You know you love your husband when . . .

i'm a little ashamed to admit this, but while folding laundry today, i watched the dr. phil show. Today was a great day to watch, considering that the topic was how much free time moms REALLY have these days. Stay-at-home moms, especially are enjoying approximately 30 hours of free time per week. Free time was defined with examples such as getting a root canal and checking e-mail. Hmmm . . . No one made mention of the fact that although we may enjoy a few minutes to read facebook or chat with the neighbor, we are often called upon at 3 0'clock in the morning to change diapers, give medicine, or just PLAY! We very often unload the dishwasher at midnight and pay bills while the rest of the house sleeps.

The best part of the show, though, came when a husband came on to complain that his wife doesn't keep the house clean enough, despite the fact that she is home all day with two young children. He seemed to enjoy pointing out the dust that was gathering and the toys that cluttered the floor. Of course he made no mention of the fact that his children were happy, healthy, well fed, clean, and generally on track each day to grow up into wonderful little people. Not even a mention! Well, all i could think was, "thank God for my husband!" Never once has he swiped a finger across a picture frame and turned his nose up. Never once stumbled over a Tonka truck just to make a point. So, as a thank you to him, tonight's blog is a tribute to him and how much i love him and how thankful i am to be married to him and not some whiner on the Dr. Phil Show.

You know you love your husband when:
1. you make EVERY pasta dish with angel hair pasta, b/c that's the only kind he likes.

2. YOu open prayer each night with, "Lord, please help my Panthers!"

3. You decorate the bedroom around the African blanket he has to sleep with
each night.

4. date night is watching Pawn Stars on mondays before bed.

5. his wardrobe consists of Panther clothes, long-sleeve, short-sleeve, windsuits,etc. And you don't mind that he wears it EVERYWHERE!

6. you buy cat food for the cat he has "adopted," and you don't like cats.

7. you move 5 times in the first 8 years of marriage.

8. you let your husband buy all 3 houses, without seeing them until the moving van pulls into the driveway.

9. YOu move the graduation stage, the heavy, wooden graduation stage, and all the metal folding chairs, off the football field the morning after graduation so they won't ruin his grass.

10. YOu know more about Sean Hannity than most people should and conservative is an understatement for the both of us.

But most importantly, You know your husband loves YOU when:
Despite 2 college degrees and the potential for a boat in the backyard, he lets you be a stay-at-home mom for 9 years because, deep down, he knows it's what makes me happy.