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Pat & Wayne Harriman's Pat & Wayne Harriman Office: 203-672-4499 Cell: 203-605-3873 harrimanre.com Dear Friends, Hello love! It that mystical, magical time of year again when Cupid has the world in his sights and flowers and chocolate become precious commodities for a few weeks. Its raining valentines and piling up roses. It's time once again for Love! This month in Welcome Home magazine perfect the art of amore with the how to on buy the perfect chocolates for that very special someone in your life. Want to find the love of your life the perfect flowers, but feel clueless at the florist? Check out of Guys Guide To Buying Flowers! Tired of roses and chocolate but out of ideas? Try having a blast in your own backyard and include the entire family! Let us show you a whole new way look at Valentine's Day. Please enjoy this issue of the magazine! Have an unforgettable February, and as always, Welcome Home! If you have comments or suggestions please email us at [email protected], we love to hear from you! Also if there is a subject that you would like to see covered, let us know! We look forward to hearing from you! Pat & Wayne Harriman harrimanre.com 203-672-4499 203-605-3873 Welcome Home! Table of Contents 4 Recipe And Design A tasty recipe and a stylish home design how to. Welcome Home is for entertainment purposes only. This magazine is not intended to solicit other brokersʼ 5 Valentines Day listings. If you are currently working It’s history and celebrations. with another broker, please disregard this information. 6 - 7 Keeping Nasty Winter Colds Away All pictures courtesy of sxc.hu unless Stay well this winter season with the 411 on cold prevention. otherwise noted. Thanks to Wikipedia for Random Fact information and aid. Editor in Chief - Phly Jambor 8 - 9 Winter Fun Outdoor Winter Activities In Your Own Backyard. The information provided in this publication of Welcome Home or on any website maintained 10 - 11 How To Buy Chocolates by U.S. Cybertek, Inc. or any of its subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, agents, representatives, Pick the perfect sweet for your sweetheart. licensors, licensees or employees (collectively Publisher) is intended as a general guide illustrating common methods of common 12 - 15 Guys Guide To Giving Flowers practices, and the publisher makes no warranty or guarantee whatsoever of the safety, Wow the woman you love with the perfect floral choice. effectiveness, or other characteristic of any methods or products described herein. Neither does the Publisher assume any liability for 16 - 17 Seven Urban Love Legends: information published in any website or other The how to on separating love fact from love fiction. publication to which reference may be made herein. Readers are cautioned to review and comply with all written instructions, safety bulletins, and other materials provided in connection with any of the products mentioned 18 - 19 Products To Love! herein and all products used in connection with Hot trends, technological wonders of tomorrow and so much more! any of the methods described. Neither Published nor any of its subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, agents, representatives, licensors, licensees or employees shall in any case be liable to you or 20 City Spotlight anyone else for any loss or injury or any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special Come visit the Big Apple! New York, NY. punitive or similar damages arising out of your use of or failure to use any of the methods and/ or products described in this publication or any 21 Businesses That Make A Difference other publication or websites to which reference may be made herein. Publisher disclaims all Newman’s Own, making the world deliciously better. warranties, and any warranty or guarantee of safety, merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose lies solely with the manufacture(s) of any product described or recommended or used used in connection with any methods described or recommended. Recipe and Design Crispy Chocolate Hearts Heart Box Ingredients A super sweet and memorable way to say • 1 (12-ounce) package semisweet chocolate Happy Valentines Day! morsels* • 1/2 cup peanut butter • 2 cups crisp rice cereal What You Need: • 1 1/2 cups peanuts • Papier-mâché box • 1 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows • Striped Paper • 2 (2-ounce) chocolate bark coating squares, • Decorative Paper melted • White nonpareils (optional) • Pink Fluff Yarn • Silver Foil Tooling Strip Preparation: • Small Silver Frame 1. Microwave chocolate morsels in a large glass bowl at • Glue HIGH for 2 minutes or until melted, stirring every 30 seconds. Stir in peanut butter, stirring until well blended. Instructions: 2. Stir in cereal, peanuts, and marshmallows. Line a 13- x 9-inch pan with foil. Lightly grease foil. Press mixture into 1. Cover the base of a papier-mâché box with foil-lined pan. Drizzle with chocolate. Sprinkle with white striped paper. Trace the box lid shape on decorative paper and cut out. nonpareils, if desired. 2. Wrap and adhere a silver tooling foil strip 3. Let stand 1 hour or until firm; cut with a 3-inch heart- around the edge of the box lid, pressing the foil shaped cookie cutter to make hearts. Store hearts in an above and below the edge to take the lid shape. airtight container or place in a candy box, if desired. 3. Adhere the cut-out heart onto the lid. Attach pink yarn around the cut-out heart shape. *6 (2-ounce) almond bark coating squares may be 4. Adhere a small silver frame with a message in substituted. it onto the lid. Southern Living, February 2003 Courtesy of Better Homes and Gardens.com ValentinesIts History And Celebrations Day VALENTINE / LOVE Celebrated on February 14 every year, Saint Valentine's Day or Valentine's Day is the traditional day on which lovers convey their love to each other by sending Valentine's cards, sometimes even anonymously. The most common feature of Valentines Day these days is the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of "valentines". Popular Valentine symbols of modern times include the heart- shaped outline and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, mass produced greeting cards have largely replaced handwritten notes. It is believed that nearly one billion Valentines Day cards are sent each year worldwide, making it only the second largest card-sending holiday next to Christmas. Women are believed to purchase approximately 85 percent of all "valentines". Stories of many Valentines Opinions differ about who St Valentine was. Early martyrologies mention at least three St Valentines under the date of 14 February. One is a priest at Rome, another a Bishop of Interamna (now Terni in Italy) and the other lived and died in Africa. Many, however, are of the opinion that the first two are the same person. It is, however, widely believed that Valentine's Day has perhaps originated from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia. A festival was held on February 15 in honor of one of their gods Lupercus, who was called upon by the Romans to ward off the threats of those fierce wolves that roamed the adjacent forests. On the eve of the festival of Lupercalia, a love lottery was organized in which the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars. Each young man then drew a slip and the girl whose name he picked up was to be his sweetheart for the year. The holiday subsequently became Valentine's Day after a priest named Valentine. At that time when Christianity was still a new religion, Valentine was a priest in Rome. The then Emperor Claudius II, had issued an order forbidding the Roman soldiers to marry or become engaged. The emperor believed that once they got married, his soldiers would want to stay home rather than fight his wars. Valentine defied the Emperor's decree and secretly married the young couples. He was finally arrested, imprisoned, and beheaded on February 14, the eve of Lupercalia. Valentine was posthumously named a saint. As Christianity grew stronger in Rome, the priests moved the Lupercalia or spring holiday from February 15 to February 14, i.e., Valentine's Day. Since then the holiday began honoring Saint Valentine instead of Lupercus. "From your Valentine" According to another story, Valentine was one of the early Christians who was seized and dragged before the Prefect of Rome and jailed for helping some Christian martyrs. He cured the jailor’s daughter of blindness while in jail. When the emperor learned of this miracle he ordered the beheading of Valentine. Valentine is said to have sent the jailor’s daughter a farewell message signed, "From your Valentine". In 1969, as part of a larger effort to reduce the number of saint days of purely legendary origin, the Church removed St. Valentine's Day as an official holiday from its calendar. At present, February 14 is dedicated only to Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius. Written by Arindam Bose. Courtesy of Isnare.com Keeping Nasty Winter Colds Away Winter is almost officially here and in some areas the effects of winter can already be felt. This means many individuals will be getting sick if they haven't already. Nasty winter colds are a fact of life and many people get at least one cold a season. There are ways though that you can help try to keep you and your family from getting nasty winter colds over and over again. It makes more sense after all to prevent those colds than to spend days trying to get rid of one once you or someone in your family has one.