Speaking of playing hide and seek... I bought this Grumpy Cat for my husband several Easters ago as part of a scavenger hunt to cheer him up. Since then this plush has also been hidden around the house in a myriad of locations. My favorite was when I hid him in the kitchen cupboard, and my husband, in his half-awake stupor, opened the cabinet door, grabbed out a cereal bowl, closed the cabinet door, stopped, opened back up the cabinet door, and *then* burst out laughing as it finally registered.

Here he is "hidden" among the tabletop RPG books, plotting evil things to befall our characters.

My husband also had to go on business trips with his last job, so if his carry on bag was big enough, I would sneak Grumpy Cat inside as a stowaway. On this particular trip he was only taking a change of clothes in a messenger bag, so I took a photograph of Grumpy Cat attempting to fit inside, printed out the photo on computer paper, wrote "Wish we could go with you! Love, Wiffy and Grumpy Cat ::heart::" at the bottom, hid the printout in his bag in the folder with his travel documents, and clipped a "Secret Note inside, open with care. ::heart::" post-it to the outside of the folder.

Last month I was joking with him about liking spoopy Halloween things more than scary Halloween things, and the conversation somehow ended with me imitating wiggle-dancing ghost pumpkins.

I came home from choir practice to find this rather shocked looking ghost pumpkin sitting in my computer chair.

Alas though the pumpkin now really has shuffled off this mortal coil because we ate it, the paper face has taken on a life of its own these last few weeks. It started with me sticking it to the giant manta ray plush that lives on our bed, then we both started moving it around the house and hiding it for each other to find - on the milk jug in the fridge, in my t-shirt drawer, on his computer tower, in the dish cupboard, on the hallway mirror at face level, hidden behind the cereal boxes, inside my husband's lunchbox, floating behind his starship collection, incorporated into the wall art in the living room, etc.  I'm not sure we can top where it is right now, so I think it will live there for the foreseeable future (followup pic to come on day 401).

[a very shocked face drawn in sharpie on a rounded rectangle of white paper, taped to an heirloom green pumpkin/winter squash, resting on a paper towel, sitting in my computer chair]

In response to my practice of constantly photoshopping dumb things into his computer backgrounds, he decided to turn the tables and mess with my background image while I wasn't looking.

[shoujo image of the moon framed by crystals on one side, and Sailor Moon surrounded in roses on the other. Husband has added a chocolate cake in the center, and a heart floating over her head, so it looks like she is gazing with longing at the dessert, instead of just pensively looking off in the distance as in the original]

Original image credit goes to http://andain.minitokyo.net/

Several months back I splurged and treated myself to a round of gourmet foodstuffs from nuts.com, including bubble tea mix, raw peanuts for boiling, and a huge bag of lemon snaps.

Because I have absolutely zero self control and was demolishing the snaps at an alarming rate, I asked my husband to cut me off. Even if I begged. Even if I pleaded. Even if I said "I'm an adult and I can do what I want!"

This was his solution...

[note taped to the bag of snaps that says "NO." in huge letters, accompanied by a chibi drawing of himself standing between two of the nuts.com avatars. They all look appropriately grumpy]

It just so happens to be our 7th anniversary today. For this illustrious occasion, I present this romantic orange juice container...

No, seriously. The side of the orange juice carton had a fill-in-the-blank section titled "Grab a marker and tell a parent they're #doingood." He proceeded to cross out the word "parent" and replace it with "wife," then filled in the blanks as follows:
"Dear Shannon,
you are the best Wiffy ever!
You have taught me to be a cat.
I am so purroud to have you in my life.
You're #doingood
Love, Meow"

Bonus! Here is an anniversary note from a few years back that never got posted.

[photograph of me bundled up in the scarf he hates, yet is still romantic because I bought it the weekend he proposed. It is ringed by the text "Happy Anniversary! I love you, my dearest Hoosbandito. You are my best friend, my passion, my comfort, my dream, my support, my joy, my stimulation, my muse, my wisdom, my ::heart emoji::"]

A silly secret note that showcases his sense of humor.

This will always be the best note he has ever left for me.
If you don't understand it, watch this.

[doodle of Nyan Cat, but in place of the cat face it has his beardy face saying "mwah!"]

And now for something completely different! This week I will be showcasing some of the notes and silly things my husband has left for me!

[ink doodle of a beardy face with big lips saying "mwah!," with text "I tried to draw a beardy kissy-face. This is why I don't draw doodles."]

Another round of doodles on Ziploc bags.

Isn't this note horrifyingly bad? Doesn't the substancelessness just run shivers up your spine? It is hollow as a ghost, a brain-scorching void of endless vapidity and stock tropes. Boooooo on it.

[outline of a heart with "I Love You!" written inside, cornered by four "Meow"s]