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My Once-in-a-Lifetime Valentine's Day Surprise

By Margaret Woda

Real Estate Agent with Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.

February 13, 2011 04:09 PM

ValentineTude Flowers, candy and assorted gifts have been mine on Valentine's Day throughout my 44 years of marriage to the same guy. But he has never whisked me off to a tropical island for a second honeymoon and I've never found rose petals on my pillow or experienced the romantic gestures that fill the February issue of women's magazines each year.

My husband has many wonderful qualities but he just isn't a romantic guy, and creativity would not be on any list of adjectives describing him. That's okay with me... I'm a pretty lucky lady to have such a wonderful person still love me after all this time.

Imagine my surprise when he walked into the room with this special Valentine's Day treat a few years ago - a bag made of chocolate and filled with whipped cream and strawberries!

He had melted Ghiradelli chocolate in the microwave, painted all the inside surfaces of a wax-coated bag from Dunkin Donuts with the melted chocolate, chilled it, and repeated the process several times. Then he peeled away the Dunkin Donuts bag to reveal this chocolate bag, and filled it with strawberries and whipped cream before delivering it to me - with two spoons.

The word "surprise" hardly describes my reaction.

My sweetie knows this will be a hard act to follow, so he hasn't even tried to top it. But that's okay, because he earned enough Valentine's Day points with this surprise to last a lifetime.

When I read Anna Banana's Valentine Contest Story Weekend - Share a Story! I knew this would be mine. Do you have a ValentineTude?

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Marilyn Boudreaux

Marilyn Boudreaux, Century 21 Bono Realty - Lake Charles, LA

Lake Charles LA Century 21 Realtor

Definately a keeper anything with chocolate gets my attention Happy Valentines Day Margaret!

Feb 13, 2011 04:24 PM

Margaret Woda

Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. - Crofton, MD

Maryland Real Estate & Military Relocation

Alan - LOL... he made himself look bad, too, for all those other Valentine's Days.

Joni - I know, isn't that something?

Glenn - One word: Imitate.

John - Lots of pressure on guys at this time of year.

Praful - Yep, some of us just don't know when to quit.

Marilyn - You too!

Feb 13, 2011 04:32 PM

Kerrie La Guardia

ActiveRain, Community Manager - Kirkland, WA

Let it Rain!

Your hubby is a stud...happy Valentine's Day to you two xoxoxo

Feb 13, 2011 04:34 PM

Krista Lombardi

Prudential Calfornia Realty - San Diego, CA

You are such a wonderful wife to your husband, Margaret. You are very considerate. And as for your husband, he has found the most special gift of all -- YOU! He must be very proud of you. Happy valentine's day to you both! :)

Feb 13, 2011 04:50 PM

Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD

Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Margaret, That one is going to be hard to top! A bag of delish!!

TOM

Feb 13, 2011 10:34 PM

Margaret Woda

Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. - Crofton, MD

Maryland Real Estate & Military Relocation

Kerrie - Yes, he has his moments! LOL.

Krista - Thank you. I think we'll read some nice ValentineTudes today and have some new ideas for today and future years.

Luz - It was delicious, but the surprise factor was off the charts.

Margaret - Yes, impossible act to follow.

Feb 13, 2011 11:23 PM

Cindy Jones

Integrity Real Estate Group - Woodbridge, VA

Pentagon, Fort Belvoir & Quantico Real Estate News

Margaret-obviously he is a keeper. And after 44 years of marriage you already know that.

Feb 13, 2011 11:31 PM

Judy Jennings

Top Agent Plus - Middleboro, MA

Tap into Judy's real estate expertise & resources.

Margaret - I think "creative" certainly made it into the list of adjectives describing your sweet man! Yes, that would be very difficult to top.. although, I am sure you would accept being whisked away to a tropical island if he ever felt so inclined. Happy Valentine's Day!

Feb 13, 2011 11:52 PM

Margaret Woda

Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. - Crofton, MD

Maryland Real Estate & Military Relocation

Cindy - So true!

Judy - A tropical island in February sounds like a winner.

Feb 13, 2011 11:54 PM

Emily Medvec

eXp Realty LLC - Santa Fe, NM

Broker | Realtor | Serving Santa Fe & Northern NM

Margaret, how wonderful! Congratulations on #44 and Happy Valentine's Day today. What a recipe for love!

Feb 14, 2011 04:25 AM

Billi Evans

Murney Associates - Springfield, MO

Who cares about tropical islands? They have bugs and hurricanes. I'll take chocolate any day of the week.

Feb 14, 2011 05:42 AM

Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly Right Real Estate

Kelly Right Real Estate - Hood River, OR

Customized Choices for your Real Estate Needs

I hope my wife misses this blog post so I can steal the idea for next year. Wow, I am impressed!!

Mel

Feb 14, 2011 06:02 AM

Margaret Woda

Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. - Crofton, MD

Maryland Real Estate & Military Relocation

Emily - Happy Valentine's Day to you, too!

Billi - Do they? I've never been to one. But I do love my chocolate.

Mel - It was pretty impressive, let me tell you!

Feb 14, 2011 06:20 AM

Steve Scheer

Realty Oasis - Metro Brokers - Highlands Ranch, CO

Highlands Ranch Real Estate - Denver Real Estate

Now that takes a bit of creativity. I bought my chocolates for my valentine.

Feb 14, 2011 11:52 AM

Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!

Red Rock Real Estate (435) 632-9374 - St. George, UT

St. George Utah Area Residential Sales Agent

Margaret, Wow! What a fantastic idea your husband had! I bet it was luscious and oh-so delicious!

Feb 15, 2011 04:46 AM

Margaret Woda

Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. - Crofton, MD

Maryland Real Estate & Military Relocation

Steve - Very nice!

Wanda - I don't know what came over him that one year. It truly was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. If I doubted that, the do-it-yourself flowers I received yesterday served as a good reminder - i.e. roses in a box that require the recipient to arrange her own Valentirine flowers. LOL.

Feb 15, 2011 08:38 AM

Larry & Jacque Ficek

Alaska Dream Makers - Wasilla, AK

Realtors - Wasilla Alaska

Margaret, was he watching a little too much Martha that year? How clever to do that for you! He should do a guest blog on how he did it in his own words. If Larry tried that there would be some serious adjectives and it would take him two pages to explain what he had to do to make it...

That was very sweet of him and it would be very difficult to top.

Congratulations on over 44 years of marriage too-that is fantastic!

Jacque & Larry

Feb 15, 2011 03:00 PM

Margaret Woda

Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. - Crofton, MD

Maryland Real Estate & Military Relocation

Maybe it has something to do with the name "Larry" - if your Larry is anything like mine, two pages might be enough...

I asked my brother and his wife about their son's new promotion over the weekend, and my husband chimed in with a year-by-year account of his military career. My brother never did get a word in edgewise to answer my question about his son's promotion at work.

Feb 15, 2011 03:04 PM

Larry & Jacque Ficek

Alaska Dream Makers - Wasilla, AK

Realtors - Wasilla Alaska

Hmmmmm, I think we could be on to something here Margaret. Both are great guys and make for interesting stories! We will have 15 years married the end of March and I would not trade him for the world.

I am still trying to imagine what our kitchen would look like if my Larry attempted what your Larry accomplished. That would be a good photo and story too!

Tell you nephew congratulations for us too.

Jacque & Larry

Feb 15, 2011 04:26 PM

Margaret Woda

Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. - Crofton, MD

Maryland Real Estate & Military Relocation

Jacque - Actually, the kitchen was not too bad because he made this in advance and had to hide the bowl of melted chocolate from me.

Feb 15, 2011 08:56 PM