This Valentine’s I thought it would be fun to spread the
love out. So after thinking of some
ideas I decided I would do 14 days of Valentine’s for Matt! I made a list of different “gifts” I could do
for Matt and assigned each gift a day.
These weren’t gifts that I went out and bought (some were,
but not all). Most of these were little
favors that I would do to make his day a little easier and show him that he is
loved. What fun this was! It was a surprise each day to him, he didn’t
know what his ‘one thing’ would be that day.
In fact, he didn’t put two and two together until day 7! Haha!
That boy!
I love surprising him and doing little things that make him
happy and smile. That just makes it so
worth it… especially when some of these were a bit of a pain. I can tell you I got a thank you 14 days in a
row and a smile each day. I’d say it was
a success!
Day 1: Fountain Mountain Dew & Beef sticks from butcher
shop. This one blew him away!! I can’t even TELL you when the last time I
was in a gas station. I despise them, I
think they are totally disgusting and typically stay as far away from them as I
can. You should have seen his face when
I brought him a pop from a Gas Station…. His face… totally shocked. His face wasn’t even that shocked when I told
him I was pregnant with either girls!
(LOL, I have a better chance of being pregnant than going to a gas
station!!)
Day 2: Made him a nice breakfast & lunch. He is our breakfast chef and today he got to
relax while I had the kitchen duties covered!
(It didn’t turn out as well as his does, he is just that good!)
Day 3: Took the trash out and to the road. Typically I get all the trash out of the house
so it’s waiting for him to put in the dumpster and take to the end of the
drive. Today, on this yucky snowy day, I
shoveled my way to the end of the drive, shoveled a spot for the dumpster to
sit, and even shoveled the drive :0)
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| Table for two!! (FYI, my candle's were uneven... so I had one going for awhile!) |
Day 4: Date night at home!
Okay this one almost came to a screeching halt. I had a friend pick the girls up just before
5 and take them to her house for the night, so when Matt got home they would be
gone. There was a beautiful looking
pork/beef roast in the crockpot, potatoes were made, beans were waiting… then I
got the call that he was still at work and would be working til 7-7:30. Yikes!
I have to pick the girls up by 7:30 because Madison goes to bed between
then and 8. Oh boy. I said ‘Not sure that’s going to work… see if
you can get out sooner, girls are gone, surprise! Date night at home, I have a great dinner
already made and waiting!’ Go figure
right!?!? Turned out great. I got some time ALONE!!! I jammed to some music and Matt came home an
hour or so later.
Day 5: Back Massage!
Almost 40 mins… my thumbs hurt!
Haha!
Day6: Treated to an
Ice Cream Sundae with chocolate sauce, sprinkles, peanuts & cool whip!
Day7: Made a special lunch for him to take to work.
Day 8: Helped him take down all his tree stands on his
hunting properties! Whew, what a task
that was!! Walking thru snow that was
above my knees and hauling these big tree stands. It was in the teens but we were sweating!
Day 9: Cleaned out the coffee pot and got it loaded and
ready for today’s coffee!
Day 10: Pedicure! Yup
I said pedicure! After the girls went to
bed, I filled our bubbling water bath with nice hot water and let those giant
feet soak! Then I continued on with the
pedicure and did it all but painted the boys nails ;-) He was almost asleep by time I was done. Guess that was relaxing!!
Day 11: Valentine’s Day cookies! The girls and I made Matthew some sugar
cookies that maybe didn’t turn out so good.
Ha. But boy did we have fun
making them! Miss Madison was really
impressed with everything her big sister got to do!
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| Playing! Who get's the measuring cup!?!? |
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| Ok, Makenzie's done playing... back off Miss Madi! |
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| This just makes me laugh! My little chefs!! |
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| They looked great!! Then they baked and um... yeah, didn't go so well! |
Day 12: Set his clothes out for the morning in the bathroom,
packed his lunch & breakfast, poured his coffee into his coffee mug and
went out and started the car for him!
Haha, he made me laugh SO HARD.
He goes to his coffee… grunts… holds his coffee in front of him at eye
level and says “What the?”. He was
wondering why there was only a little bit of coffee left in the pot. Well, I had already poured it and it was
waiting in his mug for him!! Haha!
Day 13: Cinnamon Rolls!
The kind that take ALL day to make.
Rising, kneading, rising, baking!
Perfect sweet for my sweetie’s breakfast!
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| Rolling up the cinnamon roll! |
Day 14: Happy Valentine’s Day! We didn’t really do anything out of the
ordinary. He did surprise me with a gift
certificate for a pedicure :-D And my
one thing for him was ear buds, so he could listen to music at work on his
computer.
Seriously, this was fun!!
My plans got screwed up just a few times where I had to improvise and
switch days, but overall I sure had fun doing it. He does SO much for us and has been SO busy
between work and plowing I was happy to give him 14 days of something nice
being done for him.
After doing this I think that it would be fun to do
sporadically throughout the year! Anyone
with me?! Maybe for an
anniversary?? Birthday?? Or why not just because!! I challenge you to find someone to do this to
this year!
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