Marriage Meme

Yep, that's right. I've been tagged - again. This time is a little different though. My friend Chriss who many of you in blogworld know her as Christine, but I've known her so long she's lucky I'm not still calling her Chrissy (even though her kids, mom & sometimes she even calls me Becky), created & started this meme. She brought up a good point in her post about it - what is a meme. I understand the concept of a meme; answering the question(s) that is asked and passing it along to other bloggers to answer and pass on. But why is this pass along q&a called a meme, what does 'meme' mean or stand for? If anyone knows, would you be so kind as to satisfy my curiosity and share the answer with us all? I'd appreciate it. I'm glad that she started this meme. And not just because I haven't posted in three days, though it helps. We haven't had much going on worth blogging about. Just the usual attempts at housework. Saturday was a very lazy day. Sunday we got some things accomplished. I now have pictures hanging up on the walls downstairs and in the bathroom. I also have a better idea at how I would like things to be eventually and got some more laundry done. Though there are still two loads sitting on my couch waiting to be folded & put away from yesterday. *And no I don't fluff my laundry - I'm not even sure how I would do that if I so desired. If you know about laundry fluffing please don't tell me, I don't want to know. Ignorance really is bliss sometimes.* Now that you know the gist of my weekend & Monday on to the meme. Oh, almost forgot. The picture above is of Shawn mowing our backyard. I realize that this is probably a weekly or bi-monthly occurrence for most people and it's no big deal - Shawn even raised his eyebrow at the notion of me taking his photo. But this is our first backyard and it was the first time he had mowed it. (Yes we've been here almost a month but they mowed it for us two weeks ago). So I don't know about Kentucky 'bluegrass' but the green stuff sure does grow fast. We still need to get our own lawnmower but a neighbor was nice enough to let us borrow one. That or he was tired of our jungle decreasing the property value. Either way, it's mowed now. Now onto the meme - after the photos.

Just 5 Things I Love About My Hubby{In no particular order}

• He makes me laugh. He has always made me laugh, even & especially when I don't feel like it. He tells jokes, talks in silly voices/accents, tickles me - whatever it takes to see me smile.
• He is a fantastic father. He loves his kids so much and shows it. The first thing he does when he comes home is give the kids {& me} hugs and kisses and starts rough housing with Michael, tossing him around and playing with him. Lydia's not quite at the tossing around phase but he holds her & gets her to smile & laugh.
• He is a provider. He works hard to take care of his family. When he signed up to join the military I was never more proud {& a little scared} of the sacrifice that he was making. He works long days, odd days sometimes and was willing to spend a large amount of time away from his family to provide us with financial security & health benefits.
• He is a great lover. No, not just in that way. He makes an effort to be affectionate towards me. When I'm cooking dinner or doing the dishes he will come over to give me a hug and kiss my neck. He gives me kisses & hugs throughout the day and always tells me that he loves me. He also does a very good job at acknowledging what I do and tells me that he appreciates me.
• He is my other half. We have similarities and that's all good but we also are opposite in some ways and that's even better. Where I'm more of an introvert he is definitely more outgoing, I'm a planner and he's spontaneous, etc. We compliment each other well.

Just 5 Wifey Goals {In no particular order}

• Get a grip on my emotions. I can't blame PMS for this one right now {still no 'Aunt Flow' visiting} but I guess I could blame nursing hormones or still recovering from growing & birthing a child hormones. I'd rather take control of my emotions, or the way that I deal with said emotions and how I respond to things. My poor husband. He really is a strong man to deal with some of the stuff I throw at him {figuratively speaking}.
  
• Take care of myself. I know he likes coming home to a wife that doesn't smell like dirty diapers, breast milk, sweat & cleaning supplies. I also know that he doesn't get that too often. Most days I am well, frumpy and I'd like to change that. I don't see myself all done up everyday - just not gonna happen - but I would like to be at least showered & in fresh clothes 3-4 evenings out of the week and my hair and make up done at least 1-2 evenings a week. I'm not including the weekends, I'm usually good about the weekends.
• Have dinner ready when he gets home at least 2 nights a week. Lately he comes home to me trying to finish {or start} dinner and the kids are fussy and it's chaotic. He steps in to help out either with the kids or dinner and I really appreciate it but it would be nice for him to come home and it just be taken care of already.
• Take care of his needs. {Get your mind outta the gutter!} ; ) I think I spend a lot of time thinking of all I do and what I deserve and what I need and what I want. I need to remember all that he does and think about {or ask him} what he needs and wants and do my best to make it happen for him.
• Continue to keep the vows that I made to him almost two years ago. I vowed until death do us part for better or worse in sickness and health for richer or poorer. And that's what I intend on doing, but not griping & dragging my feet the whole time. I want a successful marriage, I want us to be happy when we celebrate our 50th anniversary - not planning separate vacations. So I'm willing to do whatever necessary to have a happy marriage, be it counseling, planning dates out together, etc.

Now I will pass this meme along to:

• Bethany
• Samantha
• Wornoutwoman
• Shannon