Sep. 25, 2009 - A Marriage Addendum
For the back story, one must read the entry below before this one. A follow up note to my cousin:
With self-righteous flourish, Mr. Wonderful read my post and then silently
unveiled a manilla folder (out on a counter, buried under newspaper) with manly,
handwritten "Timeshare" on the tab.
I was not fooled by his bluff. I knew 10 to 1 the info needed was NOT in the
Timeshare folder.
He rifled through. I saw a birthday card from his mom, a Universal Studios
Orlando glossy brochure. No timeshare seller info.
He has foresight and back up, though. Or at least that's the positive spin I'm
going to put on the fact that the man never deletes an email, so if you need to know
what restaurants in Columbus OH were offering one week specials back in 2007,
we've got you covered for that too. Sure 'nuff, he did find the seller name that
we used for one of our purchases and the same one his sister used a year ago.
The Ebay seller name is laman34. There is a company name too, but that seller
name should be all you need to find their listings on Ebay. For the second, the
seller was tttimeshare. While we don't personally know anyone other than us who
has used them, we had good success and they have a high seller rating on Ebay.
Hope that helps!
Blessings, Holly
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Sep. 25, 2009 - How to Spice Up a Marriage in the Second Decade
This note originally went to my cousin, but it contains so much about how to have a successful marriage, that I'd thought I'd share it here too. Enjoy!
Sue, I'll get you the timeshare company names. Mr. Wonderful has those and I
have to free it from whatever tiny scrap of paper he wrote it on. The more
essential the info, the smaller the scrap of paper he sees fit write in on and
the weirder, less intuitive place he must ferry it to. I suspect this info
probably earned something like a half napkin and is stuffed between the back
seats of his car.
I would look in the manilla file folder clearly labelled "Homes" in the armoire
with all our other important manilla folders that I maintain, but that would be
pointless. Only the info Mr. Wonderful may ever need from me is there.
It's just one of the little things Mr. Wonderful likes to do to spice up our
marriage, sortof a grown up scavenger hunt just to keep me on my toes. He
probably is secretly disappointed that when he tells me he needs a dentist
receipt from three months ago to submit to FlexBen, all he has to do is sit
there for 30 seconds until I bring it to him.
To keep him on his toes, I've been doing a great rendition for him in these last
few weeks of "Which psychotic Holly will greet me today?" I'm sure it's a fun
game for him and I'm upping the ante with each day that brings me closer to
delivery. Will it be Weepy Holly? Raging Holly? Sleepy Holly? Achy but can't
sleep so let's discuss all my worries at 4am Holly? Or, his personal favorite,
Rapid Cycling Through All of the Above Hollys? These are all just a warm-up for
Post-Partum Holly.
Let the games begin!
Blessings,
Holly
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Jul. 23, 2009 - I knew it!
I knew Mr. Wonderful would say, "You can't ride a camel while you're pregnant!" Which is why I didn't tell him until after I rode the camel.
Blessings, Holly
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Jun. 9, 2009 - Much to Tell
But at 18 weeks pregnant and tending to my Mr. Wonderful who just had neck surgery on C5 herniated and ruptured disk, I'm too darn tired to tell it. We're both doing well in that "all things considered" type o' way. Hope to post more soon!
Blessings, Holly
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Nov. 26, 2008 - Aloha
Among his many other charms, Mr. Wonderful knows how to maximize opportunity. About five years ago, he began work on his CLU designation. You can think of that as a Master's in Insurance. It's not, but close enough that it could be phrased that way on the SAT analogy section.
He took a course here, a course there. Switching companies last year, he found out that his new company will pay for an employee and spouse to attend the graduation ceremony for receiving a designation. Airfare, hotel, meals, the works. In January, Mr. Wonderful found out that the conferment ceremony this year would be in Hawaii. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom! Mr. Wonderful knocks out the remaining five college classes in six months in order to qualify for the designation.
You can view our pics of the trip here:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLanding.action?c=wbxkxxi.9ygo4vei&x=0&y=tau9qq&localeid=en_US
Blessings, Holly
