Happy Birthday Mr. Wonderful

53 Random facts, musings and whatnot about the guy who keeps me warm at night:

*1 He's a Montana Mountain Man...born and bred.
*2 He's the Baby of his family. (I'm the oldest of mine...hmmm)
*3 He worked for GM for 19 years in their Delco Defense Contracting division.
*4 Where he designed turrets for tanks
*5 In fact, it was "his" tank that first entered Kuwait's borders to liberate it in Desert Storm.
*6 He even has a special picture of that.
*7 He doesn't work in Defense contracting anymore, but wishes he did.
*8 He gave up his job to marry me.
*9 Because my pukey ex-husband wouldn't let me take the kids outta the country.
*10 Where Mr W lived in England, when we met.
*11 He loves to flyfish.
*12 and Camp under the stars.
*13 He has THE Sweet tooth in the family--
*14 and the kids know who to ask about a treat.
*15 He's a convert to the LDS Church.
*16 In which he is now an Elder but goes to High Priest Quorum--we're assuming it's cuz he's old.
*17 He actually likes HPQ.
*18 He loves ice cream. any kind. but his fav is almond mocha
*19 He likes cold leftovers. as in cold chicken, cold steak, cold porkchops.
*20 He kisses me goodbye every morning before he goes to work, even if I'm still asleep.
*21 He wants to own a mountain cabin someday.
*22 And become a hermit. (not gonna happen...the hermit thing...too many kids!)
*23 He's been to nearly every continent.
*24 His fav holiday was a trip to Capri, Italy.
*25 sadly, I wasn't with him.
*26 He always takes over in the kitchen when we're cooking.
*27 I like that ALOT.
*28 He doesn't care if the bed is ever made.
*29 But he wants MY pillowcase opening to face the outside.
*30 And he snores. Not every night, but sometimes he wakes up laughing.
*31 He is a giant procrastinator of HONEY-DO things.
*32 He has an ORIGINAL Beatles' White Album...and a bunch more from his teenage years.
*33 He played HS basketball, football.
*34 He "Caught" Joseph at birth...at home.
*35 He was a terrible labor coach. He couldn't breathe with me or count. Drove me nuts.
*36 He buys Nana a pack of her favorite gum everytime he goes to the store.
*37 He'd rather have his eyes poked out than speak in Church.
*38 But he conducts meetings at work every single day.
*39 and has spoken on behalf of his company to major military personnel all over the world.
*40 He does his own laundry...all of it...and puts it away.
*41 And he'll do mine too if I let him.
*42 And the kids.
*43 But he doesn't like to fold it. Hangers yes, drawers no.
*44 He is the one that always makes sure we have enough food to feed the missionaries on Sats.
*45 He gets choked up when he speaks of his father, Joseph.
*46 They were tight, yo.
*47 In his single days, he had several Trendy cars...transams, classics, and had a Cadillac Catera when we met.
*48 He's been driving a 99 Plymouth Neon since 2001.
*49 that has over 150k miles on it.
*50 He used to play golf...all over the world...Dubai, St. Andrews, you name it--and he's only played once since we married.
*51 He's given up ALOT to be with me.
*52 And he says it was worth it.
*53 That's why I love him.

Happy Birthday Mr. Wonderful!

p.s. I have never asked Mr W to not play golf. He just said he'd rather be home than spend hours away from us. I've begged him to go golfing, ya know hang out with friends and such. Unhunh he says.