Happy Valentines Day!


This weekend is Valentines Day.  I will be in Puerto Rico with my sister so I won't be celebrating the day with my sweetie-pie.    We never really do anyway, as we both feel it is just a holiday made up for the card companies (plus candy, flower and now jewelry companies!).  It's just a silly holiday.

In honor of silliness, I made this cartoon "valentine" for Terry.  Whether anyone else "gets it" doesn't really matter - he cracked up laughing!  And that was my intent!  It's been a running joke that I flap my arms like wings when I dance, and now I especially do when I try to entice him to dance with me.  He's never enjoyed or much chosen to dance, though when we do, it is close and very nice and he is a very good lead.  

Anyway, in honor of him, our 30 years together, all the men who "don't" dance and the women that "do".  Happy Valentines Day!

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