Top 100

reasons I love Justin
I'll first start off and apologize to those who don’t like all the gushi-ness, stop reading now and this warning is also for the love-intolerant; the following might make those with weak hearts sick.

These are in no particular order and exclude the really graphic mushy stuff

100 He is an amazing writer; he doesn’t really give himself credit but he has a gift
99 He is a grammar stickler….and he HATES text language like LOL, RMOF etc
98 He loves the comic strip “Sin Fest” and that he thinks it’s awesome that the devil girl has a crush on the nerd
97 He is the co-creator of our movie quote game; and a movie genius
96 He loves watching movies almost as much as I do; and also hates so called “Scary” movies ex: Saw, Bloody Valentine
95 He adores our cats; basically the fact that he is a cat person
94 He loves all animals and has the same love and admiration for them that I do
93 He saves me from spiders
92. He loves art; and really enjoys drawing and woodworking
91. Like me he enjoys a good game of Mario Cart or DOA
90. He has never once thought I was strange for wanting to give birth naturally or nurse Klayton.
89. He thinks cloth diapers are cute
88. He doesn’t mind when I fiddle around on my sewing machine
87. He is a math wiz; my own personal human calculator
86. He is a vegetarian
85. He loves the color orange
84. He is a die hard CUBS fan 
83. He is the calm one in the relationship
82. He is passionate about Jujitsu
81. He not so secretly LOVES that my dad named a pizza after him
80. He is picky about beer
79. He loves to read and study history
78. He knows everything about Harry Potter
77. He secretly makes Klay watch Star Wars in hopes he will one day say “Let the force be with you, or these aren’t the droids you are looking for.”
76. He looks gorgeous in a suit
75. Like me has a desire to travel to the west coast by train
74. Likes camping
73. He loves that I am his one-match fire starting wonder
72. He too would rather be outdoors surrounded by trees than anywhere else.
71. He drinks tea
70. He peels oranges for me
69. He repeatedly tells me he loves me BECAUSE I’m different
66. He loves being a dad and wants to have two more children
65. He always carries his satchel of stones and a penny I gave him 7 years ago
64. He takes care of the bills
63. He freely gives our son hugs and kisses
62. Loves cake and ice cream for breakfast
61. He prefers the edge pieces of brownies, while saving the middles for me
60. He doesn’t think recycling is strange
59. He loves to run while it's snowing
58. He gives the best smiles; especially while drinking a Route 44 Cherry Limeade
57. He flosses every day
56. He LOVES amusement park rides; especially water slides
55. He doesn’t get annoyed with my NPR obsession
54. He can quote Savage Garden
53. He doesn’t think Michael Franti is too preachy
52. He is a closet communist (well maybe not, but according to the right wing he is)
51. He likes that I get excited about gardening and doesn’t think it’s strange when I say “I have a hard on for plants”
50. He is slightly anal retentive when it comes to the matchiness of his clothes, no blues with jeans, no browns with khakis
49. He genuinely cares about my friends
48. He knows Sunflowers are my favorite; but that I love the smell of lilies
47. He remembers lilies at Nani’s funeral
46. He likens himself to a penguin “wishes he could fly”
45. He is very good at buttering toast
44. He folds clothes so much better than I can
43. He dislikes huge clunky watches and prefers the ones with the visible gears
42. He can do a back hand-spring, and it always makes me smile thinking of the first one he did; just for me
41. He drools over Apple Computers
40. He was (and will be eventually again, hopefully); a wonderful labor coach
39. He loves Dr. Seuss
38. He has blue eyes and for a while blue hair
37. He believes in me and makes me a better person every day.
36. Loves teaching
35. Enjoys going to Chicago as much as I do
34. He operates a motorcycle and is always extremely responsible in regards to safety: helmet, boots, gloves, and jacket.
33. He likes Mojitos
32. He hates sour cream, which means more for me
31. He loves tattoos and has his next two planned
30. He puts up with rubbing my back for hours on end
29. He loves gumball machines……I wonder if Spencer’s still has that one for sale
28. It is not possible for him to lie
27. He collects playing cards
26. He is simple when it comes to ordering at Ritters; chocolate and vanilla with sprinkles
25. His favorite pizza is roasted red peeper and pineapple, with the occasional red pepper flakes
24. He loves to go on bike rides
23. He thinks that I hate that he tries to test the quality of the cheese-sticks by how far the cheese stretches
22. He kisses my forehead when I’m sad
21. My physical deformity never fazed him
20. For a brief time had gauged ear lobes
19. He is extremely against circumcision
18. He prefers clicky top pens
17. He never forgets to kiss me when he leaves
16. He helped me dread my hair
15. He is the over-protective one in our co-parenthood-ness
14. His favorite “holiday” is Halloween
13. He likes it that I hate using strong smelly girly perfumes
12. He thinks blackened tofu is awesome
11. He is strong and assertive in conversations
10. He is an Air Force OTS select.
9. More often he likes animals better than people
8. He is a self-proclaimed mutt
7. He is a very patient and giving lover
6. He reminds me not to chew on my fingers when I’m nervous
5. He thinks I am the most beautiful person in the world
4. He is an amazing, like weak in the knees......fall over, kisser
3. He loves different languages and hopes someday to be fluent in three or more
2. He loves learning to fix things, like plumbing, appliances and electrical stuff
1. He will be smiling once he is finished reading this.