Scraps of my Life

So my hubby is in ND interviewing for a job…which worked out well, because today is also his brother’s birthday.  I’m glad Bri got to be there to see my plan unravel!!!

I’ve had Kenny’s birthday present in mind since August when I got back from all my Summer travels.  While in ND over the summer I discovered that my darling BIL (brother-in-law) has the nickname of “Powderpuff”.  Now, how did this big, strapping guy get the nickname of “Powderpuff” you ask??? Well, let’s say that if he wasn’t a truck driver in ND, he would probably be a Metro-Sexual in some big city spending his spare time being pampered.  Which is absolutely fine…but his love of bathing rituals, et al, has become a family joke.

Add to this the fact that the first time we visited him at his home, he shared with me some very personal information.  One night, not too long after he announced that he was going to take a shower, he called me into his bedroom.  “Michele?”, I called out, “Why is your husband calling me into your bathroom?”.  Her response was, “I don’t know, go see”.  Well to my surprise there was my BIL in his wife’s underwear.  “There’s one thing I gotta say about you girls”, he says, “you girls have it all over us in the underwear department!”.  OK, I totally lost it!!!!

Now the background story to that was that apparently the laundry was behind or something, but one night Kenny came out of the shower and found he had no clean underwear, so in desperation he grabbed a pair of his wife’s.  I guess he liked the feel of them and may even, occasionally, look forward to running out of his underwear so he can where his wife’s?  I don’t know, just speculation on my part, but he swears he did it only to make sure that the laundry gets done.

So I told you that story so I could tell you this one…Way back in August, as we all sat around the table on Brian’s birthday, the subject of “Powderpuff” came up.  On a lark, I said I should get Kenny some Victoria’s Secret underwear for his birthday…Rochell cracked up at the idea and said I should do it.  That was all I needed to hear!

So where was I Monday night?  I was fighting the crowds at the mall in Victoria’s Secret buying 5 pairs of the most obnoxious XL String-bikini underwear I could find.  They were later boxed up and packed into Brian’s suitcase for delivery!

Apparently Brian brought the gift in the house last night when he got there.  Kenny didn’t pay any attention to the fact that the gift box was hot pink! (Men!) So when it was time to open the gift, Michele knew it was from Victoria Secret (she looked at the box!), my nephew Jake knew it was Victoria Secret (he read the box too!), the only one that was completely clueless was Kenny!  Well, he finally figured it out once he saw the underwear and read my note to him.

The lengths I will go to for a laugh…the nice thing is that with Kenny, I always know it won’t be wasted on him.

Happy Birthday Powderpuff!!!  Or Uncle Fluffy as David likes to call you.

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