Today's Dare:Do something out of the ordinary today for your spouse—something that proves (to you and to them) that your love is based on your choice and nothing else. Wash her car. Clean the kitchen. Buy his favorite dessert. Fold the laundry. Demonstrate love to them for the sheer joy of being their partner in marriage.
So today (day 2 of the 6th Birthday celebration for my youngest), I cleaned the house, mopped the floors, put the leaf in the table, did the dishes, and put them away, set up the coffee pot for tomorrow morning, folded all of the laundry, and hosted a party for the Birthday Boy with 4 of his 6 grandparents. We had Casper's Hot Dogs, and a Chocolate cake. This was all accomplished while working all day, taking the kids to and from school, having a couple more kids over for a play date, and Tae Kwon Do classes for each kid.
Oh, I also shot some photos for the challenges coming up this weekend.
The Dude took out the exhaust fan from our bathroom, bought a new one, went to lunch with some friends, bought a cake and came home and took a nap.
I usually do not fold The Dude's clothes as he does not like the way I fold t-shirts. Today I folded the mound of clean clothes that were his And that mound was at least 5 feet tall. That was on top of the normal folding and putting away of mine and The Boys' clothes. So far he hasn't noticed.
UPDATE: After posting last night, when the Dude went to bed, he did notice and it drew him out into the living room (where I was watching Colbert). This was our interaction:
The Dude: Why did you fold my clothes? You NEVER fold my clothes!
J9: I felt like it. (Normally, if I even thought about doing this in the past, it would be because I was sick of seeing the mound of clothes, and I've kind of made the area where the mound usually exists a blind spot now.)
The Dude: But WHY?
J9: 'cause I wanted to.
The Dude: Why would you WANT to?
J9: Because I love you, and thought it would be a nice thing to do for you.
The Dude didn't have a response for that, but he did lean down and give me a kiss. :-)
5 comments:
Dude you rock! Yesterday I made a fruit salad and played WoW with the ex husband for six hours.
Today I want to play with my kids, and there is no Baseball, Drama or Tae Kwon Do, so I might actually be able to do that!
Don't ya love it when your answer leaves them speechless?
Good Dude you got there.
Love the photos. The bird houses are very colorful, and the sunset is fantastic!
Looking forward to seeing your photos on Friday!
Keep kissing, Dude!
Pugs - I do love leaving The Dude speechless!
And Patty, I will keep on kissing him!
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