Sure, everyone has their little quirks, but have you ever heard of someone heating their home with pants?

Don't get me wrong. I love my husband just the way he is, but his mind works just a little bit differently than other people, and he really doesn't see it.

I hate to say it but my hubby is a "backwards thinker." What I mean is, he gets the weirdest ideas about how things are supposed to work, and he never hesitates to make use of his wacky theories all around our house.

For instance, when it's hot, most people will open a window wide to let in as much cool air as possible. Not my hubby. He will open the window just an inch or two, because he can feel the air rushing in quickly. He claims it just wafts in slowly when the window is wide open.

One hot day, I was thrilled when he put a fan by the window to bring cool air into the house. But, it wasn't long before I realized the fan was blowing out the window into the yard. Why? "It's drawing all the hot air out of the house," he insisted.

He also has a habit of grabbing whatever is handy when he needs to improvise a tool, and to him, it's logical. For instance, if he needs a screwdriver when he's in the kitchen, a silver butterknife will do fine. If he needs to pry something gross out of a bathroom drain, why not use the wife's personal tweezers? If he wants to prop a door open, he grabs the nearest heavy object, even if it's breakable.

The other day, I found he had ruined four of my best guest towels slopping up a project involving glue and caulk. "Why did you use my good towels?" I wailed. His reasoning? "We never use those towels. I thought the ones in the bathroom were the good ones."

I often get confused by the odd names he calls things. The bedroom that is in the front of our house is known as the "back bedroom" because it is located behind us when we sit in the living room. He calls Q-Tips "earwigs" (don't ask me why), and he truly believes everyone should know and use such antiquated words as "judicious" and "bellicose."

He is extremely interested in security and safety, and so he theorizes that mini blinds should be closed backwards and upside down to provide more security and less sun intrusion. Never mind that the industry has been working on mini-blinds for fifty years or so; my hubby is a visionary and he understands the way the world works in ways that mere mortals can only imagine.

So, how did my husband come to heating our home with his pants? After a day spent skiing in the cold snow, my darling hung his black nylon ski pants in the window to dry. As they heated up, he suddenly exclaimed, "I think I'm going to hang all my black pants in the windows to help heat the house."

All I could do was laugh, and thank goodness, he laughed along with me. But he still hangs his pants in the windows.