I confess that sometimes I take my husband for granted. Don't we all sometimes, ladies? He doesn't ask for gratitude, so it's easy to forget how much he does for us. Thanksgiving is a good time to remember him, though.

Here are ten reasons I'm thankful for my husband:

1) I love snuggling up to him at night. No matter how late I want to stay up, he simply will not go to bed without me. Every night he's there, ready to hold me while we fall asleep. If I have a bad dream, he hugs me again.

2) I could never survive parenting without him. With 2 boys in the house, sometimes I need him just to prevent a civil war. My husband reassures me that boys can play video games with guns without growing up to be killers. When he sees that I have had it "up to here" with the little boogers, he tags in and takes over.

3) After 25 years together, he still thinks I'm beautiful. And he tells me every day. Yes, he probably sees me through love goggles, but it still helps when I start to obsess about my crow's feet and graying hair.

4) He's willing to fight with me until we're done. This is not what I really want to do sometimes, but over the years we've learned that relationships work better when you take the time to work things out...ALL THE WAY out.

5) As much as he hates his job, he brings home the bacon. When we decided to homeschool the boys, we knew that it would take a lot of sacrifice. And in today's economy, most of the sacrifice is his. My husband works hard to support our family. I feel odd saying that, as if I'm being too old-fashioned, but actually, I should say it more often.

6) I enjoy talking to him at the end of the day. Most of the time he's the only adult that I get to converse with during the course of a day, so I really need to talk to him. And what's even better is that he needs to talk to me, too.

7) He loves whatever I put in front of him at dinner time. I'm a good cook, but I'm not THAT good. If he doesn't love everything I make for him, I would never know it.

8) He listens. When I'm feeling blue, he takes me out to dinner or watches a movie with me. He takes the time to really listen when I need to moan and complain about my problems.

9) He's funny as hell. You guys who read his Facebook posts know this to be fact. There's never a dull moment when he's around, and there is no shortage of laughter in our house.

10) I still have a good time going out with him. We enjoy ourselves everywhere we go, whether it's antiquing, or yard sales, or the farmer's market, or the flea market, or just hanging out in the same room.

So in case you hadn't guessed it, I'm very thankful for my husband.