- He has a day off during the regular work week and has no problems taking any one of the girls (my 2 older daughters from my first marriage or my 2 younger daughters from our marriage) to the doctor.
- He gets up with the 2 older girls in the morning at WTF-o'clock (a/k/a any time before 6:00am) so I can get an extra hour or so of sleep.
- He cooks dinner on his weekday off (sorry, but Sunday is his other usual day off and I really like making Sunday dinners.)
- He makes me smile with stupid puns, quotes from "Monty Python" and "The Princess Bride", and Doctor Who references.
- He'll DVR "Game of Thrones" (his favorite show) so I can watch "Mad Men" (my favorite show) on Sunday nights.
- He is actually the first man I've been involved with romantically who's not threatened by the fact that I'm smart (it's so nice knowing that I don't have to hide the copies of The Wall St. Journal I bring home with me from work or that I don't have to pretend to not know what's going on, politically)
- He does dishes... manually, as we have no dishwasher!
- And, perhaps the biggest reason of all? HE DOES LAUNDRY! He even sorts it and stain treats better than I do. Even more impressive is that he's not overwhelmed when he walks into the laundry room and sees what FlyLady lovingly calls "Mount Washmore." He just makes sure he has hangers ready, grabs the nearest pile, starts sorting, then washes, dries, and hangs up/folds. The only parts I need to do are (1) make sure he's sorted the kids' clothes properly so they end up in the right bedroom closets and (2) match up socks and underwear.
- Oh yeah, almost forgot the biggest reason: He loves me AND my kids unconditionally. When we met, I was recently divorced with 2 small kids (Darling Daughters - DD - #1 & #2.) Most guys would have run away so fast, they would have left skid marks. Not my DH! I guess he liked the challenge because here we are, 14 years later and we added 2 more DD's to the mix. Yes, he lives in a house with a wife and FOUR DAUGHTERS. Brave soul, huh?
Yes, folks, I have found the rarest of gems. A man who isn't afraid of a little housework and who seems to have no problem living in a house full of females. (Somehow I think someone may have misinterpreted a teenage wish of his to "live in a house full of adoring women" to mean a wife and 4 daughters.)
Ladies, jealous yet? lol
*****Tonight's Dinner - I figured I'd share my quickly thrown together dinner from earlier tonight. I took a pound of boneless/skinless chicken thighs, sliced them up, tossed with a bit of olive oil, a pound of mini fingerling potatoes (the ones in the little yellow mesh bag from Trader Joe's), a small chopped yellow onion, a sliced large-sized bell pepper, some garlic, red wine vinegar, a can of organic chick peas (I don't typically use commercially canned products but I hate reconstituting dried beans and peas), and a large fresh tomato, chopped up. I tossed everything together in a deep skillet and cooked until chicken was done. Just before serving, I adjusted the seasonings with a bit of basil, oregano, kosher salt, and freshly ground black pepper. You can also add black olives and a little grated Parmesan cheese, if you like. I didn't this time because, well, I didn't feel like it.
One skillet, less than 30 minutes, and so much healthier than grabbing take-out.
Ladies, jealous yet? lol
*****Tonight's Dinner - I figured I'd share my quickly thrown together dinner from earlier tonight. I took a pound of boneless/skinless chicken thighs, sliced them up, tossed with a bit of olive oil, a pound of mini fingerling potatoes (the ones in the little yellow mesh bag from Trader Joe's), a small chopped yellow onion, a sliced large-sized bell pepper, some garlic, red wine vinegar, a can of organic chick peas (I don't typically use commercially canned products but I hate reconstituting dried beans and peas), and a large fresh tomato, chopped up. I tossed everything together in a deep skillet and cooked until chicken was done. Just before serving, I adjusted the seasonings with a bit of basil, oregano, kosher salt, and freshly ground black pepper. You can also add black olives and a little grated Parmesan cheese, if you like. I didn't this time because, well, I didn't feel like it.
One skillet, less than 30 minutes, and so much healthier than grabbing take-out.
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