February this and that...

Still February, so I thought I'd post some random going ons lately:

Made these: Strawberry Heart Oreos

recipe and picture from here

My sister Bethany and I visited a mutual friend who is going through a really hard time two weekends ago.  Without getting into details, it was clear that she needed a girls' day, so we drove to her and spent the afternoon eating Mexican and downing margaritas.  I also baked and brought her a batch of these ridiculously fattening heart cookies.

Mine didn't look as good as the above ones, but they were still fun to make:

Watching this soon: Downton Abbey

via here

My friend Missy leant me her BluRay.  I have to balance out all the episodes of The Bachelor that Dan and I have been watching.  Is it as good as everyone says?  Weigh in if you've seen it!

Added these:  Lights to guest room

No more lopsidedness:

Thank you, Target!

Tried this: Traveling journal


Dan and I started a new Valentine's idea: the traveling journal! I heard about this online: grab an old journal, write your husband a love note, leave it somewhere with a pen and a note that says "Read me! Write me one back on the next page whenever you want and leave it somewhere for me to find." I had a journal someone gifted me at Christmas that actually said travel on it and we put it to good use.





We've written about a dozen notes back and forth, mostly inside jokes and quoting our favorite lines from Parks and Rec. I'm thinking it will be a February tradition so we don't put too much pressure on ourselves to keep it up all year. 

How was everyone's Valentine's Day?  Ours was nice: I actually made dinner and dessert, and Dan surprised me with an enormous, fluffy robe from the hotel where we spent our wedding night!  I might not ever take it off...