Say it With Flowers #13

Happy Valentines Day! This is our final installment in our 'Say it With Flowers' segment. Thus, it is fitting that we end with a flourish! Here it is....

3 Red Roses - "I love you"
6 Red Roses - "I wanna be yours"
7 Red Roses - "I'm infatuated with you"
24 Red Roses "Can't stop thinking of you, 24 hours a day"
33 Red Roses - "Saying I love you with great affection"
99 Red Roses - "I will love you as long as I live"
100 Red Roses "Remaining passionate and devoted as a couple until a ripe old age" (+-$400)
365 Roses - "Can't stop thinking of you, each and every day"
999 Roses - "Everlasting and Eternal love"

The Valentine a Wife Really Needs

In the book, He Said, She Said : Candid Conversations about the Making of a Great Marriage, Bill & Anabel Gillham listed some of the top ways women finish this statement:

I wish my husband would love me by …

1. Listening to me.
2. Taking my “petty problems” seriously.
3. Noticing me more - not just when he wants sex.
4. Saying “thank you” for the things I do.
5. Being interested in my life … at least acting like you’re interested.
6. Showing affection when other people are around.
7. Sharing his goals and values with me, talking his business over with me.
8. Taking me out without the kids more - maybe just for a ride.
9. Including me in the things he does.
10. Just holding me in his arms and talking to me.
11. Being tender - using kind, tender words.
12. Helping in the discipline of the children.
13. Accepting me just as I am.
14. Spending more time with the family.

Say it With Flowers #12

If you're just happy and excited about something or someone and want to send a message to show that, this tip is for you!

Red and Yellow Roses together = "Let's celebrate!"

Say it With Flowers #11

This is a very rare rose - but can by created in a variety of ways. If you find one, you are truly industrious!

Blue = "You're mysterious"

Say it With Flowers #10

This is one that I'll be giving out on behalf of my daughters until they're 30 or so. :) (okay, so I'm a bit protective. I'm allowed to be - I'm a dad!)1 white rose bud = "I'm too young for love"

Say it With Flowers #9

This is a tip that you can use all year round! It has usage in many different situations.

Dark Pink = "Thank you!"

Say it With Flowers #8

A tip that you can use in a lot of different occassions -

Light Pink = "You make me happy!"

Guys like this...aarrgh

I read this post on a Promise Keepers blog and realized that I have a lot of work to do if I'm to get anywhere close to this. I'm lucky if I remember Valentines and other 'romantic' things and rarely think of something appropriate to do! Men like this guy below make life tough for the rest of us. Read this story as told by his wife...I'm going out to bang my head on the wall.

My husband Chris and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary on Valentine's Day this year. It has been just the best 20 years of my life and I'm so blessed to have him as my husband. The most romantic thing he's done for me during that time is written to me each week of our marriage (yes, every single WEEK) telling me how much he loves me and about the things that have happened to us during the past 7 days. He started this on the day we were married and it has now grown into what we call the "Journal of our Marriage". He's written about the good times, sad and bad times, and even just the plain boring times. What makes this even more special is that we both work - he does permanent night shift and I work during the day, so we don't get to spend an awful lot of time together, but this is his way of making a few special moments where all he concentrates on is me and our life together. So often men have trouble expressing their love in verbal form, let alone written, but I feel so cherished as I read each one.
Could anything be more romantic?

Say it With Flowers #7

If you're not so good with words, or maybe you want to re-affirm a truth, this tip will really help you to say it!


Red and white roses together = "We belong together."

Say it With Flowers #6

This is for those of you that are dating and want to take it to the next level of committment!

Two intertwined roses = "I have something to ask you" (a marriage proposal is imminent)

Say it With Flowers #5

This tip could help you send a message that gets super bonus points with your special someone...

50 Red Roses = "I love you no matter what' Cost: around $200...wonder if a crayon drawing and writing the words would count?

Say it With Flowers #4

This is good tip to use - especially if you miss a birthday, anniversary or some other random time when you just blow it.

15 Red Roses = "I'm Sorry"

Say it With flowers #3

A Dozen Red Roses = 'It's true love!'