This was the present I was most excited to give this year.
I was torn between wanting him to open it on the first night or waiting for the last night. Or maybe his birthday (which falls the night after Hanukkah ends).
But Quinn decided on last night for me. He grabbed the package from the closet and said ‘For you Daddy!’ There was no turning back.
If you’ve been visiting here for a while you’ll know the saga of My Husband’s Mistress. It’s over now—we closed on the sale in September. It was such an ordeal that we almost weren’t sad to see it go.
Almost.
And now with a Christmas trip to his family looming and no place of our own to stay, well, there’s a void.
So when Niall opened this last night and was pouring over it and Jake said ‘It’s a little bittersweet, huh, Nye?’ to say that I had a lump in my throat would be an understatement.
I ordered it through Apple and think the printing is really nice. I’m thrilled with the finished product and I think Niall really liked it too.
If you want to see more pictures of The Mistress you can click over here.
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Beautiful, beautiful. I agree that the apple books turn out nicely, and there’s something so incredible about having your memories in a hardcover book… Nicely done.
What a thoughtful and most excellent present!
That is something he’ll treasure.
What a great idea! I’m sure he loved it….and thanks for letting me know they are good quality – I wasn’t sure which way to go and have been wanting to make a book for my mom.
What a beautiful gift. Sometimes the bittersweet ones are the best ones.
best present ever.
really, so thoughtful and personal. he must adore it.
what an awesome idea. and the photos look fantastic!!!
funny…the garage is what i call my husband’s mistress…because his woodworking tools are in there. i don’t think he likes it when i say that.
That book looks absolutely amazing! He must be flipping through it often!!! I’ve always admired your Mistress pictures.
You’re a thoughtful wife. Lovely gift.
Fabulous loving gift… warm fuzzies all the way over here…
thanks for sharing your gorgeous photos with us too!
That is the most thoughtful, beautiful, perfect present ever. K x
So beautiful! I’ve been wanting to make a book for a long time, and something tells me this just might be the year…
what a sweet and thoughtful gift. the book is lovely. so very lovely.
What a lovely book filled with such great memories of your old place.
I just finished the mistress story, and what a lovely story teller you are. Thank you once more for the words and the wonderful pictures.
SO lovely. I need to be better about doing stuff like this. Such a wonderful way to remember a beloved property. There will be another “mistress” out there one day for renovations and family moments. In the meantime he can visit the old mistress anytime he wants with just a flip of the pages.
What an awesome gift of tangible memories! I’m sure it will be treasured, not just by him, but by everyone who spent time there with all of you.
My gosh, what a beautiful and thoughtful gift for your husband. From what I can see (and have seen in the past) the photos are gorgeous and it looks like the printing job was excellent. I also love the title–it captures the sense of history that you see in the pictures and it sounds like that’s part of what your husband loved about this place. Amazing gift.
How wonderful. I love you stories of The Mistress. My husband though I was reading some very weired stuff when I asked to read your post entitled My Husband’s Mistress. He was suitably impressed too.