Saturday, February 14, 2009

Simple, But Sweet!


Happy Valentine's Day! Although I love flowers, especially yellow roses, and dinner out at our favorite restaurant, this year we've decided to keep Valentine's Day simple. A nice quiet dinner at home, with the best chef in town cooking, my husband.

Later this week, Tony came up with the idea to cook dinner for Katie and me as a Valentine's Day gift! Suits me just fine. He's a great cook. The plans are to grill steaks, if the weather holds up...right now it's looking a little "iffy". Grilled steaks topped with bleu cheese and a side of seasoned vegetables is sounding really nice right now.



Boosting the economy by going out would probably be a good thing, but we decided to boost our budget instead. The cost of a steak dinner at a really nice restaurant would just about buy groceries for our family of three for a week. This simple, yet sweet idea of cooking dinner meant a lot to me.

Whatever your plans may be, simple or elaborate. Big or small. Embrace your Valentine's Day with the ones you love.

Song of Songs 2:11-13
See! the winter is past;
the rains are over and gone.
Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
is heard in our land.
The fig tree forms its early fruit;
the blossoming vines spread their
fragrance.
Arise, come my darling;
My beautiful one, come with me."


Ginger :)

7 comments:

LOVE, MERCY AND GRACE...GOD'S GRACE said...

How sweet of your man!!

We're having valentines dinner at church tonight.....can't go wrong with that! And very economical too!! It will be lots of fun, for sure!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

~Beth

Beth E. said...

I love it when Bill cooks dinner...especially when he cooks on the grill! Your dinner sounds delicious...and very romantic! Hope the weather cooperates for you.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Alicia The Snowflake said...

What a great way to celebrate Valentine's Day. I hope you enjoyed it.

Don't worry. We did enough to boost the economy for our family & yours. We went to the circus. It was expensive. But I don't regret it. We had a great time!

Take care my friend! Have a great Sunday!

Betsy said...

Candy has told me what a great cook Tony is. Who needs to go out when you've got him??!! Sounds like a very sweet and wonderful Valentines Day. I can't wait to hear about the conference!

Daphine said...

Very sweet of your hubby indeed!

My hubby cooked my favorite meal and we ate by candlelight. It was quite awesome!

valerie said...

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog.
I love it when I get a chance to meet new people.
Your Valentine's Day sounded perfect.
The restaurants are always so crowded anyway.
I read on your profile that you teach 2nd grade.
I used to teach kindergarten. I taught for 17 years.
Now I work in our church/school office and love it. I actually get a lunch hour and get to talk to adults and finish a sentence. :) Kids are great though. I loved it.
Thanks again for commenting.
Looking forward to visiting here often. I became a follower.
And...I love your music choices on here.
God bless,
Valerie

Jennsmere said...

Lovely idea! Nothing better than spending the evening together!

Bless you!
susan