5. File it. Set up a "hold" file for wedding invitations and concert tickets (after you mark them in your calendar). Set up a "to file" file for all your important papers.

6. Fix it or have it repaired today. Those buttons aren't going to sew themselves. Either mend them or take them to a seamstress. The same goes for broken toys and watches.

7. Give it a home. Everything else is something that belongs in your home but you don't know what to do with it. Where DO you put extra batteries and your kids' artwork? Designate a permanent place in your home for each group of items you find in a clutter pile. Simplify by making a list of items and where they belong.

Picnic Fun ~~~~~~~~~~

Place a blanket on floor near lit fireplace with candles on mantle and have your Valentine's meal as a candle-lit picnic with a bottle of your favorite bubbly.

Italian Romance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Some soft Italian love songs on CD player, a luscious Fettucini Alfredo with a bottle of your favorite Italian vino, then some fresh canoli from pastry shop and cups of amaretto- flavored coffee for a taste sensation - top it off with a sensuous scented bubble bath for two

A Cereal Surprise ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sneak in love notes and chocolate kisses in your sweetheart's or children's cereal

Notables ~~~~~~~~

Little notes in their lunch boxes, on bathroom mirror, in his briefcase, stuck on car windshields, in his underwear drawer

I'm fortunate to have you! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mix up a batch of fortune cookies (see http://www.whimsies-online.com/valentine.htm for recipe!) and add your own little words of love

Messy but Marvelous ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Make sure you wear old clothes for this one and plan this escapade where cleanup will be easy (no carpets, please!) Make up a batch of chocolate pudding. Feed each other and wind up having a food fight! Ideally, this is more fun in your birthday suits, then pudding won't go to waste where it lands! Guaranteed for loads of giggles between two of you - take a shower-for-two after this one and wash each other's chocolate-flavored hair!

Take a Letter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Take turns writing a love letter or love poem to each other. Read them out loud

Valentine Sharing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Plan some community work - help out at local shelter, volunteer at your local church, work with other volunteers to spread some caring amongst your community.

All in Family ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Spend some quality fun time with your niece or nephew or other child in your family.

Long-Distance Caring ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Call your favorite aunt whom you haven't seen since she moved far away, or your best friend who transferred to another country - let them know you're thinking of them this Valentine's Day

Just For You ~~~~~~~~~~~~

Have you wanted that delicate pair of earrings for awhile but kept putting off purchase? Give yourself a special Valentine's Day gift

Poetry In Motion ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Write him or her a poem - can't write? Try out poem generator on http://www.whimsies-online.com/valentine.htm for fun! Print out your creation and place it on your loved-one's night table for when they awake!