Day 19

Hi folks,
Today, I met my wife for lunch at Chili's. I suppose that was as much for me as it was for her, but it was still nice.

Can't forget to spend time together. In 40-50 years, we'll both be dead, and never see each other again, for all eternity. Ouch... that sucks.

Day 18

5 words
Sonic Road Island Iced Tea

She freaking loves these things. It's like her candy. I don't know why. But tonight, I stopped by our local sonic and picked her up one. Now that's love right there.

Here's a bit more information about the Sweet 100...

I came home last night, and there was a freaking treadmill in my basement. She got it for me. And she couldn't wait to show it to me. She was so excited, I was excited, the kids got excited, even the dog was excited.

Just know that making good vibes in your house is good for EVERYBODY. Who cares about the negative crap. All that matters is good vibes.

Stay sweet amigos.

Day 17

Did somebody say "Oatmeal Cottage Cheese Pancakes"?

Oh yeah.
See the recipe below, but give it a go. I woke up... made her (and my kids) some OCCPs before she left for work. She wasn't expecting it. Breakfast before work just screams love'ness.... and sweetness.
And, because they are completely and totally healthy, it made her happier.

Totally healthy and tasty.

Recipe:

• 1/2 cup of oatmeal (uncooked)
• 1/2 cup of low fat cottage cheese
• 4 egg whites (I use the pre-packaged egg whites)
• 1 teaspoon of Vanilla extract
• a sprinkle of cinnamon
• some love

Shove it all in a blender and then cook like pancakes... just like that. Boom... done. Tasty, just like normal pancakes... but a gazillion times healthier.

Note: You may be temped to throw some bananas in... I'd avoid it... the sugar burns pretty quickly. Just throw on bananas afterword.

Be good to your spouses folks... it makes life better for you too!

Day 16

Hi folks,
Yesterday (and today), my Sweet 100 sort'a fell flat. I thought I'd buy her some healthy lunches to take to work with her, so she didn't have to buy them at work. I thought I'd try to get her some of those pre-packaged salads. I'm not sure that she loved the idea though. I suppose she could've bought them on her own if she liked them, so my thoughtfull'iosity didn't really show through. Maybe it did, I don't know... I mean, it showed that I was thinking about her.

But, I am not going to be deterred, I'll try something a little extra tomorrow...


btw, here are two updates on the Sweet 100 days of yore.

1. She finally got the hand written letter/card that I sent to her work when I was on a business trip. She loved it.

2. Last week we went on a hike together with the kiddos. It paid off because yesterday, we went on another one! It was fun... here's the 30 second vid...

Day 15

Yesterday was day 15.
I'm trying to keep the Sweet 100 items as spontaneous as possible so I try not to think about them too much before hand. Yesterday, I had no idea what to do.

I've heard her complain to herself several times  about the way the shower looks. It had black mold on the caulking and looked pretty nast... On at least one occasion, she tried to fix it herself and got frustrated. I just happened to be thinking of this while driving home from a chore that the whole family went on. We actually took two cars which gave me the opportunity to give her a call and tell her that I wasn't going to be home for awhile, of course not telling her of my plan to go grab some Caulk and other paraphernalia to fix the shower.

I've said it time and again, i'm no handy man... not at all. If anything, I am the anti handy man. But i'm trying to do things that make her life better. So, I removed the old caulk, cleaned, sprayed anti-mold crap, scrubbed, and cleaned again... and then re-caulked. It looks GREAT... and she was pretty happy.

That's what I did on day 15.

Now... on to day 16, I already have the idea,  so I'll report back tonight.

Away for the week - But i'll count day 14

Hi folks,
I was away for the week on work, so my Sweet 100 really took the form of sweet little texts and stuff like that... But, I did send a handwritten letter from the hotel. I imagine that's gotta count for something right?

However... I'd love to report that my wife sent to my hotel chocolate covered strawberries with an awesome note that kept me happy all week long. It's between me and her, so I won't share... but it was way cool.

Hope you are all having a great friday...

Day 13

A day of hiking and outdoors.

On Sunday, I took the whole fam damily out hiking. In truth, hiking really isn't her bag, but I think she really enjoyed it. It was meant as a Sweet 100, because I knew that if she got out, smelled the fresh air, and listened to the wind in the trees, somewhere deep inside she'd feel good.

Not only did she feel good, I think she felt great as evidenced by her request to go next weekend :)

I'll take her again and report back :)