I wasn't sure what to write today so I turned to my fountain of inspiration, DW. After much deliberation and consideration and internal debate, it took DW nearly a full second to recommend herself as the subject of today's blog. She also reminded me that if I can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all. I know some of you may be thinking "This'll be brief" but wait, despite what my previous blogs may indicate, I actually do love my DW and so today I'm going to share with the world a couple of reasons. Don't worry, I won't get all soppy and emotional. Some of the things I love about her are rather amusing and possibly not the sort of things she would generally tell people about herself. Yet they greatly endear her to me. So stick around and find out what makes DW tick.

Ok, so let's start with something small. DW doesn't like stickers. She LOVES stickers. She can't have enough stickers. And she likes to buy them in sheets. In fact we have several pads full of sheets of stickers. I could safely say that we have several thousand stickers in the house. She also doesn't like to have sheets of stickers with used-sticker-gaps in them. If she uses a sticker, she feels obligated to "fill-the-gap" by buying another couple of sheets of stickers. She also likes to ensure we have stickers for the appropriate occasions, such as Christmas, Easter, Wednesdays, boy parties, girl parties, rainy days, sunny days, days of inderterminate weather, days when the wind blows from the north and so on. Its a kind of weird obsession and no doubt I'll find a sticker on my pillow tonight of a girl with pigtails and a grumpy expression, arms crossed and foot tapping. In fact, should we ever be struck dumb, DW could probably communicate very effectively using nothing but stickers. For years. Still, I do find this little obsession rather cute, and very DW.

DW also LOVES stationary. I can understand this to some degree. Its useful to have the right pencil and pad when you need it. Being able to organize papers can certainly prove useful around tax time. However, one of the most delightful experiences I know is when DW sees the OfficeWorks End-Of-Year Clearance sale catalogue has arrived. She is a little like a kid who is so excited that they are not sure what to do first. While she has never inappropriately called out someone else's name, I have heard her moan "Oh, the bargains!" I've also learned to take her saying "its huge" with a grain of salt.

DW also loves watching Australia's Funniest Home Videos. I love watching DW watching Australia's Funniest Home Videos. I have had to ban DW from eating when watching Australia's Funniest Home Videos because otherwise she would choke to death. As it is, even without food or drink, she chokes and splutters and coughs and gags. Its really funny when she suddenly sits upright, tilts her head back, her face goes red and she flaps her hands about, mouth wide open and a kind of low sound comes out which sounds kind of like "hhhhhhhhhhhhuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHH!" A couple of seconds later she realises that she has stopped breathing and needs to look away from the TV before she passes out. Funny as it is, I'm glad the show isn't on every night.

Time for one more. DW and I a big fans of the Lord of the Rings movies. I am a fan of the whole of the movies while DW is a fan of the first 90 minutes of each one. No matter when we watch the DVDs, DW falls asleep at the first opportunity. As it happens, this occurs at around the 90 minute mark in each film. The first time we watched each film, she stayed awake for the whole thing, but ever since... Probably the thing I love about her in this case is the waking up with absolutely no idea what the hell is going on. Sometimes she even gives me that "do I know you?" look. In fact, I think if people booted up like computers, they'd go through pretty much the same process. I can almost see her going through the bios check, running the boot loader, firing up the OS, checking the peripherals (she wiggles her fingers), blinking a couple of times as she moves into GUI mode and finally, after loading the envirnment variables from the hard disk into memory, she not only knows who she is, but also who I am and where we are. Then its time to go to bed. First a quick core dump and system scan and clean (brush teeth) and then into bed to hibernate. She won't wake up until Princess comes in the next morning and pushes her buttons.

There are many, many other things I love about DW and these few are chosen more for their humour value than anything else. I doubt I could ever truly capture what she means to me with words and I don't know that there would be much point. Showing her what she means to me is more important anyway. Still its wonderful to share my life with someone who can make me smile, giggle and laugh 'til I cry. She is definitely good value.

Ciao!

Thought for the Day: I like to misunderstand people