A Thousand Times

Back in 2008, for Valentines Day, I wrote a list of 100 things I loved about my husband, Adam.

I was struck by, honestly, how difficult it was.

Not that I didn't love my husband, I did, and do, very much, but the things I love about him have become such a daily thing, that I really don't notice that they are unique to him, and, therefore, something I love.

 However, I realised that by writing them down the way I did spoke volumes of adoration to my husband, who floated on cloud nine for about 4 days afterwards. It was more than I ever expected, for something so simple. Also, by sitting down and writing them out, it made me feel more in love with my husband, which can only be a good thing. It was wonderful to sit and only write positive, uplifting words. (As an aside, I also realised - without trying!- that I would have struggled to come up with 100 things that annoy me about him, isn't that wonderful?) I realised all over again, that love is an attitude, and if you make it your hearts goal to only think lovely thoughts about your partner, then life truly is beautiful.

 It made me want to do it more.

I found myself thinking up more and more things that I loved about him. I paid more attention. I listened more. I started thinking that this could become a blessing to my husband in a way I never considered before. So, I devised a little thing (please note: this was waaaaaay before I even knew about the amazing Ann Voskamp and her 1000 gifts) I encourage whoever reads this to try.

I calculated that if I wrote 100 things every month that I loved about Adam, in November (his birthday), I would have thought of 1,000 things I love about him. Once I had discovered this, I was so excited to try. The rules were simple. I chose that on the 4th of every month that I would post 100 things my husband I cherished... which brings us to the second rule... no doubling up. They had to be one thousand unique and individual things.

 What happened next can only be described as the best 10 months of our marriage to date. Nothing has topped it yet.

 I really do encourage you to try this... especially if your marriage isn't in a great spot. Ours wasn't at the time. We had only just recently recconciled a 5 month separation, and honestly? I really didn't think I'd make it to 500, let alone 1,000. If you are early in your marriage, you will probably find this easier than those of us who have been hanging around the same person for over a decade. As I mentioned right at the beginning of the post, you do become used to their little quirks and things, and so, quite often, don't give them a second thought.

I'll admit, when I came up with this idea I started to keep a pen and paper on me... I'd find myself in the car thinking something and telling myself to remember that for the post, only to forget it by the time I got home, so I write them down now.

 So, who's with me? Would you like to think of 1000 reasons you love the man God gave you? Or wife, for that matter men...hey! There's a thought. If all the spouses did this... wow! Lets make this the year of Uplifting Marriages! Seriously. I'm not kidding. Let's build our marriages up. There is no greater stand against Satan than a husband and wife team.

 I truly, truly hope you'll join me in this. In blessing your spouse, you will receive it back, in ways you never dreamed of, I promise. Don't do it to get nice words from them in return. Do it as a sacrificial love offering, solely from the attitude of blessing them and making them feel loved, and I swear, you won't be disappointed.

So, if you would like, here are the 1,000 reasons why I love Adam for you to read. I'm pretty sure, by the end of it, you'll love him just as much as I do :)

1.            I love the way he looks at me when he thinks I'm not looking

2.            His cheeky smile

3.            His goofy laugh that just happens when he finds something earth-shatteringly funny

4.            His ice-blue eyes

5.            There's that mole that I fiddle with when.... never mind

6.            How safe and at home I feel in his arms

7.            He's a really good kisser

8.            The fact that we still laugh together. A lot

9.            The face he pulls when he's trying not to laugh because he knows he's been busted in a lie

10.       His yummy mouth

11.        The way he feigns interest in my interior decorating

12.        That the only time I don't crick my neck kissing him is when I wear 4.5 inch heels (or we're lying down)

13.        That he always walks on the road side of the footpath to protect me.

14.        He used to sleep on the door side of the bed for the same reason. Then we had kids, and he realised that they will wake the closest parent. He now thinks I'm capable of protecting myself in that scenario

15.        That our kids drop everything and run to him when he comes home

16.        That they cry like the world has ended if he doesn't kiss them goodbye

17.        He can cook scrambled eggs like nobody's business

18.        He calls me everyday from work

19.        He suffers in patience my house fluffing when it should be house cleaning

20.       He doesn't bat an eyelid about looking after all of our kids at the same time for extended periods - like, weeks. I have found this to be a rare quality in fathers indeed

21.        He brings me flowers every now and then just because

22.       He thinks I'm the most beautiful woman in the world - even though I'm not

23.       He thinks I'm the sexiest woman in the world - even though I'm not

24.       He deals with my illogical quirks with only the slightest roll of the eyes and a deep sigh

25.       He's agreed to come to America (!!!)

26.       He very nearly cried at an episode of Extreme Make-over: Home Edition - though he'll never admit it, and he's never watched it since

27.        How he's a Trekkie and totally unashamed of it

28.       He's a closet Roxette fan, though

29.       He plays guitar and sings. Enough said

30.       His chook-scratch excuse for handwriting

31.        How he gets excited over callouses on his fingertips

32.       How he laughs fit to bust at a good fart joke

33.       How he's too long for our 3 seater couch

34.       How he misses his little buzz box car

35.       That his favourite movie is "The Last of the Mohicans"

36.       His undivided and passionate loyalty for Geelong Football Club

37.        He sits down to pee more often than not

38.       How profoundly "Good Will Hunting" moves him

39.       He lets me pick his pimples

40.       He works very hard at his job

41.        He clocked Goldeneye 007 (N64), including hidden levels, in 2 months

42.       He cooks if I don't want to

43.       He folds the laundry, which I abhor doing

44.       How he loves to hate (but not really) my cat

45.       How he thinks our daughters are both the most beautiful princesses ever

46.       He writes me songs

47.        How we are on the same page with our beliefs

48.       How he constantly strives to grow in his faith

49.       He watches my Decorating shows with only a little grumbling

50.       His body's thermostat is constantly on warm

51.        How even though he's cross when the boys get in fights at school, he still always believes them when they say they won

52.       He'll wear my grumpiness about something if it means keeping a surprise

53.       He's cried at the birth of all our kids (I think)

54.       He's a bigger gossip than me

55.       He's such a family man that he dropped out of the Army when I fell pregnant with Troy so he wouldn't be deployed away from us*

56.       He can still run circles around me with a soccer ball

57.        He eats the candy that I don't like

58.       He tries very hard to notice if I've done anything special to the house

59.       He always kisses me goodbye in the morning, and hello when he comes home

60.       His dark, dark hair, that's getting a little grayer (He's got a little Mr Fantastic going on)

61.        He still has a set of army cams, so that when he's skinny he can wear them again. Because I find them that hot

62.       He adores Marvin the Martian

63.       How he groans every time I bring home something froggy

64.       How he helps me with mid-night baby stuff if I ask him

65.       He plays with my hair occasionally

66.       He gives me foot rubs

67.        He lets me visit my girlfriends when ever I want to

68.       How good he smells

69.       How he honours his parents - without wavering, and in the face of overwhelming hurt

70.       How he loves my brothers and good mates

71.        That he's a Big Friendly Giant

72.        How he always deals with the blood because I can't

73.        And the vomit

74.        How he pretty much allows me my way most of the time

75.        He kills spiders for me

76.        He is so much more patient than me

77.        How we both find our kids hilarious

78.        He's incredibly administrational

79.        He's addicted to stationary

80.       Nothing gives him more pleasure than a good diary

81.        He changes nappies without arguing

82.       He eats everything I put in front of him

83.       His sense of humour

84.       His bum

85.       That he can find a loop hole in any argument if he doesn't want to do something

86.       He's incredibly protective of people he cares deeply about

87.        He has a beautiful heart

88.       How good he looks in tracki-daks

89.       How he asks for power tools every birthday and Christmas - even though he doesn't know how to use them

90.       That he only drinks coffee at work

91.        He gets concerned for my safety if I don't call him when I get to my destination if it's raining out or night-time

92.       He's completely over-protective of our kids

93.       He follows the politics, so I know who to vote for

94.       He will watch any sport on t.v - even curling

95.       How he knows all of you only by your blog names

96.       His nose

97.        He tolerates my pile forming style of cleaning

98.       He's good at maths

99.       He'll drop everything to come to my rescue if the car breaks or I get a flat tyre

100.  He loves ME.

*I am not at all saying that those brave men who fight for us aren't family men, but I hope you understand what I was saying, in that it was a personal decision for him not to be separated from his children.

101.   He chews his guitar picks

102.   He roughhouses with our kids

103.   He plays 'reigning champion with me' (point at someone’s chest and say "look at that" when/if they look, flick their nose. Whoever gets the person is the reigning champion until they get 'got')

104.   He's the life of the party in a small group setting

105.   How handsome he is when he gets all jazzed up for a date

106.   When we go anywhere together, he always drives

107.   He sometimes buys me craft magazines

108.   How he holds my chair for me at restaurants

109.   How he's too tall to have the sun visor down in the car

110.   He likes to surprise me with breakfast

111.    He reads to the kids

112.    He's so long he doesn't fit in our tub

113.    While he's a minimalist, he tolerates my 'granny chic'

114.    He can never find his wallet or his keys

115.    How he bring work home, but hardly ever does it

116.    He's made steps to lose weight

117.    He can't draw to save himself

118.    He cleans the fans and things up high when I'm pregnant so I don't have to climb on stuff

119.    He is incredibly quick witted

120.   He can avoid watching a chick-flick so effectively that we still haven't watched the one he bought me for valentines day

121.    He loves doing the Santa Shopping with me

122.   Our arguments over who was the best Bond (Him: Connery, Me: Brosnan)

123.   His bald spot on his face where, for some reason, his beard won't grow

124.   He still sees shopping for groceries as our special time

125.   The scar on his neck

126.   How he relishes in cold weather

127.    How we dance together

128.   He moved to Darwin for me

129.   His dreamy voice (he could totally do radio)

130.   He's a bigger procrastinator than me

131.    He'll try anything once

132.   He looks totally amazing in a tux

133.   How I always have the bestest time on the town only when he's there too

134.   He deals with the cane toads for me

135.   How he still enjoys driving through puddles and making the water wave up high

136.   How, when going through said puddle, he still says "whooosssshhhhhhhh". Every. Time.

137.    How he likes to drink a bottle of wine together... My one glass to his rest-of-bottle

138.   Snuggling on the couch

139.   Holding hands when we pray

140.   How self conscious he felt when he had to change a daughters nappy for the very first time

141.    How he fainted during our first labor

142.   And nearly threw up when the doctor shoved the placenta in his face and said "look at this!"

143.   He has cut all our children’s cords except the twins (unfortunately, the doctors had to)

144.   He giggles

145.   His total disdain for Bratz dolls

146.   He pulls the kids up when they are rude to me

147.    He loves our children dearly

148.   He's learnt to roll over in bed without taking the covers with him

149.   How totally thrilled he was when I gave permission for him to drive over a really bumpy road while I was in the early stages of labor

150.   How totally predictable his menu selections are

151.    He's a total sook when he's sick

152.   He chauffeured me around without complaint for three years until I got my license

153.   He has a man bag

154.   He won me a pearl in a raffle... it is still his favourite necklace

155.   How happy he is when I wear it

156.   He is totally involved in our family

157.    He helps so much with dealing with Troy's school programs and his needs... Total lifesaver; I don't understand most of it

158.   He's a shocking fingernail picker, but he grew them out for our wedding

159.   He sits through my siblings and I tell the same stories at every meal together, laughing ourselves stupid over them, with only a slightly bemused expression, even though he doesn't understand why they are so funny Every. Single. Time

160.   He always encourages me to become a better person

161.    He adores British comedy

162.   He thinks Judge John Deed is The Man

163.   He patiently explains sports rules time and time again while I'm learning

164.   It was his idea to renew our vows

165.   He loves my bum

166.   He has agreed to my breast reduction surgery... even though he will mourn a little

167.    He always gets the water after

168.   He shaves my legs when I'm pregnant

169.   He sleeps on the couch when I'm away because he can't sleep in our bed if I'm not next to him

170.   He deals with crying children in the middle of the night

171.    He stayed up until 5am and eleventy-three blisters to get the kids jungle gym erected in time for Christmas morning

172.    He mows the lawns

173.    He washes dishes

174.    He stays up until I get home so he doesn't have to go to bed alone

175.    He does up my necklaces

176.    And my dress zippers

177.    He helps me when I'm undressing by undoing my bra so I don't have to reach around

178.    He takes the best party shots

179.    He feels better from a good dose of retail therapy more than any girl I know

180.   He lets me choose his clothes when we shop

181.    He always pushes the shopping trolley

182.   He is uncannily good at Rummy

183.   He is hilariously funny.

184.   He has a strategy for Monopoly

185.   His absolute love of longhaired German Shepherds

186.   He always beats me at chess

187.    He buys me jewelry occasionally, and it is always beautiful

188.   He never breaks a 'swear'

189.   He lights candles for romance

190.   He deliberately lets me catch him perving on me

191.    The way he eats ice cream out of the carton, going around the sides until there is a mini mountain in the tub

192.   How he takes one of the kids with him most of the time when he ducks up to the shops for special one-on-one time

193.   How he holds my face when we kiss

194.   He can recite just about word for word the Billy Connelly dvd's we used to own

195.   He loses on the pokies every single time

196.   He always strives to be a better man

197.    He won't read sad stories about babies... it cuts him up too much

198.   He always calls me Jen... never Jenny, even when he's angry

199.   How he will take the opposing side of debates, not because he necessarily agrees with it, but because he finds it fun

200.  He hopes his last words are "I love you"

201.   He attempts to answer my morbid "what if" questions

202.  His eyes smile

203.  He can do maths in his head (you have no idea how much I love this)

204.  He has no problem with me opening his mail

205.  He insists on joint accounts, and can't understand how married people have 'your money' and 'my money'

206.  He tolerates my frog fetish

207.   Even though he is only a baby Christian, the Gift of Wisdom is so evident on his life that non Christian people always ask him questions about it

208.  He loves history

209.  The way he's beginning to hang out for these lists

210.   He always tries to make me feel loved

211.    He's honest when I ask about the look of an outfit

212.   And will actually make a decision when I ask "which shoes"

213.   How he'll insist on cooking dinner by himself, then asks me how and when to do everything

214.   He plays in the backyard with the kids

215.   He has about 4 cans of the same deodorant going simultaneously at all times

216.   His boyish charm

217.    He didn't mind three of my ex-boyfriends being invited to our wedding

218.   When we were in serious debt, he would speak to the creditors for me, even though it tore him up inside

219.   Just the fact that he has clean t-shirts in his drawer makes him feel loved

220.  How he really likes my toe nails to be polished

221.   He's a deep thinker

222.   He can't sleep if the sheets are tucked in at the bottom of the bed because his feet don't fit

223.   How we automatically hold hands- his over mine- and if we try it the other way, it feels unnatural

224.   Same with kissing- I get his bottom lip, which is fine by me

225.   His hair is so thick you can't style it as it's too heavy for even the most hard core goop.

226.   He can read music

227.   He's not phased by turning 30

228.   Spreadsheets make him happy

229.   He plays in the water with our kids at the water park

230.  He likes little things; little cars, his bible is wee, etc etc

231.   When I'm sick on the couch, instead of waking me so we can go to bed, he sleeps on the floor next to me

232.   He's the go to man at work; he's reliable to get things done

233.   He jokes that me sniffing turns him on (I was sick with a cold for the first 6 months of our relationship... he has some... fond memories)

234.   He's an automatic condimentaliser

235.   He learnt real quick not to ask for tomato sauce when we were having a baked dinner

236.   He's a worse impulse buyer than me

237.   Perfect conditions to him is a small room with the door shut and the airconditioner's been running on high for an hour

238.   He still aspires to being a rock star

239.   He's a natural athlete

240.  He's immune to vodka

241.   How everything tastes better with cheese and salt

242.   He doesn't snore

243.   He threw himself out of a plane and lived

244.   He's a living testament to The Hound of Heaven

245.   He used to think it was wrong to have relations on Good Friday

246.   He taught himself to play the guitar from a book

247.   He sends me the sweetest text messages

248.   And I was so bummed when my phone was stolen and I lost them all

249.   When he went away with the army this one time, he wrote me a letter for every day he would be away before he left

250.  He's frightened to get family portraits done... we always seem to get pregnant shortly after

251.   He drinks weak as cordial... this works out great for me, as you can near chew my mixes

252.   He can't sleep with out at least a cover sheet

253.   He still eats like he's in the army... in about 5 seconds flat

254.   He used to buy new socks instead of just washing the ones he had

255.   I was his first

256.   How totally obvious he was when he was trying to work out if I had a boyfriend

257.   All the 'do you remember when' things we have

258.   How, even though it's not chivalrous and I didn't understand it at first, he holds my hand and walks into a room before me... to make sure it's safe

259.   He has the highest pain threshold of any one I know

260.  He has a medley of t.v themes he can play on the guitar

261.   He thinks it's fun to peel sunburn skin off and see how big the bits can get before breaking

262.   How one of his eyes doesn't close all the way when he's sleeping when he's totally exhausted

263.   He leads our prayers

264.   He can still flick a soccer ball backwards over his head and catch it in front of himself

265.   How he could walk a 20km hike on a broken ankle, but squeals like a girl when I squeeze pimples

266.   How he claims he always played better when I was there watching

267.   How attached he was to his track-pants... when the bottom half of the legs gave way he cut them off for shorts... when they were finally so revoltingly threadbare I had to sneak them out under the cover of darkness

268.   He prefers my skin white than tan

269.   He thinks it's pretty when I have my nails done

270.   How he only really reads a book once, but still keeps it on the shelf

271.    How he kept trying to grow a goatee every three months or so for 5 years until I finally gave in two weeks ago

272.   He sends me funny e-mails

273.   He prefers our girls to only wear dresses and skirts

274.   He listens to his step-dad prattle on about the government conspiracy that is fluoride poisoning with the patience of a saint

275.   When I was in party plan, he familiaraised himself with the product so he could get me business

276.   He eats the fungus mushrooms off my pizza

277.    When we go out, he fills his pockets with my phone, my wallet, my lipstick etc etc

278.   He got my mum so drunk on cocktails she threw up and my brother had to come get her and take her home... so funny

279.   He blushes

280.  He takes it very seriously that his sons will try to emulate him and his daughters will compare every boy to him

281.   He's a bleeder. When he gives blood, he fills those pint bags in no time flat

282.   He's the only person I know of who can claim they have hit themselves in the forehead with a hammer

283.   He has some of the best kid stories ever... for an only child, he got up to his own fair share of tricks

284.   He was so encouraging when I had to put the twins on formula, it helped me not to feel like a complete failure

285.   How he feels awkward holding other peoples babies

286.   He bought me an evening purse once, because I showed it to him briefly and said I liked it a whole bunch. I went off to another shop and he ducked back and bought it

287.   When we started dating, he would arrive at school with c.d's that I had mentioned in passing that I loved... even though he couldn't stand them (or didn't know who they were)

288.   He believes without a shadow of a doubt that life begins at conception

289.   He sneaks milk out of the carton, but forgets to wipe his nose

290.  If he had his way, I'd live in yoga pants

291.   He's an affirmer. It still makes me grin like a dork when he says "good girl!"

292.   He let me wax him all over once... just to see

293.   But he has still managed to avoid the facial he promised I could do to him for 7 years

294.   He wants to have a toga party for his 30th

295.   His clients adore him

296.   He folds towels my way because it irritates me so much if they aren't

297.   He has this song he made up when Troy was born that he has sung to each and every one of our children as babies, substituting the name as appropriate

298.   He has been told by seasoned nurses that he would make an exceptional doctor

299.   He thinks my dicky thumbs are cute

300.  He can spot a speed camera a mile away 

301.   His 'sensitive' ears

302.  How he already knows what he call name his German Shepherd when we can finally afford one

303.  How he mows our HUGE back yard with a push mower even though it's boiling hot out

304.  How his breaks from mowing are longer than the actual stints of work

305.  When I had gall stones, he'd stay up with me all night during an attack

306.  He has no problem with doing mercy trips for feminine products

307.   He walks around shopping centres with me and tries to be interested

308.  He ties to look interested when I read him things I find funny on the internet

309.  How he makes wishes on eyelashes

310.   How we dance so great together

311.    His scars and the awesome stories they each have

312.   He makes amazing cocktails

313.   He shaved his goatee, even though he loved it, because he knew deep down I wasn't a fan

314.   He gets me to check his homework

315.   He forgave me for giving him a huge hickey on his forehead

316.   He never "let's" me win, so it's always so awesome when I finally do

317.    He claims he still rolls over in the morning, looks at me and goes 'damn!' (in a good way)

318.   He thought I was way out of his league when we first met

319.   How fast his heart was beating when we kissed for the first time

320.  How I know without a shadow of a doubt he will never ever cheat on me

321.   How it bugs him that I don't get jealous ever (see previous for reason)

322.   He believes that cartoons these days are terrible, and with no moral teachings and wants to buy the Astro Boy and Inspector Gadget series on DVD because they do

323.   He knows all the stories of the dudes from WWE

324.   And he lets me mock it while he watches it

325.   He'd love to be a house husband

326.   But won't ever force me to work outside the home

327.   He can't cut cheese or bread straight to save his life/li>

328.   He puts the wheelie bins out on the curb on their days

329.   He dreamt he was Astro Boy once

330.  And he's so embarrassed by it - it's adorable

331.   He tells me off for not going to bed at a decent hour - from the couch, where he'll watch a few more hours of t.v

332.   He still has a 'huggy pillow' he sleeps with every night

333.   He sits with me when I'm sick and throwing up

334.   How Sundays are for chippy lunches and sleeping on the couch

335.   My brothers value his opinion

336.   He is my taste tester

337.   He let's me buy stuff off eBay

338.   He's quite willing (in fact, it was his idea) to give me a House Decorating Allowance

339.   His "work verse" is John 7:24 (it's very apt for his field)

340.  He only drinks coffee at work and church

341.   He cannot go into a Bunnings without buying something

342.   When he was first considering becoming a Christian, he resisted because he didn't want to be a missionary - now he wants to go to bible college

343.   We read Post Secrets together

344.   He chose my wedding dress

345.   He allowed me to have a frog on our order of service cards

346.   He bought me a pink cell phone

347.   He deals with a fairly girly bedroom

348.   He understands my need to throw parties - and lets me

349.   He makes me laugh when I'm trying to be mad at him

350.  He refuses to completely grow up

351.   He doesn't think twice about kissing me or showing affection in public

352.   How we still say things at the same time because we are on the same wave length

353.   He's never smoked

354.   And that one time he did pot was enough to keep him off it for life

355.   He remembers my birthday and our anniversaries

356.   He makes beautiful babies

357.   He used to play a particular song on his guitar to help me go to sleep

358.   And how it was his idea to use that song for our bridal procession

359.   He is ridiculously smart

360.  That we actually kissed before we held hands (I'm pretty sure)

361.   He gets irritated if I complain about my body

362.   He agreed to ballroom dancing classes with me... and enjoyed it

363.   He takes a kid to work with him every now and then when he goes in on weekends

364.   He sympathises when I complain about my boobs

365.   He proposed after we had been together for four months

366.   And while he wanted to tell, he was completely supportive that I didn't because I was only 17

367.   That he wishes that we had told everyone anyway, so we could have married sooner

368.   He wanted to just go before a JP and do the legals the minute I turned 18... and do the wedding thing later

369.   I can't live without him. I tried. It was awful

370.   He doesn't care if I haven't shaved

371.    Everybody likes him. I don't know any one who thinks he's a jerk

372.   We can talk without speaking

373.   We don't have to talk to have a good time

374.   He loves to take me to nice restaurants

375.   How my heart still skips a beat every now and then

376.   He is an unbelievable lover (I had to say it... sorry... I held out as long as possible)

377.    He is totally open to the leading of God

378.   How he starts all letters and cards to me with "My Jen"

379.   That side to side glances he does and that only he and I know what it means

380.  That we are our high-school sweethearts

381.   That the first time I ever laid eyes on him, I knew that I would marry him

382.   That when he first heard that there was no marriage in heaven he decided (jokingly) that he didn't want to go if I wouldn't be his wife

383.   He does his share of the housework more than I do mine

384.   He has some of the corniest lines

385.   Because I don't know how not to

386.   How happy he was at our wedding

387.   That he immediately saw me when he walked into that math room on the first day of school

388.   Our little 'love you more' routine

389.   Sugar pie, hunny bunch... you know that I love yoooooooooou

390.  He decided that "You're Just to Good to be True" was Our Song

391.   And we had it as our First Dance

392.   That at one point, we had about 5 different versions of it on our cd rack

393.   Playing with his chest hair

394.   He's strong

395.   He pouts like a kid... bottom lip and everything

396.   How we go pamphlet "shopping" (Circling all the stuff we'd like with no expectation for or guilt attached at all that we won't be getting any of it)

397.   He's always up for a pash

398.   He asked me to our 'prom' even though we'd been together all year and it was kind of a given

399.   He didn't have an outrageous bucks night that took weeks to recover from

400.  He won a slam dunk competition at college

401.   If he wasn't in class, his teachers new exactly where to look for him... and often did... on the basketball court

402.  Once he had made up his mind to do it, he gave up t.v without a whimper

403.  How he could pull of a passing grade for science purely on the end of year exam, despite the fact he did literally nothing all year

404.  He's currently doing two full time courses to better his employment opportunities, while working full time

405.  He can sort of juggle. He tries, anyway

406.  He is incredibly diplomatic when he needs to be

407.   And completely tactless when he doesn't

408.  The kids think he's the jungle gym to beat all

409.  How it took him ages to learn how to butter bread right to the sides... he wouldn't as a kid because his fingers 'would get greasy'

410.   13. He also used to make mud pies with spoons so his hands wouldn't get dirty

411.    He always helps people out if he is able to

412.   How alike we are

413.   How we can finish each others sentences

414.   The fact that it was so bizarre having a babysitter and going to a bbq without him when he was away for work

415.   He is always good at pretty much everything he puts his hand to

416.   His true sense of honour

417.    How we are so comfortable together, and don't have to constantly be finding things to 'do'

418.   How my head fits perfectly into his shoulder

419.   He knows all my icky bad habits and personality flaws, and he still likes me

420.  He loves my mum and gets all sad if she doesn't give him a kiss goodbye

421.   He has really nice ears

422.   He has a beautiful smile

423.   I love the way he looks when he's just waking up

424.   He is a morning person

425.   I can be myself around him and know that it is more than acceptable

426.   He gets cross when I'm late, but waits as long as it takes

427.   When I'm sad, he can always find the right joke to pull me out of it

428.   He can actually tell when I'm joking, and laughs accordingly

429.   How my heart says 'yay!' when I see him pull up to the gate

430.  "Friends" by Joe Satriani is (and I quote) "The music he thinks of when he loves me"

431.   He describes me as a strong melody

432.   And that together we make a sweet harmony

433.   Whenever I cook a roast, he always reminisces about the huge ones I used to cook before I learnt how to portion for just two people

434.   I don't think there has ever been a beer so bad he hasn't finished it

435.   He kisses my nose

436.   He enables my Coke habit

437.   He buys me Starburst Fruit Chews as a (very well received) gift because he knows they are my absolute favourite

438.   And he doesn't even bother to ask if he can share

439.   He likes gadgets and spends hours trying to figure out how they work

440.  He loves his dog

441.   How when we were dating, we used to buy a pizza and share it in the park

442.   How when I was pregnant with Troy, we embarked on a game of Rummy One Million. I think we got up to 700,000

443.   He always used to have blackberry Soothers in his coat pocket for me to find

444.   He always gives me his jacket if I was cold

445.   How we walk with our hand in each others back pocket

446.   He loves my hair long

447.   He hated me blonde

448.   How we used to shoot baskets from the free throw line for favours

449.   He used to catch the earliest bus to get to me, and the latest one home

450.  That my dad knew the minute he met him, that he would be sticking around

451.   We look alike. We were confused for brother and sister once (obviously, we weren't all over each other at that particular moment)

452.   For such a tall bloke, he has really little feet

453.   He looks really sexy with a good watch on (who knew?)

454.   He said something really corny at our wedding ceremony

455.   He acknowledges his addictive personality

456.   And won't buy video games because of it

457.   Sometimes, when he rings me from work, he puts me on speaker, and we don't actually talk, we just be 'together'

458.   He fully understands that if you don't have a headache from inhaling bleach fumes after scrubbing the bathroom, then it's not clean

459.   "It's just not Christmas without beers with Rob" (my brother)

460.  How we both love to watch stand up comedians

461.   He calls our sponsor child "The Little Guy"

462.   He adores Babylon 5 and owns the whole thing on DVD

463.   And like his books, he watches them once and then they sit and look pretty

464.   How disappointed he is that he burnt all my letters and things I wrote him when we broke up one time

465.   How quickly I went from calling him "Sparksy" to Adam

466.   How even though he likes certain vegetables, he never complains that we don't eat them because I don't like them

467.   That he just rang me, impatiently wondering where his list was

468.   That he get's all hurt if I have to throw out some of my dried roses he bought me because they are little more than dust

469.   He cleans my car out for me occasionally

470.   He encourages me in my crafts

471.    He deals with my habit of becoming so engrossed with a project that everything else pales in significance until it's done

472.   How he empathises with me about my boobs, and lets me complain about them

473.   And then tells me he finds them rather attractive, if I don't mind, but understands that they are too big

474.   He changes the lightbulbs when they go... eventually

475.   He waters the lawns

476.   How good he looks in blue

477.    How his butt looks in jeans

478.   That he notices when I do things just for him

479.   He protects the dog from my rage when she's gone through our rubbish again

480.  And then picks up said rubbish

481.   He deals with any cat poo when I'm pregnant

482.   He learnt to drink black, sugarless coffee when on a diet

483.   How he taught all our kids to do high fives by the time they were one

484.   He wrote letters to me while we were in school

485.   He learnt to fold letters funky because I did

486.   How we eat wedges with sour cream straight out of the carton

487.   When he's "the boy" when we're out (you carry the money and pay for everything)

488.   How I don't think we ever went dutch

489.   How we could spend all day together at school, and still talk on the phone for about five hours

490.  How he wakes me with a kiss

491.   His Pastor Heart

492.   The way we sing together

493.   That he can't get enough of me

494.   He still thinks I'm pretty if I don't have makeup on

495.   Our special handshake

496.   How our maths teacher told us to cut out making-out in the back row

497.   How he always bought me two red roses at a time, because he knew that just one meant a marriage proposal in the language of flowers

498.   When I was in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, he was going to be away when it was playing, so he came to the full dress rehearsal so he could see it

499.   He wants our kids to have a deep appreciation and love of classical music

500.  But also wants to make sure they deeply love and appreciate Hendrix, Led Zeplin and the like

501.   He brought me a corsage for our end of year dinner (prom) without being reminded or prompted by anyone

502.  The look of bewilderment that crosses his face when I brush the fringes on rugs straight

503.  He cleans when he's angry or frustrated with work

504.  He's still ridiculously proud of the egg and spoon race he won back in college

505.  That goofy look he gets on his face when he's trying to be romantic

506.  He didn't die when he flipped the quad bike going 100kph

507.   He thinks my love affair with graveyards is creepy, but occasionally, he'll walk through the really old ones with me

508.  How bummed he was when we didn't fall pregnant on our honeymoon

509.  How every drop of colour left his face when he heard the word "Twins!"

510.   The best day of our honeymoon was Warner Bros. Movie World

511.    Playing chess in Princess Park

512.   He offered to be my math tutor in college. I think we had one official session in the library

513.   How he asked to walk me home from school that first time of many

514.   He's ticklish

515.   He'll attempt pretty much any song I put in front of him for church

516.   He can't spell for the life of him

517.    He was reading Asimov at age 8

518.   He tried on Skye's tennis dress for a laugh at her birthday and TOTALLY ROCKED IT

519.   He's slowly warming up to the idea of homeschooling

520.  He can make money for groceries stretch further than can seriously be possible

521.   He writes me love notes, on my skin

522.   How tiny I am next to him when I'm barefoot. Which is most of the time

523.   He's great at quiz nights

524.   He beats me fairly consistently at Trivial Pursuit (genus V)

525.   But he refuses to let me buy the Disney one, because he will fail completely, utterly, and embarrassingly

526.   He truly can't tell the difference between white, pearl, eggshell, off white etc etc when they are side by side

527.   How I'm used to his face

528.   He checks my blog every day

529.   Our shared memories that spark conversation that no one else understands

530.  He really is my best friend

531.   His dead straight eyelashes

532.   I can't imagine my life without him

533.   He's the last voice I hear before I go to bed

534.   He helped me pack up the house

535.   After reeling from my colour choice for the walls and claiming it "fluro" and "too yellow" he now freely admits I was right and know what I'm doing.

536.   He does the tip (dump) runs for me

537.   He won't let me drive any car with an engine larger than a 4 cylinder because he's concerned for my safety

538.   He leads worship even though he hates public speaking

539.   He brings me a flower or two from our yard when he feels badly and wants to apologise

540.  He doesn't make me watch horror movies with him

541.   It bugs him when I forget to put my wedding ring back on after painting

542.   He is the most un-car bloke on the planet

543.   He's completely uncoordinated in the water

544.   He ate nothing but cheese sandwiches for pretty much my entire first pregnancy so we could afford for me to eat fresh fruit and vegetables and meat.

545.   The way, whenever I complain about having a headache, he asks if I've drunk enough water that day

546.   He thinks I'm the most sexy when pregnant

547.   He calls me Babe more than by my name

548.   He is so easily persuaded to get takeaway for dinner

549.   The way he still misses Jane (his dog) even though it's been about 7 years since she died

550.  When our cat Tonks got hit by a car, He drove the car around to the back of the house after we discovered him, so the kids wouldn't see him pick the cat up off the road.

551.   He held a little funeral and said prayers and encouraged the kids to do it as well.

552.   He loves a 'fry up' breakfast

553.   He eats Apricot Chicken, even though he doesn't like it all that much, because I love it

554.   How I have to cut his hair with scissors to thin it out a bit before he can shave it

555.   How deliriously happy he was when he got his first electric drill

556.   He never questions when yet another package arrives via eBay

557.   He reads really slowly

558.   He isn't superstitious at all

559.   His sporadic bursts of green thumbed-ness

560.  He agrees it's probably a good idea to grow a veggie garden

561.   He can fall asleep anywhere

562.   But he can't sleep on planes

563.   He used to have this 'girl' that he would write love songs 'for', but he could never see her face

564.   He said when he met me, he knew she was me all along

565.   He has really nice thumbs

566.   He's playful

567.   The way we fit

568.   The way he lets me use him for his body heat when I'm cold

569.   The way he won't 'cut in' when we're painting because he's 'artistically inept' and can't follow a straight line

570.   But he can reach nearly all the way to the roof when doing the crisscrossing*

571.    The way he was ok with it that I said he could remarry if I died... but he said I could die alone if it was the other way around

572.   I like having him around

573.   There's no one I'd rather go to dinner with

574.   How he organised a birthday breakfast for me without getting me to arrange sitters or anything

575.   And wasn't too disappointed when morning sickness hit for the first time that morning at the restaurant

576.   He takes his sick days to look after me the kids when I'm ill

577.    And then goes to work when he's dying

578.   How excited he gets when he is allowed to drive the (cool) company car

579.   He knows the rules for just about every sport

580.  He thought it funny when I referred to WWE as 'Soapies for Men'

581.   He moved all our stuff pretty much by himself

582.   He learnt German for a while.

583.   He enthusiastically encourages my OCD tendencies on things that suit his agenda

584.   He has sensitive nipples

585.   Enya: The Memory of Trees

586.   How we used to stay up in the lounge-room all night, talking, makin' out, and watching Rage (music show)

587.   How, even though he thought it utterly ridiculous, he carpeted the dog house for me when we lived in Tassie (it's so cold down there!)

588.   He doesn't laugh too much when I'm really pregnant and I pee a little when I sneeze

589.   He actively keeps himself away from all forms of p*rn, and even averts his eyes from some movie scenes

590.  He let me have the cuckoo clock up, even though it annoyed the hell out of him, because he understands the sentimental value

591.   When we broke up once, my brother Rob got all stressed out about it, because he thought it meant he couldn't be friends with Adam anymore

592.   He all but physically puts me to bed when I haven't had enough sleep

593.   How our conversation is just so easy

594.   He has loved me through some really tough and dark times

595.   He wrote "Love U" on my steering wheel

596.   No one makes me laugh as much as he does. No one

597.   How we can quote random people in unison if we have the right prompt

598.   He keeps nagging me to go get my moles checked

599.   He loves to cuddle with the dogs

600.  He's heaps of fun to sing with

601.   He's protective of me and my feelings

602.  He thinks I'm a great worship leader

603.  He indulges my shoe fetish

604.  He looks great in blue. And white. And black. Especially black

605.  He loves to go to sleep on the couch watching a movie

606.  He pays attention to things that bug the life out of me. He was putting coffee mugs away today, and he made sure they were all facing the same way

607.   He's learning to really discern the voice of the Lord

608.  He's a decision maker. Once he's made up his mind to do something, it happens

609.  He needs me

610.   I need him

611.    He never expected me to work outside the home once we had kids

612.   He's tech savvy enough that he can sound like he knows what he's talking about when we go shopping for that kind of stuff

613.   He could bullshit his way through anything

614.   Which is why he ROCKS at Balderdash

615.   He doesn't condemn me for being a bit overweight

616.   I can never be close enough to him. If I could crawl into his skin, I would

617.    He likes me

618.   He's physically strong. I like how he can bench press me

619.   He values my opinion

620.  He has never treated me like a doormat

621.   He's not stingy. He shares pretty much everything with me

622.   He knows all the secret, little things that make me happy

623.   His smile is contagious

624.   He winks at me

625.   He really has no idea how handsome he is

626.   And so therefore he is so unaffected

627.   How happy he was at our wedding

628.   The feel of his hand when he strokes my face

629.   How he got up early even though he was horribly hung over to buy my engagement ring the day before I moved to Darwin ahead of him

630.  He's photogenic even though he thinks he isn't

631.   He's a Jazz boy through and through, but accepts that it's one of the genre's I can't sing to save myself

632.   He's a swing voter

633.   I know I can shoot him a look and he'll know exactly what I mean

634.   How grumpy he's getting because his List is late this month

635.   He is totally awesome in times of crisis

636.   He is charm personified

637.   He likes to read

638.   He doesn't make me watch his gory, blood soaked movies

639.   He will always stop by the shop after work if I ask him to

640.  If you tell him he can't do something, he'll do it, just to have one up on you

641.   We got applauded dancing together at a nightclub once when the song was over

642.   He's my biggest fan

643.   Because I can't help but smile at him

644.   Every now and then, he tells me to get a sitter, and we go clothes shopping free of children

645.   I prefer his company to anyone elses

646.   When we are driving, he rests his hand on my leg

647.   As much as he threatens to, he hasn't run over my cat yet

648.   We're like two magnets

649.   We're a team

650.  Snoogling

651.   Fuzzy purple and light blue hazes

652.   He's always up for me meeting him in his lunch hour

653.   He want's us to write music together

654.   He wants us to make music together (there is a difference)

655.   I couldn't get rid of him if I tried

656.   How excited he was setting up his 'gym'

657.   And he even let me 'fluff' it a little

658.   He misses me when we are away from each other

659.   He teases me in a loving manner

660.  He's not superstitious

661.   He's becoming very aware of what we speak over our children, our marriage and each other

662.   He's also conscious of what comes into our home in the way of media

663.   He wouldn't run away to Hawaii if I fell pregnant again

664.   No one can delegate better than him

665.   He likes to garden

666.   I asked him to write down the hours I needed to give Amy's different medicines and he sat down to write me up a spreadsheet

667.   He's a hardnosed evolutionist-turned-devout creationist

668.   When he's self conscious he makes a fist with one hand and punches his other palm

669.   He blushes

670.   He really get's into worship... sweat and everything

671.    He can never find his guitar picks

672.   So he was really happy when I brought him a box of 250

673.   He still has his first FRED from army. (F-ing Ridiculous Eating Device) It's um, 13 years old now

674.   He also has a conductor or something still connected to his wallet from when he did a TAFE course

675.   The sheer joy he attains from food

676.   We're both as juvenile as each other

677.    He's an optimist in the face of hopelessness... he's always encouraging me "Practicality before pretty, Jen!" *sigh* he makes me laugh

678.   He watched Pricilla Queen of the Desert with me when at the time he was the biggest homophobe I had ever met

679.   How you can see him visibly relax when he picks up the acoustic

680.  When he sets goals, he sets them high

681.   He agrees that you can never have too many books

682.   He told me when we'd been dating a year what he thought our daughter would look like. Without word of a lie, Bethany is the embodiment of it

683.   He believes in me

684.   He trusts God's call on our life

685.   He's very cruisy. Life just happens

686.   He doesn't like to rock the boat

687.   He's very security conscious

688.   He's a checker. And a re-checker. And a double checker

689.   Shangri-La is the computer game shop

690.  His eyes twinkled like a little boy when I asked him to do a job that required the circular saw the other day

691.   He is teachable, and willing to be so

692.   He has no problem with being an underling or a tag along when required

693.   When I'm pregnant and in pain uncomfortable, he drives really smoothly, slowing down gradually for lights and corners

694.   He is not above copping a feel at church

695.   He's a shocking park. So long as he's "in the lines" he doesn't care if it's straight.

696.   He always feels bad when he sees a dog or cat that has been killed by a car

697.   He's a grumpy dieter

698.   He's a happy drunk

699.   He didn't make me feel too badly for losing both keys for the one car inside of a week

700.  His tortishell beard. Seriously. He looks like a ragdoll cat

701.   He has beautifully shaped eyebrows

702.   He's adorably reduced to smoosh by Amy

703.   He's willing to stay in a stressful job to secure our family's finances

704.   We diet together. Always

705.   We pretty much always let the excuse of snuggling in bed is way more fun than getting up and working out get in the way of actually, you know, doing it

706.   And that "we really should go to bed early tonight" get us out of the night time routine

707.   He looks really cute with his hat on backwards

708.   He always goes to parent teacher interviews

709.   He didn't complain too loudly when I cut my hair short

710.   That it felt terrible the day I was unable to call him at work

711.    He only looks at me slightly strangely when I suggest doing some things, such as making my own car seat covers

712.    Whenever he get's a forward, he flicks me an email saying "Snope this for me"

713.    Nine times out of 10 he'll choose the "hair down" option

714.    He lets me do pretty much as I please to decorate the house

715.    He does not own, or ever plans to own, a pink shirt. Masculine pink or not *grin*

716.    He is very concerned (in a positive way) with supporting Christian companies

717.    He is the quintessential example of Love is Blind

718.    He hates it when I put myself down

719.    He wipes the children's grubby paw prints off the walls

720.   He listens to my endless chatter about stuff I want to do to decorate

721.    He hardly ever raises his voice at me (even though he's "yelling on the inside")

722.   He never goes against me when I'm disciplining the children without asking me if it is ok first (it's usually to just change the punishment slightly, and it's more often than not better anyway)

723.   He digs antiques... just not their prices.

724.   He is forever telling me to do my pelvic floor exercises.

725.   And to stop picking my pimples

726.   He tells me when he thinks something I have purchased for the home is pretty

727.    And he won't (with the exception of some curtains) tell me if he thinks it's not

728.   He lives with said curtains

729.   He is an obedient and sacrificial worshiper

730.   He praises me about the housework

731.    He wears 14 hole black Doc Martins

732.   He's always looking for ways to improve his musicianship

733.   He always get sick as soon as he takes leave

734.   He always worries if he thinks he may have offended someone

735.   He will always go to the person and ask, and apologise if necessary

736.   He skinned his knees today! Forever the little boy

737.    How he get's his hair cut and styled, even though he'd rather just shave it, because he knows I prefer it

738.   He pays attention to the way he hangs clothes on the hanger because he knows how much it bugs me if it's 'wrong'

739.   Which is why he uses the same colour pegs on the one item of clothing on the line

740.   He walks to the shops to get food for us when our car isn't working

741.    He is fair in his punishments when disciplining our children

742.   He helps me 'fluff' even though it seems like a waste of time to him

743.   He watches movies while folding the laundry and/or studying etc... and always stops to watch the fight scenes

744.   He puts things away up that go up high so I don't have to get a chair or a step

745.   He always praises my cooking in front of the children

746.   He hung the dryer on the wall for me (and it's just about straight!)

747.    And then took it down and hung it upside down, because it was easier for me to reach... and because I thought it would 'look better'

748.   How the kids always come in to his side of the bed to snuggle in the morning

749.   He tells our daughters all the time how pretty they are

750.   He sleeps like it's an art form

751.    He loves Pixar movies

752.   He wears the kids bandaids... pictures and all

753.   He noticed that my skin is clearing up

754.   He is staunchly against abortion

755.   How he retorted, laughing, after I said I'd be fine if he married again if I died: "You can die alone" It was hilarious

756.   He's magic. You'll hear this often at our house from me: "Honey? Do you know where.... never mind, got it!"

757.    It was his idea to sponsor a child

758.   He stays up late to help me clean

759.   He hasn't forced me to move back to Tassie, though I know he'd love to

760.   When I'm frustrated and angry with the kids, he reminds me why I'm 'doing it'

761.    The kids do what he says, pretty much when he says it

762.   He values my opinion

763.   He asks what my opinion is

764.   He holds down the kids when they need to be stitched back together

765.   He went to a fancy dress party as his own character... "Gandalf the Troll-Shager" I have pictures.

766.   How he's getting very impatient for his lists

767.    And actually reminds me on the day that they are due

768.   How he and I really can't decide whether we'd be democrats or republicans... though we do lean more towards one than the other

769.   He's just so yummy to snuggle with of a morning

770.   He always has to have something covering him when he sleeps

771.    He looks adorable holding a baby

772.    He actually gets me to look for things on eBay every now and then

773.    He doesn't have an expensive, money sinking hobby

774.    He doesn't have half a car propped up in our garage

775.    He doesn't abandon me to go fishing every weekend

776.    How good he smells when he wears Desire for Men by Alfred Dunhill.... mmmmmmmm

777.    How I can always tell if he's near, even if I can't see or hear him

778.    He remembers to put the bin out most of the time

779.    He doesn't mind my dorky, sentimental things being out on display

780.   We have key-rings that kiss

781.    He doesn't buy into the new age mumbo jumbo

782.   He helps me draw floor plans for houses when I'm stuck... or add too many bathrooms

783.   He posed with me for one of those "1800" photos at a theme park... and totally looks the part of the affluent gentleman.

784.   He's agreed to go to a fancy dress party in period dress. We are going from the "Little Women" era.

785.   He's concerned about the fact that Eli should technically be in a dress to be accurate and wants me to make pants

786.   And was infinitely relieved to hear that at 5, Drew is old enough for knickerbockers

787.    But I know he'll let me put Eli in a dress after all that

788.   That he's actually letting me spend the money on fabric and stuff because he knows how I love to play 'dress ups'

789.   He eats strange combinations, like jam and cheese together on sandwiches, but doesn't make me try them

790.   He's a homebody

791.    He brought me a pink purse

792.   He's always appreciative of lingeree

793.   Even though he doesn't see the point

794.   He was really miffed no one commented on his last 100

795.   He was really sweet when Calse died.

796.   He made sure he dug the grave long enough to fit my huge cat so he wasn't buried all squashed

797.    He's started another diet and exercise plan, and so far he's sticking to it

798.   And he hasn't complained once

799.   I have his unspoken permission to finish this list today instead of doing the housework

800.  Watching me tidy makes him happy

801.   He is considering agreeing to a fly in- fly out job for a short time because it would be the best financial decision for our family

802.  He didn't get too devastated when Geelong lost the Grand Final last week

803.  He thinks the Dave Ramsay plan is a good one and thinks we should give it a bash

804.  He decided that using the cheap washing powder just wasn't cutting it and wants to get the more expensive brand that does

805.  He is the master spider killer

806.  He washes the dogs

807.   He was as appalled as I was at what some of the kids were doing at a school recital

808.  He eliminates ticks with a joy I cannot describe

809.  He plays tip with the kids

810.   He gives pretty much everyone the benefit of the doubt

811.    He allows God to break him

812.   He's an awesome birth partner

813.   He's really starting to put his foot down about extraneous spending and credit/hire purchase items

814.   He tells me everyday that I'm pretty or whatever

815.   He just wants to be alone with me for his 30th

816.   He thinks I'm an awesome cook

817.    He's very satisfying to cook for

818.   His t-shirts are super comfy

819.   For some unexplainable reason, when he does the grocery shopping, it's always cheaper

820.  He likes to read

821.   He reads the paper back-to-front

822.   He sometimes answers the phone "Hello, Home" because that's what the caller i.d says

823.   He always says "I love you" before hanging up

824.   He talks to our kids about Jesus

825.   He talks to me about Jesus

826.   He's destined for greatness

827.   He likes to rearrange furniture

828.   He likes to have a nanna nap with me

829.   He looks adorable holding our brand new babies. I don't think there have been any other times when I've loved looking at him more

830.  He's getting a little worried I won't make it to 1000

831.   He likes stainless steel, wrought iron and glass... but knows I think it looks like you live in a hospital, so we don't have any of it

832.   He was my last boyfriend

833.   He was my last ex-boyfriend (Get it? I married him)

834.   He encourages me to get back into the swing of my Home Management Binder

835.   He doesn't actually own much any stuff.

836.   He complains loudly if I don't kiss him enough during the day

837.   He's not the "Dinner must be on the table the minute I walk through the door" type person

838.   He helps me get started by suggesting small jobs that produce quick results

839.   He's willing to do any job if it comes down to it. He'd pack supermarket shelves if that was all he could get

840.  He is an excellent provider for our family

841.   He shoulders the responsibility of Father very well

842.   He strives to the Biblical calling of Husband

843.   He sets the alarm if I put the bread on too late so I can get up when it's finished because I can't stand it when the bread goes soggy

844.   He wants to get his Masters in music

845.   He's passed on his beautiful blue eyes to three four of our children

846.   How it bugs him that none of our kids have his dark dark hair

847.   He's getting excited about food lifestyle changes

848.   He doesn't force me to be a morning person

849.   But always tries to get me to go to bed early

850.  He doesn't get overly annoyed when I bring out the Christmas c.d's in October (or June)

851.   He's particular about jewelery

852.   He likes that I try to dress modestly

853.   How it feels more comfortable to hold his left hand in my right than the other way around

854.   How he wasn't too miffed when he shaved his beard off this morning and I didn't even notice

855.   He picks things nice to say, like "Your eyes are really pretty today"

856.   He makes sure the kids have breakfast

857.   He likes to all sit around the dinner table for dinner

858.   But sitting on the lounge in front of the tv is just as fun

859.   He's getting really excited about "skinnying up"

860.  He turned around immediately and came home from driving to volleyball when I called him just now to tell him one of the dogs had dug up Calcifer, so he could re-bury him and I wouldn't have to.

861.   He loves to spend time with me

862.   He looks great in jeans

863.   He's a snazzy dresser when he puts his mind to it

864.   He's an awesome songwriter

865.   The way his hand feels in mine

866.   How we walk with our hands in each others back pocket

867.   How we snuggle in the middle of the night

868.   How it is very rare that we ever walk together without holding hands

869.   He listens to Ravi Zacharias sermons when he cleans

870.   How his heart still races sometimes when we kiss

871.    How we can laugh when were trying to find a harmony and miss it by a mile

872.   How he tries really hard to not be critical

873.   He buys cute clothes for the children

874.   He buys cute clothes for me

875.   He holds doors open for me

876.   His ability to "grab life by the balls" and get on with it

877.    We tend to do the same "funky stuff" when singing

878.   And good naturedly argue over who gets to do those bits at church

879.   He's the best dinner date

880.  He praises me in front of the children

881.   He hugs me in front of the children

882.   He kisses me properly in front of the children

883.   He makes sure the boys talk to me respectfully

884.   He wolf whistles me

885.   Life is never dull when he's around

886.   But it's also beautifully predictable

887.   Without fail, he will hug me when he's all sweaty and gross

888.   He looks like a part of our family, and not an obvious blow-in.

889.   He shouldered being called "camp dog" by my dad when we were dating in school (walk in, eat all the food, walk out *grin*)

890.  He's my #1 cheerleader

891.   Everything always seems better when he's there

892.   I'm perfectly relaxed when he's home

893.   He will always pick practicality and function over pretty and fluff.

894.   The way he flicks his lips with his tongue when he concentrates

895.   The way his hair curls at the nape of his neck

896.   He wears Mr. Men t-shirts

897.   He's got no problem looking like a dork for a bit of a laugh

898.   He's gotten every promotion he's ever applied for

899.   He finished a years worth of University work in two weeks... and most of that in the last 4 days

900.  He's ok'd my new Family Budget and is cautiously excited

901.   He's asked me every day for the last week where his list is

902.  And was bummed when it wasn't going to be the "sealed section" one I've promised him

903.  He worries more about things than I do

904.  But is always a tower of strength when I finally give in

905.  He thinks it's hilarious that dogs fart

906.  He misses Calcifer

907.   I'm not allowed to die before him

908.  His birthday is on or around the Melbourne cup every year, so we have an extra excuse to get all gussied up

909.  Both of us understand the need to have adult only days

910.   We both wish we could have more of them

911.    He's always wanted to get his eyebrow pierced

912.   But took out his earing after two days "because it hurt to sleep"

913.   If I've doubled up on anything in these lists, he hasn't pointed them out (or noticed)

914.   How he can make out with me and still manage to not miss a nanosecond of the football

915.   If any house job can be done sitting down in front of the t.v, it's his

916.   He thinks it's cool that I can fix the toilet

917.    He hasn't choked me yet

918.   He'll do pretty much anything if I beg hard enough

919.   He's also really good at giving into my tantrums

920.  Because he knows I'm right and he's just being a shit

921.   That cute look he get's when he knows I'm right

922.   He appreciates my creativity

923.   He tells people about the crafty things I do that he is proud of

924.   He fixed up the hole where the dogs kept getting out

925.   He's always so amazed at embroidery

926.   He can't stand cheaters... sport or relational

927.   How his birthday starts on the actual day, and then continues for the rest of the week

928.   Man g-strings are not cool

929.   His kisses can still make my knees go weak

930.  He is really, really corny

931.   He's a typical Aussie male, rough 'round the edges, but a softie inside

932.   He can sew when he needs to

933.   He doesn't look at me as if I'm gross when I eat strange to him things

934.   He took me to see Black Hawk Down for our anniversary, and Three Kings for Valentines day. This has given me ammo for the next 50 years

935.   He gets choked up watching Cold Case

936.   He loves having all the dogs climb over him at once

937.   He found out that not all things can be deep-fried by trial and error

938.   He loves our country

939.   He appreciates natural beauty

940.  He likes classical music

941.   He will sit through (and like) chick-flicks if cornered

942.   The man loves his meat

943.   He has such an expressive face

944.   He can bounce his pecs

945.   It's effortless most of the time

946.   Because he's worth it

947.   Because it's right

948.   Nobody could take his place

949.   Because without him, life would lose it's rhythm

950.  He's the father of my children

951.   He wants to be called Granddad when it's time

952.   He's my favourite person

953.   I have never felt awkward around him

954.   He dips me when we kiss every now and then

955.   He remembers our wedding anniversary

956.   He remembers my birthday

957.   He remembers our "going out" anniversary

958.   Even though he thinks that one should be voided now we are married

959.   How he always celebrates at tax time with a dinner

960.  He doesn't care how long it takes for the kids to be toilet trained

961.   The kids like him best

962.   We have made up words that only we understand

963.   I catch him looking at me every now and then, and he answers my "what?" with "just thinking how much I love you"

964.   I never feel like I've lucked out when reading a romance novel or watching movies

965.   Because he makes a point of never being alone with a woman if he can possibly help it

966.   He lets me be his stylist

967.   He's a more wonderful mirror than the one in my bathroom. I should look into the way he sees me more

968.   He would follow me into a girls bathroom to make sure I’m alright

969.   He never gives up on me

970.   He manages to keep the kids quiet when it's my turn to sleep in

971.    And nearly always gives me an extra half hour

972.   The way I can turn him on by doing nothing at all

973.   How he leans his head on mine when I put my head on his shoulder

974.   He gives blood

975.   How we can be catty and gossipy together

976.   He lets me edit his homework because his grammar is appalling

977.    We took our first rollercoaster rides together

978.   How he always wants to make love after we've been swimming

979.   The way he walks

980.  He flares his nostrils

981.   He very rarely puts his foot down on a subject

982.   He'd prefer a counter meal over a swanky restaurant any day

983.   He lets me tell the same stories over and over

984.   The only time I don't miss him is when I'm with him

985.   All of our kids have a little physical characteristic of his

986.   He brought me the engagement ring I'd had my eye on for 3 years

987.   He doesn't listen to secular music anymore

988.   We go to see cartoon movies at the cinema without taking the kids as camouflage

989.   He's an ISFJ, which compliments my INFP

990.  According to astrology (which I don't follow anymore) we are the perfect match of all possible combinations

991.   We read wikipedia together for fun

992.   He's a human jungle gym for our kids, and he loves it... despite how much he complains

993.   The kids will always go to him during the night/early morning.

994.   The amount of study workload he can handle at one time astounds me

995.   He forgives me

996.   He's the first person I go to with any kind of news, good or bad

997.   He's a better father than I expected, and I fully expected him to be great

998.   Because I know that if I died today, I would see him again in heaven

999.   Because my life is so much better for knowing him

1000.               Because he's everything I prayed for in a husband and then some.