• Mar. 21, 2006
A "To Don't" List
"To Do" lists have become a staple of many women's lives. For me, a "to do" list helps me get more organized, and I take immense pleasure in checking off the things I've done.
Today, I'm making a "to don't" list in regard to my hubbie. I think it might remind me of some hard life lessons I somehow have to keep learning again and again. Unlike my "to do" lists, I have a feeling my "to don't" list for today will probably be the same as my "to don't" list for tomorrow, for next week, next month, and maybe even next year. Oh no! That means no checking off...oh well...here goes:
- don't give hubbie a hard time for traveling on business; he is the provider after all
- don't give hubbie excessive amounts of hugs/pecks on the cheek/hand-holding/squeezing into his "space"; the Lord did not make hubbie a fan of any of this and it only makes me feel like I am mauling a doorpost
- don't give hubbie a hard time for fishing - let him off the hook (pun intended); he needs to do something that is not work-related and I guess he was a fisherman when I married him
- don't call hubbie at work to talk about "important" heavy stuff; his office is not private and this method has yet to produce a solution to the problem anyway
- don't hit hubbie with a list of things he needs to do all at once; pick one thing to talk about and stick to that one thing
- don't bring up hubbie's family and get into the whole comparing game; this is not helpful
- don't make desserts for hubbie and expect him to "ooooh" and "ahhhhh" over them; the Lord did not bless him with the sweet tooth I have been "blessed" with
O.k. That's enough for today. Do you have a "To Don't" list for your hubbie too?
Say a prayer for me that I can stick to this, and also that my hubbie will make a "To Don't" list in regard to me too!
Love in Christ,
Julie Grosz
