I've mentioned before my husband's uncanny ability to know when I've lost weight: http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-di...py-points.html.

Like clockwork, he notices every time I lose five pounds. He knows how my hugs feel, he says.

Funny thing that never hit me before now-If he notices every time I've lost 5 pounds, then he'd have to notice every time I've gained five pounds, too. And yet, he never says a word about me gaining...

I made some of the NoChex Mix this weekend (http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-co...enkin-chex-mix). Hubby was happily munching away when suddenly, a pause.

"Hey, there are nuts in here..." It's dawned on him, after I've made these a few times now...I smile.

"That means you've been holding out on me. You've been hiding nuts! There are nuts in the house that I didn't know about."

I laugh. "Well, yeah,...

DH brought me some lovely flowers tonight!



I ask him why. I figured they may be in honor of Mother's Day recently.

Ever the romantic, he answered, "I got them off a dead hippie. I figured he didn't need them anymore..."

I laughed.

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I'm babbling about the web server to my husband.

"I'm learning how to do an SSL Certificate today. My old one expired. It was a year old."

He flashed back that blank look; like when somebody goes geekspeak on ya and you don't speak that strain. He nodded a little.

"Hey, now! C'mon. I know I'm boring, but it's your fault! I wasn't a nerd before you met me."

He laughs. "You were always a nerd, Honey. Just not a computer...