Wow, thanks SO much for the responses. I really appreciate it. Please forgive me; I don't have much time. I need to be going to bed. It was a family evening and I tried to GAL a bit and do some scrapbooking tonight. Mostly organized and tried to get inspired, but it feels good to do something creative and pretty.
I did send H a bit of the posts from above re: the preferred parent syndrome. Such a busy night, I don't even think he checked his mail. Probably will see it tomorrow. It was a much better evening. He was trying, I was trying. I did send him a "Top 10 Reasons Why I Love Joey" to his work email today. That probably helped. I had suggested it weeks ago, that we both do it, but it became a thorn in my side because days went past and I had done my list within a few days and he still had not made his. A week later, he checked his MySpace before work and I got ticked off b/c it seemed he had spare moments for what he wanted, but not me/us. That's what caused me to blow up some over the MySpace crap. ANYHOW, didn't change a word, just sent it today in an email. Here's what it said: Top 10 Reasons I Love Joey
10 You work hard to make a nice life for me and our kids. You get up every morning and go to work for us. You rarely complain out loud, though I know you must think about it a lot. 9 You tell me you love me often, almost daily, which makes me feel like I’m still special! 8 You are funny and I like it when we laugh together. 7 You love to learn, you love to create and appreciate art, and you have a love of nature. 6 You are efficient, organized, full of common sense, and good at getting things done, which makes you a great leader for our family. 5 You are kind and considerate of others. 4 You are an excellent daddy, like I always knew you would be. 3 You are forgiving of my many faults. 2 You love to make me feel good sexually and go out of your way to do so. 1 You’re the one I want to spend forever with.
I also made him a breakfast sandwich on the way out the door and packed his lunch for him. He was sweet all day today. Fixed our garage door opener and took our car to get flat fixed and long overdue oil change taken care of. Yahoo!
I am going to seriously focus on PMA and GAL. It MAY mean I'm around less. I don't feel I can benefit too much from being on here as much as I am. I have to focus on D and S, unload the dishwasher, stuff like that. lol If I get extra time, I should be documenting these sweet little babies' lives as they slip by in front of me.
Thank you for the advice. I'm sure I'll journal some more next time it's up or down again!
