big big love to the sweet friends that make me spit coffee all over the monitor
laughing every time i come online, and the ones that make me think harder
and deeper than i might have without your provocative brilliance.

I hope that whether you believe in this 'holiday' or not, you have a good one...

I choose to enjoy it. I think it's cute... I don't think it means that you don't have to
show love *every* day, but hey, why not take any excuse to immerse yourself
in it whenever you can?

I've given and received a couple of pretty cute valentines, but one of my favorites is
still one that i got last year from a brilliant little 4yr old... it was a square...ish sort of
piece of paper with three attempts to spell my name on one side~
NiC
nicL
niCoLE
and a heart...ish sort of shape drawn on the other. it's still on my fridge.


when i was a kid, my mom would hand us a book of construction paper and a stack
of paper doilies on the 10th and say 'here are your class lists. 25 each. go nuts.'