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Couples save by celebrating belated Valentine's Day - One America News Network (press release)

Take the length of the relationship into account“The newer the relationship, the less tolerance there is to celebrate love the day after,” advises Angel Melgoza, a financial planner in McAllen, Texas. If you have been together for a long time, though, you may have more leeway to try something a little different.Make it a bigger celebrationOne way to sweeten the pot for a late Valentine’s Day: Instead of a muted midweek celebration (this year the holiday falls on a Tuesday), you can wait for a weekend. “If they just want to be treated more special than usual,” said financial planner Jon Powell of Rockville, Maryland, “make the case to delay your plans and have a bigger weekend together when prices are more reasonable.” (Editing by Beth Pinsker and Lisa Von Ahn)... http://www.oann.com/couples-save-by-celebrating-belated-valentines-day/

Tags: sarah palin | immigrants | gift baskets - Newsmax

Trump's Republican rival, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and his supporter Glenn Beck. Beck's charity, Mercury One, distributed food, water, clothing and toys to illegal immigrant children in McAllen, Texas, in 2014. At the time, Beck's website The Blaze posted a story and photos showing the donations.The Conservative Treehouse posted photos of Cruz attending the event."Regardless of the reasoning for their disbelief, Sarah was simply telling the truth," the blog stated. "Here’s some photographic evidence of the freebies as they were being passed out by Ted Cruz in 2014. On the left that’s Senator Ted Cruz unloading the boxes of goodies. On the right [are] the illegal alien families who received the goodies."Beck's event came at a time when unaccompanied Mexican children were crossing the United States' border in large numbers, in what President Barack Obama called an "urgent humanitarian situation," The Washington Post wrote in June 2014.The Department of Health and Human Services had reported, according to the Post, that nearly 60,000 unaccompanied minors were captured at the U.S.-Mexican border in the 2014 fiscal year, compared to 24,668 in 2013. http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/sarah-palin-immigrants-gift-baskets/2016/04/04/id/722119/

The second-best flower shop in Naperville, Ill., is struggling to survive. Along with the American Dream. - The Washington Post

Moe Zoyarifor The Washington Post In Naperville, Ill., Jenny Latham is struggling to pay the $3,800 monthly rent for her shop, Celidan Creations Florist. Her mom Karin Jacobs, who founded the store in 1992, passed away last month. Florists dream of spring, when shops burst in a colorful riot of blooms while ledgers pool in black ink. First Communions, Palm Sunday, Easter, proms, charity events, weddings, more weddings and the flowery grail of Mother’s Day.But spring has been brutal for Jenny Latham, owner of Celidan Creations Florist in Naperville, Ill.Flowers are a luxury dependent on the health of other businesses. Ordinarily, Celidan, founded in 1992 by Latham’s mother, Karin Jacobs, supplies churches, restaurants and corporate offices in the city of almost 150,000, west of Chicago. All were closed due to covid-19. Celidan’s front door locked, too. The shop remained open to phone and online orders and was permitted to make deliveries for what has become known in the industry as ring-and-run.Florists are there to celebrate life’s memorable moments. Celidan’s schedule had been loaded with the promise of bouquets, boutonnieres... https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/florist-ppp-small-business-naperville-illinois/2020/05/26/65cec788-9a09-11ea-ac72-3841fcc9b35f_story.html

Oxford florist asks: "If Marks & Spencer sell flowers why can't I?" - Oxford Mail

A FRUSTRATED florist has hit out after he was told he wasn't allowed to reopen his shop - even though supermarkets are selling flowers and plants. Gary Cooper, who owns Fabulous Flowers on Banbury Road in Oxford, had been hoping to reopen on Wednesday after the Government said garden centres could open again. He planned to allow customers to buy flowers from outside his store even bought a contactless card machine to help make business safer. But after checking with Oxfordshire County Council Trading Standards, he was told his flower shop had to remain closed. Also read: Botley butcher's new 'dream' farm shop gets a top food hygiene rating Mr Cooper said: “Our Oxford shop has a wide area outside where we sell plants and flowers from, so we were hoping to be able to sell plants and flowers at the front of the shop. “We set up a counter at the front door where we would take card payments and I even bought a new wireless card machine. “We thought it would be fine because M&S is cu... https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/18454075.oxford-florist-frustrated-plans-reopen-shop-crushed/

Utah County florists thrive with Mother's Day business while others flounder - Universe.byu.edu

Local florists are having their busiest Mother’s Day yet, despite COVID-19. (Karina Andrew)Unfavorable economic conditions haven’t stopped customers from flooding local flower shops with orders for Mother’s Day. Some florists have even reported being busier than in past years, despite adjusting their service to adhere to COVID-19 health regulations.“I’ve been here about three years, and this is the busiest Mother’s Day I’ve ever seen,” said Jane Doxey, head floral designer at Foxglove Floral and Gifts.Many local flower shops, like Foxglove, Provo Florist LLC and Flower Patch, have implemented new practices to ensure employee and customer safety, such as contactless deliveries and the use of face masks.These precautions, including leaving their physical store closed to the public, haven’t held the shop back. Doxey said Foxglove had to stop taking orders earlier than she has ever seen before.Flower Patch and Campus Floral have also had to cap Mother’s Day orders to keep from being overloaded.“... https://universe.byu.edu/2020/05/09/local-florists-thrive-with-mothers-day-business-despite-covid-19/

Flower shops spring back to life ahead of Mother’s Day after state lifts restrictions - The Boston Globe

Florist Tiffany Day shopped for flowers for her shop Petals By The Day in Westwood at the New England Exchange in Chelsea on Thursday.David L. Ryan/Globe StaffPat Riccardi spent his teens walking the streets of Somerville in the 1970s, peddling bouquets to make an extra buck as a high school and college student. But it took his father asking him to help out during the Valentine’s Day grind of 1980 to fully ensnare him in the family flower business. Forty years later, he and his brother own it.Yet the coronavirus brought Riccardi Wholesale Flowers to its knees when customers called en masse to cancel wedding and Easter orders. The busiest time of the year withered away.“All the orders that were supposed to go out from March 23rd onward, which would have been church and wedding work, just sat in our refrigerator for us to eat. If we couldn’t donate it, we threw it away,” said Riccardi, pained just thinking about the discarded blooms.AdvertisementBut a tired proverb proved true: April sho... https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/07/nation/after-months-empty-shelves-closed-shops-florists-spring-back-life-ahead-mothers-day-surge/

New Jersey Woman Delivers Flowers To Hospital Staff And Patients To Say ‘You Are Not Alone’ - CBS New York

One Franklin Lakes woman is working tireless to bring life to hospitals that have seen so much despair.Former nurse Amy O’Hara, along with Colony Florist and Red Bliss Design, has started the “You Are Not Alone” campaign, bringing flowers to doctors, nurses and patients at hospitals all over the Tri-State Area.“They’ve been talking about what a war zone it has been at the hospitals. They’ve been telling me about what it’s like for the patients. They’re in these rooms alone, they’re not allowed visitors,” O’Hara told CBS2’s Chris Wragge. “I thought this might brighten up their day and let them know we’re thinking of them.”O’Hara always loved the quote: “If you want a rainbow, you have to put up with the rain.”“The nurses have really enjoyed passing them out. It’s kind of like they’re bringing in something happy,” she said.CORONAVIRUS PANDEMICShe has delivered over 1,000 flowers, with no plans to stop.It’s a lot for any one person. Luckily, she has some helpers at home.“My sweet husband cuts all the ribbons for me, and then the kids they thread the tags, and then I tie them all and make the deliveries,” said O’Hara.That husband she speaks of is Super Bowl champion Shawn O’Hara, of the New York Giants – n... https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/05/01/new-jersey-woman-delivers-flowers-to-hospitals/

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