AJ - I think those touches around the house are fantastic ideas! I already keep the house very clean. So here is where I admit to being OCD. The house is just a small part of it. I have mad a few added touches, though. In a corner of the living room that housed one of her pieces of furniture that is now gone, I got a large indoor plant. I planted it in an awesome colorful pot that we bought together that she really wanted in the house. I have always kept up with keeping the lawn in awesome shape, but she has been the key force in landscape, plants, flowers, etc. I went ahead and planted the backyard with new plants and flowers to her amazement. They have been a great touch.

I guess it is just presenting our home in the most positive light. I bought the house five years ago while we were dating, but she has always lived here. I can tell that she truly misses our home and the comfort in it.

I like the idea about the flowers. I am going to try that inside to see if it causes a reaction. To be honest, this is something that I have been very good about in our M. Almost to a point where it began to be under appreciated. Does that make sense? I would buy flowers for no occasion in particular. When she would ask, I would tell her that I got them for her because I loved her. Over the years, they seemed to mean less to her. Maybe I should have seen this as a sign. I then began to get upset internally when she did not change the water or cut the stems, so I began to do it for her.

Gerber daisies are her favorite, but that would be too obvious. I will stick with something nice that would not hit a personal note with her.


Me - 33 W - 33
S - 9 months
M - 3 years
T - 5.5 years
Bomb - 12/14/10 ILYBNILWY
PA discovered - 1/18/11
PA began - 3/22/10
Separated