1. It takes him 30 minutes to get ready (including shower).
2. He watches TV less than one hour per month.
3. When he does watch TV, it's the History Channel.
4. Or Discovery Channel.
5. Or
FOX News.
6. He likes to go to bed before 10:00 p.m.
7. He always tells the truth, even when it gets him in trouble.
8. His favorite pastime is target shooting.
9. His next favorite is reloading shotgun shells/making bullets.
10. A close third is changing the oil on the car.
11. Or pretty much changing anything on the car.
12. He spends the majority of his money at Auto Zone.
13. He secretly would like to earn his private pilot's license.
14. He doesn't ski, snowboard or build snowmen.
15. In fact, he might just hate the snow as much as I do.
16. He gives his employer a hard day's work.
17. He loves to check his email.
18. His favorite book is our world atlas.
19. Speaking of which, he can tell you the location of any country.
20. And he might also be able to name its capital.
21. He knows the distance (in miles and hours) from Salt Lake City to anywhere cooler than here.
22. He prefers to drive on family vacations so we can see all of the sights on the way.
23. He always drives the entire distance of our vacations (even the ones that are greater than 3000 miles round trip).
24. I make him nervous when I drive.
25. He would never complain about wearing a tie everyday.
26. He
would complain about wearing a suit once a year.
27. Vital stats: He's 5'11" and 28 years old.
28. He would like to buy horses one day.
29. And keep them on our 1000 acre lot.
30. In Yuma.
31. He also wants a hunting dog.
32. That can point and scare the birds.
33. And retrieve ducks.
34. He likes camping in a trailer, not so much in a tent.
35. He always packs up the car when we go somewhere.
36. There's not enough time in Clint's life to visit all of the places on his "to go" list.
37. If we had a million dollars, the first place he would go is Cape Verde.
38. He always refills our ink cartridges, without me asking.
39. The past 20 times that he has washed our Tahoe, it has rained within 48 hours.
40. He washes the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher.
41. This results in the cleanest dishes I have ever seen!
42. He also has a way of cleaning the whole sink and faucet that makes it look like it's never been used.
43. He hates clothes shopping.
44. Even when it's for him.
45. In our seven years of marriage, he has joined me at the mall less than five times.
46. He would rather pull off his toenails one by one than go to the mall.
47. He never forgets important dates, such as anniversaries, birthdays, Valentine's ...
48. He doesn't care what I buy or how much money it costs.
49. He likes sunny days.
50. He likes his eggs scrambled with cheese.
51. He catches up on my blog once per week.
52. Since he read it two days ago, he won't read this post until five days from now.
53. His favorite cheese is Gouda.
54. His second favorite is extra sharp cheddar.
55. He would trade all of the candy in the world for a bar of good chocolate. (Milka is the best we've found so far.)
56. Clint in one word:
Peacemaker.
57. He wants to live in Europe for a year.
58. He says it would be good for the kids.
59. Plus, imagine all of the historic sights he could see in that time!
60. Clint can remember historic facts better than anyone I know.
61. If we went to Hawaii on vacation, he would rather see the sights than sit on the beach and watch the ocean.
62. He never complains when I make soup for dinner. Or salad.
63. Clint doesn't yell. Ever.
64. He hates being cold.
65. But it's rare that he's cold.
66. In the winter, when we are together in the car, he takes his coat off and I put on two, plus a blanket.
67. He prefers to drive with the radio off.
68. He will do undesirable chores, such as killing spiders, shoveling snow off the car, fixing the computer and taking sick kids to the doctor.
69. He and Nicole go on dates to the dollar theater.
70. He always lets her pick the movie.
71. Even when it's lame.
72. He lets me pick the movies we watch, too.
73. Even when they're lame.
74. Even if he'd rather be watching James Bond.
75. He frequently drinks a cup of hot cocoa before going to bed.
76. Even in the summer.
77. But only when we're out of ice cream.
78. In his eyes, no ice cream is better than Farr's Chocolate Peanut Butter.
79. Most of his relatives are buried in the Ogden City Cemetery.
80. Including his mom and our daughter.
81. He probably wouldn't tell you that.
82. We visit the cemetery several times each year, and always on Memorial Day.
83. Clint cleans the edges and the face of the headstones while the kids and I place flowers.
84. Clint likes to research his family history.
85. He doesn't like to watch sports. He says it's a waste of time.
86. And the athletes are overpaid.
87. The last time he played basketball, he threw out his back.
88. He speaks four languages. That makes him a polyglot.
89. He can build or fix anything for the house.
90. He doesn't get mad when I rearrange the furniture twice a week.
91. He is subscribed to two medical journals that he never reads.
92. He gives one of them to me each week.
93. He lets me pick out his clothes.
94. Everyday.
95. But he combs his own hair (as opposed to my dad, who has whichever woman is home at the time comb his).
96. If you ask him about politics, be sure you have an hour to spare.
97. Clint will do anything for his friends.
98. And his wife.
99. Because he loves us.
100. And he has a heart of gold.
Lest you think ill of me, I must tell you that some of these things were not thrown away, but replaced in Nicole's desk, where they will likely remain indefinitely. Because as I said before, my daughter is a junk collector.
