Fire Walker

What a week last week was!  Good lord!!  It was crazy.

I'm looking forward to calmer days for now and looking forward to a great holiday week.  Holiday week?  Yes!  We have Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, and VALENTINE'S Day!

Fat Tuesday:  I've always been interested in Mardi Gras.  I've always wanted to go, so I always do something cutesy to acknowledge Fat Tuesday.  This year, I'm going as all out as you can without actually going to New Orleans (which would be ideal.. and was even seriously considered Friday evening).  I'm wearing some beads that were sent over to me by a friend of mine that lives in Louisiana.    But we're also making Cajun awesomeness happen here at my house.  We're making Creole and I'm going to make a homemade King Cake (SO EXCITED).  If it turns out well, I'll post photos and a recipe in my next blog!  But, I'll be watching Fat Tuesday parades also.  There's a nifty website that shows casts of it all day long.

Ash Wednesday:  Watching the Colbert Report and starting my Lent fast.  I just have to decide what I'm giving up for 40 days.... hmmm.  And this marks 40 days until my sixth anniversary.  Which is another blog entirely.

Valentine's Day: Hate or love it (like I do), Valentine's Day is but three days away.  I love this holiday. Not because I'm in a relationship, not because I'm materialistic.  Because it's always been fun.  I will never understand why some people get so bitter about this day, it's just a day on a calendar unless you ascribe another meaning to it.  You may say, "Yeah, the reason you like it is because you've never been single on Valentine's Day."   And to you I say, "FALSE!" Because that is true.  Haha.  I have most definitely been single and I liked it just as well then.  But, moving on:  This year has been great!  I've been working on a "Fourteen Days of Valentine's" thing for my boyfriend, and it's been so rewarding and great.  And I'm looking forward to the culmination on Thursday!

This week is going to be a great reprieve from last week, which was INSANE.  I feel refreshed and ready to go.  And, I feel like cleaning.