My hubby’s been getting the short end of the stick lately when it comes to my blog. While it is true that he sometimes lacks consistency in carrying out the hum drum, monotonous, but important daily tasks, he is the king of the big project. For my first birthday we celebrated after we started dating, he made me a full sized quilt. Did he know how to sew? No, but he figured it out. He appliqued the sun on the top and the moon on the bottom. In the middle, he wrote “I love you” in appliqued letters. It was and is pretty awesome. My mom still brings up the fact that he made that quilt from time to time, sometimes as a random celebration of John and other times as a much needed reminder to me that my husband is awesome and loving. See, now I’m starting to regret telling you blog readers out there about this. I will never be able to complain about him again!
John was not perhaps as hands on following my surgeries last week as I would have liked. We were both surprised at how painful they were. I think John expected me to be She-RA again. But I was an anxious, weepy woman for a couple of days. Although John was off work from Wednesday to Friday of last week, he was pretty busy on Thursday and Friday, working on a big project. I’ve already mentioned that he is building a deck. Part of his frenzy in getting it done is that he wants it to be a gift for me, a peaceful respite next year away from cancer. So John is pretty awesome and the deck is going to be cool.
Now for something fun. Here’s a photo from an earlier stage of the deck construction. Your job is to provide a caption for this picture!
Searching for his lost youth? Finding out what happens when you reverse the suction on a vacuum? Looking for the Star Wars figurines the dog buried?
Actually, it reminds me of being on archeological digs in my former career. Although I am confused about the ShopVac. He does realize the ground is supposed to be dirty, right?
Yes, but John has also been known to use the vacuum for dandelions between mowings. This is part of the reason I hire a lawn service to come out each week. As for what he is doing, I’ll let you know tomorrow so that a few other people can have a chance at cracking the mystery.
Oh wait, I thought we were supposed to make smartass guesses. If I were being serious, I would guess digging holes for the supports for your new deck. Cause he rocks.
Smartass totally works. My mom’s going to read this tomorrow and want to know the scoop. I had to watch to see what he was doing with the canister vacuum.
This brings back strong memories for me. After the birth of our 2nd baby, George went to work to build a playset in the back yard…one of those wooden ones! I had a 3 year old and my parents were out to “help”. But I ended up doing all the cooking, childcare for 2 kids etc…I remember just wanting him inside to help me out. But in his mind this was the thing to do…and it was fun the see Chelsea excited about it…it’s all about timing! I know this is not like times long ago where you had the baby by the side of the road and then kept on walking…but still! So I could really empathize with your emotional painful state…needing someone inside with you to caretake! Maybe there is something to those polygamous religions…
Karen, we could all use a sister wife from time to time!
Looks like he might be vacuuming the shovelings.
I’m trying to remember what Joe used when he built our deck.I think he rented a post hole digger.
You do have indoor plumbing. Right?
John had already used a huge gas powered auger to dig the holes, with the help of his friend, T.J. And yes, he is deepening the holes by removing loose dirt from the inside with a vacuum. Mom, you get the prize! Remember when you used to tell telemarketers who tried to sell you vacuums that you didn’t need one because “we have dirt floors”? If John had been the salesman, he would not have given up.
Have the possum left yet?
I have not seen the possum in years but I only saw them late at night and I don’t stay up often. John’s been getting to be a lot earlier for the last couple of years, too. I imagine that they are still around but perhaps not hanging out under the patio any more.
You have to zoom in for this to work (and even then it’s iffy), but I’m going to caption it “Area man comes thisclose to activating his personal ‘suck it up’ switch.”
And now, here is a serious one for John, and you —
“One of the myriad ways John says ‘I love you, Elizabeth.’ “
Lisa, so funny and so sweet. I laughed out loud. Yes, I spelled it out. I did that.
I don’t know what he’s doing – but he sure is damn good looking! Nice ass!
Off of my blog, you pesky steroid-taking varmint!
“Where did I bury the money?”
That’s a good one, too!