Big News

Boy do I have a lot to tell you all!  I think I got a B on my Feeling Test last week.  Not bad.

I guess to start...I listened to a lot of advice about leaving town.  I made sure that I wasn't finished when he got home and he helped me finish packing and load up the car.  I had told him the night before that I was nervous about getting out of town without a fight and how his habit of trying to do random things before we left made me feel. 

So we had everything packed up and the kids and the dog ready to go and he looks at me with this sexy little smirk and says:

"I think I need to mow the lawn."

Hmmmmmm, maybe we do have...no, we gotta go.

I threw a pillow at him and we laughed and left.  That was the first time in a LOOOOOONG time that we were able to leave town with no arguments and made for a nice drive.  He drove the whole way which is also unusual, I like to drive but was testing out my skills.  I never once sucked in my breath or slammed my foot on the floorboard:)
No, we did not have to resort to this new style of seat belt.

I also talked to him about how I felt that whenever we went to see his family that I would get really stressed because I felt like I was doing all the kid stuff and that maybe we should work out some sort of system of taking turns.  He suggested morning/evening shifts...I suggested every couple of hours so no one got burnt out.  He agreed and we did that really well for the first couple of days.  We kinda got lazy about it by Saturday and I could tell I was ready to come home by then. 

We even had time for some adult playtime this week...gotta love Grandmas who take the kids to the park and kids that like to sleep in Grandma's room.  I will say that all we have had time for lately is quickies and I am kinda ready for something more.  I will say my husband was a bit shocked that I was willing to, as I wasn't really comfortable doing that before.  I have difficulty staying ***ahem*** quiet and we were staying at my MILs very small house.  He actually asked me "Who are you?"  not in a bad way, but a holy crap that rocked way.

There were a couple of times this week where things happened that previously I would have felt very out of control and it would have had me stressing out...there always seems to be issues when trying to coordinate several families at once and my husband remarked on my ability to take the changes in stride.  He was actually stressing over a couple of things and I was able to calm him down.  He calmed down so easily that I wonder if he was stressing because he thought I was going to start stressing.  Hmmm...interesting thought to ponder.

So here comes the big news.........

I had told him that I had been reading blogs about marriage when he caught me laughing hysterically at Lillie's panty story.  He didn't show much interest(with the blogs...he was very interested in my panties and told me I should go put on a thong:) Geez.), but if you have been reading my blog you know that I hadn't figured out how to tell him I blog and I have wanted to.  I was afraid he would be mad or think it was stupid. 

Well, I did try to read a few blogs over the week and moderate my comments...but leaving comments and writing posts was difficult on my phone.  He saw me checking a few times...I wasn't hiding it.

So we get home yesterday and I came in to the office to check up on things and my dear husband stops in the doorway and says:

You aren't talking to guys are you?

Noooo!, well sometimes (his face was...well, you can imagine), NOT how you are thinking honey!

He was putting kid 3 in the bath so I told him that I would show him everything when he was done.  I got the other two off to bed and my heart was racing.  I don't know why I was so scared to show him.  This is what I wanted right?!  I was replying to an email from Wilma and she was able to pull me off the ceiling.  We get all the kids to bed and here is how our conversation went, more or less.  I sat on the floor and he was on the couch (thanks Red Pill Wifey). 

Have you noticed a change in me?

(He thought for a few seconds) Yes, we are having a lot more sex.

Is that all you have noticed?

(He thought some more) Well, um, you really want to, like all the time.

(Such a man) Anything else?

We are getting along better.  You aren't as stressed.  You are listening to me and actually doing what I suggest. 

(Bingo) Well, it all started....(you guys know this part if you have read so I won't bore you with the details...my first three posts sum it up if you are new)

Then I had to tell him what the heck DD was, and what Red Pill-Captain/First Officer was so he would know who I was communicating with and what my blogroll was all about.  I could tell by the wide eyes that maybe I should just shut up and not overwhelm the poor man.  I told him that there were some very supportive people who were also trying to improve their marriages and I didn't feel like I could share this with the friends we know.  He agreed and said they wouldn't understand. 

Do you want to see it?

Yes! (he grasped at that rather quickly...I have a tendency to talk to much when I am nervous...he actually told me during my telling that I was kinda all over the place...could I stay on one train of thought...(wish I had had time to practice:))

I had him read "The Pants" first.  He got really quiet.

So, where are the pants?  At the cleaners? (funny guy)

He started clicking and reading.  He laughed sometimes and looked serious sometimes.  I wish I could have read his thoughts.  I mentioned that we needed to come up with a fake name for him and told him how I came up with mine.  He told me he liked my cactus picture and I explained it's meaning.  He had forgotten I had taken that picture and then we had this whole conversation about the picture...now who can't focus:)

I was sitting there shaking like a leaf watching his expressions.  He clicked on ustacould and started to read and then I remembered that I had put my surprise on there about what I was going to do when I lost the weight I wanted to lose.  I said oh wait you can't read that one...he looked a little hurt and I said it was just because there was a surprise for him that I didn't want to ruin.  He was ok with that.  He still looked kinda overwhelmed so I told him he could have all my passwords and have complete access to everything.  I wasn't trying to hide it and I did have him read the posts where I expressed that I wanted to tell him. 

He didn't read everything yet, but I could tell he was trying to process.  We started getting ready for bed.  He looked so serious it was starting to scare me.  I asked if everything was ok.  He said:

What about Lee, Levi, Wrangler?

What? (completely perplexed)

(Said with a sexy smirk)...You know...my name...the pants?

I collapsed in a fit of giggles....GIGGLES...I do not giggle people...well, apparently I do now.

So Blogland, I would like to introduce you to my husband Levi. Levi, Blogland; Blogland, Levi.  He has assured me he will be taking this pant thing quite seriously.
  Iyiyi, I hope so:)