We'll miss you, Dad

It is with heavy heart I must report the passing of my father. He went gently into that good night early on Saturday, June 13. He fought a long, hard fight. Eleanor is devastated, and I am praying for her. Olivia took it hard, but with the resillience of a child, she'll be fine.

I just can't believe how hard I'm taking it. While we've been in contact alot over the last few years, we spent years being estranged (thanks mom), so we were never very close. I may never forgive her for that.

In an effort to be proactive, and not too maudlin, I decided I needed to keep busy. Donna took away the boards I purchased to fix the dining chairs that are disintegrating. Somehow, they ended up at Marilyn's and Greg, bless his heart, cut the 6 bases for me. I picked them up from Marilyn at Sally's Friday night, and Marilyn had brought some fabric she had laying about. Kevin wasn't interested in it, and I explained that I was NOT putting the old worn out fabric back on, so we went to Joanne's while Olivia was at dance on Saturday morning and got swatches. Turned out all home dec was on sale 50% off, and the sale ended yesterday, so I went back and purchased some pretty blue fabric for the chairs. I wanted a braided trim, and they only had half of what I wanted, so Karen is picking up 14 yards for me in Everett. Chris will pick it up from her today and is coming up for dinner. Thanks guys! I'll work on the chairs tomorrow. I will take the day off from work.

I need to work on the scrappy pineapple swap. I'll do that today. I should have the blocks done by Friday, and we're going down Saturday evening to take mom to dinner for her 80th, so I'll deliver them to Karen then.