Friday, June 8, 2018

Good morning crew,

This weekend is our wedding anniversary. It will be 6 (or 7, I'll have to double check) wonderful, blessing-filled years of marriage and near-bankruptcy.

I'm kidding. We've only been in near-bankruptcy since we bought the house, so less than 4 years of that.

Last night the wife asked me what I'd like to do this weekend.

I said, "Oh, I've already got it all planned out."

"You do?" she sounded surprised since I can't even plan a dentist appointment.

"Yep, we've got plans pretty much the entire day Saturday."

"Really? What are we doing?"

"I'll give you a hint," I said and started fishing in the kitchen junk drawer "This is a little present I got for you the other day."

The wife was all attention now. "Anniversary plans AND a present? Who are you and what have you done with my husband?"

"Are you ready?" I asked and held up my surprise. "Ta-da!"

She gave it a puzzled look, "What is it?"

"What do you mean 'What is it?' It's a paint scraper! I got one for myself, too," I said, producing another one from the drawer.

"And what are you planning to do with those?" she asked suspiciously.

"I know we've been putting off repainting the garage for two years now. Well, you won't have to look at all that pealing paint anymore. We're finally going to get that project crossed off the list. Starting this weekend!"

"Why this weekend? Our anniversary weekend? Why can't we start on it next weekend?"

"Because I don't want to do all of the painting alone, so I have Mason coming over next weekend to help. That means we have to get all the scraping and priming done this weekend. Come on, it'll be fun! Think of it like a giant arts and crafts project. You love that stuff."

She didn't look convinced.

"By the way," I added, "I told Mason you'd barbecue for him when he comes over."

Laugh it up,

Joe

joe@gophercentral.com

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At Sunday school they were teaching how God created everything, including human beings. Little Johnny seemed especially intent when they told him how Eve was created out of one of Adam's ribs.

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