a wonderful husband

i just have to take an opportunity to say how great cory is. last night two other girls & i gave a baby shower for one of our friends. baby showers don't just happen in one night. there are invitations to be sent out, presents to be bought, games planned, supplies gotten, food fixed and much more. so this week we've been wrapped up in baby shower land, on top of our other duties, responsibilites, and assignments. (as a side note, just keeping ian out of mascara, preventing him from throwing books in the toilet and just generally keeping his destruction at bay is, itself, a full time job.) so in saying this, i'm rationalizing and justifying why my housekeeping skills fell by the wayside. seriously, they were at a bare minimum. by last night when i left for the shower the house was in total disarray. there were a few bright spots, but the kitchen was a disaster. i'm a disaster in the kitchen when i cook as far as organization is concerned. the food tastes good, but it always looks like our pantry exploded in the process. so after food preparation for the shower, it was total chaos. the other really bad area was the bedroom. laundry had been on a back burner, so basically there were several piles of clean and/or dirtly laundry all around. this does not include all the little messes that ian made throughout the day that had to be fixed and repaired. this was the state of the house when i left at about 5:30 or 6:00. when i got home at 11:00 the house was spotless! i mean that literally...the kitchen was in perfect order (three dishwasher loads later), the laundry was all washed folded and put away (with only one load left in the dryer), everything was off the floor, off the counters--everything. it was amazing--near miraculous! just when i think he's the greatest thing ever, he surprises me again! it was the greatest feeling to walk into the house like that and then get up this morning to a house in perfect order. it was awesome. he never ceases to amaze me! he might get a big head from this, but i'll risk it if he's willing to get my house looking like that! so ups to you cory...you're one in a million!