valentine's day and other things

So Valentine's Day happened since the last time I posted. To celebrate Valentine's Perry and I try to find the worst card at the supermarket and exchange them. I really wasn't feeling it this year. All the cards I found were just bad bad, not funny bad. So I made a card. Perry called it cheating, but I call it improvising.

The outside of the card:

The inside:

Yes, it's an Adventure Time reference but also a real life reference. Before I leave for work I give Perry a kiss on the cheek goodbye even though it's 3:30 a.m. and he's still passed out in bed. Sometimes he just looks so damn comfy and adorable when he's sleeping, I'll admire him for a bit before I kiss him. Not weird, right? All justifications aside, the point is he's woken up a few times with me leaning over him in the dark just staring at him. I imagine it is a slightly jarring way to wake up.

And Perry followed the rules and got me a store bought card. He did really well.

I didn't take a picture of the inside, but I believe there was a three little pigs reference. It was perfectly awful.
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We had a few 70 degree days last week and I was able to open the windows and let some fresh air in the house. It was glorious. I danced up and down the hallway between chores and felt pretty certain winter was on its way out. It's 40 degrees again today, but it was a nice sneak peak into spring.

Since winter will be gone soon, the other day I tried to think of things that I'm going to miss about this season. I couldn't really come up with anything other than I'll miss wearing sweaters. I have "fashionable" sweaters in my closet, but 90% of the time I go out in public this is what I'm wearing.

Well, just add some grey sneakers to my feet. This is my winter uniform. I may as well throw all my other winter clothes in the trash. It's easy, it's comfortable. I feel invisible in it. There's a convenient front pocket for my car keys, an attached hood if it rains. 

In the spring and summer there's too many clothing choices to make. Jeans or skirt or shorts? Then I have to pick out a matching top based on my "bottom" choice and shoes that go with that. Boo.

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I mentioned in my other post that I've been cooking a lot more than usual. Well, the trend continues.

This is the only thing I took a (bad) picture of. It's an Italian lemon cream cake. It was supposed to taste like the one they make at The Olive Garden. It didn't but it was good in its own right.

Not pictured: barbecued ribs, deviled eggs, a loaf of egg bread, broccoli and cheese rice casserole, baked ziti, lemon blueberry bread, and Tuscan soup.

I attribute all this cooking to winter boredom. Next year I'll try learning how to crochet instead.
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I've had the series Mr. Selfridge in my Amazon Prime video queue for a while and started watching it last week. Perry was playing New Vegas on the couch next to me and got sucked into watching it with me. It's pretty addictive and drama heavy and I actually like it better than Downton Abbey. Truth. The thing is, I can't tell if I like Jeremy Piven as the main character or not. 10 episodes and I still don't know. See that expression on his face.

That's his expression for almost 75% of the series. The rest of the time he's crying or in a coma. Still, I enjoyed it.
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And courtesy of imgur last week I found a subreddit called "let's not meet" that contains supposedly real life creepy stories of the non-paranormal nature. Real or not, they make for a good read.