Don't Forget Your Angry Eyes

It's my favorite line from the children's movie "Toy Story 2" and if you don't know, it is in reference to Mrs. Potato head packing up Mr. Potato head for a trip. She packs his mustache, an extra pair of shoes and makes sure he doesn't forget those angry eyes, just in case.

I like this, because it reminds me of when I pack for Nick. It reminds me of all of the things that I do for him, and how he finds the best ways of repaying me. I don't expect repayment, but for Christmas this year, things were really tight, and although he knew what I really wanted for Christmas, he couldn't get it for me. It wasn't because he couldn't find it, but because all of the bills were past due when we moved into his aunt's house, and we quickly took them over to keep a roof over our heads. It also didn't help that we got my parents a 46" flat screen TV for Christmas, but we don't really count that because it is like a gift to ourselves not having to huddle so close when we are watching TV at their house.

Nick decided that Christmas would come in March for me this year, and I really was not expecting it. He got me a Wii Fit, which works out really well because I am in need of something quick to do in the house in order to stay fit, and since we do not live at my parents there is no elliptical machine for me to use. (ooh another perk to CNY I have 2 free gym memberships, and an elliptical at my parents house!) In typical Nick fashion, he led me to believe that it was one thing, and really it was another. (I thought it was a Kindle 2 reading device, because I was on a reading kick and I knew he thought it was a good techie device)

For my birthday in June, I am expecting the Kindle 2. At least this is what I told myself two days ago. I was thinking about it, and I thought that he knows me well, and he already bought the item, so it must be a Kindle 2. Well the item arrived and he wanted me to open it early. (yesterday morning before we left for MD.) I did, and I found that my birthday present was not a Kindle 2. In fact it was something that I had asked for a long time before Christmas, and kind of begged everyone I knew to get me. He got me a Nikon D60 Digital SLR Camera. The reason he gave it to me early was so that I could take great pictures of my brother and his fiance getting on their cruise ship tomorrow. I am really glad. Though this means I will not be opening something on my birthday, I know that it means he cares a lot about what I do for others. He knows that although my brother waited till the last minute to give me his plans for the trip, and we were both mad about that; I would still want to take pictures of him getting on the ship, simply to make sure he had memories.

Now I have officially been dubbed Papparazzi and I think the neighbors think that I am a detective of some sort. (I was peering out the windows taking pictures with my camera to figure out the best focal options) I like the new label, but I am sad that this blog didn't make it to yesterdays. I guess it took me a little time to figure out just how much Nick does for me, and how he really does appreciate me in all my Susie Home-maker glory.