Summer Giveaway: The Guy who Makes me Happy

It was almost 5 years ago I learned what truly coming home was.  I learned that the "perfect man" I'd created in my mind was seriously lacking, he only possessed 1/3 of the things I needed in life, I learned that love is so much more than the high of a first date and I learned that I deserved to be loved like a fairy tale princess.

Almost 5 years ago (August 10th to be exact) I had my first date with Corey.  Sometimes I look back and think, "Man it's only been 5 years? Feels longer, like forever even" and other times, it feels as though we've only just begun.

I've mushed and gushed about this guy many, many times  before, and I'll spare you a good portion of the gooeyness today, but I couldn't possibly talk about things that make me happy without talking about the man I love like no other. 

Corey's one of those people you can't help but like, whether it's adults or kids, old or young everyone who meets Corey love him.  He's unassuming, sweet, kind and a little naive.  His compassionate nature and soft spoken ways make little kids gravitate to him and they really make him a great dad, they make him a great husband.

He remembers that flowers for no reason mean more than flowers on Valentine's Day.  He understands that sometimes my fierce and firey passionate personality causes me to laugh until tears pour down my face or get angry to the point of explosion.  He knows that should that anger be pointed in his direction, it won't last long and an apology is soon to follow, and he loves me inspite of it.  He still opens doors, pulls out chairs and treats me like we're on a first date, at least when his arms aren't full of little girls and/or all the stuff they require.

Corey loves our girls just the same, he's teaching them to tinker on things in the shop, how to ride a tricycle and that ice cream is it's own precious food group.  He's a wonderful dad, more fun than mom sometimes because he's got the ability to let loose and not "follow the rules" but he's guiding them swiftly and smoothly towards being wonderful people.  They will be better women because of their Dad, of that I'm sure.

So much for not being mushy, oh well.  It's the way it is, Corey makes me mush.  He also drives me bonkers, ya totally nuts but that's part of being married.  I don't believe for one second that two people can live under the same roof and not have moments of frustration.  Not that we argue often, we don't, but we both have our days when we simply and completely frustrate the other one.  It's how this life of the married rolls. 

Without a doubt, Corey is truly one of the things that makes me happy.  And in keeping with things that make us happy, I'll share two of Corey's most favourite things.  Ice cream and Cadbury milk chocolate.  Oh, he loves all kinds of chocolate and treats, but Cadbury's takes the cake.  Each Christmas I purchase a 1kg bar for him and he savours each piece as though it's his last.  I on the other hand, love the chocolate and scarf it down (when it's mine that is) as if it won't land on my hips in the morning - maybe I'm a little naive too.  As for ice cream, I'm pretty sure he'd sleep with a bucket and a spoon if I hadn't implemented the NO ICE CREAM IN BED rule after there was a major body pillow catastrophy. 

Did anyone forget there's a Giveaway going on here?!  How could you possibly forget?   Well, if you did or if you've missed the last posts, here's the rules again...

Here's how it works, I'm going to post each day this week about something that makes me happy. Be warned some of my "happy thoughts" may be mushy enough to deserve pixie dust, other's might be lame but they're my happy things, and I love them! Your job is to comment each day, answering the question of the day. Each comment (1 per person, per day) from Monday to Saturday will count for 1 entry into the draw I will do on Sunday for a BIG SUMMER GIFT BASKET! I'll reveal a photo of the basket on Friday, but for now I'll just say it's full of great goodies for everyone.


Want more chances to win? Link to us on your blog, or on facebook, Telling your friends to drop your name in their comment and you'll get 1 more entry per friend! Contest closes 12:00pm Saturday July 24 2010, I will post the winner on Sunday July 25 2010, the winner will have 48 hours to claim their prize (which means let me know your mailing address etc) so I can get it in the mail before it's winter.
*Disclaimer, this contest and it's prizes are provided by Our Family Stone. Nobody gave me anything for free to run it, paid us for the space or is sending us to Europe for a month - but they should have.

So here's the question of the day: What one great treat do you love?  What's that one thing you either scarf or savour, but is your absolute, hands down favourite sweet?