The Best Father's Day Ever

I married a woman I don't deserve. Seriously. She is so good to me. Last night Ashley announced that we would be celebrating Father's Day one week early since I would be out of town next week. She started with a little Cordon Bleu she had whipped up earlier in the day. Then she gave me a hand-made card (as in Charlie's first hand-print) from her and Charlie telling me that I could sleep all night (no Charlie duty) and sleep in as long as I wanted Sunday morning as part of my Father's Day celebration. I was thrilled and thought I had hit Father's Day paydirt.


At 10:30 this morning I woke up to a fresh batch of blueberry muffins. Hot diggitty! After polishing off 5 muffins Charlie walked over and delivered two little plaid-printed gift wrapped packages neatly tied together with blue ribbon. The first small little package was an iPod Nano. My old iPod recently burned out and Ashley obviously took note of it. I was stoked to say the least.

Then I opened the second gift and I cried. It was a picture book of me and my two boys, Charlie and Max. She must have put the book together over the last few weeks in between caring for the boys and me. I love it! It was a little more thoughtful than the handful of gift cards I bought her for Mother's Day at 11 pm the night before. I normally wouldn't admit the crying bit, but once in a blue moon Ashley (and the rest of the world) deserves to know how much I appreciate her. Thanks Ashley.

Fat Free Dessert?

Ashley has an "I have an opinions" series on her blog. She believes that "if it ain't chocolate, it ain't dessert."I've got a motto too: "If it's fat free or low calorie, it doesn't belong in a dessert." Save artificial sweeteners for soda and low fat dairy for yogurt.

Home Schooling Should be Illegal

Parents please don't home school your children. You are not helping them by cutting them off from the rest of the world. We have all known a few families that have pulled off the home schooling act, raising wonderful kids that are also socially capable. However, I believe that home schooling successes are few and far between. If you are a young parent who thinks you have great teaching skills, go out and get a teaching job. Don't experiment on your kids.

This Blog is My Own

Ashley just made a great comment. She said, "You know what I like about our blogs? I like that we each have our own." I couldn't agree more. This is my domain and I can do whatever I want with it. For example I choose not to post pictures when I'm lazy. As you can see from my past 5 posts, I'm lazy a lot. I can do this, because this blog is my own.