Phew, fathers day is tiring.

Well, we are officially exhausted. I think I have second hand exhaustion, Craig is the one that truly is exhausted. Who says you get to rest on Father's Day?

Ok, so here is our pathetic story.

This morning, we woke up later than usual, around 8:30, which for us, might as well be noon.

We have been a little busy, and I haven't done a major grocery run for awhile, so I did want to make breakfast for Craig, but (lets be honest here Jonna) I didn't put a lot of effort into it. Sad, I know, but we are not weekend breakfast people. We eat the same 'ol granola bars, cereal, toast, blah blah on the weekend as we do during the week. So, I stood in the kitchen debating whether I should try to "whip" something up, or just go to McDonalds. I know, I know, McDonalds is bad, and no, we do not eat there normally. The only thing that goes into our bodies from McD's is breakfast, and I would say, probably three to five times a year. Usually when we are on vacation, or going to the beach for the day, and we've gotten up really early to get out of the house, so we grab it on our way out of town. I have upon occasion, used the breakfast as a treat for Koben. I will drop Chloe off at school and stop there for him. First day of school, major evaluation appointments, etc. He loves the sausage mcgriddles.

Ok, so I decided I did not need to spend money at McD's. It get's spendy, the more kids you have. So, I decided, why not gain a pound and rot everyones teeth? So, I made cinnamon toast. OOOHhhhhh AAAAAhhhh, I know, you are all thrilled. You would think someone who catered for money could whip up something more creative. Let's be honest, I really don't like to cook, and if I had to quit catering tomorrow, and could just sell, I would be a happy girl. So yes, I am a good caterer, but I don't get too creative at home. Who has the time?

So, after our fabulous breakfast, which Craig thought yummy (really, he is not hard to please) he started on the laundry room, which was half done since he had to place some boards in there to finish the kitchen. One would not think that room would be such a pain, but it is so small, that he had to cut each board, and we have that built in desk in there, so he had to cut around that, and then the dryer hose vent. It pretty much took him all day. He did stop to put up a towel rack for me, and get one of Chloe's earrings out of the sink drain though. He's Super Dad.

I, on the other hand, feel like it took me all day, to do nothing. I couldn't do laundry, (aaww, so sad) because he had the washer and dryer pulled out, which kinda sucks, because I have several loads to do. I have kinda fallen behind. I decided I had put the bathrooms off long enough, so I recruited Chloe to help me in there. I've been half way wiping them up for the last few weeks, but I had not done a thorough scrubbing for.........oh, I really don't know how long it has been. Yes, we only have two bathrooms, but our bathroom has double sinks, a stall shower, and a big soaker tub, so really, minus that third toilet, it really is like cleaning more than two bathrooms. I decided it was spring bathroom cleaning time though, and took down all the glass light shades and washed them all. It's amazing how much brighter the bathroom is now. =) My makeup drifts up onto them, so my side had a pinky dust all over it, and Craig's was just dusty. I also de-cobwebed, wiped down walls, windows, doors and baseboard edges, and took down the shower curtain in the second bath to be washed. I feel like it took me all dang day.

By three I took a lovely trip to our only local store that is not grocery oriented, Bi-Mart, and bought some garbage bags, aluminum foil, pull-ups, light bulbs, you know, the boring basics. Then I went out back and sat under the tree in my comfy adirondak chair with a book, something I have been wishing I could do all week as I looked longily out the windows at work.

At 5:30, mom and dad came over to check out the progress on the floor and stay for dinner. We had to eat outside, since our kitchen table is stacked upside down onto our dining room table. Which was fine, we actually got to use the furniture we bought last year for the yard, but have yet to use. Mom planted some lilies she brought over from her yard, and I planted a littel red maple my boss gave us. She also gave us a small leafed green maple to replace one that sadly died in one corner, so I will plant that later in the week. It required a bigger hole, and I wasn't feeling energetic enough to do it tonight, and I wasn't stupid enough to ask my pooped husband to do it.

So, all in all, it was a tiring father's day, but we accomplished a lot. I do not have a day off this weekend, because I am off next weekend because of our garage sale.

Stephen, if you happen at all to read this, I am very sorry we will not make it to your wedding. We have been trying to plan a yard sale since spring, and because I normally work Saturdays, and we are having it with Craig's sister, it was hard to mesh everyones schedules together. I truly forgot what weekend your wedding was until I read mom's invitation, and it was too late to cancel our sale. I'm sorry, it sounds like a lame excuse, and I was a little irritated with myself, because I finally get a Saturday off, which is super rare with my job, and it happens to be on the weekend you are getting married! Jeesh. We would never make it in time to come up after the sale ends on Saturday. We are so sorry, and hope we can somehow get together with the family at some point in the near future. I feel like I haven't seen any of you guys forever, which is sad when we are first cousins. Hopefully we can link everyones schedules together enough to get together soon, we would really like to meet Oksana. We wish you both the very best, and know you will enjoy married life! Law school, on the other hand. I can't guarantee you will enjoy that, but hey, you never know. =P