My husband REALLY is the GREATEST!

Now I know you married ladies out there will see that title and think, "no, my husband is the greatest". But its true. He really does put up with a lot from me, yet he always keeps giving. Allow me to show you how...

First, I'm not a really good cook. I can bake a million awesome desserts, but my culinary skills are a bit limited. They are limited not just because I'm not willing to cook new things, its because Dan and I have different tastes. So what I want to make he doesn't want to eat, and what he wants to eat, I don't want to make(or eat). Hence, the reason restaurants are such a strong staple in our weekly meal plan (we can each get what we want and both be happy). Then when I try to cook things healthier, it pretty much means bland and dull and of course that's not very appetizing.

Second, we have very different organizational styles. He is super organized and neat and tidy. I on the other hand won't remember to do something if I don't have it on a list, and that list (and usually the paraphenalia that needs to go with it) has to be visible (ie on the counter) so I can SEE it and thus REMEMBER to do it. Drives him a bit mad with all my clutter.

Third, I'm a bit high-maintenance. Not in the sense that I go and get my hair done every week (more like every 5-6 months[because I'm so darn cheap!]), or I am completely "put together" ie the tan,hair,makeup, nails, clothes (because I'm not). But I'm more high maintenance along the lines of, well, lets just say it. I like nice things. And I won't apologize for it. Yes, I eat at expensive restaurants, but you know what? the food is awesome and so is the service! I love attentive waiters! Yes, I love to go on vacation, and if my hubby would give me the "go-ahead" they'd be alot more expensive than they are. Yes, I like jewelry, especially diamonds. So yea, I guess I'm a bit high maintenance but I only do what I can afford. If I can't pay for it, I won't buy it, so I don't see the harm in doing things you like, even if they may not be the norm for everyone. He teases me that my life is so "hard", but I know he's teasing, because we both know where we started. Now that we are more established in our life, I think its ok to do things you want to do. And the truth is, he does it too. You have NO IDEA how expensive racing and car-building can be. Just because it doesn't look "fancy" like a diamond or a vacation, its costly! So he can only tease me so much because the truth is, he does the same, just in a different way.

Fourth, he loves to work on his cars and race them. This does not float my boat. I prefer to go on vacation (which of course includes shopping and restaurants). Now, don't get me wrong, he likes vacations too, but he is much more willing to go golfing, hunting, or racing on his vacation instead of chilling on a beach or skiing down a mountain, like I would.

So this brings us to my unselfish husband. Its HIS birthday coming up next week, but where are we going the day after his birthday? On a weeklong ski trip that totally thrills his wife. Its true (and we both admit it), this vacation is totally and 100% for me. Yes, T will get lessons, and yes, we'll stop at the children's museum in Denver for the girls to play, and we'll probably stop at another kid-oriented tourist place on the way home, but this vacation is 100% a "go", because I want to go skiing and love skiing. In fact, while planning it he even said "I don't even like to ski" "WHAT!!??? how can you not like to ski?! and what do u mean u don't like skiing? we go every couple years! you mean you've just been going because you know I love it and it gives me a chance to see my best friend in CO?!" Wow, he really IS selfless isn't he?

Now I could point out that one year on my birthday we didn't head to the diamond store to shop for me. Nooo, we went to Lowe's and bought him a new tool chest. (I haven't let him forget that either by the way). So I guess you could say we are getting even. On my birthday he gets a tool chest, while on his birthday I get a ski trip. ;) (well, maybe its not quite even, which I guess just again points out how sweet my hubby is to take his wife and kiddos on a trip that is solely something I want to do and not much of anything he wants to--don't get me wrong, he'll have fun for sure[if his knees aren't killing him from all those black diamonds I drag us down], but I still think its wonderful, and it certainly hasn't gone unnoticed by me on how sweet the gesture is and how much I appreciate him and all he does for me even though I'm not the greatest wife in the world since I can't fill his belly with 'man-meals'. So, this post is a public "thank you" to my sweet husband, for always loving me (even when I don't cook well), and spoiling me rotten. (I think its good to be spoiled by your hubby, don't you?) Thank you sweetie! I love you!