Oh no he didn't!!!

Oh yes he did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you have been following my blog for a while, you may have heard me mention just a million few times how much I dislike my little digital point and shoot that has a crack on the view screen and is leaving little bits of itself everywhere we go, quite like breadcrumbs (I do get lost a lot) and how much I would love a "real"  camera.  Well, I guess hubby finally got tired of my camera envy and decided he better do something about it before there was nothing left of my trusty point and shoot and I get locked away for walking around with my hands in front of my face making a perfect a rectangle while going, "click, click, smile, click, click, click!" 

One glitch though, we have NO money!  So what did my dear sweet hubby do?  He scrimped and saved and participated in online surveys (he really loves me) until he had enough to surprise me with this camera, this wonderful camera!  I really did not know what he was going to do to top the love note in the dust but he did it!!!  I was so totally not expecting this and was a little (just a little) irritated with him for spending the money and for showing me up in the gift department this year (harumph) but he just has the biggest heart and wanted to do something for me that he had not been able to do in a long time! 

I am a little (just a little) bit older than hubby and did not meet and marry him until I was 32/33.  ALL my other friends were already married and starting their families.  I am SO glad I waited for him, for my Gift from God!

So, excuse me for a little while, while I play with figure out my new CAMERA!!!!! 

Thank you sweetheart!!!

Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places!

Ya know, most people who walk into my house would never guess that we have 5 kids, 3 dogs and one crazy cat.  I mean you know except for the screaming herd of buffalo kids and dogs (the cat doesn't care) that stampede the front door every time the doorbell rings! 

Except for that part, you really couldn't come into my house and tell that there were that many dirty, shedding, toy flinging, sofa staining, crumb dropping, mud tromping creatures living here!  

Why, you ask???

Well, with a little help from,

and

It has nothing to do with my,

little touch of OCD!  Naw, nothing to do with that at all!

So anyway, imagine my surprise when I was actually not cleaning the bathroom but rather putting some extra toilet paper rolls on the shelf behind our potty (how long does it take after the kids are grown to stop referring to the toilet as a potty???) when I noticed something, something I had not noticed before and I was deeply touched and somewhat disturbed all at the same time!

Yes, my lovin' hubby left me a love note in the dust on the shelf behind our potty

and while I was very moved by this display of his never ending devotion, I must admit to being just a bit disturbed by the amount of dust that had accumulated on that shelf and thinking about what he must have been doing when he noticed the dust and felt so moved as to write me a little luuuve note!  Hehe!

Thanks honey!  I think!!!