OT: I'm doing a tiny favor for my wife today
I sometimes do something and then say it was the "least I could do." And then my wife cheerily replies that she knows that, if there were something else that would be the least, then that's what I would do
Anyway, it's a Saturday meaning college football games and NASCAR. I'm TiVoing the NASCAR, but I Volunteered to take my wife to a country craft fair this afternoon. I started to hedge on my offer and she said she wouldn't go alone. Besides, even if I gave her directions, I'm not sure that she'd find it. We have several farms in my area and they all start having special events on weekends in the fall. They aren't all on main roads. I'm going to TiBo the football game I'm watching before we leave--I can TiVo 2 shows at once.
I know, once I write it down, it doesn't sound like much of a favor. Hey, we'll be married for 37 years next month. I think she knows what she can expect from me by now.
Anyway, it's a Saturday meaning college football games and NASCAR. I'm TiVoing the NASCAR, but I Volunteered to take my wife to a country craft fair this afternoon. I started to hedge on my offer and she said she wouldn't go alone. Besides, even if I gave her directions, I'm not sure that she'd find it. We have several farms in my area and they all start having special events on weekends in the fall. They aren't all on main roads. I'm going to TiBo the football game I'm watching before we leave--I can TiVo 2 shows at once.
I know, once I write it down, it doesn't sound like much of a favor. Hey, we'll be married for 37 years next month. I think she knows what she can expect from me by now.
GOOD MAN !!! 
No wonder you have been married 37 years! Bless your soul!
My husband is the same with me, and I'll walk through fire for him.
My husband is the same with me, and I'll walk through fire for him.
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regarding most of your posts, I ended up skipping the NASCAR Nationwide race and was able to see the end of the game I had been watching. I told my wife about my post and she said she hadn't asked me to give up anything today. I told her I knew that but that I wanted to do this for her.
One thing most of you don't know is that I'm seeming helpless at times. I have to walk with a rollator ( a walker on wheels with a seat ). I have difficulty getting around. The last couple years she even had to start cutting the lawn--yuck! This year we got a cheap lawn service. Tat's the biggest physical problem--I think I have 6 chronic conditions. But my biggest problem is that I'm manic-depressive. My condition is bad enough so that I have been getting a Federal Civil Service disability since Aug 1992 based on my mental disability. I'm unable to even be a cutomer rep. After all this time it's still sometimes hard to accept my condition because I am intellegent but I can't follow many simple directions without getting frustrated.
As to getting a GPS, I've personally always loved maps. But, my wife can get herself one or drop a major hint if she wants one. It feels weird when I think of things I'd like to buy because we now have to watch our budget like many other people. My wife was on unemployment from Jan 2009 through Dec 2010. In Jan of this year she got an office job as an independent contractor, i.e., no benefits. After a recent raise, she's now almost getting as much as she was getting on unemployment. And, this is not anywhere near what she was earning before. She's 58 and a damn good college educated worked. But that mean nothing in this economy.
Sorry about that last paragraph. We are lucky that our house is paid off and our only major dept is credit card debt that we are paying down. Bob
One thing most of you don't know is that I'm seeming helpless at times. I have to walk with a rollator ( a walker on wheels with a seat ). I have difficulty getting around. The last couple years she even had to start cutting the lawn--yuck! This year we got a cheap lawn service. Tat's the biggest physical problem--I think I have 6 chronic conditions. But my biggest problem is that I'm manic-depressive. My condition is bad enough so that I have been getting a Federal Civil Service disability since Aug 1992 based on my mental disability. I'm unable to even be a cutomer rep. After all this time it's still sometimes hard to accept my condition because I am intellegent but I can't follow many simple directions without getting frustrated.
As to getting a GPS, I've personally always loved maps. But, my wife can get herself one or drop a major hint if she wants one. It feels weird when I think of things I'd like to buy because we now have to watch our budget like many other people. My wife was on unemployment from Jan 2009 through Dec 2010. In Jan of this year she got an office job as an independent contractor, i.e., no benefits. After a recent raise, she's now almost getting as much as she was getting on unemployment. And, this is not anywhere near what she was earning before. She's 58 and a damn good college educated worked. But that mean nothing in this economy.
Sorry about that last paragraph. We are lucky that our house is paid off and our only major dept is credit card debt that we are paying down. Bob
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