The Project

So, the master bathroom has hideous small pinkish tiles, that must now be replaced. New tile was chosen last weekend so demolition began yesterday afternoon. A slow but not difficult process, pull up the carpet to get to the tile edge, (Yes I know, who the hell puts carpet in a bathroom, not us, came that way) big flathead screwdriver, hammer and a contractor bag. Initial demo went easily as the wood underneath is...well...not really wood so much now as a moist cardboard, hehe.

So sitting on the floor popping off these little tiles the boy and girl child show up, we want to help, ok, go get another hammer and screwdriver. The girl child pop's a few tiles off, ok, by, hehe, well I can't really blame her. The boy child tackles the tack strips from the old carpet, I tell him to be careful, they bite, he is and does a good job, no pokes or blood, a good thing.

I go take a break, read this as take 20min to check auctions and do a quick quest in WoW, hehe. Come back to the bathroom and the boy child has been busy, happily sitting in the tub with his hammer and screwdriver, popping off the offensive little pink tiles, having a good ole' time.

Ahhh....destruction can bring a father and son together....hehe.

Thought For The Day

You Can't Find What You Love, While Doing What You Like

37 No's, 1 Yes

Ok, so last December the wife and I are doing the santa thing, looking for a gift for both of the kids, how about a Wii, sounds good, only of course every other santa had the same idea so no Wii for xmas.

Flash forward too 3 days ago, "the kids had a really good year, excellent report cards, we should do something special for them"

And so the quest began. It was easy at xmas to simply give up to the inevitable impossibility of finding one. Self, I thought, its June, Wii's should simply fall out of the sky now.

"Electronics's Please" "Hi there, do you have any Wii game system's in stock"......."No

Hmmm....it's June, Must be a fluke.

After calling every Target, Walmart, Circuit City, EB Games and Sears in the County, 37 calls to be exact.....I was about to give up "Perhaps it will make a nice Halloween surprise".

Ok, one more call, I'll try Blockbuster. "Hi there, would you happen to have any Wii game systems in stock".......Yes. "Hold it for me I'll be there in 10min.

Turns out they had gotten 4 in an hour before I called, and I got the last one.

So after the friends from the last day of school swim and feast left, I placed the Wii on the kitchen counter, and went back to watching TV. The boy child discovered it, he was....pleased....to say the least.

After a quick set up they were bowling and golfing in the living room, laughing and giving each other a hard time. Summer begins, quest.....complete.

Graduation

Last night the girl child "graduated" from elementary school. I am of two minds on this. One, oh please it's elementary school, we didn't have graduation ceremonies when I was a kid.

And then there is the father in me, the one watching his daughter smile on the stage as she gets one of four awards for the top students in the school, holding her trophy, smiling, standing with 3 girls that have been her friends since first grade. She wears a $200.00 dress her grandmother bought her, yes I know, a bit excessive for a 12 year old, but I am an only child and mom never had a girl so....we indulge, hehe.

She has never gotten a B on a report card, never been in trouble and is a simply, wonderful kid.

My mom called last night after the ceremony, the girl child was at her first dance, sigh. Mom called and said congratulations....to you, you and the wife are doing a simply wonderful job with the kids. Yeah...I got choked up too.

Summer begins tomorrow, today the last day of school, both kids having a few friends over to loiter in the pool and have pizza. A good, simple day it is.