One you would appreciate

I had given up on reading Clive Cussler, I was enamored with his books. They were okay but not the best thing I have ever read. I needed a book and was at the grocery store and a Clive book was the only thing available I was willing to read. So the book is called The Navigator and shortly into it I run across a paragraph that says Vice president Sandecker and NUMA director Pitt. What? I have never heard of this, when did this happen? I thought right away that it would have called you to find out what book that happened in. Love ya guy.

Happy Birthday Mom

Today is mom's birthday. I was talking to her last night and she started to cry. I guess this is one of those times that we miss you. I missed you on my birthday. I know that time has started to heal the loss of you. But at the strangest times we are reminded of you. I received a Nintendo DS, and I found some of my old gameboy games, I put the poker one in and it was actually yours, you were one of the saved files. Alex has stayed with us for the last week and a half, and he and I had some conversations that you and I would have had. He misses listening to sports radio with you. I missed you all at our annual picnic. I couldn't remember why you weren't there last year, but I remember you weren't. I was frustrated that I couldn't remember why. I don't like forgetting anything about you. It is scary that I may lose some of my memories of you. I know time will rob me of some of these but it does make me sad. My birthday was fun, the picnic was fun. I did some ribs as well as the chicken this year. The ribs were excellent. I want to post here more often, but it has been a little hard to talk to you lately. I miss you a lot, I miss being able to call you and ask you about MSU football. You died to soon, I was supposed to have you in my life for another 20 years. Mom was supposed to have you in her life for the next 20 years. We all miss you and on our birthdays it is hard not to wish for another day with you, to wish to wake from a dream and be able to tell you about this bad dream we had. We wish we had tine to spend with you. Love ya guy.

Difference between boys and girls

Kellie called yesterday to tell me about a tea party Tanis was having. He and some Lego guys were playing with a tea set and the mini wood stove. Kellie asked him what they were doing, and he told her that the bad guy was in the stove. He later said the bad guy was the stove. I have always told her that if you give a boy two of anything one will be good one will be bad and the two will be crashed into each other. Give a girl two of something and they will get along and build a house or whatever. Boys have to be boys. You build something so you can knock it down. A car is supposed to crash into other things. Pets are supposed to be ridden. Boys will make anything into a gun or put a gun on anything. A pencil will have a laser or is a laser itself. It is funny how different boys are. I told her some days he will just want to be mischievous and break things. Love ya guy.

Birthday Blues

Another birthday looms on the horizon. They don't mean as much as they used to. Tanis gets excited, he loves to give presents, although he really likes to help open them. Kellie and Tanis made some clear shelves for me in the basement so I can show off my Lego sets. Mom bought me the Sand Crawler which is 1500 pieces. Tanis can't wait to put it together. I think it will take a couple days to put it together, but we are going to give it a real try on Friday. Mom goes in for surgery Thursday. Kellie, Tanis and I went bowling on Saturday. Kellie actually won the first game, but I think the bumpers helped a little. Tanis really wants to go miniature golfing again, he had a lot of fun the last time, and the course we went to had 2 different courses. Work is picking back up. I know I had sworn him off, but I bought a new Clive Cussler book today. Love ya guy.

Time Moves Forward

Well it official, at least to me, I am called dad now more often than daddy. I feel this makes us both older. He is growing up, and no longer using the baby terms. If he is getting older then I am getting older. I am so proud of Tanis. He tries very hard to be independent and likes to try to do things himself. I guess I will accept I am dad and be there for him as he grows. Love ya guy.

Catching Up

Kellie had lasik surgery yesterday. It is pretty interesting how quickly they do it. She is healing and already has better sight. She handled it quite well. It was a little pricey, but I don't think that you look for deals when it comes to your eyes. The doctor who did her procedure has been doing them for 25 years for the Air Force.

The new dog Izzy has been doing well, but she still hasn't been completely house broken, and it is starting to weigh on some nerves. She is getting a little better, but Pugs are not the easiest to train.

Mom has her knee surgery coming up very soon, about a week, and the contractor is not done yet. It is going to be a challenge to see if he will get it done before the surgery. She is going to stay with Janis for a while after the surgery.

Tanis is doing well. He keeps going through phases. Right now he is on a real Transformers infatutation. Luckily he forgot about my box of them in the basement. He also loves to build robots. It is very hard to build robots out of tinkertoys. He has done well at tee ball, but I think he is a little young.

Work is going well. My diet has not done very well. I am having a hard time getting focused on it. I was talking about you on Saturday and really started to miss you. Love ya guy.

This Past Weekend

This past weekend was your golf outing. It was a mixture of emotions. I had fun golfing with mom, Larry, and Scott. We didn't do well, in fact we tied for last place. That is right, we couldn't even win last place out right. It was fitting that it rained some as the one person said every time you scheduled an event there it would rain. People shared experiences about you. Larry told me a story that was pretty funny, but not appropriate to post. A lot of people "heard" you on the golf course. I heard "keep your head down." Other heard "Oh Robert." It was fun, but sad because it would have been a lot more fun to play the round with you. I must admit I love the hybrid club. Saturday night Kellie and I met Scott and his wife Andrea at the sun festival. We paid to get in and then bought tickets to taste micro-brews and wines. Uncle John's cider mill had a hard cider that was pretty tasty, but we tried a few that weren't tasty at all. We had Sir Pizza for dinner. In the morning we met mom, Cheri, and Alex for breakfast. We headed home, but did make a few stops on the way. It was a bitter sweet weekend, old wounds were opened, it was fun but sad. Love ya guy.