It’s food again, but this time it’s all about setting.
Maybe it’s doing a tailgater at a football game, or going to his favorite coffee shop and reading the paper with him on a Saturday morning. Donuts in bed? Whatever would be fun for him is the plan for the day.
We have a fire pit on our back patio. While our kids like to do s’mores over an open flame, we are more about cheese and fruit next to the fire.
Prayer for Today
Dear God, teach me to create places of celebration – no matter how small – in my home and for my husband.
Getting Creative
No need to get super fancy here. If he simply enjoys popcorn in front of the TV, that’s OK. Remember, just for this one little project, it’s all about him. Some other ideas?
If he enjoys being outside, how about dinner in the back yard? I have a friend who doesn’t have patio furniture, so she actually drags her wooden breakfast table and chairs outside. It’s not about resources, it’s about creativity.
One thing our family has done on several occasions, especially when the kids were little, was to have a carpet picnic. Spread out some quilts, watch a movie and enjoy the great indoors. (This would be a great night not to serve soup.)
For a more grownup encounter, how about a shower or bath with chocolates…
Your Project:
Make it food and make the location fun. Really, that’s all it is.
The husband project has been a huge blessing in my life. I find myself being a lot more creative in showing my husband that I love and think about him. A few weeks ago I hid my son’s gigantic ugly realistic rubber black spider under my husbands covers hoping to startle him when he got in bed. When we were going to bed I completely forgot about it and when I climbed in I nearly jumped out of my skin, there was the black spider on my husbands side I intended for him but scared myself. When he came to bed I told him about it and we had a good laugh. Without him looking I threw it in his boot at another attempt to scare him. The next morning I was taking a shower and when I grabbed my wash cloth out jumped that plastic spider, again I jumped out of my skin. I had such a good laugh to myself so I decided to hide it for my husband again. We have been hiding and finding this spider for the past several weeks. Sometimes days will go between the time it is found and re-hidden but the whole point to this silly immature game is that it is showing the other person that we think about each other during the day. I was doing laundry the other day and completely forgot about the spider, I wasn’t particularly happy about doing laundry but it had to be done. When I reached into the hamper I jumped back nearly 2 feet there was that ugly black spider. I had yet another laugh and my attitude about my laundry changed. I remembered why I do it in the first place. I do it to bless mu husband and my family.
Yummy yum! I made hubby’s favorite Cheesy Chicken recipe. His favorite place for food is at the table with our family so we kept the location traditional (have to go with what works for your hubby’s personality/preferences).
I might try for a picnic when the weather allows 🙂
I’m going to set up a special lunch table in the staff room where he works. Food, candles, tablecloth and cloth napkins. Hopefully he will react more favorably than he did to breakfast in bed.
I’m going to pack him a special lunch, just like I do for the kids! I’m going to use a gingerbread man cookie cutter on his sandwich, make heart shaped apple slices, and include a little yellow sticky note with a special message. The younger boys in our home react favorably when they receive special touches in their lunchboxes. I can’t wait to surprise him with silly touches!
Last night my husband came home and announced to the family that he was going into the bedroom to study for his online class. He is the type of person that likes everything really quiet when he studies. So he left the door open. Why? I’m not sure. So of course when I’m not looking my 11month old crawls into the room and pushes the computer button. Which was what my husband was using to study. Later my 4yr old was in the room dancing around singing. After both times he still wanted the door open. I come in to put clothes away and wouldnt you know it he breaks down in yells. Yep I yell back, that he wanted the door open(then of course I slam the door). OK now after all that I brew him up his favorite tea! put in on a tray with honey and a cookie. Knock on the door he opens it ready to breakdown in apologizes so I will leave him alone. Stops with a look of shock “that for me?”. I say yes it is, thought you might like some. He goes to open his month and I say. “NO I’m sorry for yelling back! I know your sorry. enjoy the tea”. With a huge sigh he say’s Thanks.
So my whole point was I got in the habit of thinking because I’m so caught up in his reaction to all the positve. That there would be no fight’s or hard feelings ect. Good news I gave him the tea because I really do love him. I can honestly say this time it was NOT a tool of manipulation.
I am going to shock the socks off my husband and get up when he does 4:30 in the morning, make him coffee and bring him a cup while he is in the shower. He will definatly know something is Up!:)
Our children are married and one has 2 kids of his own now. They called on Moday and wanted to get together. This evening we had a pleasant evening with our kids and our grandchildren. He was very tired when he got home but got animated as the evening wore because of the family being together. 🙂 LJ