16 sweet things i love about you

... one for every year we have been unofficially, but geographically married ;)

you curse a lot, and so do i, and you don't mind that, and neither do i :)

you are charming, handsome, smart, charismatic, gentlemanly, kind and a good Dad - Atticus Finch gold standard, only cuter and maybe a little bit badder than he ever was :)

you always tell me, every single day, that i'm pretty and i always reply "yeah right - pretty ugly" and you never ever stop telling me anyway ;)

you always always always smell good (which is really important to me and my delicate nose)

you can fix broken things and you don't even need instructions

you're a true blue democrat too ;)

you let me buy whatever i want and you never ask the price and i never have to hide shopping bags under the stairs like those women on talk shows :| (which is good because we don't actually have any stairs :)  (i should add that i am the least spendy person ever...)

you let me play Coldplay in the car (even though you think they're whiny and lame ;) 

you never take the last slice of pizza without checking with me at least three times

you are always on time or a little bit early

you always always always drive and you are never too tired

you let me have the window seat on planes

you stand between me and the annoying child/stinky person/total nutter in lines, to protect me from harm :)

you make darned fine coffee - and hot too. and the most awesome slightly burnt boysenberry toast that can right any wrong

you do laundry and dishes and make beds and run baths and deal with icky things that would make me barf like stitches and dead birds and vomit (not to mention traveling salespeople and religious people who come to the door)

you engrave the words to 'at my most beautiful' on my most beautiful iTems.  and you're not jealous of me and Michael at all ;)