On the verge of piecing......a new beginning

[TwinDad]

Here is my second thread...I will try to figure out how to put my first in my sig.

Lately things have gone very well, we have been back living together since the first week of June and have looked very seriously at buying another house together. I am probably on the verge of piecing but would like to see a couple other things in place before declaring the D busted. In particular I would just love to hear her say ILY....she has shown it through actions but not through words.

I went out on a limb a little bit last week by setting up a "scavenger hunt" for our 12 anniversary of our first date. Basically I had little note cards set up that would point her to different places and there were little gifts there and another note throughout the day. The funny thing was everything a I "planned" for the scavenger hunt my W managed to throw a monkey wrench into it (not intentionally)....lol. Here is the run down in the order I set up

- Step 1 - I arranged for a pedicure (even had her co-workers work her schedule around), she went and got one the day before. I rebooked as a manicure
- Step 2 - I gave her a gift card after the pedicure to buy clothes at her favorite store, she went shopping there the weekend before
- Step 3 - I arranged for a gift of perfume to be waiting for her at her office. She decided she was going to work at the other office. I had to get one of her co-workers to get her to come back to the main office
- Step 4 - I arranged for a single rose to be delivered at 4 saying I would pick her up at 6. She decided she wasn't going to work the whole day. So I arranged for it to come sooner
- Step 5 - I arranged for dinner reservations at one of our favorite restaurants in the french quarter. There happened to be a festival there that weekend that would have made it possibly socially unacceptable for us to be in the french quarter. So we ended up going to another festival and got to listen to some music.

Overall, I feel it was a success in that I just rolled with it....almost a 180 for me. She also sent me a very nice thankyou. I got a little down because on the way home she passed out in the passenger seat and I just figured it was going to be like every other time we went out (have good time...W drinks too much...she falls asleep on the way home....no "fun" time). She surprised me though, and we actually ML. It was very nice and I really appreciated it because it was a 180 for her.

The weekend was very nice as well. We spent a large portion of it looking at houses...seems to be our hobby. On Sunday my W wanted to enter the twins in a Patriotic Pageant. It was interesting. My D got second place in her age group. My S won the overall male for the whole pageant....I tried to claim genetic adavantage but he was the only boy in the whole contest. I am still trying to wrap my mind around my S being given a certificate for "prettiest hair and prettiest smile"....and I thought DB was tough.....lol. The kids had a great time and we didn't put any pressure on them.

Overall, my W seems the happiest I have seen her in a long time....which makes me very pleased.