Tips and Treats Valentines Day

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Hot Tips & Treats

To

Light Your Valentine’s Fire

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Table of Contents

Love.....................................................................................................................................3Communicate Your Love.....................................................................................................5

Listen Up Guys....................................................................................................................7

A Woman Knows How to Spice it Up.................................................................................!"is Goes #ot" Ways........................................................................................................11

Know Your Love...............................................................................................................1$

5% &omantic '(eas )or *a+entine,s -ay.............................................................................17!"e Way to t"e Heart...................................................................................................../1

Conc+usion........................................................................................................................./5

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Love

Love is on most everyone’s mind at some point in time and especially

during the month of February. February is the month of romance and

the time for not only romantic thoughts but romantic actions.

Keeping in mind that sex is sex and love is love and what we’re talking

about here is true, unadulterated love. Almighty love between two

people who care for one another so much that when physical contact is

no longer possible because bones are too old and brittle, or illness

keeps them physically apart, they still have that need to be together

because of the great love they share for one another.

es, it is possible to have this ama!ing kind of love in your life.

"he following information is intended for those of you who may or may

not have a clue what to do when the month of amore rolls around.

"his information will be useful to the young and inexperienced as well

as the older more worldly in the ways of love. "his information is to

be considered a starting point for your own imagination. "his

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information is intended to help you #ump start the spark of love for the

very first time or for the hundred and fiftieth time in your life long

pursuit of the affairs of the heart.

Keep in mind that creativity and not #ust money is the key to having a

wonderful $alentine’s %ay or for that matter many loving years with

the person you hold most dear to your heart. Love is a wonderful

thing to share with another human being. "he problem is that some

people, without reali!ing it, take love and the person they love for

granted. &othing can hurt the feelings of another more than taking

the other for granted. 'o don’t. (ut remember that effort alone

without a purpose is misdirected effort. "here must be a point to

the effort in order for the effort to matter.

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Communicate Your Love

"he best place to start, ) suppose, is to sit down and think about what

you want to communicate to your sweet valentine. *hat are you

saying to him or her+ *hat message or feeling will they take away

from your actions+ )f you don’t communicate what you intend to

communicate then the action you take may be pointless.

f course you are trying to say -) Love ou but what else+ ou

might attempt to show him or her that -ou are the most important

person in the world to me. )s that enough+ *hat about -/y life

with you is the best one ) could imagine. r perhaps -&o one else

has ever made me feel the way you do. -

&ow we’re getting somewhere0

All of these messages are the right types of messages to communicate

on $alentine’s %ay. (ut how on earth do you get these messages

from your heart and mind to the heart and mind of the one you love+

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&ow we come to the $alentine’s present. "he $alentine’s present is

not #ust a card that says -) Love ou or a beautiful bou1uet of

flowers, but a gift that expresses all the above messages without a

word. A card and flowers and especially the gift of chocolate are

almost a re1uirement these days, but #ust giving a card and flowers is

not enough. *hat else can you do to warm the heart and please the

mind of your love+ "ake the time to do something out of the

ordinary.

"ake the time to do something special.

2lan this out very carefully.

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Listen Up uys

*hat can a man do on $alentine’s %ay that’s special and unexpected

for his lady+ "his is where your own imagination comes into play.

ou could take her to dinner and then take her to her favorite clothing

store and let her pick out the dress of her dreams that she li!es" ou

could present her with a preplanned cruise to somewhere she has

always wanted to see. "he idea is that you do all the planning and

take care of all the details in advance. ou could find out which

#eweler she fre1uents to day dream about things she would like to

have and you can get to know the proprietor and have them keep a

list of the items she looks longingly at during the year. "hen you

come back to the #eweler several times during the year and go over

the list of items and 1uietly buy some or all of those items for her.

"hen you could give them to her all at once on $alentine’s %ay or you

could space them out over a few days before, on and after the special

day. Another possible way to take an unexpected action is to find

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someone who loves to go to estate sales and buy #ewelry. "hen work

out a special arrangement to buy multiple items from them to give to

your lady in a similar way.

2erhaps you could place one or more items on her pillow each morning

and each night before, on and after $alentine’s %ay. *hen she asks

you where they came from, #ust tell her they might be from the one

person in the world who loves her most and that you will do some

checking to find out who that is.

"he messages we previously discussed are the ones you are

communicating. 'he will smile and be very thrilled at your actions.

Also don’t forget to buy her an extra #ewelry box, because she will

need it.

) know that this might be a huge departure from your usual rush3out3

on3valentine’s3day3to3find3something plan. "his takes time. "his

takes thought. "his sort of gift3giving is not last minute and hurried.

"his is slow, and sweet, and wonderful. ou’ll be ama!ed at her

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# $oman %nows How to pice it Up

*hat can a woman do on $alentine’s %ay that is special and

unexpected for her guy+ ou can rely on your own imagination to

come up with new unexpected actions to show him your love as well.

A good adage to remember is that the way to a man’s heart is through

his stomach. )t’s trite, but trust me, it’s also true. "ake the time to

prepare a special meal of all the foods that he loves and serve them to

him in candle light. es, candle light. /en actually love that type of

romance, but will never admit to it. es, some may consider this a

sexist move4 cooking for your man. 5owever, giving of yourself to the

one you love is never a bad thing.

ou could also give him a nice card and his favorite bottle of wine for

the meal. ou could arrange to take him to his favorite sporting

event and get the best tickets in the house ahead of time for that



important game he wants to see. "hat will be unexpected, but the

messages that you will give him will be the right ones.

Find out what movie or show he is particularly interested in and get

the best seats in the house for the two of you. 6ven if it involves a

sub#ect that you do not care for, go with him to show that love is more

important than you not wanting to sit through another 'teven 'egall

movie.

2lan a weekend at the beach or a favorite resort or retreat and go

together, #ust the two of you. %on’t take kids or cell phones or

computers or televisions to interrupt your time together. (e sure not

to plan the get away during a special event or game such as the 'uper

(owl or his interest will not be 7889 on you. All of his heart may be

present but not all of his mind will be present, if you know what )

mean.

:o with him to the hardware store or tool store and help andencourage him pick out that perfect riding lawn mower he has always

wanted. "he messages of love are sometimes hard work for a

woman, but if there is true love, then the effort will be appreciated by

her man.

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This oes 'oth $ays

nce upon a time there was a young couple in love. ou know howgushy3mushy and goofy young love can be. )t’s so intense that it’s

painful to watch. r amusing. our mileage may vary.

)t was getting close to February and the young girl had a brilliant idea.

'he would do one thing a day for her guy, every day before

$alentine’s %ay. 'tarting out small, she’d escalate a little more as the

days progressed, until finally on the special day she’d go all out and dosomething seriously spectacular.

'ince she and her fianc;’ worked at the same company they managed

to see each other during the day and even have lunch together a few

times a week. 5er plan was to do something sweet and simple for him

every day at work.

'he began by leaving a small card in his desk on the first day. 'he

signed it by saying <5appy February 7st’. "he next day she left a small

s1uare box of candy hearts for him and signed it <5appy February =nd’.

As they days counted down to the 7>th, she’d given him more cards,

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some funny some romantic, a plastic heart with chocolates inside, a

stuffed teddy bear. es, you can get by with giving a guy a stuffed

bear if you’re ?6ALL close to him. "rust me, his masculinity was in

no way #eopardi!ed by this gift. 'he bought him his favorite cologne,

she baked him heart shaped sugar cookies and frosted them. 5is

buddies caught on that something was going on and ra!!ed him about

all the attention he was getting, but he knew they were #ust #ealous

and he loved every minute of it.

"he young woman had a huge ending planned for $alentine’s %ay

itself. At some point she’d been able to get the young man’s keys from

him and made a copy of his truck key. "he young man had no clue.

Late on the night of February 7@th, the young woman drove over to her

fianc;’s house. /aking sure all the lights were out at his house, she

sneaked over to his truck, unlocked the door and began filling the cab

with hundreds of balloons that she’d blown up earlier in the day. nce

it was filled, she closed the door, locked it and drove away giggling.

"he next day at work she laid out a table cloth, fine china plates and

crystal goblets on a table for two in the employee lunch room. 'he

served him a lovely spinach 1uiche, grapes and croissants. "hey

drank sparkling cider together and then she presented him with a

large heart shaped chocolate cake. 'he’d scooped out the inside of

the cake, then filled it with chocolate mousse and topped that withcherries. )t was a work of art and everyone in the office was talking

about the cra!y3in3love couple sharing their love and their beautiful

meal.

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'he didn’t do this so everyone around them could have a window in on

their relationship, she did this because she truly loved her man and

she wanted him to know how much she cared. 'he wanted him to feel

special, because he was very special to her.

"here were no diamond rings, no :ucci shoes, no ?olex watches or

airline tickets to the (ahamas among the gifts given. "hese were

simple, inexpensive gifts that came from the heart.

'ometimes, the little things are all the riches of the heart that you

need.

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%now Your Love

ne of the most important things for either a man or woman to know

or at least make the effort to learn, is what makes their significant

other tick. ou must be alert and attentive to the wants and the

needs and the desires of the other, put them first in your life. )n order

to make $alentine’s %ay a spectacular it’s essential that you truly

know the heart and desires of your mate.

"he investment of time and effort and thought during the year leading

up to $alentine’s %ay are critically important. "he expenditure of that

time and effort to gain that knowledge is the investment that shows

the love for one another is not #ust a one day a year thing. ?eal love

is earned every day of the year and not #ust on special occasions. )t

is not enough to buy a card and some flowers the day before or the

day of $alentine’s %ay. )t truly is not the present or the card or the

flowers that express the messages you want to communicate to the

loved one you chose above all others.

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"he present is the time and the effort as well as the card and the

flowers together that is the ultimate expression of the love you feel

and the love you share. ou can only fail to show your love and cause

the -) am taking you for granted feeling if you don’t make the

properly directed effort to be actually interested in your loved one

everyday. "hen you can show on one day, $alentine’s %ay, what

effort you have made all year long to that one person you love. "he

evidence of your efforts is the actual gift on $alentine’s %ay. "he

time it took you to think ahead, find out what was important to the

one you love and to arrange the shopping spree, the purchase of the

#ewelry, the tickets to the game or the show or to prepare the special

meal is actually the gift of love. 2roperly directed, thoughtful time

and effort throughout the year are the evidence of your love. "he

card and the flowers and the unexpected actions are intended to

reveal the evidence of your love. ou must give of yourself in order

to give the love you want to share with your loved one. "he day to

day effort you expend to know and to understand the one you love is

what is important. Finding out their inner secrets and wants andneeds is the effort re1uired to make a $alentine’s %ay special. )f both

the man and the woman make that daily effort to know one another

better everyday, then there will be love.

"he cards, gifts and actions only express that love in a deeper way to

the other. ou only get out of something what you are willing to put

into something. "he love you feel and have for another is worth theeffort you expend to reveal that love.

)f you scrimp and shave off the effort you make, then that will show

through too. )f you are true to the love you feel then the effort you

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expend will not be that difficult. ?emember that you are giving your

time and effort for the one you love. )f they are doing the same for

you, then $alentine’s %ay will be one of the most memorable events of

your year. 2ractice everyday what you are trying to say to the one

you love by your efforts on their behalf. A 5appy $alentine’s %ay is

headed your way if you show your love everyday.

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() *omantic +,eas for Valentine’s -ay

7. :et up a bit early and make your partner breakfast in bed=. Let them sleep in and take over the morning parenting

duties@. 5ire a masseuse to come over after work to work on your love’s

back and neck>. %inner at their favorite restaurantB. "ake them a special lunch at workC. 5ide a love note in the lunch they take to workD. 'end them a provocative picture of you on your cell phoneE. 'urprise them with a weekend away at a romantic ((G. Hreate a H% of their favorite music for them

78. *rite them a poem

77. /ake them their favorite dinnerImeal

7=. %etail their car and put a big bow on it

7@. 'ign them up for Fruit of the month club

7>. (uy them day pass for a spa

7B. Leave love notes all over the house

7C. :ive herIhim a foot rub

7D. "ake them back to the first place you went out

7E. Hreate a 2ower2oint slideshow with pictures of you both,set to music

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7G. :ive herIhim a handwritten list of all the things you love aboutthem

=8. /ake a note with candy bars on a big sheet of poster board

=7. Fill their car with balloons and tie a huge helium filled ) L$6 balloon on the outside

==. Leave a trail of rose petals and clothes and lit candles from thefront door to the bathtub, where you’ve got a wonderful bubblebath ready and scented candles provide the romantic light.

=@. /ake your partner a <coupon book’ with cute things you’ll do forthem, like watch the 'uper bowl even though you hate football,or 7 :et ut of Hhick Flick Free Houpon. (e creative0

=>. Hhange the desktop picture on their computer to a picture of youholding a sign saying -) L$6 0

=B. Fill a #ar with handwritten notes and poems about the things youlove about your partner

=C. :ive herIhim a puppy Jbut make absolutely 2'")$6L sure thatthey are receptive to this one

=D. 'et up a scavenger hunt for them with your friends in on it, andat the end of the clues have a romantic meal and candles at yourhouse

=E. "ickets for a surprise three day cruise0

=G. (uy them the boxed set of their favorite series and spend theweekend with bowls of popcorn and drinks watching every one ofthem

@8. 5ave a novelty maga!ine coverInewspaper made withherIhisIyour pictures on it and a sappy message

@7. 'tay in and watch a romantic movie

@=. %ress up and stay in. %ance in the living room

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@@. (ring a table cloth, fine china, crystal goblets and silverware totheir work, spread it out on a table in the employee lunchroomand give them a special feast.

@>. 5ang a necklace around the neck of a stuffed animal and give it

to them

@B. ?eserve a chalet up in the mountains and snow for #ust the twoof you

@C. 'pend an evening looking at old photo albums, reminiscing andlaughing

@D. &othing says love like strawberries dipped in chocolate. "hey’reeasy so you can do them yourself or you can purchase them

@E. *rite himIher a song and sing it for them

@G. Hhocolate, whipped cream, shredded coconut, sprinkles and yourimagination. &uff said.

>8. 5oney. %on’t forget honey.

>7. /ake a fondue meal with meats and cheeses and even fruits thatcan be dipped in chocolate

>=. 5ave a special photograph cake made with a picture of the twoyou of you on it

>@. 2lay a board game, a video game, or a card game but mix upthe rules a bit. *hy not make each point worth a piece ofclothing+

>>. (aby it’s c3c3c3cold outside0 5ave a Fireside 2icnic. Lay ablanket on the floor next to a roaring fire

>B. "ickets to see her favorite musical group+

>C. "ake ten balloons. )nside each one place a note you’ve writtenabout how your partner makes you feel, what you adore aboutthem. 'omething to make them feel special. 2ut one note intoeach balloon and have the balloons filled with helium. (ring theballoon bou1uet, with a teddy bear for ballast, to your partner’swork.

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>D. "he tried and true negligee under the coat is never boring, sogive it a whirl0

>E. ne red rose for every year you’ve been together. Jor if you’ve

only been together for several months, one for each month

>G. 'urprise them with tickets to a show and book a room at a nicehotel instead of going home for the night. rder room service.'tay in. "alk. "ake your time.

B8. 'ay <) Love ou’ and mean it. "hen tell the other person, in greatdetail #ust why you love them. %on’t leave out anything.

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The $ay to the Heart.

ou’ve all heard the old adage about the way to a man’s heart is

through his stomachand for many men that holds true today. "his

doesn’t mean that a woman won’t find a man with cooking talent sexy.

A man who can cookor even bake0is a huge draw for a female.

'ince this goes both ways, )’m going to give you some excellent

recipes that are tried and true and your partner is going to love that

you took the time to make something for them. )n many ways, a

homemade giftwhether it’s a card or some chocolate covered

strawberriesis the way to someone’s heart. )t shows them that you

truly care enough to put in the time and the effort to give them a part

of yourself. 5ow could that ever be a bad thing+

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Conclusion

"hat old saying about love making the world go <round is true.

Life is better when you have someone to share it with. Life is better

when you have companionship.

Love, whether it’s your first time or you’ve been together forever, is

something that needs to be fed and nourished and kept alive. ou

can’t keep a houseplant alive by watering it #ust once a yearso too

you cannot keep your love alive by paying attention to your partner

once a year on $alentine’s %ay. )t simply doesn’t work that way.

(y loving and caring and sharing all year, you can make sure that your

$alentine’s %ay will be a memorable day in a year of memorable

moments.

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