Treasure Hunt: Another Reason I Love My Husband

Last night I came home from work to find that my wonderful husband had prepared a little surprise. I grabbed the mail pile and in between the boring invitations to subscribe to this or that there was a letter from my hubby.

I tore open the letter and discovered a sheet of paper that read:
Clue #1 It's "Just the two of us" and I couldn't ask for a better friend. Think about this clue, it's time to begin.
So, it took me a bit to break down the clue. First the Just the two of us quote was a reference to the song Will Smith sang about his son. Why do I know this? It was on a mixed CD that my brother Ben made for us many years ago and we laugh about it regularly. So, we don't have any Will Smith on CD (the mix is now on our ipod). I was led to think of just where Will Smith could make an appearance in our house...

Yep, we own a Will Smith DVD combo (don't you judge us, it's fort night material). I grabbed the DVD and sure enough there was the next clue which read:
Clue #2 "I want candy" do you? Deep inside you know what's true. I bet Manet never had this problem!
This one took a moment. First I looked in Manet books and through my art supplies. Eventually I realized that the real clue was in "I want candy" which was a reference to a Bow Wow Wow song. Their album cover references the Manet painting Le déjeuner sur l'herbe. So, I ran to our record collection...

Sure enough I found the next clue:
Clue #3 Wow good job! I think I'll call you a winner.
You can imagine that I assumed that I had won and Eric would be handing over the prize. Nope, it was clue number 3. I read the note aloud, searching Eric's face for reaction to each word. Finally I realized that the important word was call. I ran to the phone and picked up the receiver...


Where I found the next clue:
Clue #4 That was easy young Jeezy. I wonder if you can sink the last clue?
So, this drove me into a frenzy and I tried to figure out what the last clue might be. Finally I honed in on the word sink. I went through every ship, boat, actual sink or whatever. Eric was laughing at me the whole time. Finally I decided to do a room by room search. When I went and stood in the closet for a moment and then came back out Eric busted up laughing. So, I knew it was in there. Minutes passed and then, duh, I realized that I was staring directly at the game Battleship. My prize was inside...
Nope, another clue. He lied.
Congrats. Now time for your prize, I didn't want to cause a love triangle so I didn't tell Bee. It's only for your eyes to see.
Huh? I got hung up on the word time and started looking at all of the clocks. No luck. Next I moved on to the word triangle. I started scouring the house for triangles and then spotted the triangle cabinet...
There in the third drawer was an envelop. What could my prize be?


A Primal Strip (vegan jerky) and a love letter (you can't read that) from my wonderful husband.

What a great guy. He got me a little treat and just wanted to make my day a little special. I've been with this man for over 11 years and it just keeps getting better.