The Forever Endeavor: Valentine's Day

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Today Letter's Inspired Tuesday

(flowers delivered to work yesterday by my wonderful hubby :)

Today's Letters: Dear sweet husband of mine, this past weekend we celebrated Valentine's day a little early by visiting one of our favorite Seattle restaurants and treating ourselves to a movie. I love you more than tulips in beer bottles, coke Icee's, and Christian Bale's performance in 'The Fighter' [that's a LOT!] Dear Jimmy John's, It is with deep sorrow I must say you have lost the race to Jersey Mike's - they will forever be our favorite sub sandwich shop, nothing beats a #13 with pickles and bacon. Good try though. Dear Lady Gaga's Grammy Entrance, what the what?! you have fully outweirded yourself. I get it, you want to be different, avantgarde, outrageous...but an egg? However, you must be doing something right because people are still talking about it this morning! Dear Bryan James, thanks for giving me butterflies when you come up behind me in the kitchen and put your arms around me. Ten points for a tush squeeze too!

What gives you butterflies?

PS - As always, please see inspiration for this post HERE - Tim and Em are UH-mazing <3

Past favorite Tuesday Letters include:

The one where we had ice cream and watched Jersey Shore

The one where the Seahawks shocked the state and Bryan made me a heart

The one where we found out we got the house and Bryan's bowling card

Monday, February 14, 2011

Hall and Oates say...

What I want, you've got
And it might be hard to handle
But like the flame that burns the candle
The candle feeds the flame

What I've got's full stock of thoughts
and dreams that scatter
You pull them all together
And how, I can't explain

But you make my dreams come true ♥

On a night when bad dreams become a screamer
When they're messin' with the dreamer
I can laugh it in the face
Twist and shout my way out

And wrap yourself around me
'Cause I ain't the way that you found me
I'll never be the same

'Cause You make my dreams come true ♥

Last post of the day, I promise.

Hope your Love Day is just as fabulous as you are! ♥

Dear Bryan...

Dear Bryan,

my forever Valentine,

husband, & best friend -

I love you more than words.

I love you more every day.

I love you for you.

Happy Valentine's Day my love - even though this may not be your favorite holiday, thanks for making it special for me ♥

I'll be writing your Tuesday letter tomorrow :)

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Happy Valentine's Eve recipe!

Good morning beautifuls!

I hope your Sunday is fabulous!

On this eve of one of the greatest holidays ever, I wanted to share a sweet treat that was a big hit in my house/at work - sweets for sweets :)

Chocolate Eclair [Cheater] Cake

Ingredients:

1 box of graham crackers [3 pkg's in a box, I use Honey Maid]

2 boxes of 3.4oz instant vanilla pudding

3 cups milk

1 8oz tub Cool Whip

for chocolate topping

1 cup sugar [see 'my two cents']

4 TBSP baking cocoa [not the kind you make on a cold night]

2 TBSP milk

4 TBSP butter

1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions:

1. In a large mixing bowl add the instant pudding powder, 3 cups of milk, and entire tub of cool whip. Stir until you make a smooth batter.

2. Prepare chocolate topping by beating sugar, cocoa, milk, butter, and vanilla together.

3. Take a 9x13 glass dish and start by laying the graham crackers down whole on the bottom of the dish. Then cover the graham cracker layer with a layer of pudding batter and repeat layers one more time. [It should go graham crackers, puddin, graham crackers, puddin, graham crackers]

4. Spread prepared chocolate topping on final layer of graham crackers and put in fridge to chill over night.

5. Serve cold and enjoy, it goes fast!

My two cents:

-When I found the recipe it just said 'sugar' for the chocolate topping. In my opinion, it was a little grainy and it may have been better with powdered sugar.

-Make the day before, it needs time to get all soft and yummy for the next day.

Happy Valentine's Day eve! I hope you all have a fantastic love day tomorrow - or if you're like us, I hope you had an awesome time celebrating it early :) Loves!