Saturday Night

Pretty laid back.

Gage and I went for a walk with the dogs and outside cat. I almost landed in the ditch after tripping over Rayne, so I have to say I caught some good luck there. After we got back to the house, we decided we were going to make pizza's and mashed potato's and gravy. Oh. My. Goodness. I love Saturdays!!!! Easy Peezy!

Dinner went pretty good. Bo and Cote sort of behaved which was nice. Cote got a lot of gravy in her hair, so I popped her in the tub when we were done. Gage was passing out at the table, so we let him head upstairs early for nigh-nigh time. Keith gathered up Bones and ended up carrying 60 pound Gage, a whining cat and his own dignity all the way up a flight of stairs. I truly love that man.

I laid on the floor and let Bo and Cote torture me for a while. They get super excited when you just lay on the floor... they sort of just know it is for their amusement. After getting tortured for about 30 minutes, Keith and I realized it was "about that time" and did diapers and a sippy and bottle. Bo and Cote passed out hard!!! To celebrate, Keith and I had a TV date :) We watched two episodes of the Secret Circle, then we both read our books for a little bit, I attempted to start revamping my blog (and ultimately failed last night, lol) and then headed up to bed.

So as I leave this blog for the evening I just have to say, I do not know how I became so lucky. I listen to so many people complain about their marriages and rant about their spouse, and sometimes I feel guilty because I am content with mine. Is he perfect? No. Am I? No. I think for me, what has helped is deciphering what traits are the most important to you, and seeing if those are met.

1. Can my husband handle being a special needs father? Yes. Sometimes he even does better than me.

2. Does he spend all of our money on ridiculous things? No. But if one of the kids needs something, he is the first to suggest we go get it.

3. Does he consider the bar his second home or does he drink a lot? He absolutely does not. He so rarely drinks, that I think I drink more than he does!

4. Does he love me? With all of his heart. He tells me about a million times a day and kisses me just as much.

These are the most important marital happiness factors for me. Everyone is going to have different ones. There are of course a couple that he doesn't score with, but the good outweigh the bad, so I will keep those to myself ;)

One thing is for sure, I love Keith and I am an extremely lucky woman. I don't know how I would have gotten through these last few years without him.