Vacationing with The Perfect Wife
I can’t express enough what a great person Denise is. She is outgoing and friendly. She is Susie homemaker, June Cleaver and the outdoors women that I want to be. I think she packed her whole kitchen and brought it with. She was well prepared and ready to fish.
I on the other hand have yet more to learn…
Denise brought a frozen homemade lasagna so all we had to do was heat it up. I wouldn’t think of cooking ahead of time.
Denise had a dessert made for every night. She made beer bread, blueberry bread, brownies, and rootbeer floats. I brought peaches from a can.
Denise was up early with coffee, breakfast and her husband’s clothes ready. Mark was showered and ready before I could see straight and all Mark got was a bag of snacks to go.
Denise watched the guys cut up fish and asked to help. I sat with my feet up in the sun with a beer thinking this chick isn’t cutting up nothing.
Denise would offer to make her husband’s plate every night. I then felt obligated to offer to make Marks plate. After I asked, he looked at me strangely and we both laughed.
Denise would take her fish off her own hook. I tried once and failed.
Denise didn’t mind fishing by the snake tree. I sat complaining that the snake will jump on me and swear I heard it crunching on a fish.
Denise could fish by brush and limbs with ease. After losing many bobbers, I fished in open waters only.
Denise would get the net when her husband had a big fish and help scoop it out of the water. I had the net in hand to protect myself from a snake and no one was getting my net.
Denise would close her eyes at night and dream of the big catch. I would close my eyes and either see a bobber bouncing in the water or my bed was swaying like the boat. I will save the evening episode of Mo, Larry, Curly story for another day.
Denise caught the most crappie. I caught none!
Denise would touch her crappie for a pose.
My fish wasn’t coming close to these fingers.
Thanks Troy and Denise for a great fishing week…Mark sure is missing his evening dessert.
April 30th, 2008 at 6:01 am
How funny!
Umm, Denise sounds familiar though… I do a lot of those same things (that way the guys invite me and my husband and not just him to go on hunting and fishing trips) but I absolutely refuse to touch a fish.
April 30th, 2008 at 7:08 am
Denise sounds like a good lady to have around during a fishing trip. Although I’m sure everyone liked having you around as well Jody.
April 30th, 2008 at 8:13 am
I would never dream of bringing a pre-cooked meal. Why would I do that when my boyfriend cooks so well?
April 30th, 2008 at 11:12 am
I just read your last two posts about fishing and I think it is hilarious. My girlfriend is the same way, she won’t touch a fish if she catches one, i have to set up the pole for her, take the fish off, the only thing she will do is cast, but she doesn’t like to reel it in unless there’s a fish on it. Actually, her preferred method of fishing (is not at all, haha) is to be in a bikini getting a tan while paddling in her kayak with a fishing poll in the back of her seat and trolling until a fish decides to bite the line, she likes reeling them in. Well maybe this summer will be different? But probably not.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:59 am
What a pleasant way to hit the middle of the day - read your blogs for some good ol’ humor! Great stuff. Shucks, I don’t mind so much if my wife did or didn’t do all that stuff - if she’s willing to come along, I chalk that up to a good trip. That means at least she didn’t decide to stay home so I hafta feel guilty and cut my trip short a couple hours or days to come home and be with her! But my wife really does love to fish, but she won’t touch them either. We’re working on that! Also she would agree whole heartedly about your last post and the sun tanning thing. If we’re bank fishing, she makes me move to another spot after the first half of the day so that she won’t get baked on the same side and leave the other side untouched!!
April 30th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Blessed, you are on my list of invites. I vote you to do the baking.
Arthur, thanks. Your so sweet.
Norcal, I wouldn’t cook either if I had that chef. (Who am I fooling - I don’t cook even without a chef.)
Marc, I forgot to add that to my list. I will never wear a bikini fishing. The boat may tip over or I might fall out and I can’t have critters nibbling on my bare body.
Tom, thanks for enjoying my blog. Also, certain parts of my body got tan and others didn’t.
April 30th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Oh wow. That all looks like so much fun. I’m not the perfect hunter’s wife. Oh my.. not…
Of course, he thought I was going to be a great one… due to the fact that my much older sisters hunted preficiently…. but he didn’t marry them.. did he!
**laughing**
April 30th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Denise is my sister and I know she is a great wife of a great fisherman!
She has been that caring person all her life. I think Troy got the best catch when he reeled her in. Way to go Denise! Love your sis, Pam
April 30th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
I don’t tan so I don’t have to worry about that. I’m the girl with the SPF 75 sunscreen.
I have been known to cook on a camping trip, but if someone else wants to do it, I’m more than willing to allow them to do so.
Another good, funny post, Jody.
April 30th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Beth, that is funny. My husband is always teasing my sisters and saying I thought I married the smart one.
Pam, how sweet of a sister are you! That is the cutest thing to say about Troy. I love it.
Kristine, you are also invited for the cooking. lol
May 5th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Jody,
LOL
Denise sounds like the perfect outdoorswoman. And my wife would love to have some of our hunting buddies marry one like her so that she didn’t have to do EVERYTHING. And Mark sounds like the perfect husband if he can accept a wife that can come up with so many things that she will not/or does not want to do in the outdoors!