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Why My Husband Rocks

I came home from my run tonight and within 5 minutes my husband was serving me seared yellowfin tuna with salad. Really?! Whose husband does that?

Last night it was pesto pasta with the most amazing grilled shrimp. Last week it was a perfectly cooked medium rare fillet. He cooks like this all the time.

It hit me tonight how unusual this is and it got me thinking about all of the amazing things he does for us. So, in honor of Father’s Day, I decided to make a list of just a few of those things. Here goes…

He gives me time to myself. To go shopping. To run errands. To attend professional events. Some husbands look at it as “babysitting” even though they’re their own kids. He doesn’t.
As noted above. He cooks. He is THE cook in our house. I’m not talking about burgers or grilled chicken. I’m talking about gourmet turkey burgers, paella, and amazing grilled chicken alfredo pizzas.
He puts up with my crazy temper.
The other day I came in the house and he was teaching himself how to play Sesame Street on his guitar because our baby girl LOVES Sesame Street.
He takes our son Nicholas to all of the kid’s movies. I hate going to see kid’s movies.
He squeegees the shower door even though its incredibly anal retentive of me.
He hugs me all the time. I’m usually running around non-stop when we’re home. Every once in a while he just grabs me and forces me to slow down for a second. I really love that our kids get to see that.
He puts up with my need to have the ceiling fan on the highest possible setting when we sleep.
He makes up funny songs that our kids end up repeating over and over.
He’s as obsessed with gadgets as I am, so he understands why I need every new Apple product that comes out.
He doesn’t mind that I sit up reading or writing (like right now) long after he’s gone to sleep.
He gives me the 40 minutes I need to go for a run most days.
When Nicholas hits a tough spot in his video games he always steps in and helps him.
He started working out and dieting recently and has lost 20 lbs in the process. He motivated me to get moving and change my eating habits. Side Note: I have lost 2 lbs for his 20 lbs. I’m working on that.

Now it’s your turn. Why does your husband rock?

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Eat, Love, PRAY

2 Jun

As I mentioned in a previous post, my blog writing was recently re-ignited by a book I read called Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. Ironically, just this past week Julie Roads, a woman whose blog I’ve been following over the last 18 months, wrote her own thoughts on the book. Actually, to be specific, she wrote about one section of the book. She and several of her friends divided the book up between them – one wrote about Eat, one about Pray, and one about Love. And for good measure, they added their own section – Drink. It just so happens that Julie wrote about Pray – the section of the book that frustrated me the most, but also got me thinking the most.

In this section of the book, the author goes to India where she spends 3 months at an ashram praying and meditating. 3 months in the middle of nowhere trying to find something bigger than yourself? I’m skeptical. It reminds of me of when I was in college and people would say they needed to “go find themselves.” If you haven’t figured out who you are, you’re unlikely to find it by walking away from your life. In the case of the author, it ultimately worked out for her. She made peace with her divorce, created balance in her life and eventually found a man. What more could you ask for?

For the average person though, can you really walk away from your life to “find” something and expect to hang on to that once you return to “normal”? That’s exactly what Julie’s post is about. She’s spent time in a place similar to the ashram the author visited but found she couldn’t hang on to that feeling once she returned to normal life. She has, however, found that connection in her writing. That’s really the point of her post. Everyone finds that connection, that peace, that feeling of something bigger than themselves in different places and different ways.

That’s part of what this exploration process is about for me. Trying out new things and new approaches to strike a better balance and find something to connect with beyond work and family. I love my family, but sometimes I need more than that. A hobby in a sense. Something to clear my head so when I’m at work and at home I can concentrate better on what’s right in front of me.

Anyone else ever feel that way?

Side note: I’m working on transitioning my blog to a self-hosted site so hang in there with me. I’m not sure exactly how this is going to work out. Well, let’s be honest, I’m really not sure what I’m doing but I intend to figure it out.