You Taught Me...
- to say "You and I" instead of "Me and You"
- to pay it forward
- that if you bring your cup into Sev they give you a 'refill' discount
- don't buy fads (like "skip-it", pogs, and NKOTB trading cards)
- all my entrepreneur skills
- don't trust car salesmen "they're scoundrels... vulchers!"
- untie your shoes before you take them off, they'll last longer
- don't drink your drink until dinner comes (in the days of no refills)
- whistle while you work
- measure twice, cut once
- to love sleep
- that "good enough" isn't good enough (and I'm thankful for that)
- don't play baseball, you'll knock your teeth out
Things about my Dad...
- his favorite foods are: green peppers, tostitos and salsa, steak, candy
- he loves words. crosswords get him so happy.
- the best thing he ever did was choose Momma to be his girl :)
- i don't know how to explain this one... my dad is fascinated by "animal adjectives". like bovine, urvine, mustiline, feline, simian,... and he tells me whenever he learns a new one. Lol, one time when he was listing them (like Bubba with all his shrimp recipes), Keith threw in "Bor-ine" and we all cracked up.
- you're the cutest little boy EVER!
- he's so thoughtful. whenever he finds a good deal on gas, he calls the whole family to tell us where to go :)
- i'm so glad you didn't stop at Amanda and I, Kody completed our family!
- he loves when i give him foot rubs
- he talks on the phone with his eyes closed, or a tight squint
- he works incredibly hard, and is very good at everything he does
-when we were kids, one night Dad snuck away for a few hours on Christmas Eve, and set up a nice wood kitchen table & chairs at our house... and mom was mad and confused why he left on Christmas (there was some elaborate work excuse)...and when we got home, she saw the beautiful table, and was soooo happy! We were like, "Daddy, why is Mommy crying?"... we still eat all our family dinners at that table :)
- this was how Dad & Momma met: They were wallflowers sitting beside eachother at a Social, and Shawn asked Sharon to scratch his back :)
- he can crunch numbers in his head like nobodies business. square roots even! Ex. When Kody told us his new phone number (SEVEN digits), our dad closed his eyes for a sec and said, "thats three to the third power, and three to the fourth power, or the cubed root of 81 is 3...") lol...(and then Amanda said, ya, you're right! they're so similar)
- he calls me Sweetpea and when he calls Amanda, Kody and I... we're "Peanuts, Popcorn, Crackerjacks" hehe :)
- lol, the tripod story... (it appears that you're not carrying it dad ;)
- when he takes a nap, i always cover him up
- when Dad delivers a joke, he's usually hissing-giggles before he even gets the punch line out ;)
- he usually looses 3 things while working. his hammer, tape measure, pencil. so he has multiples at the cabin so he doesn't have to look so hard ;)
- i love your middlename "Jule"
- i love that you look like Grandpa, it makes me feel like he's still here
- i hope he wins the lottery one day. it would make him so happy :)
- you always give me those silly whisker kisses... lol
- it's funny & hard to believe how much coffee you drink
- you once asked me "have you ever eaten so many sour soothers, that your mouth peels?" i said, no and you said "i did"
- if you tell my dad "i got a haircut", his can't resist this response: "Why didn't you get them all cut?"
- You worked the nightshift and had a business on the side so that Mom could be a stay-at-home-mom. And that is the greatest way you've shown your love for our family, I know that was really hard and a big sacrifice. Thank you Dad
(I bet Momma's crying as she reads this... I am too Mom)
- he loves American Idol, CSI, Poker Tv (but doesn't play it), and B movies (he always gives the dumb looking ones a chance)
- he loves a good deal. like if lumbers on sale, and he saves good money, you'll hear about it ;) (i'm totally the same way, lol)
- he writes everything in capitals with a bit of a slant. One time I was walking and found a list on the road. I picked it up, and could tell it was my Dads writing. Consequently, the
tooth fairy had the same writing.
- he's got a tough & 'logical' outer shell, but i love that he tears up to happy endings in movies
- Olivia and Kennedy are the joy of his life! When they were born, he became a new person, and they are so lucky to have him as their Grandpa :)
- when i was a kid, whenever I'd find a screw, nut, bolt or washer on the road...I'd bring it home for Dad. He never once said, Hunny i don't use these. He always took it and said thank you :) And I felt like I was helping him and making him happy (to save money on supplies) :)
- he usually wins boardgames and likes to rub it in. bad! then he laughs when i pout. haha
- we loved the toys and treehouse you built for us as kids... they were magical :)
- he loves my Mom so much :) he loves her enough to give Halmark (he HATES the greeting card industry "waste of money", but my mom LOVES hallmark cards, and he picks nice ones for her)
- when we were little, my Dad would stop at garage sales on his walk home from work and find really obscure things, but he thinks they'll be a nice present to give to mom. (lol, and mom dislikes used things, she's posh ;) it's so cute, he'd come home and secretly gather us kids and excitedly tell us, i got mommy something really special, lets all go give it to her, and we'd be hyped because we were so excited with him... and Mom would put on her BEST fake smile when she got a case of 50cookbooks or a cookie jar shaped like a stump with squirrels and woodland creatures crawling up it... lol. so cute! I really need to tell you the
Goofy Story someday soon, but I'll save that for a blog post on it's own. It's that good.
- when i was 17, the orthodontist said i need to have my jaw surgically broken and wired shut (to reposition it so my teeth would sit right)...and my parents asked me if I wanted to do it, i said NO. They then informed me that they were just trying to include me in the decision, and that I was having it done (lol, then why'd you ask?!)... so after the surgery, i looked like a character from a Dick Tracy movie and was in huge pain and healing for a few weeks... so my Dad went out and picked out a little tv and vcr for my room. He's not really a gift giver and our family lived on one income, so that was pretty special.
(lol, this is a few weeks after my teeth were wired shut and i was mad at life)
- you're paranoid. i remember when i was a kid, you paid me to dremel-engrave alllllll your tools with your name and social insurance number (this took days) so that if anyone ever broke into your workshop, they wouldn't want to use them, since they were labeled and they'd feel like they were gonna get caught. Which is funny cause i doubt they would have cared.
- we were talking about Freckled Nest one day and you smiled and said to me, "it's amazing what good can come of a love of something" (and I felt like you totally understood me :)
- you leave funny phone messages with silly voices, and i love it :)
- i can be anywhere in the world, and if you whistle, i know it's you :)
- i still like holding your hand :)
I love you Dad! Happy Fathers day :)
All my supplies are now together beside the bed, I've been cleaning house :) Most of my containers are from old man garages, except the green dewey-decimal drawers (they hold my ribbons)...i got those a few years ago for $8 at the flea market! So nice to have everything together and "findable" ;)
My Etsy Shop is looking a lot prettier lately :)
Bonus! I've made a special CD Mixtape & Woodgrain/Button 6-CD-Case for every purchase of $50 or more (good till July 7) :]
2 Summer Love Kits are in the shop
(these are the very last ones)
More things coming to Freckled Land next week :)
Some Things:
- Alice, I'm watching Law and Order(the one with the guy who was in Rent)... you've totally got a twin on this show!
- Cable got hooked up today :) When i get home from the lake, my PVR/DVR might just be full of awesome movies!
- Goals in my Life: Ride in a hot air balloon, Swim with Jellyfish, Keep my Dishes Done (i'm like 5 days solid!), Go back to Missouri (like, a lot).
- If Lola was in a movie, and an actor played her voice, I think she would be Wanda Sykes or no no nooo, umm---whats her name, Rosie Perez!! Tom would be played by... a fartface ;)
- Dad brought pizza over today, and we had business talk...we talk like we're business associates planning a save the world project, love it :) The cable guy probably thought we were a mega weird father/daughter ;) And he was probably drooling over the pizza...so Dad totally offered him a slice. It was so cute!
- TFLN "(631): You went to the wrong car, tried to open the locked door, and started crying because you thought we were playing a mean trick. Then the owner came..."
Time for bed,
Goodnight Moon
