My Valentine's Day

Doug and I made an agreement with each other that we would not give each other anything for Valentine's Day this year except a card and that we would just have a nice quiet dinner somewhere in the evening. Well, Doug broke his promise and the night before Valentine's Day he brought home these beautiful pink roses. It was such a nice surprise! He is so sweet! I did buy him a small heart filled with Reeses Pieces to go with his card, so I guess technically, I broke my promise too!

Doug had to go into the office on Wednesday and I had the day off, so my mom and I went to see my grandmother (my mom's mom) who now lives in an assisted living home here in Georgia. Grandma used to live in Florida, but she has Alzheimer's and cannot live by herself anymore. My mom and I took her out for lunch and spent the afternoon with her. She seemed to really enjoy our time together. I am so grateful that my grandmother still knows who I am. I am preparing myself for the day when she looks at me and doesn't recognize me. Her memory gets a little worse every day, so I am grateful when I do get to spend time with her. I know that she has probably forgotten that I visited her on Valentine's Day now, but I know she was very happy in the moment. Here is a picture of me and my grandmother when she moved here in October...

Doug got home a little early from work that day, and we went out for Japanese food at our favorite Japanese restaurant. I can't even describe how good my shrimp and chicken dinner was! Yum!

Thank you Doug for being my Valentine for the past 15 years! I hope all of my blog buddies had very happy Valentine's Days too!