Or, My Top 10 List of What I’d Give the Husband for Father’s Day, If I could
10. A tie. For reals. What can I say? He likes nice ties.
9. A French cuff dress shirt. It would go with the tie. And the three sets of awesome cuff links I got him for Christmas last year, completely forgetting that we had just gotten rid of his last French cuff shirt because it was just old. It was straight out of O. Henry.
8. A bobcat. It doesn’t matter if it’s the actual animal or the small construction vehicle. The man wants a bobcat, and if I could get him one, he’d love me forever.
7. A cell phone. The man needs a cell phone and we just haven’t had the time or the money to buy him one.
6. A new Jesus loin cloth, but that would be more of a gift for me than for him.
5. A successful year for his Philadelphia teams. LOL I couldn’t say that one with a straight face. He knows I love him, and he knows that, grudgingly, if my teams somehow ceased to exist, I’d be so happy for him if his won something big, but that’s about it. I’m a terrible wife when it comes to sports.
4. A new wardrobe. We are both in need of some new clothing, but I’ve gotten mine updated somewhat recently. He puts himself at the very bottom of the list most of the time, but especially when it comes to silly little things, like the clothing we wear everyday of our lives. If money were no object, I’d buy him 7 suits, a tuxedo, a Prince Charlie jacket and a new dress kilt, and some tails. He’d be suited up every day. And he’d put all the other lame dads who came to the playground in shorts and polos to shame.
3. A shaved head. He’s been dying to shave his head bald for about five years now, and he hasn’t simply because I’ve told asked him not to. He’s a good husband like that. If I could find it in me, I’d tell him to go ahead buzz it.
2. A job. Seriously. It’s been a hard year for all of us, but harder for him because I know how much he wants to be able to go out to work everyday and earn a paycheck. If I could magic one up and give it to him, I think it’d possibly be the best Father’s Day present ever.
1. A vacation. He needs one. Desperately. It doesn’t have to be anything big. It could just be a day at the ball park with his dad, but he needs a little break. Of course, it would be better if it was a two week stint in Jamaica with me, but who am I kidding? We’d never survive that long away from our kids.
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In response to prompt number 3 in this weeks edition of Mama Kat’s Pretty Much World Famous Writer’s Workshop.
I love your list…you can hear how much you love and adore your husband. I had to laugh with you on the whole wardrobe thingy b/c my hubby is exactly the same…he has even been known to have tags on shirts. He saves clothes he really likes instead of wears them…hmmmm. I am opposite of that.
If it is okay, can I pray for your family? I can only imagine how hard it is financially. We went through my hubby without a job for a year and a half and if we hadn’t been humble enough to accept unemployment checks and help from others…even with my job, it just wouldn’t have worked.
Hope your husband has a great Father’s Day and that he can have at least one of the above gifts.
We love and appreciate prayers! Thanks so much!
I want a bobcat and a Jesus loin cloth!!!! Only, the bobcat has to be the machine. I have a ton of brush to get rid of so I can put in another garden that I can’t maintain and I need another pet like I need a hole in the head. And the bobcat pet would probably be just the one to put the hole in my head! Thanks for stopping by my site today. Following you now!
LOL I tell my husband this about the live bobcat all the time, and you know, the whole apartment thing kinda means we don’t need a mechanical one either. Although, there was that cayman and lion that shared an apartment in NYC…
I hope he gets the last two: a job and a vacation. How about a job with a paid vacation? Even better, no?
Well that would just be awesome, but our dreams are not that big.
Nice thoughts
So… where are you getting these jobs and vacations from? Because I could use one and my husband could use the other.
I so wish I knew.
That’s a great list. It shows how well you know your husband. If you can’t get him the job or the vacation (just keep praying), I’d let him shave his head Hair grows back.
I’m visiting from Mama Kat’s.
I’m thinking I might. Thanks for stopping by!