Ok Just One More

I am exhausted. We shopped at Winco,Petco,Cash & Carry,Grocery Outlet,Work Sports And Outdoors,Safeway and 2 Walmarts in the last 2 days. PLUS my Parents and brother went to Costco (we headed home to start cooking and smoking the meat). I am pretty sure we have enough food to feed 5-8 of us for 7 days! We got Chipper a cute little yellow rain coat and some "Calming" dog treats for the trip.He's not loving the rain coat so far but I know he won't care when we get to the beach.As for the treats,they are more for us than him! He gets so crazy hyper it's hard at times to take him anywhere. Why didn't anyone tell me about these cute little doggie downers before?! So we'll see how well they work...

I feel relieved as the stress of shopping is off my shoulders.The family is all here safely and I am mostly packed. I guess I am blogging all of this because I needed to take a mental inventory of the last 2 days. It has been a whirlwind! I go back to work tomorrow..wondering where my 2 days off went, yet looking forward to 8 more coming so soon I can barely stand it!

Tomorrow my Father turns 69.Happy Birthday Dad! My Parents are some of the best parents I know of. They have worked 7 days a week to provide a happy life for their kids.I am so grateful that each year I get to spend my Dad's birthday fishing with him. It's my turn to support and enjoy doing what he loves and my Dad loves fishing!It's also nice to see my Mom put her feet up and read a book. At home she is constantly busy cooking,cleaning,volunteering...she never stops! I love the mornings her and I have spent on the beach-barefoot and drinking coffee,looking to see what gifts the tide had washed up for us that day.Let's hope for many of those mornings plus a few coolers full of fishing stories to keep my Dad happy until next year. :)

Until tomorrow..or maybe next week..
Happy Blogging :)