In Lieu of Valentine's Day

The people in my life are very important to me. That is why I want to introduce them to you- in absolutely no particular order and they'll randomly be posted on the blog.


First, I'll formally introduce you to Dave. I'm pretty fond of him. I guess I better be, I married him!


Dave is a worker. He's a busy bee. But, he won't pass up a chance to play video games or watch a movie.



Dave says and does things that he thinks are pretty funny. I have to remind him all of the time that after he says and does said things...he's the only one laughing! But once, to my horror, on Thanksgiving Day, Dave's sister CRACKED UP at one of Dave's jokes! (They were the only two laughing, I might add.) I like that Dave still makes his silly jokes, even though I tell him every time that he's the only one laughing.



Dave is very helpful, to me and to other people. I like that he offers his help to others. He will try to find solutions to other people's issues/dilemmas. Whether it be their psychological/personal problems, or construction type issues, moving, manual labor, you know, "man stuff", he's there for ya, sticking up for you in the conversation or trying to find some way to help you! He's very solution oriented.


Dave likes to clean, it is a stress reliever for him. (I wish I had been born with that gene!) He'll start cleaning other people's houses, too. One Thanksgiving Day he went to town dusting my Mom's living room for her (apparently, I wasn't doing a good enough job). Even at parties, Dave will start cleaning up... before the party is even over!


Dave thinks of me enough to use cleaners when I am not at home so that they don't trigger my asthma and if I'm wheezing and coughing, he's right on top of it, asking me what I need. *Insert appropriate "awwww" here*

I just can't, and don't know how, to express how much he was there for me when I was home sick in January. I swear my love for him grew.



OK- no more mushiness- I promise!



Dave can be a dork and a goofball. I absolutely love that he can be a dork! I love that he can laugh at himself! LOVE IT! It's a side to him that not everybody gets to see a lot and it's a side that I'm privileged to see a lot.



Dave can build and fix almost anything (almost anything refers to all the stuff in and around the house that leaves me clueless)! Stuff that 1) I have absolutely no idea how to fix, or put together and 2) would break it trying! Dave also always knows where everything is, including all of my crap, including stuff that I am sure I "lost" and including stuff that I actually put away myself and then subsequently forgot where "put away" was! I'm a joy to be around, can't you tell! Imagine how he feels- he's there for almost all of my Missyisms!

So, that's Dave in a nutshell. He always knows where my belt that I wore 2 weeks ago, on that one Friday night, is. He can build and fix almost anything. (He just fixed the mouth piece to my breathing machine.) He fixes me hot tea at the first sign of a cough! He makes me laugh. You know, that laugh where you're doubled over and your tummy starts to hurt from laughing so hard (or in my case, wheeze and cough from laughing so hard!)? And, that's a wonderful, wonderful thing!