Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, but my wife and I have already celebrated our 24-year-old relationship with the Eddiversary on the 8th and Freddiversary on the 9th. For the first time, I’m not buying a Limoges Box, but I did write her a poem that I’m not sharing on this site. We might go to a movie together and see “80 for Brady,” but sadly that’s about as romantic as it gets at our age. I should probably get her an orchid, a favorite flowering plant, that she grows nestled in the tree bark of the palms behind our lanai. Maybe we’ll find romance in Las Vegas or at Disney World when we travel next month?

Speaking of romantic, we watched the Super Bowl last night. She was watching the Puppy Bowl in the living room while I sat through the pre-game festivities in my office, but we came together once the game started and enjoyed her traditional jalapeno pizza bread. She has a bridge game this afternoon while I pick up and entertain two of my grandkids. The youngest will want to swim, even though it’s once again a bit cool outside. I might take them for a bite to eat and to buy some Valentine cards to take to their classmates. 

We’re preparing for several visitors later this week. My wife’s sister and her husband will stay with us for a few nights, and we’ll get together with their friends for at least one dinner. Part of the plan is also to go to Snook Haven, a bar and recreation area where Tarzan’s Revenge was once filmed. Once they leave, my friends from Ft. Wayne will take over the guest room. The beer will be flowing, so romance will NOT.