Happy Valentine’s Day, well it didn’t start out that way. Its 1985ish and its February 14th Saturday and we are still living in Randolph Ne. Bob Winseman and I decide to go shooting and a little drinking and as we are driving around in the country shooting random things, Bob says OH Heck we have to run back to town so he can get Kim some flowers before the flower shop close’s at noon, so off we go and when we get there I go inside with him and watch him pick out a nice bouquet for Kim, without even thinking twice about getting some flowers for Rita (Hugh Mistake). Good that’s finished now we can continue our adventure in the country. When we run out of beer and bullets we decide its time to head back to town and get ready for taking our wives out for Valentines dinner and dancing. But wait I get home and I was thinking Rita’s all excited about going out, since she has been cooped up in the house all week with the kids. I’m not a rocket scientist but I can detect a little hostility in our home so I ask Rita what’s up? Rita informs me that all the wives that we will be going out with tonight received flowers from their husbands, Opps!!! And it’s too late to get any flowers since everything is closed. You see all the wives had a phone attached to their ears and when anything happened like flowers delivered they all called each other and said how thoughtful their husbands were and Kim told Rita that Bob and I even had to run back to town because Bob forgot before he left, so she knew I was at the flower shop. It’s not looking good for Ole Mike. I tried to have fun with her and cheer her up but I lost the Battle, but I haven’t lost the war yet, so off I go to our basement to fix my Bad Judgment. I Finished it just in time to get ready and head to Laurel Ne for Dinner with all our Schwan’s friends. Rita sits by me at dinner but continues to ignore me and any of my advancements, so I’m left no choice but to stop all the conversations going on around the table and explain to everyone what I didn’t do for my wife on Valentine’s Day, and that I hoped what I made for her would Fix my inconsiderate actions. So I placed a Hugh Red Heart around her neck with a rope which said I Love You with me as a cupid shooting Rita with an arrow and the other side was a Rose, and asked for her forgiveness. Eureka it worked!!!! Life is Good with Rita, man I wasn’t looking forward to a lonely night, But Mike’s back in the saddle. Yippee!!! The rest of the night was just Rita and I, Loving each other, and More every Day. God Bless Mike
