• he's a reserved man.
  • he can fix anything: car, computer, washing machine, dryer, air conditioner, lawn mower, anything.
  • he rodes motorcycles when he was younger. a bright yellow one used to sit in the garage.
  • he used to wear his hair and beard long.
  • he listens to some of the coolest music ever.
  • he's got blue eyes.
  • he got a degree in criminology from fsu, but he's always been a mechanic.
  • he got kicked out of fsu once.
  • he was born in nebraska but has lived in so many other places because his dad was in the military.
  • he lived in panama once when he was little and he found an anaconda on his swingset one afternoon.
  • he wasn't there for the entire wedding ceremony. it was really hot.
  • his arms and neck and face are all really tan from working in the sun.
  • he's got a bit of a temper, but he's never let any of his kids witness it.
  • he never liked going to mass, but he always went with us when i was little.
  • he takes really good care of momma.
  • he helps take really good care of grandmom and grandpappy. he does more for them than most of their kids do.
  • he does everything we ask of him, everything aunt bo and grandmom and grandpappy ask of him, but he never complains.
  • he'll eat almost anything. but he will not eat celery or broccoli. he does eat creamed herring, though.
  • he smells like home. the way someone smells when they work in workshops with lots of tools and wood and metal things mixed with the smell of coffee. i love the way he smells.
  • he always wears jeans. old ones that he's had for probably as long as i've been alive.
  • he always wears gray t-shirts. sometimes he'll throw in an olive green one. never a black one, though.
  • i'm his baby girl.
  • he loves to read. he's always reading a new book. or listening to one driving to and from work.
  • he's got a bad tummy. like me.
  • he's got little teeth. like me.
  • he makes the best spaghetti ever. i'll only eat the spaghetti he makes me.
  • fruit always seems to taste better when he's picked it out for me.
  • he always smells like irish spring soap when he gets out of the shower. it makes the entire back hall smell like irish spring.
oct 16 2007 ∞
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