Father's Day Weekend

We survived another week! We made a couple trips to the library last week, went to exercise at the church a couple times and enjoyed the week, for the most part. Friday I decided that part of Gary's Father's Day "gift" was going to be me fixing his toilet - for the umpteenth time. We also gave him some fantastic homemade cards and a measuring tape, which he desperately needed, but that's beside the point. The toilet repair was the real gift! It had been leaky (on the inside, not the outside) for a couple months. I bought the repair kit over 6 weeks ago and was waiting for him to decide to fix it. It didn't happen. I knew deep down it wouldn't happen, to be honest. Friday was the day. It took me all day (off and on...I didn't spend ALL day in the bathroom working on it) because I kept getting frustrated and having to walk away for a little while. After two or three times (or four or five...who's counting?) of getting fed up, taking a time-out, saying prayers for patience and help (yeah, I know it sounds strange, but I learned my lesson last time that I should pray before starting that or any other task), trying to get all the other work done, and then finally completing the job, I was cleaning up my mess as he was driving in the driveway. I felt a great sense of accomplishment, along with a realization (that I later voiced to the big guy) that I will NOT be doing that again on that toilet! I've fixed it too many times! :)

We had dinner yesterday with my parents and Gary's parents. I spent Saturday cooking oatmeal buns (to go on grilled hamburgers) and a peanut butter sheet cake, so I didn't have much left to prepare yesterday morning. We had a very nice time! Doodle's highlight of the day came early when she bowled a 258 on the Wii. She skunks me every time!

I'm afraid we're going to be stuck in the house (minus the trips to the church to exercise, trips to Meme's to pick raspberries and a trip to the library and store later this week) due to the horrific heat. Kansas weather is extreme, to put it mildly. We're just going to try to stay off of each other's nerves! :) It could be an interesting week...