When my husband makes his daily "to do" list - he draws a little square in front of each activity and checks it off when he has completed the chore. But we never have to look at the list to know what he has to do or where to find him.
We have a joke in our house - if your looking for Dad - look no further than the yard - he's probably out picking up sticks. Or sweeping the street. Raking leaves. Picking up debris. If it's a nice day - washing the windows. He's an easy man to figure out and these are the things he likes to do.
If it is dark, cold or rainy you might find him filing away bills, credit receipts, tax papers or rabies vaccinations. Or crunching some type of number into a statistic. Or analyzing this month's water bill to last year's water bill for the same month.
After dinner you can find him making coffee for the next morning. Everything from filling the water and coffee chamber to setting out a spoon and sugar. If there is a pan that needs scraped and cleaned - he's the man for the job.
Scheduled car maintenance is a holy day of obligation. If the car maintenance sticker says February 26 - you better believe the car is in for service on that day. Tags for the car about to expire? Not on his watch. Never.
At the kids' sporting events - he's the go to guy with the clip board making notes on all the stats that he will compile in booklet form for the parents at an end of season event.
He cleans the litter box and shares his morning milk with the dog, although he claims to dislike both immensely. The pets go crazy when he gets home each trying to outlove him.
I make fun of him relentlessly for all these activities. Spontaneity is not his strongest attribute.
But he takes care of all of us. And that is just the first entry on my list of why I love him.
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