How to make your Valentine REALLY happy...

Bake some cakes (heart shaped, if at all possible)Let them cool.

Slice them open.

Take some of this....

and do this with it...

Put it back together.
Frost it.
Decorate it.
And then EAT IT! Yum.

Romantic words for Valentine's...

See if you can squeeze some new vocabulary into your conversations with your main squeeze.

• acushla: Dear heart; darling. [Irish, heart’s pulse]

• adamate: To love dearly. [Latin, to love dearly]

• amative: Disposed to loving. [Latin, to love]

• cardiognost: One who knows the heart. [Greek, heart + knowing]

• cordiloquy: A speaking from the heart. [Greek, heart + speech]

• inamorate: To inspire with love. [Italian, to enamor]

• machree: My heart, my beloved. [Irish, my heart]

• macushla: My dear heart; my darling. [Irish, my heart’s pulse]

• minikin: Sweetheart, darling. [Dutch, sweetheart]

• redamancy: Loving in return. [Latin, to love back]

• verticordious: Heart-turning. [Latin, turner of hearts =Venus]



I really wish I were this smart, but alas - I am not. These romantic words are from verbmall.blogspot.com.

Things That Do My Soul Some Good - Part 2

Three words - Sunny San Diego!

This was the balcony of my hotel... Ahhhhhhhh! Fresh air to breathe. Who else is sick of the inversion? Or sick from the inversion?

I did attend the classes at the convention center, but this view called to me and I just had to reply "I'm Coming!"I didn't even care that I got locked outside for awhile. It's really hard to care about much when you can just watch a sail boat cross your view.

Some great eats with some great friends.