Friday Gratitude: What Does Your Spouse Do For You?

He mows our yard. I don’t even know how to turn on the mower. I’ve never had to do it!

He gives the kids their baths. Maybe not as often as I’d like, but certainly more often than it would get done if I had to do that chore myself!

He also does dishes!

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My husband does 95% of the yard work – outdoor allergies (mold, pollen) are my biggest enemy. He cooks dinner most nights (so I get the clean up which my MeMaw is looking down on me and laughing because when I would cook with her I would ditch the kitchen at clean up time!) He works way harder than I do and rarely complains about his job. I love him so much!

Justin makes me coffee in the morning and brings it to me. He takes care of the trash. He also bathes the girls every night so I have half an hour to get something done or rest.

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Chris makes me food a lot. Breakfast on weekend mornings, snacks after work. He’s the fried egg sandwich master. Mmm. He does 80% of the laundry, and 80% of the dishes. I’m more of the organizer/declutterer, and he’s more of the cleaner. It’s lovely.

He kisses me goodnight. Every night. We started that recently. I suddenly realized one day that we weren’t necessarily saying goodnight at all. Yikes. :]

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I think it’s a good thing to sit down and think about the little things our SOs to for us such as changing the toilet paper roll. My husband does a lot of things but I think the ones that stand out are he gives me foot and leg rubs and he scratches my back! I have an itchy back and he is always willing scratch my back. I told him next to having a back massage, a back scratch is wonderful! Okay, I know it might be TMI for me to admit this but I love having my back scratch especially after a long day and I’ve taken off my bra. The other things my husband does include cleaning up after the cat (box and other things), getting up with my son in the morning and running of to buy me burn cream at a moment’s notice like last night after I accidentally let my wrist touch the hot oven when I was taking out dinner.

Since we’re in a new “temporary” place, our roles are kind of confused right now. I feel like I’m the one doing more of the supporting actions – shopping, cooking, laundry – in the limited capacity that I can! But he’s aware of my efforts and thanks me, but up at 4a and home after 6p means he crashes as soon as he hits the pillow at 8:30-ish. And, now that we’re back in the land of plenty, he’s taken me shopping twice for summer clothes. I need them coming from highs of 60-70F to regular 95 degree days!

Oh, and he expressed real support and excitement last night when I told him of my upcoming job interview on Monday! Wish me luck in part 1, the phone interview!

Five things:

1. Joe makes the bed every morning because as you probably guessed from my Lance, he sleeps in later than me.

2. He cooks most nights. I hate cooking.

3. Before he leaves for work in the morning, he always kisses me and says, “I’m beautiful and fresh-faced in the morning,” which makes me giggle.

4. He sings me made-up love songs and plays me this one genius tune he composed last year when we were on vacation in the Florida panhandle. It’s called “Dolphin,” and I’m always begging him to play it.

5. He sometimes brings me back Reese’s Cups and smutty magazines from the grocery store.

Actually, you’ve just inspired me to write a post about the best thing Joe ever gave me…

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The Boyscout is awesome. He takes care of the cats and does all the vacuuming. He cooks a lot, yummy. If I have a sore muscle or ache, he will massage it. We always kiss each other goodbye and say I love you before hanging up the phone. He has been known to go to the store for me really late at night for a medicine when I’m sick or for last minute lab/activity supplies when I was teaching. He also tends to start the washer more often. I also can’t tell you how unbelievably supportive he is in my professional endeavors – always celebrating little successes with flowers, cards, and dinners. He is fabulous at picking out jewelry for me and knows my taste to a T. He also knows how to surprise a girl at just the right time with a facial, pedicure, or other spa treatment!

The dishes gig you have going on is such a sweet arrangement! On the flip side of that, my husband asked me this morning what I wanted for mother’s day. I said a clean kitchen would be nice. So he asked if I wanted to get started on the dishes when I got home from work and he’d join me when he got home lol.

Anyway, the little things my husband does:
a) Breakfast. Our dog sleeps in the kitchen nook, so the kitchen smells like dog in the morning. Donald cuts up a grapefruit, blends some berries, and pours a bowl of cereal. Then he delivers it to me in bed. Every morning. Without fail. Just so I won’t have to smell Hank.
b) Back rubs. They aren’t a daily thing, but I always appreciate them.
c) Little love notes. These pop up everywhere. On my windshield, in my computer bag, under my pillow. Ahhhhh.

–>My husband cooks and I do dishes. Win – win.

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The previous comment is by my husband, and while I normally reserve complaining about him for my own blog, I can’t let his comment slip by unnoticed.

Chris – you’re an ass and we’ll talk about this when I get home.

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I just got married a few months ago and we’re still working out the chores/who-does-what in the house. We finally decided to keep track of everything we did in a week and write it down on a list to trade at the end of the week. It was an eye opener for both – the other one did more than we both thought! Ever since then, we never bicker about who does more and it seems that we’ve both gained a bigger appreciation for what the other one does. I think we were stuck in our own perspective of thinking we each did more, but the lists really highlighted it. Now we tell each other to stop doing so many chores so we can add more to our own ‘list’ (which we no longer keep except in our minds and hearts). We also say thank you to each other more often. Who knew list-making was such a great tool!

Awww feet rubbing! My hubby takes care of everything in our dusty and smelly basement so I never have to go down there. And he does a lot of laundry. But most of all, he lets me pursue my dreams and if of great support.

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I hate to vacuum. He will gladly do it with no questions asked. My parents even bought us a Dyson for Christmas and I have yet to use it!

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I would LOVE a nightly foot rub!! *sigh*!
But MY CPA does a lot around here too, I must admit, that’s helpful to me in many ways.

HE CLEANS THE HOUSE, vaccuums, does most of the laundry, does all of the dishes (I hate dishes) and, well, pays all the bills.

He’s probably more wondering what it is I do for him??! Lol.

Kevin does all sorts of things for me.
He waits patiently while I search through the produce section trying to figure out exactly what it is I want to eat, even though this sometimes takes forever and multiple stores.
He tells me I’m beautiful multiple times a day.
He drives, because he knows I don’t like to.
He’s my dish nypmh. (I don’t have a dishwasher.) I go to bed and everything is clean in the morning.

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