After reading my latest blog, Craig said “you forgot Valentines Day”. I assured him I had not forgotten but it deserved its own blog. As VD approached, we were both a bit distracted because my surgery would be on the 15th. We both tend towards spontaneous gestures/gifts rather than “big” ones so we both indicated VD wasn’t a big deal to us, but at the same time it was our FIRST Valentine’s Day.
The Saturday before we were in Franklin KY and a dump truck was parked on the street. Craig said “I always wanted a dump truck”. It stuck. I obviously couldn’t buy a real dump truck but I looked a toy dump trucks on Amazon and spent a lot of time weighing the options. It could be more realistic for fanciful. Then I saw the perfect one. I ordered it and it arrived the day on the 13th.
When I have a gift for someone, I have a hard time waiting until the appointed day to give it and this was not exception. I also am not big on gift wrapping – seems a bit of a waste to my practical side, so I gave Craig the Amazon box and said Happy Valentine’s Day. What man wouldn’t appreciate a lavender and pink dump truck. I had a vision for where it would be placed on his dresser against our lavender walls.
He was appreciative of the gesture and suddenly said he knew what he wanted to give me. He disappeared into his shop and after several hours he came in and said I was not allowed to look out any of the windows. I was preparing food to freeze for my recovery days so it was easy enough to comply.
After dark he came in and wanted me to come outside with him. We walked out into the front yard and I found a swing hanging from a tree. Unbelievably sweet. He said he needed to make a couple of adjustments before I could swing in it. It wasn’t until the morning that I could appreciate how high the branch was that it was attached to.
After he made the adjustments, I had a great time trying it out.
We did good for our first Valentines Day.
Tamara Unleashed 