Meme Credit: Internet

Last night one of my knitting friends sent me this meme and asked if we could relate. OMGosh! Yes! I love this man with the white-hot heat of the sun. I don’t have a problem going into Rural King and drooling over the power tools for an hour. But ask him which he likes better…the Carolina Sunset fingering weight or the Chunky Monkey wool blend and his eyes glaze over. Sweat starts to bead up and he may suddenly need some fresh air. You’d think I’d asked him to drop trou for a prostate exam in front of everybody.

Men are just different animals entirely. My husband is one of the most patient men I’ve ever known. And if I asked him to go in the yarn shop with me, he probably would. But for the same reason he doesn’t ask me to the bowling alley anymore, I don’t insist he accompany me on one of my junkets into the world of all things yarn. We both know which one leads to a happy ending.

We have an ongoing “battle”…if you want to call it that…over the pool. I think it’s a time and money suck that’s never ending. I’d like to take the pool out and put in a lovely outdoor living area with the grill at one end and a fire pit at the other. Perhaps a pergola or a covered area where we could sit in the cool of the evening and enjoy our yard. Instead, we have an elevated deck whose boards are slowly decaying one, three, ten at a time. And the pool looks like it’s a leftover movie prop from The Creature of The Black Lagoon. 

But here’s where my love for him comes in. After questioning his sanity for ten minutes as to WHY he wants to keep pouring money and time into something that we get in four times over the summer and that’s just to clean it…I smile and take him to the store to get the required chemicals and parts and sand, etc. etc. etc. Why? Because, he likes the pool more than he likes the idea of changing it. And that’s ok. It’s not going to break the bank. After all, I DO buy yarn and books on occasion and I could certainly do without those, too. We are of an age where we balance our needs and wants based on joy and good stewardship. 

We got the cover up on the pergola. I vacuumed the bottom of the pool to get up some of the leaves. We bought new chair cushions, but we need to power wash the chairs before we set them out. We need to change out a few boards that are rotten and then power wash the deck and water seal it. It makes no sense to me, but neither does five tubs of yarn and fabric down in the basement make sense to him. It’s give and take in any good marriage and I’m grateful for the opportunity to have this beautiful life…even when we make each other just a little bit crazy!

I hope you all are having a great weekend!

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“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NIV