Romance

I have seen a couple of stories in the media lately about the meaning of romance. One was on Jay Leno and showed a couple who have been married seventy-five years and are as happy as they were the day they were married. The other was a contest on Good Things Utah that highlighted men who lacked the romance gene.
So I have decided to list the things that I find the most romantic. Some of them are not what most people would consider traditional, but they make Dan the hunk-o-burnin- love that I am so lucky to have married!

1. Nothing is better than seeing a man be an amazing father to his children. Hearing my kids laughing and screaming (and not because they are taunting one another) because their dad is playing with them really gets the home fires burnin' if you know what I mean.
2. Laundry. What isn't sexy about a man who does laundry?
3. A husband who always lets you pick a chick flick and knows that we are having popcorn (with butter) and a diet Coke.
4. A gift certificate for Christmas for a massage. Sounds romantic, eh? Did I mention it was the same certificate I had given him for his birthday a few months before?
5. A real massage gift certificate for Mother's Day. He really is the most thoughtful gift giver I have ever known.
6. Amazing work ethic.
   
7. His sense of humor. Many of you may have never seen this side of Dan. Consider yourself lucky. He can be brutal sometimes - just ask his mother-in-law.
8. Did I mention laundry? He also cooks, cleans toilets, empties the dishwasher, etc., etc. Hot mama!
9. Dan always makes sure we have quality time together as a family. Whether we go camping, on a "real" vacation, or just hanging out watching Sesame Street with the girls. He makes every moment together special.
10. Seriously, have you seen the guy? My own Italian Stallion.

This might quite possibly be the last post you see from me. He is going to die once he reads this.