Valentine's Day Memories...

Since this is our 12th Valentine's Day together, we have some fun memories of past celebrations.

Here are a couple of favorites:

• One year, when we were in college and money was of course tight, we decided to make each other memory boxes. Cliff made an extremely impressive one. It was beautiful and I still have it. He did, however, lose some "points" because he'd wrapped this amazing creation in a variety of Walmart bags. It was absolutely hilarious!
• Another year when we were in college, the idea of having a reservation was lost on us. We drove into Omaha, went into PF Chang's (a very fancy restaurant by our college standards) only to find out that their first available table for two would be after 9pm. Needless to say, we headed over to the Macaroni Grill next door and thankfully had a friend working there who helped us get a table. We haven't made the same mistake again.
• Our new tradition is to stay home on Valentine's Day, but go out for a special date a few days before or after to avoid the craziness. (Are we getting old?)

This year, we're staying home to make a new recipe together. We shopped for all the ingredients this weekend and are looking forward to making a traditional Taiwanese recipe given to me by one of my students. We're going to have a wonderful evening at home together.

Happy Valentine's Day!