Why, oh why, can I not find the time to blog this summer? It's not like I'm working 40 hour weeks for the next few months. Let's see if we can figure this out....

1. VBS. Running the kids to and from everyday this week while trying to get a little work thrown in to boot.

2. Kitty. Shots to be exact (since I can't find his adoption papers and all shots need to be current for him to go to kitty camp in a few weeks). He moped around the house for 3 whole days with me feeling guilty the whole time. Never did figure out if it was because of the shots or if he was just mad at me. Either way, I seem to have been forgiven now.

3. Bathing said kitty. Dumb idea.

4. Vacation coming soon!! Suitcases? Clothes to wear? Things to do on the plane? Cameras ready for tons of pictures? House organized? Pets taken care of? And the list seems to go on and on.....

5. Who's dumb idea was it to have a garage sale 2 days before we leave on vacation?!? All my vacation funds are going to be in quarters this year.

6. Yearly summer cleaning and room organization (read: get rid of old toys)

7. Trying to out-swim the flood waters. I think I saw an ark yesterday. Hey, when Texas ends a drought.....we really END THE DROUGHT!!

8. Trying to keep the kids from killing each other out of boredom.

9. Summer = lazy!!

Happy Father's Day!

Fathers are Wonderful People

Fathers are wonderful people
Too little understood,
And we do not sing their praises
As often as we should...

For, somehow, Father seems to be
The man who pays the bills,
While Mother binds up little hurts
And nurses all our ills...

And Father struggles daily
To live up to "HIS IMAGE"
As protector and provider
And "hero of the scrimmage"...

And perhaps that is the reason
We sometimes get the notion,
That Fathers are not subject
To the thing we call emotion,

But if you look inside Dad's heart,
Where no one else can see
You'll find he's sentimental
And as "soft" as he can be...

But he's so busy every day
In the grueling race of life,
He leaves the sentimental stuff
To his partner and his wife...

But Fathers are just WONDERFUL
In a million different ways,
And they merit loving compliments
And accolade of praise,

For the only reason Dad aspires
To fortune and success
Is to make the family proud of him
And to bring them happiness...

And like OUR HEAVENLY FATHER,
He's a guardian and a guide,
Someone that we can count on
To be ALWAYS ON OUR SIDE.

~Helen Steiner Rice~