Pillow talk

So, we bought new pillows yesterday.  To be wholly accurate, my wife bought us both new pillows and then swapped mine out without saying a word about it.  I didn't realize it until I went to go to bed and found that my head was nearly perpendicular to the bed because this sucker is THICK.  And fluffy!  And some other descriptor of a good pillow.  Once I beat it into submission and forced my head down into it, it's a darn nice pillow.

It made me think of all the things my wife does that I would never do.  I would still have the pillow I had when I moved away from home 21 years ago if it were left to me.  Same sheets probably too.  But, my wife updates these items regularly.  She makes the bed too, something which is completely foreign to me.  I try to make the bed sometimes, to "pitch in around the house," but, when I do, she always looks at it like she would look at a clay ashtray built by a five year old.

Anyway, here are some more things that my wife does for us that I would never even think of doing:

1. Buys throw rugs that coordinate with the colors of the room.
2. Cleans behind large objects that are hard to move.
3. Dusts the glass on pictures on the wall.
4. Buys pictures that require frames with glass in them.
5. Puts out guest soaps.
6. Weeds behind the garage, which is an area no one else can see.
7. Wipes down the tops of the interior room doors.
8. Spreads out magazines in an orderly fashion on the coffee table.
9. Writes down things we need to do on the calendar.
10. Sweeps the street in front of our house.

Now, my wife is definitely OCD, and she does not work outside of the home, so she views all these things as part of her responsibilities as the Queen of the household.  I sometimes try to imagine what my house would look like without her.  A lot like my college apartment I am guessing.

Here's to all the amazing things our wives do for us that are not glamorous or possibly even necessary, but make life a lot better.  We don't deserve you, but we sure appreciate  you.