With Valentine's falling on a Tuesday this year, many folks will spend today primping, prepping and practicing productive prompts for dates tonight.

We've been getting you ready for the past few weeks now, highlighting Mokena businesses that can make your day more romantic and gathering your stories to run on the big day.

Here's a recap of what we've shared so far and a glimpse of a few of the things that are coming up.

What We've Run

Jan. 30

Share Your 'How We Met' Stories for Valentine's Day

We've been asking for reader's "How we met" stories for two weeks now and, as of Friday night, have gathered... ZERO!

None. Zip. Zilch. The number you can't divide by. So get cracking, folks. Send your stories to pauld@patch.com. If we get some, we'll run 'em on Tuesday. (If not, we have other plans. See below.)

Feb. 3

Plan Your Mokena Valentine’s Day Now

On the first and third Friday of each month, Prime Pastimes columnist Alicia Howe brings us the best tips for life in the Mokena area. She went Valentine's for this last one, bringing a list of deals, events, sales and other ways to plan your romance without leaving town.

Feb. 8

Five More Mokena Valentine's Deals

Of course, there are more ways to plan a romantic day without leaving Mokena. Here are a few more of the deals and events we found.

Feb. 9

Mokena Florist Gives Valentine's Day Tips

If you read these tips from Kim McAuliffe of Mokena's An English Garden here on Patch, she won't have to distribute them in handbill format. After all, only you can prevent florist fliers.

The tips for getting the best deal on your floral purchases are much better than that joke.

POLL: Ban Candy on Valentine's Day?

One south suburban school district is banning the sweets on Valentine's Day. Healthy choice or just going too far? Weigh in.

Feb. 10

What Are Your Favorite Love Songs? Help Us Make a Playlist

What's Valentine's Day without a romantic mix tape? You pick the songs that get your heart pounding and we'll Spotify them together as a Valentine's treat.

Feb. 11

This article. Did this just get so meta that it blew your mind?

What's Next

Feb. 13

Shhh! MES Kindergartners Were Learning for Valentine's

Those Mokena Elementary School kindergarten teachers played a nasty trick on Friday. The games, activities and fun treats for Valentine's Day were secretly teaching measurements, sight words, patterns and other lessons. Good thing the kids were having too much fun to notice.

Ryan and Lauren's Speed-Date-stravaganza

That's probably not the title they're going to use, but we sent two of our single Patch editors, Oak Forest Patch's Lauren Traut and Homewood-Flossmoor Patch's Ryan Fitzpatrick, into the wilds of the dating scene. The pair participated in a Pre-Dating.com speed-dating event at Chicago Blu in Frankfort. This is their report.

Feb. 14

Mokena in Love: Readers Give Valentine's Relationship Tips

We've been collecting readers best relationship tips from the Mokena Patch Facebook page. Gotta tell ya, there are some good ones there. We'll share them.

The Patch Ultimate Love Song Playlist

Or, as I'll pretend it's called every time I must refer to it, PULSP.

Feb. 15

Absolutely nothing

Valentine's Day is over. Now's the time for the day that really gets our hearts pumping, Paczki Day.