{"id":3256,"date":"2019-02-07T17:28:12","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T17:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/?p=3256"},"modified":"2019-02-07T17:28:14","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T17:28:14","slug":"valentines-day-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/valentines-day-approaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine&#8217;s Day Approaches!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s the brutality cold weather or the general malaise brought on by February, but I&#8217;m not exactly feeling inspired to make a big deal about Valentine&#8217;s Day this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is it okay to want to stay home, drink tea, eat macarons, and play Scrabble? Of course it is! And it&#8217;s quality time together. Although, I don&#8217;t know if the person I&#8217;m married to is all that excited about word games. Then again, he married me. 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Here&#8217;s an entertaining summary I found on YouTube, that might be of interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/doRMsjoDevY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in learning what your love language is or discovering what your partner&#8217;s love language is go <a href=\"https:\/\/www.5lovelanguages.com\/\">HERE<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you think that sounds like a bunch of hooey, here&#8217;s a couple of links instead!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookbub.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/31\/best-romance-books-2019-publishers-blurbs\">Romance novels<\/a> to check out in 2019!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/movies\/g25427372\/new-romantic-comedy-movies-2019\/(opens in a new tab)\">Rom-coms<\/a> in 2019!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, next week I&#8217;ll be announcing another contest! 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