Even though

my man didn't win last night, I still have something to celebrate...Today I have reached 10,062 hits on my blog!!! Wahooo! So, someone out there is reading all this nonsense huh? I feel like a walk down memory lane is necessary...This was my post about the title of my blog, back in March, just in case some of you newcomers are thinking, "What in the world is Crumbs In My Butter?" To all of you who have read this blog, thank you for humoring me over the past year. I've met some sweet friends (who I've never technically met, but I call them friends just the same! you know who you are!!!). Crumbs in my butter readers are SIMPLY THE BEST!

What is "Crumbs in my butter?"
And now for the long-awaited reveal of the title of my blog! :) I hoped it teased you a little that I waited until now. Ha! What's it been like only 2 days???

A few years ago Paul and I were preparing for out of town company. A dear friend was coming that we hadn't seen in a while and I went nuts cleaning the house. The day before our guest was to arrive, Paul came home from work to find me in a tizzy. I was stressed out because I had to go shopping and get "guest friendly" food, come up with some type of welcome basket for the guest bedroom, I was even touch-up painting our walls where my five year old (then 3 yr. old) had colored or put his handprints.

Paul asked me why I felt the need to do all of these things? Well, I was outraged! Why do I feel the need??? Because, it's what your SUPPOSE to do when you have company. After all, he should be thankful that I am doing all this, because it makes him look good too. As I was giving him my laundry list of "to-do's" for the day, he sat down at the kitchen counter and just listened...patiently and quietly, until....

A - "And I need to pull the weeds from the front flower bed, put a new bar of soap in the shower, and oh...there's crumbs I need to scrape out of the butter."

P - "Wait, what did you say? There's crumbs in the BUTTER! Angela, seriously, you've got to be kidding me."

A - "No, that's embarrassing, I'm gonna scrape them out!"

Paul had enough. He told me he didn't care if anyone saw the crumbs in our butter in fact he said, let them see the crumbs in our butter! That's who we are! We HAVE CRUMBS IN OUR BUTTER! In fact, he said, I hope Will throws a good 'ol fashioned tantrum while our company is here too, because that's WHO WE ARE!

So, I left the room, upset. But I thought about what he said, (or what he yelled :) I decided to leave the weeds in the flower bed, and yes, I left the crumbs in my butter.

Now, it's not that I won't occasionally scrape those crumbs out for company, and I still do all of the little touches, because that's just me. But, my perspective on why I do these things has changed. Thank goodness for a husband who isn't scared to tell me the truth.

A good friend will see the crumbs in your butter and love you anyway, or love you even more because of them.

But, lesson learned, we ALL have crumbs in our butter!