Jodi and Jennifer on Kevin and David

Jennifer: If your spouse agreed to do ten things you asked what would they be?

Jodi: omg
Jodi: sheesh
Jodi: 1. lose weight and get healthy with me
Jodi: 2. stop collecting newspapers and other crap
Jodi: 3. Put your own dirty clothes in the hamper
Jodi: 4. Do the lawn without me bitching
Jodi: 5. Quit asking for sex first thing in the morning when you know i am on a schedule
Jodi: 6. Help me keep the house clean without me having to ask
Jodi: 7. when you are going to go to the store CALL ME and say "Honey do we need anything? "
Jodi: 8. Carry your cell phone at all times
Jodi: 9. Don't assume I just wanna sit home with the kids all weekend ask me what my plans are
Jodi: 10. Let me go places like to the Lake with the Williams without me having to resort to begging or getting the kids to beg

Jennifer: Did the fishing pole trick work?

Jodi: we didn't try yet
Jodi: but we will tonight

Jennifer: Let me see if I can come up with 10
Jennifer: 1. Throw your empty splenda packets in the garbage immediately.
Jennifer: 2. Don't discount my feelings just because it isn't something you care about. Even if it is something silly, like blogging.
Jennifer: 3. Pay more attention to the kids and less to the TV so I'm not the one constantly having to correct them.
Jennifer: 4. Fix the caulk in our bathroom.
Jennifer: 5. Quit complaining about the space limitations in the attic, garage and shed when 75% of the stuff being stored is yours.
Jennifer: 6. Put me first, or at least second (after the kids), just like I do you.
Jennifer: 7. Make sure the toilet flushed.
Jennifer: 8. Quit gagging when you brush your teeth.
Jennifer: 9. Put your socks (at least in the vicinity) of the laundry basket and not wherever you took them off.
Jennifer: 10. Always be the kind of dad you are right now.

Jodi: yeah I should have put one nice thing

Jennifer: i was having trouble thinking of another bad one off the top of my head
Jennifer: but after i typed it I did
Jennifer: 10. Quit asking for expensive birthday gifts that we can't afford because it makes me feel bad when I can't get it.
Jennifer: We could do the opposite and try to come up with 10 nice things. That would be harder.
Jennifer: 1. Always be the kind of dad you are right now.
Jennifer: 2. Always make me laugh.
Jennifer: 3. Continue to take care of the house without me having to worry about anything major.
Jennifer: 4. Keep changing my oil and rotating my tires so I don't have to think about it.
Jennifer: 5. Always kiss me good bye in the morning no matter how busy or crazy I am.
Jennifer: 6. Continue to help me out around the house.
Jennifer: 7. Keep sharing parenting duties like bath time and bed time.
Jennifer: 8. Pray for me and the kids every day.
Jennifer: See, now I'm having trouble with 9 and 10.
Jennifer: 9. Keep cooking.
Jennifer: 10. Always keep me centered so that I don't spin out of control.

Jodi: I can come up with 10 nice things

Jennifer: sure you can
Jennifer: go for it
Jennifer: (not meant sarcastically)

Jodi: 1. Always stare at me and tell me I am beautiful even if I whine about it
Jodi: 2. Always clean up the kitchen after dinner
Jodi: 3. always kiss me before bed and in the mornings
Jodi: 4. Always play with the kids every night and laugh with them
Jodi: 5. Always go to a job you have learned to hate just because it provides for your family
Jodi: 6. Always forgive me time and time again when I screw up
Jodi: 7. always trust me with the money and never question me because you have absolute faith in me
Jodi: 8. always brag about me to people and say that I can do ANYTHING I set my mind too
Jodi: 9. Always have your kids love you the best because you spend so much quality time with them
Jodi: 10. Always tell me you never knew what love was before me and the kids

Jennifer: see, we can come up with good stuff

Jodi: yeah if press

I think it is clear that we totally rock.

This post was inspired by Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop.