I have told you before that I am not much into texting. I average getting about two text a week. On a good day, I text people back. My phone is VERY basic and does not do anything fancy at all. Yesterday afternoon I had my phone sitting on the end table in the living room. Kristen was sleeping on the arm of the couch next to the phone. I was in the bedroom when I heard a "BEEP BEEP." I was so excited, I had gotten a text. Kristen nearly had a heart attack because she was so scared by the sound of my phone.
I leaped into the living room to see who the text was from. It was from Steve. His number appeared on the top of the screen. This is what it read:
"Spending the night with the Stamps, I will talk to you tomorrow"
I was thinking...WHAT IN THE WORLD????????????? Steve has NEVER even sent me a text and he is very very serious when he is at work. He is all business there and does not call me from work all that often. I was stumped at why he would be sending me a text from work saying he was spending the night with Kelly and Scott. I thought it was a joke, but then Steve would never do anything like that while he is working.
Then I lost my appetite and my stomach began rumbling. I started thinking about what could have happened. Had the pink furry robe done him in? Had I said something terrible to hurt him? The night before our marriage was good, healthy, happy. I texted back and said, "WHAT?" He did not reply.
I called him................. NO ANSWER.
I was thinking this is the craziest thing in the world. I thought about calling Kelly.
About that time Steve called me. I answered with "what was that text about ??????"
He said, "Text?"..."What text?"
It hit us at about the same time.......................... Steve had sent me that text back in November when we were in South Arkansas. He was at the Stamps deer camp about 45 minutes away from my parents house. He had stayed out late cleaning a deer and decided it would be best if he just stayed at the Stamps house rather than make the 45 minute drive back to my parents house. I never read/got that text because we had talked on my parents phone right after he sent the text. Why was it just now coming through my phone?????? Who knows ..........that is what you get with a phone that cost $35 and a girl that does not know how to use it.
Mystery solved.
By the time he got home, I think he had nearly talked himself into being mad at me for thinking he would leave me. I didn't think that he would, but given the information I had, what was a girl to think?????????
I don't think I have ever been so glad to see Steve when he came in from work last night. I told him several times that I was so glad he was home with me and not sleeping on the Stamps couch!
Steve and I do joke about the pink robe. I know that is not the man's dream look for his wife. I do take it off right before Steve gets home from work. I heard great advice many many years ago from a very wise woman at Bible Study Fellowship. She said that women should always try to look their best when their husbands come home from work. She said, take about five minutes every evening before he walks in the door to powder your face, reapply lipstick and straighten the house a little. I have always tried to practice that.
I leaped into the living room to see who the text was from. It was from Steve. His number appeared on the top of the screen. This is what it read:
"Spending the night with the Stamps, I will talk to you tomorrow"
I was thinking...WHAT IN THE WORLD????????????? Steve has NEVER even sent me a text and he is very very serious when he is at work. He is all business there and does not call me from work all that often. I was stumped at why he would be sending me a text from work saying he was spending the night with Kelly and Scott. I thought it was a joke, but then Steve would never do anything like that while he is working.
Then I lost my appetite and my stomach began rumbling. I started thinking about what could have happened. Had the pink furry robe done him in? Had I said something terrible to hurt him? The night before our marriage was good, healthy, happy. I texted back and said, "WHAT?" He did not reply.
I called him................. NO ANSWER.
I was thinking this is the craziest thing in the world. I thought about calling Kelly.
About that time Steve called me. I answered with "what was that text about ??????"
He said, "Text?"..."What text?"
It hit us at about the same time.......................... Steve had sent me that text back in November when we were in South Arkansas. He was at the Stamps deer camp about 45 minutes away from my parents house. He had stayed out late cleaning a deer and decided it would be best if he just stayed at the Stamps house rather than make the 45 minute drive back to my parents house. I never read/got that text because we had talked on my parents phone right after he sent the text. Why was it just now coming through my phone?????? Who knows ..........that is what you get with a phone that cost $35 and a girl that does not know how to use it.
Mystery solved.
By the time he got home, I think he had nearly talked himself into being mad at me for thinking he would leave me. I didn't think that he would, but given the information I had, what was a girl to think?????????
I don't think I have ever been so glad to see Steve when he came in from work last night. I told him several times that I was so glad he was home with me and not sleeping on the Stamps couch!
Steve and I do joke about the pink robe. I know that is not the man's dream look for his wife. I do take it off right before Steve gets home from work. I heard great advice many many years ago from a very wise woman at Bible Study Fellowship. She said that women should always try to look their best when their husbands come home from work. She said, take about five minutes every evening before he walks in the door to powder your face, reapply lipstick and straighten the house a little. I have always tried to practice that.
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So funny!!!!
It's hard to look nice for your husband when he comes home when he works from home. Bless Scott's heart. ha!
i bet there are alot of text messages hanging out in outerspace. :)
I heard the same thing from BSF!!!! I try to do my best...some days it seems like so much work!
I can't imagine getting no texts...I get tons all day long..but I also have a Blackberry and all my email comes to it! it is a strange sound around here when my phone is quiet.
Cxx
I have heard that bit of advice too...I'm not very good at it. I'm usually in a tshirt covered with snot (not my own of course) and yoga pants. Poor Alex.
I once heard that the first five minutes after work can set the tone for the whole evening. I try to remember that when I get home from work and walk in the door.
Peace.
Susan
Leslie
Bless your heart, I can imagine how I would have felt.
I remember in the early days of my marriage, I slept with makeup on..I was scared my husband would run away if he saw me without it LOL..
I too heard a great devotional about a lady who noticed the look on her husbands face when his daughter would run to greet him when he comes in from work. The joy and delight. So she started running to greet him as if her day had just begun when he arrived home from work. She too wanted to give him that same look on his face !
My husband is the same way my with "frumpy" attire! I often wonder if we'd love our "frump-a-lumps" as much if they DID like them, though, you know? ;)
LOVE the pink robes.
Hugs, Camille