Sounds like you are. I would just continue to thank him for each specific task that he does for you.
Maybe on the days that he really does something that you appriciate make him a super nice dinner. Just go the extra 9 yards to make sure that he understand how much you appriciate him being around.
Sorry that I am not much help here but it does seem like you have it under control but want to find a way to rock the boat a little bit....I will wcontinue to think on this one and see what I can come up with...
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