That is why all the girls in town follow you all around...

For Valentine's Day, my gift to my absent husband was a post detailing my eleven favorite things about him. For Father's Day, he gets a card with a little something in it, and another post devoted to his coolness. Without further ado, here are Eleven Things You May Not Know About SSG Corey Allbritton But Always Wanted To, which, unless otherwise noted, are Eleven More of My Favorite Things About Him.  

1. He knows all the words to "Can't Smile Without You" and "The Winner Takes It All," and neither that knowledge nor my telling all of you about it will impugn on his manhood in the least.

2. He will kill you, unless you are a spider, and then he will make me do it.

3. People he has nothing in common with can always find something awesome about him. Corey impressed my cousin Steve with how he assembled the drums from a "Rock Band" kit at the speed of light. With no instructions. Before all the pieces were removed from the box.

4. He says he doesn't like garlic, but he eats a shitload of it. I cook lots of dishes with garlic in them. I put garlic in where none is required because the flavor is good. Maybe he has no idea. Maybe he knows and eats it anyway. But I don't know which because if he does know how much garlic he eats when he doesn't love it, he has never said "stop using all that damn garlic."

5. He hates bell peppers. It's the only thing I've ever seen him pick out of his food.

6. He talks in his sleep. It's almost always soldier-speak, and he barks it like he's trying to keep a poor private from hurting himself or others. Once he spoke perfect Spanish to me. I never have a recorder handy.

7. He sleeps on the pull-out sofa with his children every Saturday night. It ain't comfy.

8. He washes the dishes before he puts them in the dishwasher.

9. If you let him sit still for too long with his head supported, he will fall asleep.

10. He refuses to wear jeans that fit.

11. He has all of his teeth in his mouth, including his wisdom teeth.

Plus, he is the father of these two boys, who think he is Walking Soldiering Perfection, and I wouldn't dare let them think any different.

I swear, I thought Great Don had bought new GD life vests. We're shopping for new ones this summer.

Waiting on his trophy at his Yankees End of Season Pool Party.

I'm 100% certain we were having a disagreement at the moment I took this picture.

By the way, most of the posts that I write for the benefit or in honor of Corey have a song title or lyric that he should know immediately. He gets them all right. That's fact # 12.

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