Well we're in the midst of LOVE WEEK. Valentine's Day was a few days ago and our anniversary is only 2 days away. Time to post something I've been working on for a while. It's somewhat cheesy, so what better time to post it than during Love Week?!? ;)
50 Things You May or May Not Know About Robert That Make Me Love Him All the More
- Several of his teeth have been chipped multiple times through wrestling in high school and other accidents. This makes his S's whistle occasionally.
- He sticks his tongue out when he's concentrating. Especially while playing a difficult portion of music on the piano or when he is trying to figure something out in his statistics research.
- He NEVER finishes a container of anything. Milk, shampoo, sunblock, you name it. He'll open a new one instead of finishing off an open one. I don't know if it's because he doesn't want to have to take the time to throw the container away, or if he feels bad being the last one to use it. All I know is there's been more than once that I've made a whole meal out of the last bite he left of 10 different leftovers.
- He LOVES Billy Joel. Almost to the point of obsession.
- The thought of his kids wanting but not having friends at any point in the future makes him cry EVERY.TIME.
- He has an irrational fear of bees. Several pant seams have perished because of this.
- At 15 years old, I was his first crush ever.
- It never occurs to him to comb his hair unless I (or his brother or parents) tell him to. He's shown up to teach seminary many times without his hair combed because of this.
- His dream church calling is Primary Pianist. Icing on the cake would be to be the pianist at the same time that I'm chorister.
- In high school, if you were to ask who his best friend was, first he would say his brother Terrel. Second he would say his piano teacher, Brother Coffin
- He LOVES the Die Hard movies. They drive me CRAZY! He used to watch them all of the time, since they are on some cable channel ALL of the time, but now that he knows they drive me crazy he only watches them when I'm not in the room.
- His senior year of high school, he tested #1 in his division at Nationals in the Academic Decathlon. So basically he is the smartest kid in the country ;)
- SPAM is one of his favorite foods.
- He HATES to have his knuckles popped.
- He is really good, like you would do a double-take good, at softball, baseball, ultimate Frisbee, and racquetball.
- Junior year of high school, he got appendicitis, had an appendectomy, and 3 days later performed one of the lead rolls in the high school musical. Staples still in his side and all.
- He'll pass gas in front of me, and he'll pass gas in front of his mom, but not when we're in the same room because he doesn't want his mom to know that he passes gas in front of his wife.
- He has a lead foot. Meaning he has been pulled over 10 times, give or take, for speeding since we've been married. Resulting in some very hefty speeding tickets I might add.
- He is grumpiest, well for the most part ONLY grumpy, while driving in heavy traffic. The only full out fights we've had in our marriage have been while Robert was driving in heavy traffic.
- His whole body twitches when he's asleep. This has resulted in me getting punched in the face on several occasions.
- He also has a nervous twitch in his cheek that makes his mouth go to the side. You see it most when he is singing a serious song or giving a talk in front of a big group of people.
- When something strikes him as really hilarious, he can't help but make a spectacle of himself. Like he literally will roll on the floor laughing or at the very least bury his face in his hands or in my back for several minutes until he can finally regain composure, only to collapse again in a minute when he thinks about it again.
- Most people know that he plays the piano and sings, but he is also very talented at the harmonica, trumpet, and french horn.
- He wears BYU shirts whenever we're on a road trip to encourage missionary moments.
- To his knowledge, the first time he had ever drunk caffeine was when we went on a cruise in 2012. Mr. Pibb, and it was hilarious!
- He can fall asleep anywhere, at any time.
- He couldn't snap with his fingers until he was 16. I remember the day. Why? Because he was so excited that he worked up the nerve to call me and say he had something to show me. This, I believe, was the only time he called me in the year and a half that we liked each other in high school.
- His favorite Disney movies are Up and Meet the Robinsons.
- He has a real knack for being able to carry on a great conversation with anyone from all walks of life.
- When we have friends over to play games, if Robert wins all of them he'll feel awful about it and say so numerous times over the next week or 2.
- He is the leftover KING. Nothing (except for the last bite of each dish - see #3) lasts in our fridge for more than a day. Maybe 2 days.
- He can sightread piano music better than I can play it after several weeks of practice.
- He breaks into singing random songs ALMOST as much as I do.
- He didn't get a Facebook account until after his mission when Terrel got sick of Robert using his account to look at my Facebook page.
- His most emotional moments are when he talks or thinks about times that I've been in pain.
- He loves country music, but hates songs that talk about drinking beer being fun...which is at least half of country music songs ;)
- He once ran a mile in 5 minutes and 47 seconds.
- He couldn't pronounce his Rs until 4th or 5th grade, which is really sad when your name is Robert Richardson AKA Wahboat Wichohdson.
- He eats honey graham crackers by the box.
- He has only ever said one swear word and it was only one time. 3rd grade - playing soccer at recess - a kid yelled at someone behind Robert, "F*** you!" Shocked Robert said, "F*** me??" The kid said, "No him!" Robert then realized what he had said, felt so bad about it that he walked home right then crying.
- There is an entry in Robert's journal from before his mission but after the time that he liked me that says, "The last time I wrote in this I was thoroughly infatuated with Heidi Wilcken. That was a fluke."
- He makes a delicious Samoan sandwich (scrambled egg cooked into a soft boiled ramen brick between toasted bread with cheese and BBQ sauce)
- The night he told me he liked me after his mission, he drove in circles for 45 minutes, hemming and hawing before he could finally say it. Now imagine how our first kiss went.
- He's fallen asleep at the wheel several times. This once resulted in Robert totaling his brother's car. This is why we never do our road trips through the night.
- His favorite cereal is Malt-O-Meal "Marshmallow Mateys." In his words, "TONS better than Lucky Charms!"
- He loves all things Marvel Universe. The comics, movies, even the cheesy co-op games you can play online.
- You can tell how stressed out he is with his current workload by how many canker sores in his mouth he is complaining about.
- He served his 2 year mission in the New Hampshire Manchester Mission, but spent most the time "mainly in Maine." He hopes to go back someday to show me "what beautiful fall leaves really look like."
- He has had his name legally changed. His parents named him Robert Allen Richardson after one of his dad's best friends. His parents's later found out that the friend actually spelled his middle name Alan so they had it changed.
- I ask him for anything and he says yes. Doesn't matter how often I tell him that he should try to say no sometimes and it doesn't matter what it is - expensive items, him doing embarrassing skits, etc. - he ALWAYS says yes.
And that's my Robert. I kind of love him. A LOT!!
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| 7th Grade :) |
