Back to Normal...

Well, as normal as life can be at the Lott house. I am never a very normal person. Dwayne is back home safe and sound. Dora was very glad to see her dad Thursday morning. I got to go to the school yesterday to see my son place 2nd in his division in the science fair. How great is that, he gets a ribbon on top of getting to blow things up? That should be every boy's dream.

I hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day yesterday. Dwayne and I never do much for Valentine's day, just because our anniverisary is just 2 weeks after and really...who has that kind of money. I must say I can still remember my very first Valentine's day with Dwayne (20 years ago). Let's see...we would have been dating for about 5 months and this would be the first time I had an actual serious boyfriend on Valentine's day. Now, this is every girl's dream to have a boyfriend give her some wonderful gift. I pictured flowers, box of chocolates....I am not sure what all else I was expecting. (I was young and hopeful) As I look back now, he really did a great job, but at the time, I was disappointed. He gave me 3 roses and a box with jewelry in it. Sounds wonderful, huh? OK...they were 3 SILK roses, not real, silk...that was not what I had in my mind. I will say this though, I do still have those roses, which I would not have if they had been real. Then you ask...What about the jewelry, that had to be good, right? Ok...they were plastic jewelry...a pale pink plastic earrings, necklace and braclet. They have long been gone, but you know what he did great? The box that the jewelry in was a sturdy gift box with a bow on it and I STILL have that box. It might take me a little while to find it, but it is still around here. I think he figured out early on that I liked little things like special boxes, jars and stuff like that. In fact while he was on his business trip and was eating breakfast out, he got a cute little jar of syrup with his food and he saved it for me and brought it home...just because he knew I would like it. The guys he was with were just impressed that he thought to do that....lol. So, anyways from silk roses, plastic jewelry in a gift box to simple clear little glass jar...that is what 20 years has done to our Valentine's days....and I am good with that...lol.

Ok, I do have to add that he left me a wonderful love note on my pillow when I got home from the youth retreat, but was it really because of Valentine's Day?