SNOW!

valentines for my valentines

Saint Valentine's Day, commonly shortened to Valentine's Day, is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions.The day is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Valentine and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 500 AD. It was deleted from the Roman calendar of saints in 1969 by Pope Paul VI, but its religious observance is still permitted. It is traditionally a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). The day first became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. (quoted from Wikipedia).

Here are some Valentine cards I created out of scrap paper, stickers, and markers. I cut them to fit in the envelops I had left over from the holidays.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!!!!

sunday salad #6- orange rice salad

Here is a refreshing nice salad that can be a meal, it has rice,fruit, veggies, nuts for protein. You can use any rice you would like for this, brown would be nice, I used arborio, as it is what I had on hand.
ORANGE RICE SALAD
3 c cooked rice
6 celery stalks, sliced
6 scallions, sliced
1 can mandarin oranges, drained
1/3 c raisins
1/3 c pecans, chopped
-toss with sauce
1 c yogurt
1/4 c fresh orange juice(1 orange)
1 Tbsp honey
1/2 tsp grated ginger
-toss and chill then serve