Like my Baby

I had such a great time with you this weekend. My favorite parts of the weekend were our times together in the car where we were able to catch up and talk. I like it when we check in with each other and make sure we are on the same page.

I am so looking forward to seeing what God has in store for you and I this year. It is exciting and I am ready to find out what it is. I know he had something that is amazing for you and that will make you feel like you are fulfilling the purpose he has called you to.

I appreciate your outlook on life. It is positive, refreshing, and uplifting. I love that no matter what we are going though - you stay happy. You are so right when you say life is not about our personal happiness; however, we can choose to be positive, enjoy life, and make the most of every opportunity and situation.

I am so glad that you made the decision a long time ago that your marriage was going to be different than your parents. I loved hearing you say last night that you don’t have a back up plan for when to get out of our marriage. I am glad that you are willing to work daily at our marriage so that we never get into a situation where we are working to fix a bad marriage. I appreciate that you are considerate of my feeling and that you don’t make fun of my flaws or inadequacies. You love me for who I am. It really helps me feels secure (and you know feeling secure is a big issue for me).

I am listening to the song below as I type this message. This song always makes me think of you – No one knows me like you do - I love you babe!

And I like cream in my coffee
And I like to sleep late on Sunday
And nobody knows me like my baby
And I like eggs over easy
With flour tortillas
And nobody knows me like my baby

And nobody holds me
And nobody knows me
Nobody knows me like my baby

But it was a dream made to order
South of the border
And nobody knows me like my baby
And she cried man how could you do it
And I swore that there weren't nothing to it
But nobody knows me like my baby

And nobody holds me
And nobody knows me
Nobody knows me like my baby

And I like cream in my coffee
And I hate to be alone on Sunday
And nobody knows me like my baby

Thanks again

Thanks for taking care of me these past few days. I am not the best patient since I am very impatient and want to handle everything myself. When I am not so cloudy I want to respond to your blog below. In short - I understand what you are saying even though I may not understand what it is going to mean.

Sustaining True Relaxation Every Single Second

I made up that little acronym when I was very tired at 2 am last night. Almost nothing is worth stressing about so I don't, but these people with attitudes that are selfish, ungrateful and lacking perspective need to be slapped back into reality.

Maybe what I call reality is actually a fantasy and this pathetic behavior that seems to surround me is true reality. I won't succum to it but I really want to find a way that doesn't come across as pompus but still helps people understand that they are wasting their lives away having heart attacks about not getting two scoops of raisins in every box, metaphoricly speaking.

I keep thinking that I need to find a job where I am truly helping people and not just walking around looking around. I don't know if its spiritually accurate to say I feel called but something is missing and I need to find out what role is waiting to be filled by me. This might be one of those things that is way down the road but it feels like something that needs immediate attention.

I'd be really lucky if my calling is to mouse taming since I know where to find mice and for some reason I've made a tiny chair and whip that I could use to get them to obey me.

I'm sure you noticed that I changed the name of the blog. It's temporary, so I will think of something more fitting. It's just the first thing that came to my mind.

Thanks

Thanks for helping me today with my car. I HATE handling things like that. It totally stressed me out, so I appreciate that you take the time to help me with them. Sorry we did not get to eat lunch together. Hopefully we will get some time together this weekend.

Love you! Traci

PS - We really need a new name for the BLOG - We sound like Trekies

Bloggin' 4 my Baby

I have a lot to say but it seems pointless to cram it all in to one post. I'll just pick a couple of things and save the rest for later.

Good call on the blog. Pens hate me and spelling hates you.

Valentine's Day was great. The dinner was great, dessert was great, all great. Dare to say the best Valentine's Day I've ever had.

So let it be written in the scroll that you are a great wife and mother. Don't look for critizism or nitpicks to make you question wheather or not you are getting it done around here. Two opinions matter and neither belong to you or any one in our extended families. I get a vote and Liv get a vote, that's it.

Last night while Liv and I were playing and we took a vote to see if we thought you were still getting it done. I voted yes and she voted cake. Then I explained it to here and she voted yes too.

There is not a happier more content and satisfied man on the planet and that is because of you. You put up with my crap, in fact it appears as if you find my crap endearing. All we need to do is stay in love and stay honest. You help make it all so easy. Loving you is easy and its the most fun thing in the world. I've got one life and no matter when it ends I'll be able to look back on it know I had it better than anyone.

Trust me when I say that I have no complaints and life has been very good to me. You and Live are a blessing and sorry I ramble when I blog.

French Press

Hey Babe,

Loving the French Press! The coffee is made is so smooth. I feel like I am drinking pure silk. It is such a nice way to start the morning and since you gave it to me for Valentines Day, the thought of you – plus the coffee – warm me all over!

No English directions came with the press – well let me rephrase that, there were no US instructions. There were Great Britain instructions. Instead of doing all of the conversions I just winged it with the first pot. Turned out lovely. Also, it says 8 cups - that is apparently the size of cups in GB. It is actually only about 3 cups US. (I wondered when I looked at it how in the world 8 cups of coffee would fit in such a small pot) It is perfect!
Love you!

Your Love Is Better Than Ice Cream

Your Love is Better than Ice Cream

Your love is better than ice cream
Better than anything else that I’ve tried
And your love is better than ice cream
Everyone here know how to fight

And it’s a long way down
It’s a long way down
It’s a long way down to the place
Where we started from

Your love is better than chocolate
Better than anything else that I’ve tried
Oh love is better than chocolate
Everyone here knows how to cry

It’s a long way down
It’s a long way down
It’s a long way down to the place
Where we started from...


I love this song – don’t really know what good ole Sarah meant by it, but it is how I feel about you.

Your love is better than anything else that I’ve tried! It is comfortable and soothing like chocolate and ice cream.

The lines “everyone here knows how to fight” and “everyone here knows how to cry” are also true of our relationship. You have taught me it is ok to fight or cry about things and how to do it in the correct manner. I don’t have to be afraid that if I we disagree about something or if I get upset about something that you are going to cut and run. No, you get in there and help me get through it. It is so nice to have that. I think a lot of couples hide there feeling from each other and that is when they begin to resent one another.

What I think is most important though, is that we have learned how to manage through our issues without ever really getting to the fight – now the cry on the other hand comes up a lot on my side. But again, you make me feel safe and comfortable enough to release my emotions and discuss how I am feeling even when the emotions or feelings may not be justified or logical.

That is a lot of info, but when I hear that song I feel so blessed about the openness and honesty of our relationship.

I love you so much! - Traci

Happy Valentines Day

This may be an inexpensive Valentines Day gift, but through the years it may become priceless. Since the whole world is going high tech, why can’t love notes also be saved in cyber space?

I wanted to start this blog for you and me to share how we feel about one another and to have a secret romantic place that is all our own.

I don’t tell you enough how much you mean to me. I think these things, but I don’t tell you. For example, I just sit and smile for a while after hanging up the phone from a silly call with you. I think them when I am working with someone who is driving me crazy and wonder how does your wife deal with you – Man I am so luck to have Matt! Now instead of just thinking these things, I can log in and share them with you!

So, I will begin now with a list of small things I love about you and make me feel so blessed to have you!

I love that you say (and have taught Liv to say) “Twizzlers make mouths happy” as you eat them
I love that you are completely honest with people even when they don’t want to hear what you have to say
I am glad you let me have the safety to be honest with you on how I feel even if there is no reason for me to feel that way, or if I am confused about how I am feeling
I love that you fell like I do about showers – You enjoy getting clean, but all the before and after work – I Don’t Know…..
I love how you say, “I don’t know….”
I love that our child lights up when you walk into a room
I love it when you massage my back
I love it when you clean the kitchen
I love that you make me laugh so hard that the memory of the conversation will cause me to laugh out loud a few days later
I love that you are such a good friend to Matt Castleman. I don’t think that many guys have such true friendships. It makes me want to work harder at my friendships with Jamie and Rachael
I love that you pee with the toilet seat down and you don’t make a mess - and that you think people who can’t do that are weird
I love that you have peed on most, if not all, of the SEC campuses
I love that you love me how I am, flaws and all – and you act like you don’t even see the flaws
I love that we like the same TV shows even when no one else does– Arrested Development, Scrubs, Alias, Lost, Simpson’s….
I love that even when you think a TV show is silly you still watch it with me – Beauty and the GeekI loved watching you and Liv catch snow this weekend