It’s time to think about food, glorious food.
My husband loves a candy called Cherry Sours. They’re little red sugar balls that he’s in love with. To me, they taste like the stuff your dentist uses to rinse out your mouth after a painful cleaning.
So, I try to find Cherry Sours, whenever I can. They can be very hard to locate, so when I do, I stock up – without Roger knowing. Then, when he’s having a rough time at work, or I want to say congratulations for a job well done, I break out the Cherry Sours.
Is there a treat that you personally find revolting that your husband loves? Get it for him, letting him know through this small act, “This is all for you, baby…” (And if you truly don’t like the treat, he won’t feel obligated to share).
Prayer for Today
Dear God, I want my husband to know he is honored and cherished, even in the little things I do for him.
Getting Creative
Stumped for ideas? Here are some thoughts:
- Get his favorite pint of Ben & Jerry’s and hide it behind the frozen chicken, part way down in the deep freeze. Even if you buy it on Tuesday you’ll have it ready and waiting for his special night later in the week.
- Is there a certain cut of meat your husband loves? How about having the butcher cut something just for him?
- Is there a certain candy your husband relishes from his childhood? Check out www.candywearhouse.com. They have all the nostalgic candy you could ever want (Black Jack gum, anyone?) while also carrying any modern favorite you might be searching for.
Your Project:
Get a food treat for your husband that he’s not required to share with you or any other family member.
I bought my hubby some vanilla scones and a latte. I put them on the counter by his coffee stuff with a note that said, “No scones about it, I love you a Latte.” He was thrilled when he climbed out of bed and saw that his coffee was waiting for him and he didn’t have to make it himself.
This is a great Idea. Now I know what I will put into his Easter Basket. Yes, I make him an Easter Basket every year that the Easter Bunny hides.
This is a tough one for me. Not that I don’t try, my husband keeps changing his mind! I quit buying sweets a while ago because he said that the kids ate too much sugar. So I quit going down the cookie isle. The problem was that he kept asking me where the chocolate was! I then decided to get him his own bag of choclate chip cookies, which he promptly shared with the kids! I can’t win for losing on this one. Maybe sugar from the lips is all I can give to my undecided husband.
The man loves wasabi peas…BLECH!!! His face actually lit up when I pulled out the bag. Conveniently, it was valentine’s day today so I didn’t have to explain the special treatment.
So I got my hubby a whole cast of the beer he loves the week of his birthday, but he wasn’t too surprised about it. probably because it’s not totally abnormal for me to get him things the week of his birthday, but he still appreciated it.
I wish I found a treat revolting, then my scale would show a different number. LOL But what I did was put the dark chocolate bar that he got for Christmas in a special place in the refrigerator and told him that it was there and that I would not eat any of it. If you can believe it, he is the type that will eat just a little piece from it and make it last for a long time. I on the other hand would have devoured it by now!!!!!
My husband and I enjoy the same sorts of foods for the most part, but something he loves that I don’t particularly care for is Beer. It happens to be his birthday this week so I’m going to go to BevMo to get him some of his favorite beer that he doesn’t get to have too often and surprise him with it sometime this week. I’ll report back with his reaction.
I actually combined two days in one today. I was my husband’s buddy and watched the Seahawks – Green Bay game with him. I had a pretty strong feeling about how that would turn out!!! I was right so after the game I ran out (we have a mini mart less than a block away) and got him a pint of his favorite Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream. It was extra special for him because we have been on a diet and he hasn’t been eating many of his favorite foods. I wasn’t sure how I would fit the favorite food day in! That worked and it helped ease his pain over our teams BIG LOSS!
This was another easy one. Since the holiday’s Costco hasn’t carried hummus. I shop there just about one a week and they haven’t had any. So, hummus has been a long standing item on our grocery list. Finally, I picked some up at Trader Joes along with their yummy bagel chips. When my husband came home from class-he had a nice little treat! Nice…..!!
Easiest project so far! Pace Picante salsa HOT with tortilla chips plus a run to KFC for hot wings. I love that this project coincided with “Big Game” day – it made my day to love on him with his favorite football snacks!
I was too busy to do the second day (be the buddy)and I was going to be very busy the next day (e-flirt).I decided to do all three today. So in the morning I sent him a e-mail, telling him I loved him. Called when he got home and told him I was cooking tonight (I do not do that much of it anymore) that I was in the mood for something, I set up a time for us to eat dinner (he normally eats something right when he gets home 3pm and is not that hungry for dinner so I wanted to warn him that I was planning dinner. While I was cooking I asked if he wanted to watch a movie tonight, then I aaked him to make a fire in the friepalce. His buddy thing is he loves to sit and watch a movie together in front of a fire.
As I was working and he was helping I asked him what he was going to do on Saturday (thats the day of giving your man the morning off) He sdaid he was going to get some work done around the house. I gets really upset if I tell him what to do,or if I do it for him and there is no way I can hire someone else to do it. I did that once and he barely talked to me for 2 weeks. It made him feel that I did not have confidence in him and did not feel he could do it. So I have to gently ask or suggest something so there can be no offense taken. We discussed what we would like to do in Saturday. He insisted to do the work he decided to do. He then said “What is going on with you?” I guess doing three nice things in one day is going over the top. His words made me realize that I have been neglecting him more then I thought for him to see a diffence in my attitude towards him in just 4 days. I need to look at my attitude more closely. LJ
My lactose intolerant husband loves soy ice cream (bleck) and he has run out of his favorite kind that we can only get at a certain market in town . So…today, I will schlep to Scotts Valley Market and pick some Chocolate Peanut Butter Soy Dream Ice Cream. And he can eat ALL of it.
And for me, after a bit of a wild morning with my four year old, I got myself my first Peppermint Mocha of the season in the Starbucks Christmas Cup and you know, it was great to do something intentional for ME.
I am going on a scrapbooking retreat. So I thought I would leave him one of his favorite treats and leave little sweet notes around the house for him to find while I am gone.