This n’ That

When Mom is on the couch, you WILL fend for yourself and cut your own slice of bread.

But since we know not to use sharp knives, we will be good and use the butter knives from the drawer and then utterly give up once the mess of crumbs gets too distracting. Mom will understand. After all, we didn’t use the sharp knives.

I catch a lot of crap for my husband-bragging habit… BUT I wonder if I’m as good to him as he is to me. I try to be… I MEAN to be. But I took a step back a few days ago and realized ALL he does for me. I have something to brag about for almost everything because he just GETS me. He gets how to love me. He gets what I need. This last year, our love and marriage have really taken a turn for the magnificent. I’ve been sleeping in almost every morning. The mornings I don’t sleep in, I end up getting sick around 9 am and having to take a 2 hour nap. So either way, I need like 9 hours of sleep at night. This morning I rolled out of bed and found that my husband had gotten up at 5:30, worked out with his buddies, come home, fed himself, and THEN CLEANED THE KITCHEN. Right now, I’m looking at a clean counter and sink.
“Got it all ready for you to mess up,” he said when I hugged him this morning. That means he’s getting more homemade bread, and possibly some fresh strawberry jam. AND snickerdoodles! Gosh, I love me a clean kitchen.

Here’s my boys watching Green Lantern last night.

“Dad,” he said after I snapped the picture, “You’re just a little bit fat, huh?” He patted his Dad’s belly to confirm it.
Not REALLY fat, Dad. Just a LITTLE BIT fat. So take heart.

Per our previous arrangement, we will be hiring housekeeping help! We had a friend recommend a good housekeeper, and I’m so excited to have her come! I’m squirreling money away here and there… and I’m so glad my husband agreed to this before I got pregnant. I really just need someone to come in once and help me do big do-over of the house. That way I can spend a little of my “well” time actually DOING something besides cleaning! Oh, just the thought makes me so giddy. I’ll start stitching up sock monkeys to sell. They’ll pay for the housekeeper. Monkeys For Money. It doesn’t sound like a very noble cause, does it?

I scheduled my first interview yesterday. I’m interviewing my relatives about an accident my mother had when I was a baby (about 6 months old). After all of the interviews are complete, I’m going to compile my very first book. Non-fiction, mind you. I’ll be giving the book to my siblings for Christmas. I’m really excited about it -my mom’s accident was something that changed all of our lives… most of all my mother’s. The more I learn about it, the more respect I have for her and my father. Everyone should be lucky enough to have parents like mine. Everyone.

Last but absolutely NOT least… HERE’S THE LINK to an article written about my husband’s cousin, Chad. His weight loss story is really something worth reading. Check it out! Chad is a great guy.