February 14, 2026 - Saturday


HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!! I had a bit of a panic last night and this morning. One of my Saturday workers texted at 11pm to tell me that she was too sick to come in this morning, so I got up at 7am to start texting subs. Praise the Lord, one of them was able to cover for her! I had decided I was just going to cancel child care for today if I couldn't get a sub. I did not want to spend this morning at work! But, thankfully, it did not come to that. 

I spent the morning relaxing and puzzling, then Ben and I ran out to Giant Eagle to get ingredients for our big, seafood, Valentine's dinner. I spent most of the afternoon cooking. Here was the menu: Salad with strawberries and candied pecans w/ poppyseed salad dressing, cheddar bay biscuits, shrimp cocktail, crab cakes, lobster bisque, and shrimp scampi. We also got cheesecake for dessert! Ben set out candles to make everything all pretty and romantic and the kids really enjoyed the fanciness of everything. :)

I had totally forgotten about Jonas going to Max's for his birthday sleepover tonight! Thank goodness I remembered at some point today, so right after dinner Ben drove him over there for the night. Then we got in the hot tub with the girls. It was a wonderful Valentine's day! 



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