Mine

Text exchange with le huz this morning.

Me: Did it hurt?
Him: Huh?
Me: When you fell from heaven.
Him: Omg

Le huz is away for Valentine's Day this year. Come to think of it, he was away for Valentine's Day last year as well. No worries. Olive's baby daddy will be back in a day. In the meantime, I've got her and Beans to cuddle with. Love overload! Wishing y'all a Valentine's Day as full of cheesy-goodness as mine...

On a side note, Olive's Uncle Jon and Auntie Lil have been in town, so we've been hard at work showing our guests around town. Yesterday we dropped by the Brentwood Country Mart for a weekday brunch at Farmshop. The monster was super pleased with her mornings eggs (dining in the company of gorgeous star Allison Williams aka Marnie from "Girls") and even more impressed by the banana split we shared at Sweet Creamery afterwards. This photo was taken after we destroyed our sundae...

Fever

sick on valentine's day. boooooo. le hubby is sick as well... guess we're not going on a romantic deeeeener tonight. neither of us can taste!

Bad Romance

More Valentine's Day card ideas.

Porcupine (let's name him Bert): I love you!
Balloon: What is love? Baby don't hurt me... Don't hurt me... No more...

This is a bad romance.

Eye Love You

For anyone who is still in the market for a Valentine, you can be mine - or Kevin Harman's (my classmate). During class, we came up with a bunch of ideas for Valentine's Day cards, and lo and behold... that geniuses that we are, produced this one. More to come if I find the time to post.

(Sorry for the blurry iPhone image. I painted this for le cub's parents, but framed it before I had a chance to scan it.)

My Funny Valentine

Le cub and I have a tradition of dining at La Paella here in Los Angeles for Valentine's Day. We always order the same thing - the Arròs Négre (cuttlefish, calamari, baby shrimp and mussels cooked with rice and squid’s ink) - and crack up at the sight of the other's teeth. The ink dyes them black!

But this year, we're breaking our lil' tradition because the first day of the Chinese New Year happens to land on the same day! I'm headed for Minnesota in a few hours. While I look forward to meeting up with le cub's family (we've yet to all get-together since our engagement), I'm so NOT looking forward to the cold... BRRRRRRR!

In case I don't get the chance to post from Minnesota, Happy Valentine's Day, cub. See you soon...