Peek at my pad #4

Cuckoo clock…………….
I am quirky and love unusual things. But…………………….. I also love things with a history, or nostalgia. My husband on the other hand likes modern, sleek lines, and minimum amount of “things” around him. How did we end up together………………… That’s another story!! My father in-law generously gives us a monetary gift for our anniversary each year. Last year I asked for him to order a specific Cuckoo clock. Well, he dutifully did so, and it took FOREVER, (it is made in Italy), truthfully I forgot about it. Many months later when I was out of town, a box the size of Texas arrived. My husband called me on the phone saying, “what the heck did you order, that came in an enormous box”? I said, “nothing, I can’t remember ordering anything that would come in a HUGE box, just open it and see.”
Knowing my husband as well as I do, he didn’t open it. (Always willing to wait, never rushing, or impulsive) Now off on a tangent, this is something I could really embrace as a God given gift, and learned skill. The amount of self-control he has is “biblical.” Not me, the minute I got home, I ripped it open!!!
There it was a beautiful cuckoo clock, burnt orange with a white bird, sleek modern styling. A deer shadow with horns at the top, kind of in honor of my Dad, “the hunter.” Much to my surprise, my husband liked it, and it happily resides on our living room wall, making a joyful “cuckoo”, each hour.

Lesson, like what you like, try to have more self control, opposites do attract.
God is good, life is hard, I am BLESSED,
Carrie