Conversation Hearts

Each February the dear husband brings home

 his annual bag of conversation hearts

. He prefers the larger scalloped ones

 over the smaller version...

They are better.

Didn't know that?

Yep, that's what the dh says...

I'm pretty sure they are all made from the same recipe,

but 

we'll just let him believe they are better,

okay?

I'm not too fond of conversation hearts myself,

 however

I always find myself stealing a heart or two...

 

This year's stolen heart was that orange one.

See it?

The one that says honey pie.

I read it,

said, "no way"...

 stomped my feet with excitement, 

told the dh "I'm saving this one"

 and tucked it onto a special little spot

 on a shelf of my stepback cupboard.

But not before I tucked it into his fist

for him to see.

.My dearest has called me

honey pie

 since high school days.

  He would start his love notes to me,

Dear Honey Pie...

and then sign them -

 Love allways,

 Dave

yeppers, he always misspelled always ;-)

I always thought it was silly...

 but

I loved being called his honey pie.

Still do.

In fact,

 I always thought he sort of made those words up. 

 I had heard of a honey bunch

 or

 a sweetie pie.

  But honey pie? 

  I just always figured

 he got the two words switched around

 and came up with honey pie...

so for all of these years

 it was sort of an inside joke

 I had

with myself.

So this years bag of hearts

 confirms

 there really is such a thing as honey pie?  

  I even Googled it,

&

 Dr. Google confirmed it.  

 It is a term used more heavily in the south. 

  What can I say...

I was born and raised a Minnesotan,

way up nort 

where they call ya sweetie pies 

and honey bunches...

 yah, you betcha!

So today is the day of love. 

 I don't expect a big bouquet of red roses

 from my heart throb.

But

 there will be a card

 with a Russel Stover's marshmallow heart

 sitting on the piano

 this evening.

The heart will be sitting on a card

that will be addressed to

"Honey Pie"

and

 that is perfectly 

fine 

with me.

Happy Valentines Day everyone,

Brenda