My husband, Gods bless his soul....

They say in the south you can say anything about someone, no matter how mean-spirited, if you first, "bless their soul". Well... my husband, bless his soul, is a very bright guy when he takes a minute to think, but sometimes he just blurts out the first thing that comes into his head, and they're sometimes a bit too funny not to share.

For example, a couple years ago when I asked him to re-seed our lawn because some spots were looking rather bare. He looked at me with the most exasperated expression. Now, it didn't seem to me like re-seeding the lawn would really be that much harder than mowing it, and while mowing isn't his favourite thing, it's really not a big deal to him when it needs to be done, so I asked him what the problem was. "I really don't want to dig that many holes..."

My sides were still hurting the next day.

Another beaut comes from when he was still a teenager (I've known him for quite a while - we'd been friends for about 6 years before we started dating) and was impressed by things like designer labels and such. A girl at a weekly get-together we all went to was showing off her new purse by "LA Style". Proto-hubby gives an admiring "Oooohhh.. imported!" and the group just about fell on the floor.

Tonight he came up with one that's almost as good. He mentioned that his dad had just come back from vacation, and I said I hadn't known he'd gone on one, and wondered where he'd gone. "He went to Wyoming, and took a mule to the bottom of the Grand Canyon."

I really wouldn't want to see those saddle sores!

Turns out he really did go to Arizona, but it was pretty funny, nonetheless. I gotta say, though, I love having a life with a lot of laughter in it, and, thankfully, he quickly understands why what he said was funny and can laugh at it, too.

Just thought I'd share something that wasn't a rant for a change. :)