29 Excellent Things about Mr. Garter
He is always warm.
He is interested in everything.
He can always make me laugh.
He lets me know when I’m wrong but doesn’t ever hold it against me.
He likes going to the theatre, the opera, and the ballet, and he’s man enough to admit it.
He looks good in cycling gear.
He’s passionate about the world, and also about me.
He can make up stories about dragons.
He can laugh at himself.
He buys textbooks–the brain-destroying technical kind–and reads them for no reason but his own edification.
He gives wonderful foot massages.
He can cook, and he’s not afraid to experiment. Seriously. He put cardamom in the tomato sauce for eggplant parmesan, and it was tasty.
He can drive a forklift. (I’m jealous.)
He thinks we should go live in Paris for a year. He doesn’t speak French, but that doesn’t intimidate him.
He’s learned to preface his requests with, “When you finish that row…” He may not understand the knitting, but he respects it.
He has good taste in furniture.
He can run a marathon. Oh, and a triathlon, too.
He remains good natured in spite of my merciless taunting about his taste for fantasy novels.
I should go easy on him, because he also appreciates Jane Austen and Charles Dickens.
He is better with children than I am.
He encourages me to write.
He is generous and thoughtful, even to people he doesn’t know.
He can dance.
He warms up my side of the bed first, and then he lets me put my cold feet against his toasty ones.
He used to take his grandmother to the pub for a pint.
He’s protective of and responsible about his family.
He doesn’t mind cleaning the gutters.
He saves up interesting things to show me.
He’s only twenty-nine, and I get to keep him forever. Happy birthday, sweetie.
Posted: November 27th, 2006 at 3:48 am
That’s really sweet, awww. Happy B-Day, Mr. Garter!
Posted: November 27th, 2006 at 5:24 am
What a fantastic husband – happy birthday to him!
Posted: November 27th, 2006 at 6:05 am
What a nice list of tributes to Mr. Garter. Happy birthday to him, and yay for you for having such a fabulous hubby.
Posted: November 27th, 2006 at 6:09 am
you got me with the dragon stories. happy birthday, mr garter!
Posted: November 27th, 2006 at 7:08 am
he’s definitely a keeper! 🙂 happy birthday mr garter!
Posted: November 27th, 2006 at 12:04 pm
You are very thoughtful of your husband. You can add another thing every year. Happy birthday Mr. Garter!
Posted: November 27th, 2006 at 12:14 pm
Happy Birthday to Mr. Garter…definitely a keeper. The thoughtful ones are such a rare treasure!!
Posted: November 27th, 2006 at 5:28 pm
Thank you everyone!
Mrs. Garter is quite a lovely gal to make such a list; it is something to aspire to. The take away lessons, gents, is to clean your home’s gutters on a regular basis. Who knew!
Posted: November 27th, 2006 at 8:54 pm
How sweet! I can’t stop smiling. Happy B-day, Mr. Garter!
Posted: November 29th, 2006 at 8:44 am
Awww, Happy Birthday Mr. Garter! What a sweet idea.
Austin is about to turn 29 next week too…..I think you just put up a new standard!
Posted: December 6th, 2006 at 7:28 pm
oh, that was so lovely! happy birthday mr. garter!
Posted: December 7th, 2006 at 4:13 am
wow, must be one heck of a celebration, lol!