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UPDATE 3:15 p.m......My cousin, Ross, is on his way home. He has left the sandbox! He was stationed at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. I knew he was leaving today, on Valentine's Day, but I just got an email saying he's out. Now we just have to pray him home safely. He will make a couple of stops (courtesy of the Army) before he gets to his home in Montgomery County, TX. He is currently still in the Middle East, but out of the way of small arms fire and shoulder mounted grenade launchers.
Happy Valentine's Day to my favorite husband, Steve. When I call him my most favorite husband, he likes to remind me that he is my least favorite husband, also 
I got these bits of information from Carolyn yesterday, so I thought I'd share:
Valentine's Day Trivia
Did you know that...
Teachers will receive the most Valentine's Day cards, followed by children, mothers, wives, and then, sweethearts.
15% of U.S. women send themselves flowers on Valentine's Day. (There ya' go, Beth.)
More than 50% of cards are sold the week of the holiday, with the largest and most elaborate Valentine cards sold 48 hours before February 14.
About 3% of pet owners will give Valentine's Day gifts to their pets.
Cupid, another symbol of Valentines Day, became associated with it because he was the son of Venus, the Roman god of love and beauty. Cupid often appears on Valentine cards holding a bow and arrows because he is believed to use magical arrows to inspire feelings of love.
Hallmark has over 1330 different cards specifically for Valentine's Day.
In the United States, 64% of men do not make plans in advance for a romantic Valentine's Day with their sweethearts. (There's a shock.)
70% of those celebrating the holiday give a card, followed by a telephone call (49%), gift (48%), special dinner (37%), candy (33%) restaurant meal (30%), and flowers (19%). (Wonder how many people celebrate "anti-Valentine's Day?)
Valentine's Day Superstitions
To be awoken by a kiss on Valentine's Day is considered lucky. 
By tradition, a young girl was supposed to eventually marry the first eligible male she met on Valentine's Day.
In Great Britain, a woman would write the names of their sweethearts on small scraps of paper which would be placed on clay balls. The balls were dropped into water with the belief that whichever scrap of paper surfaced first would be the name of the man destined to be the future husband. (Wonder how many just sank?)
Pick a dandelion that has gone to seed. Take a deep breath and blow the seeds into the wind. Count the seed that remain on the stem, and that is the number of children you will have. (Sure am glad that's only a superstition!)
Seeing different animals on Valentine's Day can result in different ways; seeing a goldfinch, you will marry a millionaire; seeing a robin you will marry a crime fighter; seeing a dove, you will have a happy peaceful marriage. (Maybe it's a good day to go to the zoo!) (I'm fixing to go see what kinds of birds are in our backyard.)
I guess he's right really - it wouldn't work. She's a chocolate, and he's a vanilla.  Who wants vanilla on Valentine's Day?
I sent him an email at 3:30 this morning. Now I see all the typos in it, that I missed at 3:30 in the morning. *sigh*
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