Unique Ideas To Celebrate Valentines Day This Year
By Heather Diodati, Fri Dec 9th
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Heart-Felt Valentine's Meal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Make up a batch of heart-shaped pancakes for a yummy Valentine'sbreakfast or brunch. Just pour the batter in the frying pan in afree-form heart shape and serve with strawberries and whippedcream. Balloon Goodies ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Insert candy surprises into balloons before inflating them - adda folded-up Valentine's message then inflate each balloon. Tiewith a red ribbon and attach to your loved one's chair for themto find Valentine's morning. Family Affair ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have the children help you prepare red Jello with cinnamonhearts mixed in, mashed potatoes colored with pink foodcoloring, heart- shaped cookies and any other creative ways topresent your Valentine's Day meal. The Gift of Time ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Give a hand-made for some work you can do to free-up sometime for your spouse or parent. For example, a good forcleaning Dad's garage or for a full-house vacuuming for yourwife. How about a for your best friend - you can walk herdog or baby sit one evening. Coupon Day ~~~~~~~~~~ Each of you can create individual notes, say 4 or 6 each, todescribe a special surprise - a back rub, a bubble bath, kissesfrom head to toe, a special meal - fold up the notes and tossthem into a jar. You can take turns having fun plucking a couponfrom the jar and doing what it says. Scavenger Hunt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can prepare this one for your spouse or for your children toenjoy. Write up little notes about how you feel and what theymean to you and place them around the house along with a candyheart or other treat. Add a riddle at the end of each note aboutwhere to find the next note. At the last note, have somethingspecial waiting there. For example, you can be waiting for yourhubby in a candle-lit bubble bath with two glasses of wine. Foryour children, then can find a teddy bear or other toy or treat. Less Fortunate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit a hospital or chronic care home to pass out smallValentine surprises to the residents. They will enjoy the careand attention from something so unexpected. Alone? ~~~~~~ No one special to share Valentine's Day with? Sure you have!You! Why not pamper yourself with a candlelit bubble bath, thenprepare your favorite gourmet meal and rent the latest comedyvideo. Or treat yourself to a day at the spa, or a day at thegym with a step or aerobics class.
Plan for Valentine's Day atleast a week in advance - you'll find yourself looking forwardto your special treats and your quality time with yourself, bychoice. Picnic Fun ~~~~~~~~~~ Place a blanket on the floor near the lit fireplace with candleson the mantle and have your Valentine's meal as a candle-litpicnic with a bottle of your favorite bubbly. Italian Romance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Some soft Italian love songs on the CD player, a lusciousFettucini Alfredo with a bottle of your favorite Italian vino,then some fresh canoli from the pastry shop and cups ofamaretto- flavored coffee for a taste sensation - top it offwith a sensuous scented bubble bath for two A Cereal Surprise ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sneak in love notes and chocolate kisses in your sweetheart's orchildren's cereal Notables ~~~~~~~~ Little notes in their lunch boxes, on the bathroom mirror, inhis briefcase, stuck on the car windshields, in his underweardrawer I'm fortunate to have you! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mix up a batch of fortune cookies (seehttp://www.whimsies-online.com/valentine.htm for recipe!) andadd your own little words of love Messy but Marvelous ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Make sure you wear old clothes for this one and plan thisescapade where cleanup will be easy (no carpets, please!) Makeup a batch of chocolate pudding. Feed each other and wind uphaving a food fight! Ideally, this is more fun in your birthdaysuits, then the pudding won't go to waste where it lands! Guaranteed for loads of giggles between the two of you -take a shower-for-two after this one and wash each other'schocolate-flavored hair! Take a Letter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Take turns writing a love letter or love poem to each other.Read them out loud Valentine Sharing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Plan some community work - help out at the local shelter,volunteer at your local church, work with other volunteers tospread some caring amongst your community. All in the Family ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spend some quality fun time with your niece or nephew or otherchild in your family. Long-Distance Caring ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call your favorite aunt whom you haven't seen since she movedfar away, or your best friend who transferred to another country- let them know you're thinking of them this Valentine's Day Just For You ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you wanted that delicate pair of earrings for awhile butkept putting off the purchase? Give yourself a specialValentine's Day gift Poetry In Motion ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Write him or her a poem - can't write? Try out the poemgenerator on http://www.whimsies-online.com/valentine.htm forfun! Print out your creation and place it on your loved-one'snight table for when they awake!
About the author:Heather Diodati, is the owner of DDesign, an on-line shop forone-of-a-kind personalized gifts for all occasions. Sign up forour free ezine, On A Whim, for your free time management gifts!http://www.whimsies-online.com
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