A Valentine's Day Filled with Fun and Surprises!

I know this is a little late as Valentine's Day was over a week ago, but I still wanted to give you the scoop on my Valentine's Day! My husband was very thoughtful this year and he gave me a Valentine's Day card each day leading up to Valentine's Day and then he gave me an extra bonus card the day after Valentine's Day. On top of that, he gave me two bouquets of hand-picked flowers from the florist he went to and took me to a wonderful romantic restaurant. We dined at Sidney Street Cafe in St. Louis. What a cute, romantic restaurant, it had the mood lighting as well as a wonderfully, delicious cuisine. It was even more amazing that my husband stopped in at the restaurant a few hours before our reservation where he gave them rose petals and a bouquet of flowers to decorate our table. It looked gorgeous when we sat down, I was very much impressed. He did a terrific job of surprising me this year.  Below are some pictures of my fabulous Valentine's Day surprises and fun!

                                                  February 1, 2013: First Valentine Card

 

February 2, 2013: Second Valentine Card

 

                                                   February 3, 2013: Third Valentine Card

                                                                  Front of the card

Inside of the card

 

 

February 4,2013: Fourth Valentine Card

 

 

February 5, 2013: Fifth Valentine Card

 

Front of card

 

 

Inside of card

 

February 6,2013: Sixth Valentine Card

 

My husband didn't give me an actual physical card for this day. He sent me an ecard instead, here is the link to see the card he sent me: http://www.123greetings.com/send/view/02406013618741037426

 

February 7, 2013: Seventh Valentine Card

 

February 8, 2013: Eighth Valentine Card

 

 

My husband also gave me some artificial roses with this card! They are lovely and now I can have roses year around!

 

February 9, 2013: Ninth Valentine Card

 

Front of card

 

 

Inside of card

 

February 10, 2013: Tenth Valentine Card

 

February 11, 2013: Eleventh Valentine Card

 

February 12, 2013: Twelfth Valentine Card

 

February 13, 2013: Thirteenth Valentine Card

 

Front of card

 

Inside of card

 

Valentine's Day

 

Here is my 14th Valentine Card

 

Front of card

 

Inside of the card

 

Here is the first bouquet of flowers I received from my husband when I got home from work

 

Here is a close up picture of the flowers

 

 

 

Pictures from Sidney Street Cafe

 

My husband's meal: He had some type of delicious steak.

 

My meal: I had delicious pheasant!

 

 

 

More flowers: My husband left more flowers on the table at the restaurant which I added to the first bouquet he gave me earlier that evening.

 

 

 

February 15, 2013: My husband surprised me with an extra Valentine's Day card. This card was huge.

 

Front of card

 

 

 

Inside of card

 

 

 

All cards

 

Needless to say, I had an amazing Valentine's Day. I am so thankful for such a thoughtful and loving husband. I couldn't ask for a better person to spend the rest of my life and beyond with. Thanks Brandon for making my Valentine's Day extra special. I love you!
I hope everyone had an amazing Valentine's Day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Favorite Super Hero #3 Letterbox Clues

This is the third super hero in the series. This is one of Loverboy’s favorite super heroes. This super hero does not feel like a super hero, but sees him/herself as something else. This super hero can be moody, but overall is a great person! You may have seen this super hero in some major motion pictures over the last couple years.  Can you guess who it is?

Starting point: Park in the parking lot near a worldly structure in Forest Park.

Clue Directions:

The Symbol (Box #1)

Look for the Concourse Dr. sign. At this sign, you will see white concrete path going towards the worldly structure, start walking on this path. Continue walking on this path until you reach some straw-like grassy plants. At this point, turn right onto the grass and walk along the grassy-straw plant line until it ends. Travel downhill to the pictured tree.

At the pictured tree, look with the base of the trunk deformity and you shall find the symbol.

The Experiment (Box #2)

From the pictured tree, travel downhill to the asphalt pedestrian path where it runs along a wooden area.  Walk into the wooded area to the following pictured tree.

Facing the pictured tree, take a compass reading of 340 degrees. Walk about 40 steps in that direction to an uprooted tree.  Search around the root-end of the fallen tree. Under bark, sticks, and leaves, you will understand the experiment of this super hero. 

NOTE: Please be extremely stealthy when retrieving boxes in this park as it is very busy. Please re-hide better than found! Thank you and let me know how our super hero is doing!

 

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cake Cookies

Are you in the mood for something chocolatey, well I have just the recipe for you; chocolate chocolate chip cake cookies. Better have a glass of milk ready when you pop these yummy delights into your mouth. Now let's get baking!

First, you need to preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

You will need:

1 box chocolate cake mix
1/3 cup of  vegetable/canola oil (I used canola oil)
2 eggs
6 oz chocolate chips (half a bag of chocolate chips) (You can add less or more if you like)

Whisk together the eggs and the oil until fully mixed.

Add cake mix and chocolate chips. Mix well. You may have to use your hands at some point to mix everything together as it gets really hard to stir with spoon.

Scoop cookie dough into balls using a cookie scoop or a spoon and place on an ungreased baking sheet. Place in your preheated oven of 350 degrees and set the timer for ten minutes.

Bake for ten minutes.

Cookies will be soft and gooey when you take them out of the oven. Let them cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes then transfer cookies to a cooling rack for final cooling.

 Once cooled cookies are ready to eat. Grab a cold glass of milk and you are ready to relax and eat your yummy cookies! Bon appetite!

Gooey Chocolate Chip Butter Cookies

These are regular gooey butter cookies with a twist; adding yummy chocolate chips.

Ingredients needed:

1 Egg

1 package of cream cheese

1 teaspoon of Vanilla Extract

6 oz of chocolate chips (half a bag of chocolate chips) (Add more or less if you like)

1/2 cup of butter/margarine

1 box yellow cake mix

Before you mix together your ingredients, preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine together egg, vanilla, butter, cream cheese, and cake mix. Blend well.

Add chocolate chips.

Scoop into balls using a cookie scoop or spoon and place on an ungreased baking sheet.

 

Place cookies in the oven. The oven should have been preheated to 350 degrees.

Bake for ten minutes in oven.

Take cookies out the oven and let them cool on baking sheet for a few minutes then transfer cookies to a cooling rack for final cooling.

I hope you enjoy these gooey butter cookies with a chocolate chip twist, a new take on the famous chocolate chip cookie! Bon appetite!

 

Organix Coconut Milk Shampoo and Conditioner Review

As promised, here is my review on Nourishing Coconut Milk Shampoo and Conditioner from Organix. This product does not lie, it left my hair feeling very nourished as well as soft and smooth. I experienced the positive effects from this product in about a week after using it. Not only is this product beneficial for your hair, it also smells really good. It leaves your hair with a light, coconut scent, but while in the shower you feel like you are on a tropical island. I just love the smell of the product, make shower time fun! I highly recommend this product and I will definitely repurchase. I am hoping to test out review some more the products from Organix. Stay tuned for more reviews! Have a beautiful day! 

Below is my Youtube review, check it out!

  

Elephant Valentine Craft Tutorial

I know what you are thinking, it's a little too early to be thinking about making valentines, but I figured if anyone is wanting a head start, here is a cute little valentine craft to make. This is a very quick and easy craft. This would be a great craft to do with kids.

Supplies needed:

Small Heart stickers
3 hearts cut from cardstock (I used gray cardstock, but you can use whatever color you prefer.) (I used a heart punch to cut out my hearts)
1 elephant trunk (I used the letter J as my template, but however you want to make your trunk)
Glue (I used Aleene's Tacky Glue)
2 googly eyes

Step One:
Glue the trunk to the heart so that the heart is on top.

Step 2:
Glue the other two hearts to the heart with the trunk attached so that your elephant will have ears. After you have glued the pieces together, it is time to attach the stickers. Place a sticker at the end of the trunk as well as a sticker for each of the two ears in the middle of the hearts.

Step 3:
Glue the two googly eyes to the middle heart so that your elephant will have eyes.

Step 4:
Your elephant is almost done. You can leave your elephant the way she is or you can add a valentine message.

I added a "Be Mine" message onto my elephant on her trunk. Embellish however you like!

This is such an easy project, that you can make several in no time at all. Happy crafting!