From Here to Eternity

Eleven years ago, right now, Scott was curled up in a ball on the bathroom floor of our Bed and Breakfast room having just puked his guts out.  Hahahaha.  True story.  But one that will have to wait for a Flashback Friday.  Perhaps Scott himself will guest blog to tell the tale.

For tonight's post, I thought I'd regale you with a recap of how we spent our 11th Anniversary!  For starters, I yelled at the kids so soundly last night for trashing the living room I had spent all day cleaning that I think I may have damaged my vocal chords.  Hmmmmm.  There IS a reason why my siblings all called me "Mouth" while growing up.  I woke up this morning with no voice, a raging headache, and bone-tired thanks to a few night's in a row of truncated sleep thanks to a certain itchy 8 year old.   The majority of my day was spent doing pretty much nothing -- at least nothing house-related -- and I have to say it felt pretty good.  

The kids felt so bad for me this morning {because I sounded so terrible} that they were all remarkably helpful, cooperative, and non-problematic as we got ready for school and actually made it on time even though I didn't get out of bed until 8:17 this morning.  After waking up Grace -- who had fallen back asleep on the hard floor next to our bed after her middle of the night antics --  we made remarkable time in eating breakfast, making lunches, and getting out the door.  

Ethan won the super star award by getting Alex up, fed, and dressed all while I was still sleeping.

Once the kids were home from school, Ethan's day was made when he saw that the {30 dollar} video camera he ordered {without my knowledge} from Amazon had come in the mail.  To say he is a bit excited about it is an understatement.  He ended up using all the "Wii U" money he was earning to pay me back for his purchase and has made it ABUNDANTLY clear to the rest of the children that this is his camera and they are not allowed to touch it. 

The children then further blew my mind as they did their chores without any real complaining and I rewarded them by letting them watch some shows on TV while I ran to The Cheesecake Factory to pick up our anniversary dinner order for the evening.  As an extra treat, I decided to get a sampling of different cheesecake flavors for the kids to help us try out. 

By the time I got back, Scott was home and we ate a quick dinner while Jane hovered around asking if it was time for dessert yet.  We finally all finished up and dug into the cheesecake, then started putting kids down for bed.  Pretty much just the same old, same old.  And that was that.  Quite a nice day, if you ask me.  Hahaha.  {I know, I know -- this is kind of a lame post.}

In closing, I'll leave you with 11 reasons why Scott is the best.  {In no particular order.}

1.)   He does the dishes pretty much every night of our life.
2.)   He also does a LOT of laundry.
3.)   He pretty much never gets angry or upset.
4.)   He puts up with me and my many emotions.
5.)   He knows all kinds of trivia.
6.)   He has a fantastic sense of humor.
7.)   He's a mathemagician.
8.)   He makes a mean omelette.
9.)   He humors my ridiculous games.
10.) He loves me.
11.) And he is this close to being able to read my mind.  {And vice versa.} 

Happy Anniversary to us!

11 years down, eternity to go...