And I am single.

So i prefer do not think this day is the day of lovers.
 

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Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
 
Every year, I write Mrs. R a love poem, and get her some flowers.
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
So those NOT doing Valentine's Day -- did you enjoy Mardi Gras instead? (we had King Cake and a party here -- for a co-worker who is a New Orleans native)


FG
 

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Posted by Choobak (Member # 7083) on :
 
I love Mardi gras I am a crèpe cooker !
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
Wow! A European who celebrates Mardi Gras! How cool is that!

FG
 

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Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
 
We have doughnuts every year for Mardi Gras. Lotsa them.
 

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Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
 
In Italy, Mardi Gras is called Carnivale.



Good times.
 

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Posted by urbanX (Member # 1450) on :
 
I'm pretty sure Mardi Gras or Carnival is celebrated any place with a large population of Catholics. So France, Spain Portugal, Italy and most of South American celebrate it.
 

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Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
 
I celebrated Mardi Gras. My church has a pancake supper so I went to that. Then I went to a small party. I am about to go to the Ash Wednesday service. I figure if you really celabrate Mardi Gras you should go should go to church the next day.
 

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Posted by Choobak (Member # 7083) on :
 
Mardi Gras is a french word

It is the Day before Carème for Catholics. Carème is the period of no food before Ash Sunday and Pâcques. And Before We must Eat a lot, why "Gras".
So European (in majority Catholic) celebrate it.

And In Louisian (Ex French territory), people celebrate it too.
 

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Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
 
Am I doing anything special for Valentine's Day? Let's see . . . when is it, Monday? Well, in the morning I'm going to get up and go to work. Then in the evening I'll come home, watch "Good Eats", and probably have dinner of some kind. Then maybe I'll read for a bit, or play Civ III. Then I'll go to bed.

Yep, my day will be just packed.
 

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Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
 
Going to work. No big plans. Tuesday we’ll have our Valentine Hash House Harrier Run. So that’ll be about the extent of it for my Valentines Day. Maybe I should slip the Shop and Save deli girl a card….
 

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Posted by Avadaru (Member # 3026) on :
 
I slept through most of Mardi Gras. I really was going to go to New Orleans, but.....somehow sleep won out.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Update: I am no longer doing anything special on Valentine's! Yay!
 

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Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
 
Yay!
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Yeah. Hooray for continuances, and HOORAY for likely not needing the new dates.

Good lawyers are worth their weight in platinum.
 

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Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
 
And platinum, of course, is shiny.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
*giggle* Indeed. And I posted my assessment before I saw the other thread.
 

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Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
 
Hm. Perhaps I'll read some Politics and History...

The last time I got Valentines from people other than the all-class ones that people give out nowadays was in England when I was eight.

Shawn I remember clearly reciving Valentines from, I'm not sure about Ian and Chris .

I was prococious, back then .

So, I still am, because I looked them up. It's quite surreal:

Ian's Band

I last saw Ian when I was seven. He moved to Germany shortly before I moved to Canada.

[ February 09, 2005, 11:07 PM: Message edited by: Teshi ]
 

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Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
 
We'll probably celebrate Valentine's Day next weekend by going out to dinner. But Mr. Opera did bring me a pretty pink tulip yesterday and cotton candy today as part of his annual countdown to Valentine's Day ritual.

I'm making him a card which requires a bit of explanation. Mr. Opera calls our Home Depot the "Home Depot in the Sky" because it sits way up on a high above town. So, I'm giving him a HD gift card (how romantic, but he'll love it) in a homemade card that says, "Nothing says love like Home Depot in the Sky."

space opera
 

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Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
 
Teshi, you should post something on their message board... like: Ian, was just thinking about you and wanted to say hello, from your kindergarten valentine.



It would be funny!
 

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Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
 
I'm so tempted.

But I'm not sure he would remember me well; after he moved I wrote him one or two letter that my mother still teases me about.

It's also just a little stalkerish, no?
 

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Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
 
Well, yeah. Go and be reasonable about it why don't you?
 

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Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
 
Is it just me or do single people hate Valentine's Day far more than together people like it?
 

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Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
 

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Well, yeah. Go and be reasonable about it why don't you?

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It's one of my flaws! I always think every one is deadly serious and I always consider things literally!


 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
OOooooOOOOh, like on Profiler when Jack was stalking her and told her about her Sunday School class when she was little...
 

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