Alfie

Confession: i have a super special husband!

Take that how you will, but todays post is about my uniquely lovable husband (No worries he gave me the okay to write about him, and i promise i will be nice...maybe...lol jk, i will, and if i don't fill it with ooey gooey romancy "aww he is so sweet" items, don't go interpretting that to mean anything, those were just too "normal" to post)

Okay, so here are some fun "confessions" about life with Alfie....

1. He has no short term memory. I kid you not! Lets take a side note for this little story....
So we were in tops on sunday, grabbing groceries for a memorial day picnic and we are in the process of cashing out when Alf (yes, sometimes i call him that) looking through the candy says "OOoo Take 5" and grabs a take 5 and puts on the conveyer belt. Ok, no problem, its got 2 pieces, one for Alfie one for me (my internal dieter was telling me not to, but Yolanda won out, and i ate it). Anyways, we cash out and had literally just walked out of the store, when i bust into the bag and start opening the candy (i know, no selfcontrol when it comes to candy bars!) No joke, alfie looks at the candybar and his eyes get wide and he smiles. And it dawns on me....SWEET LORD HE HAD FORGOTTEN!!! He had literally forgotten we just bought this. After seeing my shocked face it dawns on him that i just realized he had forgotten, and he then admitted that he had not remembered getting the candy. And then he joked, that if i hadn't just pulled it out of the bag he probably wouldnt have remembered until later at which point he would have been anxiously looking for his candy, and I would have already eaten the whole thing myself (i added that part in, because thats usually what happens. He buys a thing of candy, forgets until hours or days later and by then I have already enjoyed the entire thing by my self).

2. He knows far too many random facts. I'm not sure what he reads, but homeboy can pull a random fact out of nowhere and you literally think, "Huh??? how do you know this?!" And then i store it away to use at some point :)

3. He LOVES LOVES LOVES movies. Movies are to Alfie as Books are to Kimi (ok all you teachers, what is that called??) Although he usually likes the lame ones, like Giant Octopus vs Mega Shark, or Monsturd (yes, he watched both, and no i did not) he has no problem with watching a chick flick with me (Thats right ladies be jealous, as long as he can have popcorn with extra butter and salt Or nachos, he will pretty much see any movie). Any movie is fair game, especially scary movies or B movies, or comic book movies, or action movies, or comedies, or movies with sequals, ok he likes them all!!

[Alfie don't read this one!]
4. He is a master debater....LOL he can run circles around me in an arguement, make complete sense and usually end up being right (not that i admit that so shhhh). Drives me crazy, but he is pretty good. I usually just try my best to hold my own, and hope for a "win" lol

5. Has a crazy knack for "selling" me on stuff. Maybs its the little boy smile he gives as he talks about it, but he has this unnerving ability to justify WHY exactly we need something, or why it would be a smart decision to buy something and if i am not SUPER careful and SUPER observant of what he is saying we would end up with some crazy basement koi pond, or a full room devoted to a ball crawl, or a flat screen tv in the bathroom/bedroom/basement/garage/deck-area, or how about a zero turn mower for our itty bitty lawn, maybe a Tricycle (3 wheeled motorcycle, not bicycle) with a seat for Colton, ya know, necesities like that (yes, those were all legit options, except the seat for Colton, he was joking about that)

6. He has a tramp stamp. Thats right, he rocks it like a tramp should! In his defense he claims "i had it before they were tramp stamps" Maybe we could call his a "Man Piece" instead? Wait, probably not, that sounds dirty, tramp stamp it is then! Its a tribal arrow head, in case you were wondering.He also has a lion and lamb with 3 crosses on his right arm, and a Jesus tattoo on his left arm, 2 Sobe Lizards on his back, and plans to get his kids birthdays on his arm as his fathers day gift this year (yes i know i am the great wife who buys her man a tattoo for a gift...rock on!) He has also had a tongue ring, nose ring, eye brow ring, and earrings all at some point.

7. He "collects" bouncy balls. Yeah i know, i try to dispose of hide them when i can. But yeah, if we go to a vending machine and he has a quarter (or if i do), he will usually grab one or two. Not a problem when they end up in the giant glass container that holds them (currently in the basement, probably cause he forgot about them, so i am sure i will see them upstairs soon after he reads this), but sometimes i find them in the car, or in my purse or on the table, because they didnt quite make it there. When that happens I usually throw put them away, like i should ;)

8. He is a picky eater. he denies this and says he just doesnt eat crap (implying that my steel trap of a stomach will eat anything) and that he has a more refined pallet....pssshhh. false. period. (he says that all the time for final statements. "Period" but you have to say it as you point like you are poking the period at the end of your statment or else it doesnt work... Period [poke] lol) I will admit though, his "Alfie" concoctions are amazing! I wouldnt think to put cinnamon sugar on my steak but a dash or two in his homemade marinade... YUM-O. Oh and don't even start me on his awesome lettuce wraps... far superior to PF Changs. Must be something about the special sauce he puts in there, Christy we call it his Alfie Juice, but yeah again, that just sounds WAY dirty.

9. Has a crazy aversion to Coconut. Makes him gag, like HUGE gags, not kidding. Try it, offer him something laced with coconut and wait for a surprise (please please please, its been so long since i have seen a really good gag-out over some coconut, i can use a laugh!...lol). When i first met him he would gag all the time when he tasted something he didn't like, it reallly would make me nervous taking him to dinner at someones house, because what if he gagged when he tasted their food. Luckily we dodged that bullet :)

10. He is one bad @$$ pool player!! He would say he is good, but i say he is VERY good!! He plays in a 9ball league every thursday, and his team has won the local championships and have gone to Vegas to play! They are in the running to go again this year (i'm pullin for it, Momma needs a free trip to Vegas!) :)


So there you go, 10 facts about my Alfie.

Oh and just for good measure here is a tidbit for you about his name. Alfie (Alfred) is a 3rd. with no middle name. Apparently on our first date (i do not believe this to be true, but he swears by it) he told me he would name his son Alfred the 4th. So when i got pregnant with a boy, boom, easy name decision for him, its a 4th. NOT SO FAST. I did not want to name him Alfred 4th (with no middle name). I wanted him to be able to be called something different. So i begged for a middle name. It was a "no" for a good long while, until i think the length and extreme-ness of my morning sickness, caused him to soften and he was okay with a middle name. He even picked out the name Colton, even though i think he really wanted Ezekiel or some super duper off the boat italian name, like Gino, or Lorenzo....lol

Happy Friday! Look for me, Alf and Colton at Canal Days saturday!! We will be there :)