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Welcome back! Any plans for Valentines? The Mama Kat prompt this week will be about how my husband made one Valentine's day uniquely special. The Gary Sinise & Lt. Dan Band this past Saturday was fantastic! A fun, family orientated free show that lasted 2 1/2 hours ! They do a lot of USO touring, though this wasn't USO sponsored. It was sponsored by the base and the GarySiniseFoundation.Org. The concert was outdoors. Fortunately, it was a gorgeous sunnyday, though the breeze was chilly. I missed the memo on being able to bring a blanket and the metal bleacher seats, since they'd been out all night, were freezing cold! Mr. Sinese is a great speaker and shared how he got involved with  supporting military veterans, which he's being do for 20 years .  His memory of the rejection Vietnam vets experienced post-war in the 70's is what motivates him to make sure that never happens again. I remember that, too. I joined the Air Force right after high school in 19...

  So, we have a floor installation date for the end of February. (Pic on left is the tile color we've picked, though it's sooo much prettier in person. Picture does not do it justice.  This is 4 squares, grouted.)     Certainly the quickest installation date I've ever set up for anything floor related. We re-carpeted the bedrooms several years ago and had new vinyl applied in our master bath and it took 6 weeks just to come in. So, this is fast.   Everything I was afraid might happen never did: *I was afraid the sales person would try to up-scale us into a pricer floor, like ceramic. Didn't happen. He just went with what we were interested in. *I was afraid we'd be told we'd have to be responsible for removing the old vinyl ourselves. (I've heard that before.)  Nope, they take it up as part of the installation.    (Sigh of relief, because the other thing wasn't gonna happen.)   *I was afraid of a long wa...