Happy Valentine’s Day!! It’s also Friday, so I thought for Friday 5 at the Farm I’d share five ways that Handsome and I infuse our home with romance. (And I will even keep it above board.)
We do romance here, okay? I mean, it has always been important to both of us. We are always looking for something fun together or something comforting, and I love it. And without meaning to sound to cliche, it is so true that the best ways to drum up and enjoy a romantic mood are often the simplest.
- Environment Matters. Our mood thrives with a clean house, work done, lights low, and minimal fragrances except vanilla. Lots of twinkly white lights.
- Cuddling with a great movie. Cell phones are turned off. All indoor animals are somehow made to be quiet and peaceful. (Sometimes that part is tricky.) For dinner on these nights, we often make nothing but homemade popcorn with obscene amounts of real butter. There are layers of heavy, fuzzy blankets involved, and there is much “xoxo.” What kinds of movies? Never heavy, serious dramas. We opt for comedies, action, or some other kind of fun. Because stress frowns and tears are not very romantic. Or sometimes we do the whole “binge-watching” thing and take in several episodes at once of a show we both love.
- Meals We Love. Food is a love language in which we are both fluent. When we have a little something special to celebrate or crave a dose of ooh la la, a beautiful meal is often in order. For Handsome, the menu almost always includes homemade Alfredo sauce. For me, it’s avocados. We don’t imbibe, but we will share an ice cold bottle of sparkling cider for fun. Other faves are chocolate covered strawberries and steak with all the trimmings. Homemade pizza. More popcorn. Sometimes I don’t even do the dishes till the next morning! That’s how crazy we get.
- Road trips. Of course we love big, elaborate vacations! But for a dose of simple romance we like to strike out on nearby roads and just explore. We have tons of made-up bingo games we play. We like all kinds of music for singing along. And we talk. Or don’t talk. We could talk or not talk for hours. (Name that movie for bonus points!)
- We own a massage table. So there you go.
Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope however you celebrate, and whoever is lucky enough to spend it with you, that you feel some simple romance. I hope you know it does’t have to be expensive or fancy to be really special. It just has to be genuinely you.
“Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.”
~Elinor Glyn
XOXOXO
Happy Valentine’s Day, Marie! I hope your day is wonderfully romantic! <3
I trust you had an enjoyable Valentine’s Day, Marie – I won’t ask whether it involved fuzzy blankets or the massage table. It’s nice to have options, isn’t it?
I have been making popcorn like every night. I can’t stop. Noah doesn’t like it, which is good, because I will eat an entire bowl. Warm coconut oil + massage table = good.