Woops

Well, this one was actually answered a long time ago, but I kept forgetting to put this on here. Now that the holiday is over, I'm glad I didn't. I'll tell you why in a second.

Dear Mum,
I have a wonderful husband who does so many wonderful things for me for holidays and birthdays that sometimes I think he's a robot. He's very good at getting the things that I want as far as gifts go, but I usually have to tell him what I'd like him to get. He doesn't make decisions about what to get me very often. He usually justs find out what I want and gives it to me, rather than surprising me with something that he thought of on his own. My question is, I'd like him to send me flowers for Valentine's Day, but since I'm not really the "loves getting flowers" type of girl, I'm wondering how to subtly let him know that I'd like flowers, without having to tell him to get them for me, which sort of defeats the purpose of a loving gesture. Your thoughts?

- Happily Married, But Wants Some Surprises

I'm telling you folks, when she wants to hear, she can. This was her response:

"Is that Ben?"

"Well, yes, it is actually."

"I'm just going to call him and tell him what he needs to get that girl. Why doesn't he know a girl needs flowers?"

"He's a guy. And a good one at that."

Well, she didn't call Ben but not because she didn't try, she just couldn't figure out who he was in my phone (Benholio if you must know.) Marlena got the flowers however, and it didn't even take the intervention of my mother, which makes me all warm and fuzzy knowing he did it on his own.

So that's it for this holiday. I will tell you, that not only is Saint Patricks day my favorite holiday after Halloween, it's my mothers after Christmas....hint, hint. The woman may be Scottish, but she swears that you can't be Scottish without a bloody Irishmen getting in the way.