Just got in from Sanya and I have been spoiled rotten by Mr. P this weekend (and the many months before). He didn't piled me with material items (well okay minus the pair of RV), only thoughtful presents that have a bearing on my 2009 resolutions.

A year of learning and adventure indeed.

Ms Robinson wrote:

What is baffling at times, is how women - not young, impressionable women, but older women who've lived and loved more than a few times - turn into little girls at the mention of February 14th...

Actually it's not baffling, it's plain sad that we have to look outside our relationships, outside the moments that only exist between ( Read more... )

One of my daily reads is Tia over at Clever Girl Goes Blog sums up love perfectly :

Two years ago today, I married a man who made "forever" look like the best idea I'd ever had.

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Languedoc Region in the South of France

Mr. P's mom and step-dad's half finished house in France

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Miss Liberty

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"You spent so much time avoiding it, I'm sure you have a fairly good idea of what love is."

Said a wise friend of mine.

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Why do we not let our true feelings be known till stuff happens?

Someone once told me that a fight in a relationship is like lighting a piece of paper on fire. It slowly burns it away.

"Jane Austen is a cynnical romantic. All her heroines married millionaires. That's what you need a millionaire."

As always, a trip home is never complete without seeing Adam (and stella atois).

"I like falling in love, disappointment included. The all consuming, hard-to-breathe-without-him feelings."
"You are a true romatic, kid. Have you been in ( Read more... )