Flowers, Chocolate, and All That Jazz...

In light of my last entry on Valentine’s Day, this week I set out to discuss all the positives and enjoyable things that come with dating. Here’s my list of personal favorites:

• Late night weekend conversations on the telephone
• Getting dressed up and spending a night out on the town—catching a show and some dinner
• Talking for hours at restaurants
• Opening doors for her (and all other forms of chivalry required of guys in relationships)
• Going for walks (in a park, at the mall, or at the beach—lol)
• Doing devotions together (whether a devotional book or just a Bible study—always good to talk about those sort of things)
• Buying her something really expensive and seeing the look on her face when she opens it (like a child on Christmas Day—lol, a great thing)
• Spending time with her family
• Telling stories of when we were younger, looking at old photo albums, and sharing memories
• Creating for her a stable and comfortable dating relationship in which she truly knows how much she is cared for

If any more come to mind, I’ll make sure to list them here.

What has been going on with me? I am currently managing all the work that has been thrown my way during tax season. It seems like it should be about April 1st by now, but February isn’t even over yet. I haven’t received a lot of individual returns so far this year, but I have been busy working on corporations. The firm has also asked me to participate in the Shenango Valley Leadership Conference (a series of sessions running through May that include debates, discussions, and projects for me to complete on a variety of topics). I’ll have to let you know how that turns out. For the final project we are making a presentation to the Shenango Valley Chamber of Commerce board in the First National Bank of Pennsylvania conference room. There is actually a graduation ceremony at the end of all of this as well. Kind of sounds like “The Apprentice” if you ask me. Hopefully I won’t be hearing the words, “You’re Fired!”. LOL. Now that this is on my mind, I’ll have to fill you in on my experience at the Shenango Valley Leadership Conference mixer for all past and current graduates of the program last Wednesday. I crack myself up sometimes. Look for that post shortly.