Plot Monkeys

You know, I’m not real big on Valentine’s Day. I’m not down on it, but the pressure to be romantic on one day of the year simply doesn’t thrill me. I know I told you guys about how my dad sends me cards and my daughter makes me presents and my husband sends flowers…all wonderful, but I could take any of these things on any day of the week and be happy.

Today, I just want to ruminate on people and things I love, but that I might not send a card to because, well, I’m just not that into the day.

I know I’ll leave stuff out. But here goes…

I :love2: the plotmonkeys. You all know why!

I :love2: our readers…especially those who hang out here and play a few minutes every day in our jungle. I know how busy the day is, so the fact that you come and comment (or just come and read!) really means a lot.

I :love2: my family. From my parents to my brothers and their wives and children to especially my husband and daughter. To my mother in law, her children and their wives and husband, nieces and nephews (and grand nieces and nephews) that I don’t get to see nearly enough.

I :love2: my friends!

I :love2: all the family pets! At our house, Lady and Button. At my brother’s various houses, Lieba and Cannon and Buddy (especially Buddy!) and Schmoo Bear. My neighbor’s dogs, Leia and Angel and even Kelly, the yappy little poodle. And Pal! Big fuzzy Pal. :doggie:

I :love2: my doctors and the staff at St. Joseph’s Emergency Room for making my fourteen hour stay bearable yesterday. Especially to Kat, the patient advocate, who might stop by the blog today! (I’m fine, btw…it’s sad when the only way to get diagnostic tests done quickly in this country is to send a patient to an ER)

I :love2: food! From pasta to pizza to gourmet fare…all the stuff I cannot eat right now. I’m hating chicken broth and bland potatoes, to say the least. Apparently, my body does not react well to dyes.

I :love2: Heroes. Awesome episode this week.

I :love2: books! I read a bunch while trapped on a gurney yesterday, so yeah for books!

I :love2: hospitals who have free wireless internet, even if I didn’t realize it until hour 11 of my 13 hour stay.

I :love2: the internet. And google! I love me some google…especially when the daughter has been assigned yet another science project that requires pictures (this time of animal parents and their offspring.)

I :love2: cell phones.

I :love2: being able to drive, something I couldn’t do today, but will definitely do tomorrow.

I :love2: Steak and Shake. Okay, I already talked about food, but this place deserves a notation all its own.

I :love2: my 3lb laptop.

I :love2: pajamas.

I :love2: chocolate!

I :love2: the ocean. Not sailing on it, but looking at it. I love sunsets on the ocean. Oh, what the heck, I :love2: sunsets!

I :love2: my neighbors, who make it feels like we’re still living in the 50s with our kids outside playing all the time and borrowing butter for Valentine’s cookies (I was only the butter supplier) and chatting by the mailbox. Who says this life doesn’t exist any more?

I :love2: my church. ‘Nuf said.

I :love2: my writer’s groups, the Tampa Area Romance Authors, as well as Novelist’s Inc.

I :love2: my sucias, whom I miss very much. (Email group…had to unsub while I dealt with life, alas.)

I :love2: life.

So, what or whom do you love on this special day of love?