Alert. This blog has been hijacked by the man called BooDaddy.
Dear BooMama,
As I know how much you enjoy a list, I thought it only fitting that in honor of your 39th birthday today, I would let you know 39 reasons why I love you:
1. That even though you grew up in Mississippi, you didn’t realize that the Mississippi River formed the state’s western border until you were almost 30. (See also the Target “circles.”)
2. That you allowed me to get a yellow lab. And then let us also keep the abandoned stray mutt that wandered to our house a few months later.
3. That you were so loving with our aforementioned puppies that I knew you would be an awesome mom.
4. That you prove me correct on a daily basis (see #3) with Boo.
5. That you never complain when I stay up late playing Xbox with friends.
6. That you NEVER NAG me about anything.
7. In the 11 years we have been married you have never given me a to do list. Not one single time.
8. You love to keep a pretty house. (Yet somehow do not have this same compulsion about your car-but I guess that’s another list entirely.)
9. That you love your friends and are fiercely loyal to them.
10. That you can enter a situation and immediately know how to handle it (which comes in handy with a husband who has been known to fly off the handle a time or two).
11. That you appreciate my ability to fix things around the house.
12. That when I suggested it might be a good idea for you to find a hobby you took up blogging.
13. That you have never brought the laptop into the bedroom. And that is saying something since it has been in EVERY OTHER room in the house. [Or for that matter the fact that you can tell where the WiFi drops out in our front and back yard.]
14. That you love your brother and sister and speak with them daily.
15. That you have given me not only your brother and sister but their spouses as well.
16. That you love the beach almost as much as I do.
17. That you only rearrange furniture every couple of years. (First, you have a completely different disposition during the process and second, I am like a cat in that I will try and sit where I am used to sitting without regard for where I might land.)
18. That you love my friends.
19. That you make THE BEST country fried steak, gravy, mac and cheese and butterbeans in the world. And I should know.
20. That you know #19 is my all time favorite meal and surprise me with it every month or so.
21. That you can flat out cook.
22. Christ. Africa. Compassion. ‘Nuff said.
23. That you have MANY friends and can tell me exactly what is happening with each one of them at any given time.
24. That you know how to counter my arguments. (Note: not always appreciated during the argument, but definitely appreciated after I have had time to come to my senses.)
25. Your loyalty and devotion to Mentholatum. I have never met a person more devoted to a single product.
26. The sound of your laugh.
27. Your unbridled love of football.
28. Specifically the SEC.
29. Especially Mississippi State.
30. Your ability to leave work, run by the Stein Marts, go to the grocery store, and come home without breaking your cell phone conversation with [insert friend name here].
31. That you don’t not use your mastery certifucate in ANGleash to correct my grammertical mistooks (even though I am sure you are noting my mistakes in this birthday list as you are reading it.)
32. Your continual insistence that you can dye your own hair.
33. That you always take the puppies out for their last walk of the day.
34. Your love of Jan Hooks, Christopher Guest movies, Kristen Wigg, and The Office.
35. That you make both me and Boo laugh on a daily basis.
36. That you remembered to get your oil changed this week. (Wait a second. This may be more of a subtle hint.)
37. Three words: homemade chocolate pie.
38. That you LOVE a bargain and have an innate ability to hunt one down.
39. That you love me.
I apologize for covertly finding out a way to hijack your blog. (Whatup BigMama!) But I just felt that this list needed to be published so that all could know how special I think you are.
I love you,
BooDaddy
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:29 am
that is so sweet! happy birthday sophie :)
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:30 am
Really? No nagging? No to do list?
# 15 is very interesting. It can be interpreted many different ways.
This was a very sweet gesture to your wife. I know she’s proud!!
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:31 am
Happy Birthday! With a list like that it’s easy to see why you married him.
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:31 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOOMAMA!!!!
Have a wonderful day.
(Excellent list BooDaddy).
blogless Annette.
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:31 am
Well, BooDaddy is certainly the nicest hijacker I’ve ever heard of.
How sweet! Happy Day, Sophie!
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:32 am
Happy Birthday!
~Luke
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:33 am
Awwww – BooDaddy – how precious!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOO!!!
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:36 am
That is so sweet – I love it! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:37 am
How sweet is that! A very Happy, happy birthday to you! May your year and marriage continue to be protected and blessed by God!!
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:39 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOOMAMA! I am so excited that we share the same birthday! I hope your birthday weekend is as FABULOUS as mine is going to be!!!!
And what a sweet BooDaddy you have in your life!!
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:40 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY – gotta love the October b-day… pumpkins and leaves and yummy candles and whatnot.
That’s an awesome list from your BooDaddy… enjoy the fabulous charms that God has placed in your life (like mentholatum and WIFI).
:D
Happy Day!
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:41 am
Happy birthday and happy family. Isn’t it wonderful when you POUR out love to people, like you do, and then someone wants to pour it back into you.
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:44 am
HAPPY STINKIN’ BIRTHDAY!
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:44 am
Now see, nothing us little ol’ commenters could say can ever match what your sweetheart of a husband has penned for you. And that’s just how it should be :)
Happy Birthday Sophie! Thanks for sharing your life and heart on the blawg…
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:44 am
Happy Birthday, BooMama! The tribute list from BooDaddy is a wonderful birthday gift.
I hope you have an amazingly wonderful day!
KarenP
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:45 am
What a gift. You are so blessed.
Happy Birthday!
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:45 am
#25 is my favorite! LOL happy birthday boomama~!
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:47 am
This is great! Boodaddy is as funny as you are! I love #8 because I’m a neat freak with our house – but my car is a living disaster at all times. All the things on the list make me like you more!
Happy Birthday! Surely you are just 29?
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:47 am
What a precious thing to do!!! Happy Birthday BooMama!!!!!
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:47 am
How utterly adorable and VERY, VERY sweet! Sophie, you got a good one!
Happy Birthday you Southern Belle!
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:48 am
Precious, precious post from BooDaddy!
Happy Birthday Sophie!
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:48 am
Happy happy birthday!! (and kudos to BooDaddy for the list – you rock)
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:50 am
What a sweet post!
Happy Birthday!!
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:51 am
Well done, BooDaddy.
And I’m especially appreciative of #30 because it is a skill.
Oh, and #9 because it is ever so true.
Happy Birthday.
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:52 am
Um, and that’s pretty much the greatest list ever.
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:54 am
He made me laugh, he made me cry. He’s definitely BooDaddy.
Soophie, this just brings home even MORE the fact that you are who I think you are. A wonderful girl, a great friend, an awesome wife and mommy, and someone I wish I could be friends with in “real” life.
Happy HAPPY Birthday!!!
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:55 am
I realize your name is not Soophie. Sorry!
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:57 am
happy birthday sophie! what a lovely list.
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:58 am
Happy Birthday!!
I loved the subtle hint about the oil change. =)
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:01 am
Man…you might wanna hang on to that BooDaddy!
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:04 am
Well done Boodaddy! What a beautiful list! Happy Birthday again, Sophie!
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:05 am
OH! How sweet he is!!!!! I just love seeing godly husbands who cherish their wives – and how that gives their wives the freedom to be godly women! I can tell you what an encouragement that is to us single gals!
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:05 am
Happy Birthday Sophie!!!!
I hope you have the best day ever!! What a blessing you are.
I like that you say fixin’ to do… AND that you love SEC football… AND that you say SteinMarts instead of Steinmart, I love your sense of humor and I love that we are sisters in Christ!!
Love you,
Patty
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:07 am
Happy Birthday to you!!!
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:07 am
AWESOME list. BooDaddy rules.
Happy birthday, Sophie. :)
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:07 am
Happy Birthday Boo Mama! Your husband totally rocks but I bet you knew that already. Have great day!
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:11 am
Happy Birthday!!
The list was great. He is a keeper.
Love ya
Brenda
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:12 am
I already wished you a happy birthday, but it is worth saying again and again. Happy, Happy Birthday!
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:17 am
Awwwww, this. is. too. sweet! I’m getting all teared up.
Happy Birthday to you BooMama! May the coming year bring you blessings unimaginable!!
Kudos to BooDaddy for hijacking your blog with an outstanding list!
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:17 am
Happy Birthday!
And let me just say that my Mom is a life-long devotee of Mentholatum as well. I went to bed every night for years with that the last smell of the night.
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:18 am
Am I comment #39? How appropriate!
Happy Birthday. Thanks for making me laugh out loud and spit food and drink all over my monitor and keyboard when I come to your site!
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:18 am
Precious!!! Happy Birthday, BooMama!
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:20 am
Happy Birthday!!!!!
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:21 am
Happy Birthday!! We are so lucky to have you! :)
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:22 am
Woo hoo! Go Boodaddy!!!!!
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:22 am
That list makes my heart feel warm and fuzzy!
Great gift….BooDaddy!
I bet birthday girl will treasure it!
Happy Day to a wonderful blogging princess!
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:23 am
Happy BDAY!!! please post recipe of chocolate pie!
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:26 am
BooMama,
I do believe BooDaddy is a keeper!:) You are one lucky Southern woman! (Lucky AND Southern go hand in hand, of course)
Happy 39th birthday birthday!!!
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:26 am
Happy Birthday! What a great list.
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:27 am
Happy Birthday!! What a nice husband:-)