“I am grateful to be able to make my love a lovely Valentine’s Day breakfast of orange-cranberry scones, coffee, pog, hashbrowns, bacon eggs and English muffin.” (Heather Houston 2-14-26)
“I am thankful to have the time to sit and enjoy watching the Olympics with my husband.” Heather Houston 2-14-26)
“I appreciate the champagne suggestion at Total Wine. We enjoyed a pink champagne for cocktail hour.” 🍾🥂 (Heather Houston 2-14-26)
“I am blessed that my chef husband created a Malawi Mango chicken dish for dinner with porridge that was so delicious.” (Heather Houston 2-14-26)
“I am grateful to have a husband who loves me and loves the love I give.” ❤️ (Heather Houston 2-14-26)
I am thankful I have a love in my life to call my Valentine!💟 (Heather Houston 2-14-22)
I am grateful to have the extra income to afford to buy my Valentine a dozen red roses.🌹 (Heather Houston 2-14-22)
I appreciate that their was a sale on fillets at the market, buy one get one free, so I could create the possibility of a fun Valentines Day dinner for my loving partner. (Heather Houston 2-14-22)
I am blessed to have a partner who enjoys cooking as part of his creative expression as I needed his help to pull off yummy fillets for our Valentine’s dinner. Thank you honey!!! (Heather Houston 2-14-22)
I am grateful that our favorite wine was in stock so we could enjoy it with our scrumptious dinner. It is so good, the wine will make you swear like a sailor. Really, it is that good!🍷 (Heather Houston 2-14-22)
#29 The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde (Georgie Fame) 👍🏼
Lyrics: Bonnie and Clyde were pretty lookin’ people But I can tell you people, they were the devil’s children Bonnie and Clyde began their evil doin’ One lazy afternoon down Savannah way They went and robbed a store, and high-tailed outa that town Got clean away in a stolen car And waited till the heat died down Bonnie and Clyde advanced their reputation And made the graduation into the banking business “Reach for the sky”, talking Clyde would holler As Bonnie loaded dollars in the dewlap bag Now one brave man-he tried to take ’em alone They left him lying in a pool of blood And laughed about it all the way home Bonnie and Clyde got to be public enemy number one Running and hiding from every American lawman’s gun They used to laugh about dying But deep inside ’em they knew That pretty soon they’d be lying Beneath the ground together Pushing up daisies to welcome the sun and the morning dew Acting upon reliable information A federal deputation laid a deadly ambush When Bonnie and Clyde came walking in the sunshine A half a dozen carbines opened up on them Bonnie and Clyde, they lived a lot together And finally together they died
“Where there is great love there are always miracles.”
Willa Cather (American Writer; December 12th, 1873 ~April 24th, 1947)
“Once we were going to set the world on fire. Remember? Today we all have our share of ashes, along with the memory of a few bright sparks, to show for our efforts. Ove the years we’ve buried many a precious dream under layers of soot and rubble. Layers of naivete, good intentions, relinquishment, bitter failures, detours, disappointments, rejections, wrong choices, bad timing, bungled efforts, stupid mistakes, unforseen circumstances, whims of fate and missed opportunities. It’s no wonder that we’ll need courage to retrace our steps.”
“…courage is the price that Life extracts for granting peace.”
Amelia MaryEarhart (American Aviation Pioneer and Author; July 24th, 1897 ~ Disappeared July 2nd, 1937 ~ Declared Dead January 5th, 1939)
“A wise woman once advised me not to be a ‘would-be-if-I-could-be or a could-be-if-I-would-be. Just be.’ And while I have learned that dreams need doing as much as they need being, I have learned that the being always come first.”
“Today is a day for being. Be with those you love, be kind to yourself. Be quiet and call forth the dream you buried long ago. The ember is still glowing in your soul. See it in your mind, hold it tenderly in your heart.”
“The dream was always running ahead of one…TO catch up, to live for a moment in union with it, that was the miracle.”
Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell (French-Cuban-American Diarist, Essayist, Novelist and Writer of Short Stories and Erotica; February 21st, 1903, 1911 ~ January 14th, 1977)
Relax on Tikehau Island Beach, Tikehau Island, French Polynesia
Wine Taste in Walla Walla
“Before my story began…” (Heather Houston 2-14-22)
1972 Me…at my Aunt Carrie’s Baby Shower
“Today felt like my first Valentines Day ever. I actually am spending a Valentines with someone I love and who loves me back…just the way I am. He is my one and only Valentine and I feel like the luckiest woman on earth. I bought him a dozen red roses, our favorite bottle of wine and dinner (pesto linguine and fillets) for us to cook to create a delicious meal. FABULOUS!”💗 (Heather Houston 2-14-22)
“Today I reclaimed Valentines Day for myself. Not interested in the commercial hype. Quite simply I am pampering and lavishing my husband with love. Being with him in a day to celebrate our passion for one another.” ❤️❤️❤️ (Heather Houston 2-14-26)
–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 48-49 of 501.
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