On the twelfth day of Christmas, love gave to me a day off! I had a hard time waking up this morning, but when James burst through the door with a huge cup of Hot Cocoa, I immediately woke up and knew it was going to be a good day!
I had so much to do today and knew I had a long day of head of me, filled with meetings and my daily things to do around the house. When I got home this afternoon, I found that James had cleaned the kitchen. I had been dreading this chore, for I knew I would need to scrub everything down due to the fear of raw chicken remnants hiding somewhere waiting for me to touch it (Yes, I am really that paranoid of raw chicken). I also found that he warmed up the house with our amazing wood stove, so cozy.
I am so appreciative that he did that for me today, when he really didn't have to do so.
Unconsciously, we tend to do things in a competitive behavior, in a good competitive way. For example, when he does something nice for me, I do something nice right back. Since he cleaned the kitchen for me today, I matched and folded all of his socks. It's a reflex of ours that happens on a daily basis, and it's one way to keep the relationship rewarding. I know we think about what we're doing but don't usually think about why until after it's happened. Remember, when doing something like this, don't think "Wow, I just did something great for him, I wonder what he will do for me?". Instead think about how much he will like it and that's it, never make it about you because your actions will not be genuine.
Alright,.... Back to work!
Monday, December 12, 2011
Long Day of Play!
On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me a full day of quality time. My apologies that my blog was a little late, James and I have literally been spending all day today together doing various fun activities. We started our day off early, 9am, and watched a ridiculous movie, so ridiculous I can't remember. I made brunch right afterwards and we sat down for another movie. Now, I know this doesn't sound fun but it really is, it would never be fun for you because James and I talk throughout everything, discussing scenarios or people or places and repeating the funniest lines. I know that we watched Beerfest, Super Troopers, a few episodes of Scrubs, Salt, and Year One.
We both took a quick power nap and proceeded to team up for Oblivian. Funny thing, and I'm sure James' best friend would agree with me, it is so much fun to just watch him play his games. Yes, that's right I watched him play today while he played. It's like watching a movie, he's so good at gaming and he rarely makes mistakes, crazy action movie!
When it got closer to dinner, I went to clean up the kitchen and make way for today's amazing creation. I had a whole chicken I needed to use so I whip it out (I am very germaphobic, so it took me a while to open up the packaging) and James zooms into the kitchen to help me cook dinner! He helped me cut off all of the meat... Okay, so HE cut off the meet and I cut off the fat. I made up this AMAZING batter, washed my hands, coated the chicken with the batter, washed my hands, wrapped it all up and stuck it in the fridge, washed my hands, washed a spot on my face because I had a tickle and unconsciously itched it, and prepped the rest of my ingredients. I made home made Buffalo Chicken Wings. Best of the best!
We topped our evening off with some comedy shows and more relaxing. We do talk to each other a lot, which I do enjoy and we talk about everything! I take off at least one day with him, making sure I get everything that needs to be done either the week or day before so he can just relax.
Tip: The day before your man has the day off, do all of the laundry so everything in the house smells so good and comforting. The night before his day off, stick all his comfy clothes in the dryer, warm them up and give them to him when he gets home from work. Who doesn't love right-out-of-the-dryer-warm clothes?!
I love spending time with him and I had such a wonderful day!
We both took a quick power nap and proceeded to team up for Oblivian. Funny thing, and I'm sure James' best friend would agree with me, it is so much fun to just watch him play his games. Yes, that's right I watched him play today while he played. It's like watching a movie, he's so good at gaming and he rarely makes mistakes, crazy action movie!
When it got closer to dinner, I went to clean up the kitchen and make way for today's amazing creation. I had a whole chicken I needed to use so I whip it out (I am very germaphobic, so it took me a while to open up the packaging) and James zooms into the kitchen to help me cook dinner! He helped me cut off all of the meat... Okay, so HE cut off the meet and I cut off the fat. I made up this AMAZING batter, washed my hands, coated the chicken with the batter, washed my hands, wrapped it all up and stuck it in the fridge, washed my hands, washed a spot on my face because I had a tickle and unconsciously itched it, and prepped the rest of my ingredients. I made home made Buffalo Chicken Wings. Best of the best!
We topped our evening off with some comedy shows and more relaxing. We do talk to each other a lot, which I do enjoy and we talk about everything! I take off at least one day with him, making sure I get everything that needs to be done either the week or day before so he can just relax.
Tip: The day before your man has the day off, do all of the laundry so everything in the house smells so good and comforting. The night before his day off, stick all his comfy clothes in the dryer, warm them up and give them to him when he gets home from work. Who doesn't love right-out-of-the-dryer-warm clothes?!
I love spending time with him and I had such a wonderful day!
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