HUMMMMM!

Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday dear Dad,
Happy birthday to you!

Yay!

Silly things

I haven't posted here in a while but that doesn't mean I have forgotten about Dad. It still comes and goes but is getting a little easier, I guess. Still, every now and then a whole bunch of things will remind me of him and make me either laugh or cry, or both. This was one of those weeks.

1. We have XM radio in our new truck so we've been listening to the Kids Choice Live channel on the way to and from school. Twice this week I've heard a song "Eat a Bowl of Cherries", which is just "Pick a Bale of Cotten" with a few words changed. "Oh, Lord I can eat a bowl of cherries, oh Lord I can eat a bowl a day. Me and my sister gonna eat a bowl of cherries" etc. Seriously? Then I wonder what percentage of kids has heard of or will ever hear of Leadbelly (mine have!), and then I wish I had Dad's machine.

2. I was driving through my neighborhood on the way home from work, and I saw a fithy car on which someone had inscribed "Do not wash. Test dirt." That one made me laugh!

3. Yesterday I was walking to the coffee pot at work and a man was walking toward me wearing the infamous blue Hawaiian shirt, I mean the exact one. Really, what are the odds? That one made me laugh and almost cry - I'm sure he thinks I'm a weirdo.

It's Fathers' Day again...

This is one of my favorite pictures of me and my dad - this is the night he drove to Austin from Corpus Christi to hear my wind ensemble concert, then drove back the same night so he could go to work the next day. After we ate at the old GM steakhouse on the drag! He logged a lot of miles going to our stuff...

Happy Frog Jumping Day!

Happy odd day!

Today is 5-7-9... having 3 consecutive odd numbers in the date happens only six times in a century.

Dad likes that kind of stuff. :)

Hey Cat... I like your styyyyle!

Ehhh!

I agree

I read an interview with the actress Jennifer Connelly recently in which she talks about the recent loss of her dad.

"I was very close to him, as were my husband and kids," she acknowledges. "It's the first real heartbreak I've experienced. I think he would want those of us who loved him to fight to experience joy, so I've been striving to remember him in a positive way. I don't have to work to feel the sadness of his loss. But I do have to work to feel happy about [having had] the time I had with him."

Squirr-boy

Things Granddad Likes

Right now Zachary is at Dad's favorite stage, where he can and will repeat any word you say to him. Dad loved getting the boys to say things like 'enchilada' and 'don't toss your tookies!' The other night I was lying down with Zachary at bedtime and we started talking about Granddad and things he likes. Zachary repeated each thing as I said it, and I think we both really loved this game!

Things Granddad likes:

- frogs (natch)
- accordians
- enchiladas with onions
- funny words
- jelly bellys
- moccasins
- blue jeans
- pocket knives
- potato chips
- steak & fries
- radishes
- little radios
- Whataburgers
- Dr. John
- Werewolves of London
- Dr Peppers (PT's)
- possums (possumuns)
- squirrels (squirrs)
- fried eggs
- superior dancing
- ringtail alligators
- Ice, Ice Baby too cold, too cold...
- baseball (Hooks)
- Lago

We thought of a lot more... I'll come back and add them as they come back to me.