Cookies AND Milk

We have a very strict rule in our house. The person with the sleeping puppy on their lap does not have to get up off the comfy warm couch away from the tantalizing TV, to get whatever object it is that might be the needed at the moment.

This rule started when we got our first child, Beans.

The rule continued when we got our second child, Daisy.

Now we have this cute lil' kitty, appropriately named Loki (mythical being of mischief in Norse mythology), that likes to purr all over us while we're trying to get into the most intense part of Inception....

We also have this horrible habit of eating dinner on the couch.... we eat desert there too.

 Don't judge. You know you've done it.

So when the food has settled, and the movie is in full motion, when your feet are propped up and the blanket is warm, when you decide it's time for desert, you'd better make sure that puppy is sleeping on your lap.

Sometimes we even play tug-a-war with the poor sleepy pets and laugh hysterically trying to stay on the couch. I lose a lot.

 I almost always have to go get the cookies.

I push pause, get up from my warm comfy spot and I run to the kitchen, flip on the light, grab the cookies, grab some napkins (because we all know I need napkins like I need Oxygen), turn the light off again, jump back onto the warm couch, grab the blanket, put my feet up, wiggle into a cushy position...

 Then Matt says, "Where's my milk?"

My response is usually something that sounds a lot like, "Aaahhhhhggggh!"

Marriage is not easy. It's not all milk and cookies. It's not all warm couches. Sometimes you have to get out of that nice comfy spot during the middle of an intense movie and do something you don't really want to do to make your spouse happy. (are you following my analogies here? or am I losing everyone?)

Marriage is pretty fun...usually. kinda. Well, mostly. I know, we've only been married for 6 years and 4 months so to some of you it's just jump change. It's great having a partner to stand beside you day after day, fighting battle after battle and being there when you need a shoulder after a long day. But once in a while, we get a little selfish. We get bitter about stupid little things (that are not so stupid and little at the moment, because you are being bitter and selfish about them), and we forget to remember what really matters in the relationship. Giving. Loving. Appreciating. Supporting. etc...

most favorite ecard of the week!

I think of it this way: I am married to my best friend. By choice.

Think about your best friend for a second. And pick someone other than your spouse! Do you think if you spent every minute, day after day, emotionally and physically attached to that friend, maybe once in a while you guys would disagree on some things? Think you'd get a little annoyed and want to be a little selfish occasionally? 
 Probably.
 I highly doubt you can find anyone that is such a soul mate that you find absolutely nothing wrong with them all the time. But you over look the small things, right? And you continue to do things the other person likes... to keep them happy, and in turn, they make you happy, and life is all butterflies and rainbows.

Philippians 2:1-4 If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

                                                                 ouch.

I'm just kind of talking out loud here to remind myself that sometimes doing the little things out of just plain ol' Love, can matter a lot to the other person.

I need to get the milk without being asked more often.

And I usually get a thank-you-baby-kiss in return... so, it's a pretty cool deal.

Happy Valentine's week everyone!

 (FYI: because I'm a day late, I demand this is an all-week thing now).

And remember, it's the little things that matter the most sometimes.

...like this awesome little necklace that came with the movie I asked for!!
My husband is charmer for sure :)