Frankly, My Dear…

Esther Howland, the woman who produced the first commercial American valentines in the 1840s, sold a then mind-boggling $5,000 in cards during her first year of business. The valentine industry in the United States has been booming ever since. Today, over 1 billion valentine cards are sent in this country each year — second in number only to Christmas cards, according to the Greeting Card Association. (The happy day is also celebrated in Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France and Australia.)Around 85 percent of all valentines are purchased by women. In addition to cards, there are millions of boxes of chocolates and bouquets of roses purchased (mostly by men) for the February 14 holiday

You have 7 days to think of something romantic…er,   sweet….good..something nice to do for your loved one! Get it done! Don’t be like my husband and wait until the day to run by on the way home to get a picked over card! Better than nothing— barely!

Does anyone have a special Valentine’s Day memory? I’ve racked my brain but can’t remember one. I can remember other special days but not that one.

SEVEN DAYS……the clock is ticking!!!!

  Last Tuesday, as President Bush got off the helicopter in front of the White House, he was carrying a baby piglet under each arm. 
 
  The squared away Marine guard snaps to attention,  Salutes, and says: “Nice pigs, sir.” 
 
  The President replies “These are not pigs, these  are authentic Arkansas Razorback Hogs. I got one for  Senator Hillary Clinton and I got one for Speaker of  The House Nancy Pelosi.” 
 
  The squared away Marine again snaps to attention,  Salutes, and says,  “Excellent trade, sir.”