FOURTEEN DAYS of VALENTINES....It Begins

February begins tomorrow with fanfare....well for me at least.  So many holidays this month.  First and foremost it’s NY BIRTHDAY MONTH. What that means to me is that I’m the queen this month. Of course I have few Facebook pals and relations also born in February and we all are queens and kings this month. YES I have a tiara to prove it too. 
February is month we celebrate Ground Hog Day.  Will Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow?  All await in anticipation for this event. 
The 53rd Super Bowl will be played.  Which team will be champs?  Will the Patriots again win or will it be the Rams as champs? 
President’s Day will be celebrated with a Federal Holiday; and February 14th is Valentine’s Day.  
 For those who have someone with to share Valentine's Day, I will be blogging about the holiday.  Even if there is no one special in your life, perhaps you can make things a bit brighter for a friend or acquaintance by showing them someone is thinking about them.  Use this as a random act of kindness for Valentine’s Day.  You never know; you may bring a smile to someone who feels down and blue. 
For some reason it seems florists charge outrageous prices for roses and other flowers a few days prior to the holiday.   Restaurants offer deals for the day but for many places you need to go or make a reservation for dinner.   

 The last few years my husband did something different. Since it went over well he plans to repeat again this year.  
Instead of one big Valentine’s gift on February 24th, he gave me little vmcyre items from the first of February up to the fourteenth. It was well received and very thoughtful. I actually enjoyed it more than just celebrating on the14th. I had something to look forward to each morning. 
He saw the list I made for gift ideas for this year and what to give each day; not saying he’ll stick to the list as he may change the gifts around to a different day or decide on another item for that day. 
All in all I’m looking forward to this as I never know what I’ll find waiting for me each morning. On some days I will surprise him with with a gift; I know he’ll enjoy this as well. 
  We may use these fourteen days of Valentine’s Day as an act of caring and kindness by give out something to others on a few of the days.  Like other holidays, someone may be alone and just this thought or act may lift their spirits. 

You can find little whimsical items from mugs, glasses, scarves and stuff animals at a dollar type store.  You need not go overboard with the idea of a little gift a day; think out of the box. Each day I plan to post a Valentine's idea to my blog as well as on my Facebook page. 

Also I’ll be posting as I did last year a poem or quote from a poem found in the book. “LOVE....ALWAYS and FOREVER”.  Also I’ll post the next day’s gift idea the day prior.
Until tomorrow.....why not consider this as a challenge of LOVE; do the

Fourteen Days of Celebrating Valentine's Day or....Fourteen Days of Showing Caring. 
Whatever you call it, I’ll be posting ideas to make it a fun fourteen days. 

DAY ONE GIFT IDEA......Valentine’s Day tee shirt or sweatshirt; for a man either a red tee shirt or sweatshirt.  

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DAY 1.....2019

KWANZA DAY 7..... FAITH 

Today is the first day of 2019.  It’s a new day, a new month, new year and new beginning.   Today many begin their resolutions they made although I know many begin the 2nd of January with their resolutions.   

As I enjoy the day with writing this and having my usual New Year’s Day coffee (an Irish coffee at that); I am hoping that the coming year will be better than last. 

Of course it’s only a hope and wish as we never know what is in store for us.  

On January first we make resolutions for the year ahead; to me, as I always say, a resolution means that I resolve to do something and it will be done. Now if we make good intentions or goals we try hard to make sure they are complete by years end. We are not resolving to do something but working towards something instead. 

Today I think about the goals/good intentions I made in 2018. Many I must say were not realistic but I would begin each time I failed.  Today I begin my new 2019 I intentions/goals for 2019. As always I plan or hope to follow through and if I find I have failed I will BEGIN again. 

It’s the first day of a new month and a new  year.  How you decide to proceed is up to you.  No one can predict your fate; what you do is up to you.  

Happy New Year to you.....enjoy the day. 

As I said it’s up to you....you alone are the master of your destiny for the new year.  

                 HAPPY NEW YEAR 

   (From the book “HOLIDAY GREETINGS”)

How fast the year has come to an end

   Again we wonder, where did the year go?     

      Past twelve months sped by quickly 

         Pondering at years end, we recall all 

                      we had done 

           Yet we wonder....we’re all our goals 

                         accomplished?

 

Now another year will begin again....another 

                  chance 

   Each of us makes goals for the next 

                     twelve months 

     Will we follow them through from 

                  beginning to end?

  

Year after year....good intentions by us are 

                     made

   Each objective....carefully thought 

                   through

      A promise made to our own self, no one 

                      else 

        Resolutions made this New Year’s 

                  Day....will we keep?