11 years...

i've been married 11 years...


we went back to the place we got married... orcas island, WA
we got married at this very spot...


it was like nothing had changed...
and i was reminded just how lucky i am to have super hubby in my life...

ja-min gets a face lift

so we have this boat... a ranger 20 something or other...

she's great fun for an afternoon sail... but she has never been very pretty...

in fact... she was down right ugly... this was taken after the black splotchy bottom paint was removed... she was even uglier then...


she's been living in our driveway for over 2 months now... and i was getting bitter... it was bad enough i couldn't park in my garage... but now i couldn't even park in the drive way...

it started out as a "i'm going to repaint the bottom"... then i went and opened my mouth...
"why don't you repaint the topside while it's here" in the end it was worth it...

isn't she purdy....

slip n skim...

the key is flat surface, lots of water, and patience...

super hubby got a hair cut...

Before...

and after...

yes... this was taken in the morning... but the truth is... it really had gotten this big...

the bitter look??? because he knew this was blog material ...

the things he does...

so you've heard me talk about what an amazing man super hubby is...

he's also VERY handy... and when the cover for this....

needed replacing this summer... he decided to sew a new one... why the sourcing wizard didn't find one on line i'm not quite sure... because he could have gone here for half the price and about 15 minutes of work :)

instead he did this... i think he liked the challenge...

first he took the old one apart to make a pattern...

Then he carefully sewed together all 18 or so panels...

Then he got out the ladder to put it on...

and has been enjoying it ever since...

and yes it's perfect!!!

Bring it...

Got this email from a friend and had to share… she did recognized that super hubby would sweep the competition but then I wondered if anyone else out there was quite as lucky as me???

Super hubby is ready to go for this game… anyone think they can take him on?

how could a boy who grew up wearing red clogs not become a super hubby right?

• Six married men will be dropped on an island with one car and 3 kids each for six weeks.
• Each kid will play two sports and either take music or dance classes.
• There is no fast food.
• Each man must take care of his 3 kids; keep his assigned house clean , correct all homework, and complete science projects, cook, do laundry, and pay a list of 'pretend' bills with not enough money.
• In addition, each man will have to budget in money for groceries each week.
• Each man must remember the birthdays of all their friends and relatives, and send cards out on time--no emailing.
• Each man must also take each child to a doctor's appointment, a dentist appointment and a haircut appointment.
• He must make one unscheduled and inconvenient visit per child to the Urgent Care.
• He must also make cookies or cupcakes for a social function.
• Each man will be responsible for decorating his own assigned house, planting flowers outside and keeping it presentable at all times.
• The men will only have access to television when the kids are asleep and all chores are done..
• They must attend weekly school meetings, church, and find time at least once to spend the afternoon at the park or a similar setting.
• They will need to read a book to the kids each night and in the morning, feed them, dress them, brush their teeth and comb their hair by 7:00 am.
• A test will be given at the end of the six weeks, and each father will be required to know all of the following information: each child's birthday, height, weight, shoe size, clothes size and doctor's name.
• Also the child's weight at birth, length, time of birth, and length of labor, each child's favorite color, middle name, favorite snack, favorite song, favorite drink, favorite toy, biggest fear and what they want to be when they grow up.
• The kids vote them off the island based on performance.
• The last man wins only if...he still has enough energy to be intimate with his spouse at a moment's notice.
• If the last man does win, he can play the game over and over and over again for the next 18-25 years eventually earning the right to be called Mother!