Let the voting begin!!!

If you are curious how Jared responded to this singing thing, it's on the post before this one.

Picking my favorite 2 is just about impossible. I love everyone's experiences, they have been so fun to read. Thank you for making this silly contest so darn fun, funny and sweet.

I almost feel guilty reading about the sweet experiences some of you had knowing that they were at first a little fabricated. I'm sure that you enjoyed every second of it though, and really DID want him to sing.

I was really, REALLY disappointed that some husbands saw the contest so their wives weren't able to enter....darn those blogging husbands.

Since I just can't, can't pick 2, so I had to change it a little. You get to vote for your favorite "sweet" story, and your favorite "funny" story.

Please feel free to comment about what you love about each story, but only leave your picks in the poll, to the right. (Come on Maren, pay attention!! ha, ha ha!!) that way it will stay anonymous. Anyone is welcome to vote, but please only vote once for each.

Here they are....
Sweet story #1
The Venegas family
I was holding Seinna when I got on and saw your contest. Juan had Amara in the room with him. He has been in bed the past 2 days b/c he pulled his back out. Day1-I was thinking he was faking, and when he asked for help, I was pretty bratty. Today was day 2 of him being down, and I have tried being nicer-but still need to work on it. Anyway, I went into the room and laid down by him and Amara and said "Hun, will you sing to me?" He gave me this look like "Are you serious..." and said- "what are you talking about?" and I said, "I'd just like you to sing to me"-trying my hardest not to smile. He rolled onto his side and didn't say anything. I kept quiet for a minute-and then I hear "I love my wife, she is so inter-es-ting, I love my wife, and I am glad she chose me in her life". Then he said "The end written and sung by your man". So I thanked him and said that it was a really nice song he just sang. Then he goes "What's with you-you are in a really good mood right now, are you feeling good?" I just laughed and said, "yeah- I guess so". I really didn't think he would sing anything. About 5 minutes ago, he yelled from the room-"Hey Sus! Thanks for having such a good attitude today". That makes me laugh because I really have been a whining, bratty, tired wife all day...And no- I am not gonna tell him why I asked him to sing-especially b/c he thinks I genuinely wanted him to. :)

Sweet story #2
Cass & Joe
Ok, I know not many people know me, but Jess said I have to post what Joe did. However, it's sort of in the process....so I'll have to tell some now, and some later. We were watching tv when I asked him to sing to me and he said, "Yeah, sure." So I was thinking, 'Oh great. This is gonna be boring.' But then he says, "Sometime." So I sit and ask and ask, and so he begins to read a book. I keep asking and he finally puts the book down. He says, "yes, I'll sing to you.....when we're alone." So I say, "OK, here." and I muted the tv...All of the sudden he busts up laughing and says, "You're really weird.....ing me out hun." SO, apparently I'm weird. Nice catch on that one Joe. Oh well, we'll have to wait and see later what he does!
(Later she writes)
I went back downstairs and after a while asked Joe to sing again. He told me that I wasn't normal. That asking him to sing wasn't normal and again told me that I was weirding him out. He then told me that it was embarassing. I'm like, "What? You've never been embarassed to sing in front of me before." So, with the raised eyebrow look, he says, "Ok....how about a little Michael Nezsmith?"...............I had no idea who that was. So we both bust up laughing and he proceeds to sing:
I want to watch the moon rise,
Over the Rio Grande.
Stand in contemplation,
Hand in gentle hand.
Breathing the constant beauty,
Of the pink and purple land.
High on the inspiration,
Of the moon,...over the Rio Grande."
It was pretty sweet.

Juan and Joe are my heroes!!! Lucky girls!! I actually tried to find Joe's song online to listen to it, but I couldn't...what is the title of this song?


Funny story #1
Jennie
Jerime sings to Brookie every night so I thought that he would also sing to me. I must admit that I felt kinda silly asking him to sing to me, especially cuz I don't go to bed at the same time. So I read you blog and decided to give it a shot. I went into the bedroom and he was still awake, so I crawled into bed and started small talk. Then I said sing to me, I almost started laughing but didn't . He started singing "lullaby..." Ahhh how sweet I thought, THEN still in lullabye melody he sings "no way, you don't deserve it." I laughed, smacked him, and came back to the computer to blog hop. So there you go! I guess Brooklyn should feel very lucky her daddy sings to her every night....

Funny story #2
Shane & Emily
Okay, here it goes. For some reason all of our kids were asleep at 9:30 including Carly so it was perfect because I thought he wouldn't be too tired. Sooo, when we got in bed I snuggled up close to him and started talking about the kids then asked him "will you sing to me?" He said "NO!" I said "why not, you sing to the kids all the time." "Well they're little. What, are you recording me or something?" (I had a really hard time not busting up laughing.) I said an immediate "no I just want to hear you sing." He just said "huh, well I need to take a shower I am sticky from chemical." (I think he thought I would be asleep by the time he got out. But I just hopped on the computer to blog for a minute:) when he got out I tried one more time. I snuggled up and said "okay, now will you sing to me?" He said "no, but I'll make out with you". Sooo, there you have it, boring, horny, old Shane.

Funny story #3 (I know you guys, but it was too hard to pick!!)
Sunnyd

Ok. Last night before bed Leonard was making his bed on the couch (baby kicked him out again):) and I asked him. He practically BOUNDED into the bedroom thinking, of course, that the singing was my dumb way of asking for "lovin'"

Me: Well, sing to me already
Len: Rudy (silly nickname)...why? (insert cheezy grin from a man who think he's about to get lucky)
Me: Just because (chuckle, chuckle)
Len: Are you trying to bring back the good ol' days?

(I seriously ued to make him sing Disney songs on our trips to and from Pullman in college. I said I couldn't marry a man who didn't know Disney songs...I know. Silly)

Me: No...I just want you to sing
Len: Hmmm...let's see....ok....

He busts out the first line of the song from Aladin...

Len: "I can show you the world..."

LOOOOONG pause...

Len: Huh, that's all I remember. So....what now?

Funny story #4 (seriously people it was really hard to choose, I wanted to pick all of them, I probably should have!!!)
Lee family
Laying in bed, I asked Jared, "Will you sing to me?" Jared: "Have yo been watching a gay One Tree Hill?" (confession: sometimes I watch One Tree Hill)

Me: "No, I just want yo to sing to me."

Jared: "Okay," pause. "Let's talk about sex baby, let's talk about you and me, let's talk about all the good times and the bad times that will be, let's talk about sex."

I'm laughing.

Then he says, "I've got another one. I want to sex you up."

One-track mind.