A Practical Valentine's Day Gift

NO flowers that wilt away and NO chocolate here.  I got something I needed -and wanted- and it's handmade! Cody did an AMAZING job making me what-not shelves for the kitchen!  Both sides of the shelves are laminated and the aluminum edging is stylin'.  Just beautiful.

Don't worry, Cody got a gift too.  We have this running joke: I ask what he'd like for dinner on any particular night and he hums and haws -can't think of anything, so he just says MEATLOAF.  I've made meatloaf maybe once in the past 10 years.  I'm not really a big fan of it but I found a fantastic recipe and we gorged ourselves on the best meatloaf we've ever had.  

I think I got the better gift!

Thursday Show and Tell

A rare find today: An unopened box of old Valentines!

Of course I opened them!

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