by Rosie Moore | Feb 11, 2017 | Blog
Every four years on February 29 is known as leap year. The last one we had was on 2/29/16, so that means the next one is on 2/29/20. It is also the day when you were in school that they would have Sadi Hawkins day . See some of the traditions as written by columnist Bob Driver for the Clearwater Sun ad how he describes it. Click the link for the full article.
http://www.tbnweekly.com/editorial/viewpoints/content_articles/022812_vpt-01.txt
In olden days, Feb. 29 was also celebrated as Sadie Hawkins Day, the time when girls were permitted to ask the boys of their choice for a date or whatever else the girl might have in mind.
Sadie Hawkins was the invention of Al Capp, a brilliant cartoonist who for 40 years or so drew the comic strip Li’l Abner. In the strip, Sadie was the homeliest girl in Dogpatch. She never had a date or a boy friend. Finally, as she reached the desperate age of 35, her father decreed that on a given date every spinster in Dogpatch would be entitled to pursue any unmarried male of her choice. If by sundown she could drag him across the finish line, the man had to marry her.
Capp invented Sadie Hawkins in 1937, as one more colorful character in the Li’l Abner cast. By the early 1940s the idea of an annual Sadie Hawkins Day had swept the nation. Each February, hundreds of colleges and high schools held Sadie Hawkins dances and carnivals. At one point an estimated 40,000 events took place. A related tradition sprang up which decreed that every four years – on Feb. 29 – women were free to propose marriage to their sweeties. I’m not sure anyone knows how many weddings were generated by this Leap Year custom.
Read about some Leap Year Traditions below. Click on the link to read the full article:
http://www.timeanddate.com/date/leap-day-february-29.html
Leap Day Traditions
I do! Traditionally, women take the ring into their own hands and propose on Leap Day.
’Leap Day’ is February 29, which is an extra (intercalary) day added during a Leap Year, making the year 366 days long – and not 365 days, like a common (normal) year. Nearly every 4 years is a Leap Year in our modern Gregorian Calendar.
Ever since Leap Years were first introduced over 2000 years ago with the transition from the Roman Calendar to the Julian Calendar in 45 BCE (Before Common Era), Leap Day has been associated with age-old Leap Day traditions and folklore.
What is a Leap Year and when is the next one?
When and what is Leap Day?
Women propose to their men
According to an old Irish legend, or possibly history, St Bridget struck a deal with St Patrick to allow women to propose to men – and not just the other way around – every 4 years. This is believed to have been introduced to balance the traditional roles of men and women in a similar way to how Leap Day balances the calendar.
In some places, Leap Day has been known as “Bachelors’ Day” for the same reason. A man was expected to pay a penalty, such as a gown or money, if he refused a marriage proposal from a woman on Leap Day. In many European countries, especially in the upper classes of society, tradition dictates that any man who refuses a woman’s proposal on February 29 has to buy her 12 pairs of gloves. The intention is that the woman can wear the gloves to hide the embarrassment of not having an engagement ring. During the middle ages there were laws governing this tradition.
So although this is not a Leap year, it is the season of love and no matter what you decide to do this year for Valentine’s Day, make it a fun one!
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by Rosie Moore | Feb 10, 2017 | Blog
A lot of guys think about Valentine’s Day as the perfect day to ask their sweetie to marry them. Many of the guys give a lot of thought about creative ways to ask their sweetheart to marry them. They think of hiring photography and videography to capture that special moment. Many times they create a romantic getaway with their true love. When planning this special proposal, be certain that she will say yes, that is key! Marriage is a long-term commitment not to be taken lightly. Once you know for sure that your sweetheart is the one for you and you know that she feels that way too, then it’s time to prepare for the big day. If your sweetheart is the romantic type, then a baseball game in the middle of the field is probably not the right way to propose as she may feel uncomfortable. Know your bride to be and what her personality is, that will always guide you.
Some other tips:
- Many women know that if there has been talk of marriage that a proposal may take place on this day. To keep the element of surprise, when you invite her to dinner at 7pm, let her know that you will be by to pick her up at 6 ( depending on distance of restaurant) then show up to her doorstep in a chauffeured driven limo with a harpist in the background playing a beautiful romantic song as you ask her to marry you. Totally unexpected!!!
2. Do think about what she is wearing on the day that you propose especially if you are going to capture the moment on video or photography.
3. Now if your sweetheart is more reserved and does not like a big pomp and circumstance, don’t plan a big public proposal. Instead opt for a quiet location where it is just the two of you, the beach, the lake or favorite park.
3. If you are looking to propose just the two of you in a special getaway, consider Turks and Caicos, on a candlelit romantic dinner on the beach!
How about Alaska?
Best wishes to all the guys thinking of that special Valentine’s Day proposal!!
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by Rosie Moore | Feb 9, 2017 | Blog
As we approach Valentine’s Day weekend some couples want to plan a romantic getaway locally and some have a few more days that they can get away to a beach or ski resort. Whichever you do, plan on lots of romance and making it just about the two of you.
I remember my Valentine’s Day weekend last year. Funny enough we had always wanted to go see the smoky mountains but due to our busy schedules with school, work, business and an active family life, we could never just get it on the schedule. By the time we planned to do something, everything was booked or very expensive since it was Valentine’s Day weekend. We decided to go to Mount Dora and find a bed and breakfast on a Saturday afternoon to stay at and just make it a relaxing weekend. The weather was beautiful for Florida, a nice Florida winter. We stopped at the famous Yalaha Bakery for lunch and ate on their outside picnic tables. It was great to be outdoors enjoying the Florida crisp air and talking with my Valentine.
As we were eating we could not help but reminisce about not going to the mountains. Marcus, my husband and Valentine, said, “you know what, let’s just get in the car and drive North until we get tired and then we will stay in a hotel and go exploring in Georgia.” I said, “are you crazy, it’s 4pm.” But the excitement of the unknown with my Valentine, set the mood and so off we went!!!
We talked as we drove out the interstate to Georgia. We had the best conversations and left business talk at home. We stopped a few hours later at a Marriott in Macon Georgia and when we arrived, we dropped our overnight bags and went to the hotel restaurant. We had our favorite gourmet pizza, Marguerita pizza and enjoyed more laughter. Later on, we walked around the hotel and enjoyed some coffee while we thought about the drastic temperature change ( it was 25 degrees, definitely not the 60 we left in Florida!)
The next morning, Valentine’s Day, we woke up, had a hearty breakfast and checked out to go start our day exploring. We drove out to see mountains and stopped at a few antique shops and enjoyed each other’s company as we strolled on the cold streets of Georgia. We had lunch (indoors of course) at a cute little cafe and continued our exploration of the Georgia mountains. We went on the winding curves of Blood Mountain and just enjoyed the cold, but breath-taking views.
At the end of the day we had to head back home as we both had to be at work the next day. We drove what seemed like all night (we had drifted 3 hours beyond Macon, so that added time to our trip). But on the way home with a coffee stop and dinner stop, we talked about our lives together and what we have accomplished. We also talked about how much we enjoyed being with each other.
The trip to many may seem crazy because it was so unplanned and most that know me, know as a wedding and event planner I have everything planned to the last minute. But what was great was just that , the spontaneous last minute trip. It made us feel relaxed, because we did not have an agenda to be anywhere or see anyone at any special time.
Enjoy the rest of our pictures from our Georgia adventure!
So the next time you get an idea to do something different and unplanned, go for it, you will find those are going to be your most treasured moments!!!
Happy Valentine’s Day!!
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by Rosie Moore | Feb 8, 2017 | Blog
Sometimes in life we get busy and we put things off until we have time to fulfill our dream. Jobs, family, pregnancy and obligations keep us busy. Part of marriage is not tolerating each other only, but romancing your spouse……say I love you for any reason daily, not just “love you” I can love cake and ice cream or the movies….really say ” I Love You” and take ownership of the feelings you are expressing. It is a bond not only in marriage but in your faith in God. Marriage is a long-term commitment not to be taken lightly.
This year Valentine’s Day is on a Tuesday; therefore, many of us will be working during the day. In the morning, send a little note to your significant other wishing them a good day, and if time permits, have a lunch date.
Enjoy the day all day long, with little messages, notes, a special breakfast that all lead up to dinner. But always keeping in mind, this is not the only day that we share our love with our significant other, it is daily.
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by Rosie Moore | Feb 6, 2017 | Blog
Let’s face it, when you think about Valentine’s Day, everyone gets romantic and tries to find a way to tell that special someone they are loved. There have been some great poets and romance writers in our history. Today I want to bring you the story of Elizabeth Barrett and English poet Robert Browning.
Elizabeth Barrett was born in to a wealthy and very well-known family. Elizabeth was a poet, however she was disabled and lived in her father’s house. It was known that her father was a very domineering and controlling man. One day a friend of Robert Browning introduced him to Elizabeth, which he had known about through reading her poetry in 1845. When they met, despite her disability of not being able to walk, they fell in love. Elizabeth’s father did not like Robert because he thought he was only dating her for the family inheritance. Elizabeth and Robert dated secretly and wrote each other love letters. In 1846, hundreds of letters later, they eloped. The sad part of this love relationship was that her father disowned her and her brothers did as well because they felt he was just after their money. Elizabeth was in love and she did not let her family disowning her affect her relationship with Robert. Elizabeth and Robert eventually moved to Italy where they had a son in 1849.
She remained in Italy with her husband and published Sonnets from the Portuguese from 1845–1846 and published first during 1850. “This is a collection of 44 love sonnets written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.” Read there here .
Read Robert Browning’s first letter to Elizabeth Barrett below:
10 January 1845
New Cross, Hatcham, Surrey.
I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett,-and this is no off-hand complimentary letter that I shall write,-whatever else, no prompt matter-of-course recognition of your genius and there a graceful and natural end of the thing: since the day last week when I first read your poems, I quite laugh to remember how I have been turning and turning again in my mind what I should be able to tell you of their effect upon me-for in the first flush of delight I thought I would this once get out of my habit of purely passive enjoyment, when I do really enjoy, and thoroughly justify my admiration-perhaps even, as a loyal fellow-craftsman should, try and find fault and do you some little good to be proud of hereafter!-but nothing comes of it all-so into me has it gone, and part of me has it become, this great living poetry of yours, not a flower of which but took root and grew .. oh, how different that is from lying to be dried and pressed flat and prized highly and put in a book with a proper account at top and bottom, and shut up and put away .. and the book called a “Flora,” besides! After all, I need not give up the thought of doing that, too, in time; because even now, talking with whoever is worthy, I can give a reason for my faith in one and another excellence, the fresh strange music, the affluent language, the exquisite pathos and true new brave thought-but in this addressing myself to you, your own self, and for the first time, my feeling rises altogether. I do, as I say, love these Books with all my heart-and I love you too: do you know I was once not very far from seeing .. really seeing you? Mr Kenyon said to me one morning “would you like to see Miss Barrett?”-then he went to announce me,-then he returned .. you were too unwell-and now it is years ago-and I feel as at some untoward passage in my travels-as if I had been close, so close, to some world’s-wonder in chapel or crypt, .. only a screen to push and I might have entered-but there was some slight .. so it now seems .. slight and just-sufficient bar to admission, and the half-opened door shut, and I went home my thousands of miles, and the sight was never to be! Well, these Poems were to be-and this true thankful joy and pride with which I feel myself.
The love letters between Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett can be found here.
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