Plumber Bummer/Valentine's fun

The date: Last Saturday, roughly 11 p.m.
The place: Our apartment in Rexburg, ID
The problem: Bathroom Plumbing

It was quite a shock when I went to use one of our two sinks in the bathroom and both sinks started filling up with water and leaving these nasty black specks all over. I called my handy dandy fix-it man, David, to fix it and ended up spending all evening trying to figure what was wrong. After staying up till 1 a.m. on Valentine's Day, we decided to call it quits and talk to our managers before church. Either it was the drain-o stuff we put down the drain or the stuff in the pipes, but our bathroom stunk like sulfur all night. I'm starting to wonder if Valentine's Day is more of a cursed day for us, since last year we almost got in a wreck.

Fortunately, the manager came and fixed the pipes in time for us to enjoy our dinner with the windows open to air out the stink. I made David's favorite dinner: marinated pork, stir fry rice and homemade bread. David gave me the roses on the table for Valentine's Day.

I also followed my friend, Leadawn's example and made heart shaped pancakes that morning. I didn't have red food coloring so I tried a raspberry jello mix. It kind of left a weird taste in our mouths afterwords so I don't recommend it.
And, finally, David made me the most amazing Valentine's Day gift ever! He had learned how to sew from watching his sisters do it all the time and, together, we decided to embark on this immense journey of making a red and white polka dot dress. I found a vintage 1940's pattern (that is almost falling apart because it was so old) online and we went to work. When David gets started on a project, he hardly even rests till it's done. So we got this project done really fast, though it was the biggest sewing project either of us had done. Afterwords, we had some extra fabric so we decided to make a tie to match for Valentine's Day. It is cotton fabric so it's not as nice as a regular tie but it was fun to make. And so we had an amazing outfit for church on Valentine's Day -- cheesy, I know, but we're newlyweds! We get to be cheesy for a while. :-)