The number 36

photo credit: shane pangburn

36 things I like about you (a somewhat serious list for Tim)

1. You don’t exaggerate.
2. You have great hair.
3. You have a seemingly unlimited capacity for patience no matter how much the kids or I try it.
4. The wheat penny.
5. That one time when I was mad at you and as you were leaving the house you kissed me on the forehead and sternly said, “I LOVE you!” as in “So there!” or “Take that!”
6. Your unabashed love of food.
7. You make a mean batch of chicken wings.
8. And speaking of which, all hail the grill master. Best steaks of all kinds.
9. Your quiet strength.
10. You give good advice.
11. You’ve got great shoulders for riding. Townes and Daisy told me.
12. The look on your face when you met Townes for the first time.
13. How you let the kids stretch themselves and you teach them every day.
14. You don’t shy away from bold color choices in your wardrobe.
15. The casual way you utilize the sexiest speaking voice ever
16. How you’ll be endearingly embarrassed by #15.
17. You are a gentleman.
18. You are a gentle man.
19. Also, you are a man’s man.
20. You are endlessly generous with your friends.
21. You maybe have the best taste in music.
22. What you see is what you get.
23. You can cut a rug.
24. You have the memory of a pachyderm (this is also somewhat annoying at times but I think on balance it’s better than the alternative since I can barely recall what happened last week).
25. Even though #24, you do misplace things in an obvious stereotypically male way and I like being able to help you out occasionally in this department.
26. You do the dishes.
27. You flew with the kids alone across the country and back with no drama and no complications (which raises the question – uhhhh HOW?) but this is not for us to question.
28. To say you’re the most unflappable person I know would not be an exaggeration.
29. That thing you do unconsciously while you’re musing over something where you pinch/rub your chin absently (also, Townes does this too).
30. You’ve read (and loved!) some difficult books. Hello, Master and Margarita. Someday, I will get through this.
31. You're not a pushover.
32. Solid as a rock.  I don’t doubt you.
33. All of our firsts were perfect moments.
34. Catalina.
35. You asked my parents out on a double-date (bowling). It was fun!
36. Daisy and Townes. 

Happy Birthday daddy! We three love you endlessly!