Today's Thankful Heart - My Man

I posted on here once before about how we should brag on our men - it is good for our marriage. It helps us to focus on those qualities that made us fall in love with our spouse when we first met them. And it is good for them to hear (1st hand or from others) about how much we love, appreicate, respect and admire them.

So, I figured it was about time for me to do some more bragging on my man. I snapped the above shot today as he was pulling his bike out the garage and parking it on the side of the road. Later in the afternoon he was able to take it out for a spin for a bit. It has been awhile and I was happy that he was able to get out and enjoy himself.

I've mentioned before how good my hubby is at fixing things. He's rebuilt our laptop recently, completely rebuilt our shower and put in hardwood floors in our bathroom, among many other things. He is just amazing. He also rebuilt this bike. He bought it from his grandfather, completely tore it apart and built it back up. He is simply amazing! And pretty HOT too, if I do say so myself.

He is an amazing man, a wonderful father and a loving husband - and I'm so proud to say - He's my Man!!!! I love ya, babe!

Today's Thankful Heart - Jan 16th

Today I'm thankful for many things, most small things but I'm still thankful. We serve an awesome God!

• Friday & Days off - not much more to say here! Except that Monday is a holiday and I have Tuesday off from work as well. I'll get to stay home and do homeschooling with my daughter and am going to take her to the resource center to get her signed up in the AR Reading program. She did it last year when she was at the private school she was in. I'm so happy to learn that the charter school has it available as well.
• New job - I officially start my new position when I return to work on Wednesday. I'll still be spending some days in my old department through the middle of March, however my replacement is really learning well. I used to work with her at a different company and I knew she was going to do well. She's been catching on even better than I imagined though. It will be frustrating for her a bit at first but she's going to do great when she gets it all figured out. I think she's going to do even better in the position than I did! AND she is a Christian. We've had some wonderful conversations over the past 2 weeks.
• Warm weather - the weather has been wonderful the past few days. I'm looking forward to taking the kids to the park again this weekend.
• My Husband - last but definitely NOT last! Once again I just have to brag on him. He recently bought a used computer that did not have it's hard drive. It is the same computer that we have. We had some parts that needed replacing and this used computer was cheaper than buying the parts. I came home the other day and he had both computers torn apart and by the end of the night we had our old computer back, good as new. In some cases even better. He amazes me with the things he takes care of for our family. I am truly blessed.
  

Today's Thankful Heart - Jan 10th

Today I'm thankful for:

• God's Direction - He is so amazing. A group I'm a part has been fasting and praying the past week for God's direction in this new year. He has answered each of us in different ways, but we have all received direction from Him. The fasting ended yesterday and I was beginning to think that I had missed what the Lord had to say to me, but then today He answered me very clearly. He is such an amazing and faithful God!
• Time with my children - My dear husband went into work this morning for a few hours. The kids and I ended up spending time at two different parks today and had a blast. I really need to do this more often. Then when my hubby returned home my daughter and I went to the library and picked up some books for school (she is doing a report on horses this month). Then while my husband fixed dinner the oldest two donned their new helmets and road their bikes to the park with my youngest and myself following behind on on foot. They are all sleeping good tonight!
• My Husband - Nothing in particular - I am just thankful for him and all he does for this family. I'm blessed with a man who is a very mechanical person (I definitely am not!) and he is able to fix pretty much anything. Today he took apart our laptop because where the screen attaches to the laptop has become loose. He is always taking care of things for our family like this. He is an amazing man and he takes wonderful care of our family.

Brag on your Man

I subscribe to a daily email called the Generous Wife. The email includes tips each day on how to be a more generous wife to your husband. Today's tip was to Brag on your Man. I love this idea. Not only does it go along perfectly with my blog (how can you not be thankful when you are bragging on your man!) it is also a wonderful way to honor my husband.

I've heard recently that women need to know they are loved and men need to know they are respected. What better way to show your husband you respect him than to brag on how wonderful, strong and dependable he is. Whether you do it in front of him so he overhears it or if you do it behind his back and he finds out later - it will be a good way to stroke his ego. Women tend to have a need to nurture their family, while a man has a need to provide for their families. Bragging on my man accomplishes both of these objectives!

So here is my bragging for the day about my wonderful husband:

1. He takes care of everything around the house. Not only the traditional "guy" chores such as mowing the lawn and taking out the trash. He also fixes the lawn mower, lays tile and hardwood floors, paints, does the plumbing, tears out showers, rebuilds showers, builds fences, builds sheds, fixes cars, fixes bikes (motorized and pedal), and numerous other things that need to get done. Basically anything that is needing to be done - he is more than capable of taking care of it. I am so blessed!

2. He is an awesome cook! Especially BBQ. He makes an amazing tri trip and has even been encouraged to sell some of his rubs, spice combinations, sauces etc. In addition he makes an awesome queso type dip for chips, cheesecake from scratch and a bleu cheese potato salad and german chocolate cake from scratch that is often specifically requested by our friends.

3. He is a wonderful father - I love to watch him playing with the kids. My boys both imitate everything he does. They are going to grow up to make some lovely young lady as blessed as I am because of my hubby's example. My daughter will grow up to know what it means to be loved and cared for because of his example to her.

4. He is a wonderful husband - he does so many little things for me that others may overlook. However these things mean the world to me.

The Lord has truly blessed me with this wonderful man and I'm thankful everyday for him.