Day 3

Now is when this challenge starts to become.......well, a little more challenging. I have done the challenge, but my husband won't see what I got him until he gets home around 1am. For those of you who don't know, Jim is a truck driver and during the week our schedules are completely opposite each other. He gets home at 1am and I've usually been sleeping awhile then and I'm up at 6am and he's still sleeping until after I've left for work. So some of the dares might be difficult to make happen on the day they are meant to occur. Today's was not so difficult, just he won't see it until he's home which will kind of be tomorrow.

I chose to get him a card and write how I feel about him in it. I told him how much I love how he leads and loves our marriage and our family. The dare says to buy something that says I was thinking about him today. Some people might opt for some large, expensive token. However we are trying really hard to pay off debt and not spend any extra we don't have to, so I know not only will he cherish the card and the personal sentiment, but will appreciate not having any extra money spent. Since we share all of our money, money I spend is money from our budget. I know my husband's love language includes little notes and special things like that, so I think this will be a wonderful thing for him to find when he gets home.

I don't know about anyone else going through this, but I'm really enjoying the fun of loving him as I go through this process. Doing all the little things we did when we were new in our relationship that seem to have been forgotten over the years. I get a little bit giddy over what I get to do next. The most difficult for me is having patience and watching my tongue so I don't lash out or say unnecessary negative comments. It's amazing to me how many times I would do those things to the man I love. Hopefully this process is retraining my attitude.

Kim