It’s the final day of me guest posting over at Canadian Family.
I have one subscription to Canadian Family left to give away (and you still don’t have to be Canadian to win, enjoy, or understand the magazine). If you wish to enter, leave a comment below. I’ll post the 5 winners on Monday.
Today’s post concerns my a topic I rarely blog about: my husband.
Since it’s about my husband, I’m going to post the whole thing. No lead-in or excerpt for him. Now that’s love.
So here it is. If you’d rather read it at Canadian Family, you can click here. Or just scroll down.
Ode to Growing Old Together
Photo courtesy of David Boyle via Flickr (cc)
My husband’s birthday was yesterday. In honour of him turning 47, I invited my mom to visit. He picked her up at the airport while I was at work. Thankfully, they get along splendidly, sharing jokes, most of which are not at my expense.
I don’t talk about my husband much on my blog. When I started posting, I asked him how big of a role he wanted to play. Not big was his response. Still, he’s evident in many a post. And he’s certainly evident in my life.
I mean, the man has cooked every meal for the past five weeks while I recover from pneumonia. He is the king of having good food on the table in under thirty minutes. Perhaps he’s too good at it. Last week, on a Mother’s Day note, Vivian wrote, “My mom is the only one who can cook.” He laughed at the irony. Our kids call him Joker Man.
He is legendary – even amongst those he barely knows – for his sense of humour.
In fact, when I was ill, he offered to write some posts for me.
Here are the 5 topics my husband proposed to author:
Topic 1: Smiling and Nodding: The Successful Husband’s Fastball and Slider
Topic 2: Farting as a Sign of Relationship Contentment
Topic 3: Da Man is Da Head but Da Woman is Da Neck
Topic 4: “Honey! The Kids are Touching Bums in the Bathtub”: Delegate Your Way to Serenity
Topic 5: Failed Compliments: How Telling Your Wife She Is the 3rd Funniest Woman You’ve Ever Met Is a Bad Idea
So, there’s a little piece of him.
Happy Birthday, dear husband. Thanks for making me laugh. And for picking up my mom.
And no, I’m not going to let you guest post.
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Thanks to my readers for bouncing around to read my posts. It’s been fun.
Any other goofy blogging topics out there for me to pursue?
i second every word. for your husband and mine.
I heart your husband! Don’t even get me started on farting as a sign of contentment, its gotten old over here!
My husband will only fart in private when he knows no one is going to discover he has done so, which means I lack that sign of contentment in him 🙂
Happy Birthday to your husband, he sounds like a great guy if he can truly make you laugh through pneumonia. I hope you are feeling a lot better now but still able to take things a little easy. Have a wonderful weekend with your family
funny blogging topic: why people say ‘that baby is so cute’ when clearly it is not. (and its true, some babies look like little aliens or the elderly.. my daughter im sure looks like my late grandmother with her puckerd lips and saddle bag cheeks)
anyhow, i was asked this question earlier in the week and the only answer i had was “because saying the baby looks ‘interesting’ does not sound polite”.
thoughts?
🙂
Holy hilarious! I want to read a blog by your hubbie… well, actually, my husband does. I think they’ve got the same sense of humour. I hope you’re feeling better soon!
Oops! I commented directly on Can Fam. Hope that counts. This ironic reader would love a mag sub. Thanks for another great, laugh-worthy post!
Ah, yes touching bums in the bathtub. Glad we can talk about it out loud. My girls pinch each other nipples. When does that stop being appropropriate?
Hope you’re feeling better. Blasted pneumonia.
Appropropirate. That’s not even a word.
Happy Birthday to the Grumpy Librarian. I think he may be the 2nd funniest person I have ever met . Glad you are feeling better.
This is the second blog that I’ve stumbled upon with a reference to Canadian Family! Aannnnnd my very best friend couple in the whole world is moving from Florida to Toronto in like a week! I think this is too much of a coincidence. Anyway, very funny blog and I’m glad I stumbled upon it. (Can’t even type a small comment without the darn cat chewing on a ribbon tied to a helium balloon…grrrrr!) Anyway, My 5-year old is happily asleep and I’m off to read some more posts. Assuming the contest is over, Eh? 🙂
Is he single? lol. Nice one. Kind of *sweet*