Lovin’ from the Oven
Around this time last year, JG was earning some extra pennies by teaching two sections of a prep course for the math section of the SAT. Every Tuesday for 6 weeks, he stayed after school to teach from 3-5 and 6-8, which meant that he left home at 6:30 in the morning and didn’t return until almost 9 at night. JG ate lunch and dinner out of plastic containers and basically went straight to bed when he got home. It was rough.
Oh, and Valentine’s Day fell on a Tuesday.
Even though I appreciate romance to a certain extent, celebrating Valentine’s Day after almost 13 hours of work is just silly. “I’m so glad you’re back from school, dear – hey! Where are my dozen roses?!� Seriously, who would even say that?
Instead, I got to work on a project in the kitchen while JG was out at school, trying to time it so that I was ready when he came home. I got myself all set up when I heard the car door slam.
“I’m home, dear. Hey, it smells like bread around here … what did you do?�
“I’m in the kitchen!� I called.
JG walked in – a bit cautiously, I might add – and there I was, holding a freshly-baked Valentine:
For my husband, a Valentine made of chocolate chip coffee cake was pretty hard to beat.
Valentine’s Day, coffee cake, romance
February 15th, 2007 at 12:34 am
Awww…he is SO lucky to have you!!
Best wishes always!
-Liane Schmidt.
http://www.artistspassion.com
February 15th, 2007 at 8:44 am
Liane - This was one of those moments when I knew I was doing the exact right thing; they are very rare! And also, I’m terrible at keeping secrets or surprises, so pulling it off at all was a big thing for me. But thank you for the sweet words!
August 20th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
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