Guess Who. Its’ DH, Les, Morefromles, or whatever name you choose to call the Husband of Sweetie. I’ve been called a lot over the years but mostly I prefer just getting called for Dinner.

Well. I don’t look or write nearly as beautifully as Sweetie but I wanted to make sure those of you following are kept up to date.. I’ve pirated her account because she’s on the road today.

You noticed the last post where we had the scare of the phone going off. There are disadvantages to having children that are better with your phones than we are. Seems someone had attempted to set an alarm on Sweetie phone and set the tone to the same one as her ringer. SOOOOO when the “alarm” went off in the middle of the night my bride who can’t see without her glasses assumed the same as I would that someone had called. What a frustration factor until this morning when again the phone rang at the same time and the TWO of us finally figured it out. What a moment of realization for the two of us. Makes you feel a little slow some days. I kinda thought I should have thought of something so simple. Rather like where are my keys and someone points to my hand. UGH.

Sweetie has managed to get on the road today in spite of some rather disturbing happenings. All has worked out well but in spite of my best laid plans to make sure Sweetie was safe on the road I rather made it worse for a bit. You see I went out and bought her 4 new tires last night to enjoy her smoooooth ride to N.W. Arkansas today. All was well until I got a call from my darling bride saying one tire was now flat and as fast as my wonderfully helpful son was putting air in it would come back out after he stopped. SOOOOO enter Sweeties Knight in most brilliantly shining armor. (me of course for those not used to my writing yet). I took an extra long lunch break and extended my work day to make up for it in order to rush home and replace the 50 cent valve core that was allowing the air to leak from the tires. Many are probably saying….”what is a valve core?” Well the valve core is that TINY TINY button you see in the valve stem of a tire that allows air in but not out. The new valve stem had a bad core and in turn allowed the air to leak out quite quickly actually. After about 3 minutes worth of work All was well and the tires are absolutely fine now. BUT one thing I’ve learned in my years of being the Knight of the home I know just fixing it is not enough to ensure no worries for all concerned. As a result of my most difficultly learned wisdom I rescued my bride one step further and replaced the valve stem caps with really nice shiny metal ones that will stop any air from escaping even if that nasty old core fails again. SO Sweetie is on the road now knowing she is safe once again.

I’ve had a bit of fun with it but I love being able to “rescue” Sweetie. Nothing makes her feel more loved and makes me feel more needed than those moments when I have the privilege of rushing to her rescue. All I need now is a white steed. lol.
Sweetie used to call occasionally “lost” and needing help finding her way out of an area she inadvertently drove into. you see she’s super brilliant but a bit directionally impaired. She can travel the country as long as she goes the same way each trip. If you redirect her a little bit hang on because it’ll likely be a very scenic ride loaded with plenty of laughter about how she doesn’t recognize anything but she’s loving the old houses or pretty flowers in the yards along the “new” route. I ruined my opportunity to share in those moments as I used to by buying her a “tom tom” last Christmas. I think at first she was a bit offended but almost weekly now she reminds me of how loved it makes her feel knowing I got it for her to make sure she never has to feel scared or lost because she cant’ get in touch with me for help or find her way out easily.

I’ve been really proud of Sweetie lately. I can’t say that enough. We poke fun at each other regular. I have to say though that the last few years have been quite rewarding. We’ve learned a lot about ourselves as a couple and mostly God has given us the ability to learn a lot about ourselves as individuals. When I met Sweetie I had asked God to give me a bride that could help me grow and better myself and at the same time I could help as well. I think that’s exactly what he did. It’s hard learning to change and do better but I would never trade Sweetie. Sweetie is so much the other half of me that it hurts when she’s gone and as much as I act very independent I really can’t do much without her. I’ve learned to rely on her so much. I believe she is in the same boat.

OK…. Enough from Sweeties Knight in shining armor. I don’t want to leave you with your eyes hurting from the shock from my writing style vs. Sweeties. I tend to speak FAR less eloquently than Sweetie but I’m very privileged to be able to come here and Share the opportunity with her. I’ll NOW go update another blog.

God bless you all and Thank you for coming by.
Les