I'm a little slow, but I want to post about Valentine's Day. I'm curious as to how many people actually do something special on "sweethearts" day. We did something special this year. My Farmer took me to look at bulls. Yep, bulls, as in male bovine. How romantic is that! I bet not to many of you gals got to do that with your sweetheart! I am sooooo lucky. (HA) My Farmer so knows how to treat a girl, right? But remember, this is why I know I'm married to a farmer (read - You Know......) My Farmer has never really been big on flowers, or for that matter, Valentine's Day. When I had a real job (you know, had to get up, get dress, leave the house), I was always jealous of the other girls that would get flowers on Valentines day. My sister always did, but not me. Then one day, boom, my Farmer brought me flowers to my office! Wow! Shock! I was so excited, and I still remember that day. The best Valentine's gift though, so far, (always have hope) was 2 years ago. I had told him how much it really meant to me that day (yep, it only happened once) he brought me flowers to my office. The week before Valentines day, he happened to go over and spend a couple days with our son, (so I don't know if it was my son's doing or he was just bored), but my Farmer went shopping for me a valentines present. No, I did not have any fresh cut flowers sitting on my table, or a heart shaped box of chocolates, but he did give me a card that morning, which I was totally thrilled with. BUT, when I went to get in my tractor that evening to feed, there was a vase with an artificial rose in it. Awwww. It was the most awesome moment, I almost cried. He said he remember me telling him how much it meant the year he brought flowers to my office, and since the tractor is now my work place in the winter, he put it in there. I KNOW! So cool!! That's why going to check out bulls on Valentine's Day this year was ok with me. The way I look at it is, what he did a few years back is still counting. After all, if he did something wonderful every year, I wouldn't remember them as well, now would I. After all these years, I'm starting to think my Farmer is like a bottle of wine, getting better with age. (ha ha, don't tell him I said that) (I'm not totally sold on this concept, but, like I said, ya gotta have hope.) : )
So that rose hanging in my tractor, is not just there to make my tractor
look nice, it's there to remind me that my Farmer thought of me. And
really, isn't that all we really want when it comes to gift giving, just
to know that we were thought about and that we are loved?
Well, that was our Valentine's Day here on the farm, where we are livin' the life. What did you do for Valentines' Day?
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