Happy Valentine's Day!

 Good Morning, and Happy Valentine's Day from our house to yours!  Or should I say, from our cat to yours? LOL.

Are you doing anything special today?  I don't believe that we are doing anything out of the ordinary today. Yesterday was kind of busy, and tomorrow will also be busy...because hubby's birthday is on the 16th, which is Monday, but he has an important medical appointment that day, so no celebrations could be planned on his actual birthday.  Tomorrow the kids will be here after church and we will celebrate together.  

But back to yesterday, we actually went and picked up his birthday present and brought it home...yes, he got a new recliner finally. Back when I was going through the process of getting a new recliner, we knew that he really needed one too, but had to wait a while. The kids all chipped in with me to purchase this new chair for his birthday...

I just realized that he had the arm of the chair flipped up, but that's because there is a compartment under the padded arm and also a control for a massager! So he was trying that out.  I have a feeling I may be using his chair once in a while too!

Here's his old recliner, out on the curb for now, because we've discovered in this neighborhood that usually if you put anything that looks remotely decent out on the curb, it will disappear pretty quickly. But if it isn't gone by today, our son will come and take it to the dump on Monday.  It's still functional, just pretty worn from years of use.

Anyway, back to the new chair...we soon discovered that we probably made  a mistake in buying one with that kind of upholstery...because we forgot that we have a kitty that just LOVES to climb up into "Daddy's" lap every morning after his breakfast and sit there where he feels warm and cozy and safe...but his little claws can too easily tear or scratch that kind of material, and so now our beautiful new chair is covered up with all manner of covers to protect it.  I am going to look for some kind of slip cover when we go shopping again that will be more suitable and look better than this, but for now that's what we had to do.   Amazing how a little black furry "stray cat" can change your whole routine and way of doing things...  Thankfully now that the weather is warmer, he spends more time outside, (which he loves) but he also loves this morning routine and secretly so does someone else, evn though he won't admit it. LOL.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 NIV

"4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, 

it does not boast, it is not proud. 

5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, 

it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 

6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 

7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8  Love never fails..."