Lupercalia is an ancient Roman Festival and the origin of Valentines Day. Lupercalia is composed of several holy days linked together beginning on February 13th with Parentalia. During Parentalia, alltemples and businesses were closed and the people honored their Ancestors by visiting their graves with offerings of honey,... wine, oils, and water. Vestal Virgins celebrated Parentalia by paying homage to the first Vestal.
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Well, that's where it started. I love Valentine's Day! This is my first marriage and having worked as a nurse in an institution housing only women and primarily employing women, I didn't meet many men and most of them were happily married. I meet my husband on match,com in 2005. So, I've missed out on Valentine's Day until recently. We had an absolutely fabulous Valentine's Day! It lasted 3 days (another advantage to working night shift). We lit red candles (for lust), burned Nag Champa incense, and invited the God Cernunnos into our celebration. (The God of Lust, among other things). Part of my original plan was to put rose petals on the dish with the candles, but I had already used up my stash from last summer... I made dinner. Cornish hens, curried rice, broccoli in cheese sauce, garden salad and for dessert I made chocolate lava cake and brownies. We turned off facebook and spent the evening in quality time. There is nothing better than spending uninterrupted quality time with the person you love! It was wonderful. Hubby bought me pink tulips. I love pink tulips, pink roses, pink carnations... you get the idea!
So now it's back to work and back to the laundry.... would it be presumptuous of me to suggest to Hubby that we join a nudist colony, just so that I don't have to do any more laundry???
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