Happy Birthday Husband! We are all just people after all.....

Yesterday was my husband's birthday.  He is 41!  And as handsome as ever and I love him way more now than I did 8 1/2 years ago when I married him.  I totally sucked for his 40th birthday.  40 is a special birthday and you are suppose to do something special for someone you love on a special birthday.  However, I was astronomical in size with his big boned baby on his 40th birthday.  So nothing special was done.

(Seriously, like a year and 1/2 years ago, Tom decided to get adjusted too upon visiting my chiropractic appointment with me.  When my Chiropractor saw his x-rays,  he exlcaimed.  Not said.  Exclaimed.  "gosh, you have some big bones, I don't think I have ever seen neck bones that big!" lol.  So since my baby boy is built like his father I'm assuming he got those big bones.  Hehehe, it makes me chuckle.) 

Anyway,  I hated being pregnant!  Every second!  So, you can imagine, I also hated the world and could not see past my own belly.  Figuratively and literally!  So this year I declared a do over.  I saved my tips, my birthday money, my christmas money our anniversary money and every dime I could get my hands on.  I booked a room for two nights at the IP Casino Resort and Spa, a little over an hour away.  

In a nutshell, we had a fantastic time.  We were long over due for something special just for us.  The room was very nice.  I was super stoked cause it was red!  I also scheduled a couple's package at the spa and it was amazing!  I had never been to a Spa, and of course Tom had not either.  The two therapists came and got us out of the relaxation area and led us back to the couples sweet.  They had us sit down on a bench next to the large jetted spa tub, we were to have a soak in, and scrubbed our feet with a wonderful aromatic sugar scrub.  As we sat there in our spa robes, the two therapists going to town on our feet, awkward silence filled the room.  We didn't know what to do with ourselves, we were like two bumpkins who went to town!  I have been in the service industry for 12 years.  I have given more facials and put make up on more people than I could ever possibly imagine.  But I have never really been on the receiving end.  And well the husband, he is just not really a pampered kinda guy.  But, soon all the awkward fell away and it was wonderful!  Every second of it!  We had a lovely day and followed it with a delicious dinner at the hotels fine dinning restaurant, Thirty Two, that night. 

Tom had a great birthday.  Atleast he said he did and I'm inclined to believe him because it was pretty awesome!  Actually, while laying on the bed, awaiting our full body massages (this was after, the soak, full body scrub, hot stone body butter wrap and hot oil scalp massage) I said to him "Husband, you can just hang it up, you will never be able to top this.  This is the best birthday present ever and I'm awesome for giving it to you." Of course this does not mean I will stop him from trying.  And of course I will always be encouraging to him.  Because I am his wife, and that is what a good wife does, encourages. 

My husband is pretty amazing.  He is always, washing a dish or mowing the lawn or watching after the new kid we have together.   You can imagine, his amazingness can be pretty irritating at times.  Because, as i've insinuated before, I am slightly lacking  in the domestication department.  I'm also always dropping stuff or making mistakes, or, or, or.  There are lots of or's.  He shakes his head at me a lot because he doesn't really "make mistakes or drop things" like I do.  So last Saturday when he had a "Really, I just did that?" moment.  I felt it necessary to document it.  I was at the sink and all of a sudden I heard "What the Hell?".  I turned and he was stopped in his tracks staring at the counter.  "What happened"  I say.  I look over his shoulder while he is saying other things I shall not mention.  But, this is what I saw.  I smiled realizing what happened and while he was still staring dumbfounded.  I grabbed the camera before anything could be touched. 

He did not get it at first, so I enlightened him.  "you forgot the coffee cup."  My husband rarely screws up.  He says he does, but it rarely happens in front of me.  I, on the other hand screw up all the time.  So, you can imagine my elation :).

It got all in the drawers and the cabinets.  Coffee was everywhere, and it wasn't me that did it!  While sopping up coffee out one of the drawers he found his laser pointer.  He got side tracked with it.  Pointing it at the floor so that the girls (our fury babies)would chase it.   Then with the kid, he discovered his new toy, would also be interested. 

 Then back to the clean up...

I did help him clean up some of it, but mostly I took pictures.  I'm not a good multi-tasker.  I'm sure this does not comes as a shock to you.


Then he tried again, and this time he succeded.

Happy Birthday my wonderful Husband.  Thank you for always taking out the trash, fixing all the broken stuff, including the stuff at my shop, washing the dishes and just being you.  Thanks for putting up with your Reluctant Domestic wife, and loving her. 

And most of all.  Thanks for forgetting that coffee cup and making me feel like my team one upped by a 1000 points, atleast for a moment.  Reminding me even the mighty can fall, and we are all just people after all :).

Always and Forever

Your Reluctant Domestic