Friday Funny--Puritan Valentines

And the Valentine Winner is...

Have you missed me? Life has been in an uproar the past week. It looks like more uproar is coming in the near future, but hopefully, I can get back on top of things. Thanks for your patience.

I posted about possible Valentines mija could make for  our homeschool group today.

The winner is...

The Flower!

We made a few changes to the original one from Pinterest.

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We left off the phrase "I'm as sucker for you, Valentine" and added a leave where she signed her now. She colored each flower, too, instead of pre-printed paper.Here is a close-up of a finished flower pop.

Making Valentine's Cards

Mija will be going to our church's homeschool group next Tuesday, and of course, Valentine's will be exchanged. She's never actually participated in a Valentine exchange before, so I'm sure it will be fun for her.

Not as fun for me, however, since money is scarce. Looking at some Valentines on Pinterest to possibly make. Here are some of my choices.

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For the one above, I'd make a template, cut them out and decorate them since I don't have stamps.

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I'd have to buy pencils.

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It would be a lot of cutting to make enough for the whole group, but really cute.

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Cute and usable past Valentine Day.

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I'd probably make them smaller to be Valentine cards.

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I think this would be cute with "I'm so glad we both home 'school'."  Lot's of parts to purchase, however.

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I'd have to learn how to help her make a friendship bracelet and then there is printer ink to consider.

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This is cute especially since we did some sign language before.

Are you making any cute, homemade Valentines? If so, share your ideas. PLEASE!!  I could use some help.

A Valentine Story--My Grandparents.

On February 12, my grandparents would have been married 84 years.  What was really interesting was that they had married each other 4 times but had never divorced each other.  

I'd thought I'd tell their story today on Valentine's Day.

My grandparents were married in 1928.  My grandmother was 18, and this was her second marriage.  Yup, 18 and second marriage.  Her family life was terrible, so she married when she was 15 to escape, had a son at 16, and divorced at 17. 

My grandfather was 26.  He, too, had been married previously.  They had had three children before their marriage ended.

When my grandfather sat eyes on my grandmother, he was determined!  There was some hesitancy, however, because prejudice was high, and a Mexican man with a "gringa" girl would be highly frowned upon by both groups.  It didn't stop my grandfather, however.  In fact, my grandmother said that when my grandfather had finally tired of her ignoring him, he drove his Model T up onto the sidewalk in front of a store she was in, so she couldn't go anywhere but in his car when she left!

It obviously worked.  My grandfather learned English and my grandmother learned Spanish during their courtship. My grandparents raised me, and I frequently heard my grandpa speaking in Spanish and my grandma answering him in English.

They were married in a civil service in 1928.  That was the first time they married!

Then, they found out my grandmother's divorce from her first husband had never been finalized.  So, after that was finalized, they married again.  That was number two!

Unbelievable but true, they next found out that my grandfather's divorce had never been finalized.  Another divorce, finalized.  A third time married.

My great-grandmother (my grandfather's mom) never liked her "gringa" daughter-in-law.  In fact, she had even sought a witch's help to try and get rid of her...that's another interesting set of stories. My great-grandmother kept telling them that they were never really married because they hadn't been married in a church.  She had said that my grandmother was merely "a patch" attached to my grandfather.

So, marriage number 4 was in a church.

They never divorced each other but married each other 4 times!

Just in case you might wonder what happened to them, I thought I'd share that, too.

My grandfather died in December 1985.  He had become very senile and had come to a point where he couldn't take care of himself.  Both my grandmother and grandfather's pride prevented them from letting me take care of him, so he was in a nursing home when he passed away.

My grandmother had congestive heart disease which made her bedridden.  We kept her in the living room, so she could continue to be part of the action when she wasn't hospitalized.  She died 4 weeks to the day after my grandfather did.

Just about a month shy of their 58th wedding anniversary. 

Happy Valentine's Day.

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