Our Valentine's Weekend.....

 Louis Dean's short term memory is next to nothing so I was very surprised when he greeted me on Saturday morning with a homemade Valentine's card...

I said, "You remembered!"

He said, "It was hard to miss since it's all over Facebook!"

This year's Valentines plus the previous two....

We don't get out much any more and that is true....

and it's also true that Louis Dean is extremely creative!

How blessed am I to be married to such a romantic man?

He makes me so happy even when he makes me crazy!

He is my one true love and I am his second true love.

I am looking forward to meeting his beloved Ellen in heaven because I have come to love and admire her as I have learned so much about the great love she had for Louis Dean and the love he had...and has....for her.

My son and his wife celebrated their first anniversary on Valentine's Day....

And to top it all off - it was my brother Buster's birthday!!!

We talked on the phone that evening and I am so grateful for the memories we have made together and looking forward to the ones we will make in the future.

Louis Dean and I enjoy our mornings on the kitchen deck.

I do my devotionals and we do our out loud readings....

Amber gifted her dad with this book about historical heros!

He totally LOVED Ella Fitzgerald!

As I played the songs referenced on YouTube, he squealed like a little kid in delight!

I played all the songs mentioned in the chapter and he loved them all!

We love our birds and Louis Dean keeps the feeders full.

Except he hung a different one from that the birds loved.....it was a home repaired one with blue duct tape and they absolutely refused to go to it!

I finally convinced him to replace that one with the original one they love.

And just like that - the birds were back!!

Ilene joined us for a movie on Sunday night.

I made a charcuterie board and a fancy cocktail of strawberry wine and sparkling water.

This was our movie and it was wonderful!

I fun movie in spite of the sad parts.

We laughed and sang along and loved that this film was based on a true story.

Brenda and Billy took us to Branson a few years ago and we watched a great Neil Diamond Tribute.

We loved it!!

And I had Alexa play Neil Diamond music all day today!

Louis Dean needs a project and I keep a list of them up my sleeve.

He had fixated on the bird feeders and he really meeded to leave tham alone.

So I gave him some peat pots and garden soil and seeds.

He had a new project that kept him focused for several hours.

I'm loving the comfy sheets from my Tuesday Treasures a few weeks ago.

Normally, I would still be using our flannel sheet sets, but the weather is warmer than usual and I decided to change out to these.

All our plumbing is working and we have cold and hot water in the kitchen and bathrooms.

Life is slowly getting back to normal - whatever that is!

I'm still taking Christmas down but by keeping our outings and not entertaining has allowed me to proceed at a leisurely pace.

I have been struggling with stomach issues since Christmas and have been miserable.

I continue to struggle even now....

It appears that stress is a cause of just about everything!

I am weary and trying my very best to relax and give my burdens to the Lord.

Funny how one can be so severely stressed and not even realize it....

but it is happening to me.