Father's Day

Today is a blessed day. Indeed!

I have been blessed by a father who stuck with it. My parent's marriage was rough around the edges in many ways (I think I mentioned this a bit in past posts so I won't drag you all through that again), but they stuck it out. Why? Number one: mum. She always said marriage is sacred and meant to be once-in-a-lifetime (twice, if you're lucky to meet someone special after the death of a spouse); and, mainly her faith in God. Eventually, dad quit drinking and things for everyone got much better. Last Easter (2008) my dad entered the Catholic Church. Their marriage gets better and better and I thank God for this every day.

Dad, you put up with an awful lot from the snot-nosed me. Thank you for forgiving me all the times I disappointed you. You're my hero in so many ways. Thank you for serving our country in your younger years. Thank you for working so hard to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table and clothes on our backs - and for all the fun stuff in-between. I love you dad!!

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Okay, yesterday was another story.
We moved all our luggage over to the condo before about noon, I think. Two trips.
My husband and I drove off to get food and staples and just about everything you can think of needing after having nothing. I mean nothing. Nothing. Our cart was just about done getting filled up when the store announced they were having system problems "but to keep shopping while we fix it". Our kids were back at the condo with only water to put in their screaming bellies. Ah, yeah. We ditched our cart (after putting back stuff that would go bad - meat, milk, etc.) and stopped off at a mini-mart to get a few things to get us by until today (to the tune of $78 - bloody hell!)

We survived and made it to the commissary this morning. We have to go to Mass now, because we went this AM to the store while Teenie wasn't feeling well (the boys watched over her while we went).

Now I am slowly (due to the heat - with the AC on it's about 79 in here - cool when on one's arse, but quite sweaty when moving about briskly cleaning) cleaning counter tops and toilets. The cleaning team was supposed to clean this place before we moved in. They may have done some things, but there is grease (from frying, I suspect) on the stainless steel appliances . . . which will take a lot more elbow grease than I possess when it's 80+degrees outside and messing with the inside temps. It's expensive to run AC, so we are keeping a lid on it as much as we can. So, after we go to Mass (and hopefully pop in to see Holly), I'll clean the bathrooms. Fun, huh? Oh, yeah, and the toilets had dried drops of yellow stuff on them . . . barf-o-la! I cleaned them off once, but I gotta got back. Yeah? Yeah!

I went to Hilo Hatties today to get coasters. The owner has nice furniture and no coasters! So, now I have some nice coasters . . . and a few other tidbits I couldn't resist. Hey, 20% off for military ID holders at this store. Wow! It's usually just 10%, so guess who is a fan of Hilo Hatties? Ah, yeah: me!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU DAD'S OUT THERE. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO RICHLY BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES.