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It's been a while but here's the lowdown on our Valentine's Day...finally.

Here's a picture of our "fiestive" Valentine's Day breakfast.


Yes, those really are heart-shaped fried eggs. And the toast really does say I Love You. Ever seen a toast stamp? I specially ordered one for Valentine's Day. And I thought Easton might think it was cute when he gets old enough to read. Or he might just think his mama's a big ole nerd but that's OK too. At leat he'll know I care about him enough to make him stamped toast. haha :)


The mug I made and personalized for Jason.


The inside of the mug had a cool, hypnotic pattern on it so I decided to be funny and write on the inside "Yes dear. OK honey. Whatever you want." hehe. Can't blame a girl for trying, right? Excuse the messy handwriting. It is HARD to write on the inside of a mug!!!


And here's a cute picture of one of my sweeties in his Valentine's Day outfit.


And another of him in a different outfit making a funny face. :) What a cutie!


We had a nice Valentine's Day. After breakfast, Jason went to work and mommy and Easton got busy making daddy a card for Valentine's Day. He had fun when I painted his feet w/the red paint. He moved his toes around like "Hey, mom. That tickles!" It was pretty cute. And surprisingly enough we got the footprints on the first try and didn't even get paint everywhere. An amazing feat because my eyes were still VERY dilated from those drops. Oh yeah. About that...ONE DROP of those eyedrops lasted for four and a half days! I called the dr to see if this was supposed to happen and he said yes but if it interferred with my daily activities I could cut it down to only using it once a week. That's good, but having dilated eyes for 4 and half days?! YUCK!

Anyway, here's the front of the card.


And here's the inside. Pretty simple since I was having trouble seeing AND I didn't really plan on making this card so just had to use the supplies I had on hand.


After Jason came home from work, we had Tuscan meatballs with spaghetti, bruschetta, and for dessert we had a chocolate cream cheese pie. It was great. Jason got me a card, some champagne and chocolates and a really pretty frame that says LOVE. We had a really nice night.

P.S. Anybody know what kind of adhesive to use on vellum that won't show through? The glue I had said it dried clear but it sure did not! The only other thing I have is the little adhesive squares but they are white and would DEFINATELY show through. Any ideas? Jenni, I bet you know. :)

Before I start, let me just say that there is a HUGE possiblity there will be typos in this next post...I'm having a lot of trouble seeing and for some reason blogger's spell check won't work. I had an eye appt on Monday. Just a check up but I knew my eyes were getting bad again. I didn't have too much problem w/the uveitis when I was pregnant w/Easton. Maybe God decided to give me a break for a while and for that I am VERY grateful! :) But while I was still in the hospital recovering, the blurriness came back. WEIRD! The retina specialist I am seeing (Dr. Wehner. Pronounced WAY-ner) started me on steroid eye drops 6-8 times a day and also gave me a prescription for a new kind of drops too. I've been on the steroids before. (Wow, THAT sounds weird to write.) They kind of burn when you put them in. Not like getting shampoo in your eye burns but maybe a little like chopping onions burns your eyes. Anyway, I've neglected to do this as often as I should in the past because it is ridiculously hard to keep your eye open to put eye drops in when you know it is going to burn. I'm doing much better with the drops this time though. The new prescription he gave me is awful! I use it 2 times a week at bedtime and I am so happy it is not more often. This new eye drop dilates my eyes and leaves me looking like I'm on drugs. I'm talking about seriously freaky looking eyes and blurred vision like you cannot imagine. Well, maybe you can imagine. You've probably had your eyes dilated at the eye doctor before. But these are super duper magic-dilating drops. I put them in at 10:30 Tuesday night and my eyes are STILL not back to normal! 38 hours and counting. This is awful! And did you know that using the computer when your eyes are dilated makes for a crazy, possibly seizure-inducing flashing computer screen? It is no fun.

I told myself that I'd use these drops on Tuesdays and Thursdays to help me remember to use them. That means from Tuesday to probably Saturday some time I'll have dilated eyes and won't be able to see much. Well I can see but I can't be on the computer, read, watch TV or anything that requires me to wear my glasses. What's left? I can cook. Boy have I been cooking a lot these last few days. :)

And during the eye exam, Dr. Wehner told me I have the beginnings of a very small cataract on my right eye. WHAT?!! How many people do you know who have cataracts before they're 30?! He said not to worry because it is tiny and won't need attention for a very long time but holy crap that scares me! I'm making sure to take my eye drops this time because the alternate treatment is a shot in my eye. Yes, you read that right. A SHOT. IN. MY. EYE! Lord, please do not let me have to have that again!! I've done it once and it was terrible! They had to give me a Valium to calm me down enough so that I could go through with it. GROSS!!!!

Glad I didn't have to go to work and try to focus on anything today. But enough about weird eye stuff. Let's talk about Valentine's Day. This morning I got up and made Jason breakfast for Valentine's Day. I took pictures and everything because it was truly a "fiestive" breakfast. (For those of you who don't know, that is a word one of my former co-workers used to use quite frequently when she meant festive. Boy she was a character.) Pictures and more about Valentine's Day tomorrow. Have a happy one!

Oh yeah! Thankfully so far I have had no broken bones this Valentine's Day. Better knock on wood, the day's not over yet. :) Don't know what I'm talking about? Check out my blog entry from this time last year.

Well my Valentine's Day was eventful. Maybe more so than I had planned. The plan was to order Chinese food from our favorite take-out place, eat dinner and exchange gifts. Then we were going to have some wine and dessert and have a nice romantic evening watching a classic movie. Instead, Jason came home and couldn't get into the driveway because the snow plow blocked in our driveway and he was stuck in the street.

I got bundled up and went out to help him shovel the ice and snow off of the driveway. He started at one end of the driveway and I started at the other. I hadn't been shoveling very long when my feet slipped out from under partly because of the 40 mile per hour winds. I landed with my hand still wrapped around the handle of the shovel crushing my hand. I tried to yell for help but the wind was so loud it took a few minutes to hear me, but when he did he came running over to help me up. We went inside and surveyed the damage to my hand. My finger hurt but not nearly as bad as my stomach did from all the pain. From the way my finger hurt, I knew something was WAY wrong, so we got in the car. Carefully.

We went to Urgent Care and they took an x-ray of my finger. The Dr. said it is definitely a fracture and the bone is pushing into the joint of my index finger. He gave me a splint, a prescription for Lortab, and a referral to an Orthopedic Surgeon (I have an appointment with them Tuesday at 8:45.)

By now, it was 8:45 and we hadn't even had dinner. Luckily, the Chinese food place is opened late. We called the food in and picked it up on the way home. We ate dinner and exchanged gifts as planned. I gave J the Chris Daughtry CD, some candy, a card, a Martini shaker with hearts on it and chocolate-covered fortune cookies with love messages inside. He gave me some beautiful red tulips (my favorite), a rose scented Yankee candle and a card. We had a nice night except the whole broken finger thing and four hours in the Urgent Care.

Oh yeah, I forgot. Before we went to sleep, we had dessert. Earlier in the day, I used some of that coffee flavored ice cream I have been talking about so much and made a heart shaped hot fudge sundae. It was a nice way to end the night. After that, I took a pain pill and went to bed. Next time, I don't think I'll offer to help shovel the driveway.

J was nice enough to transcribe this post for me. Guess he felt sorry for my hunt-and-peck typing. :)