So yeah, I haven’t blogged much. Truth is, I haven’t had any really great stories of late. Nothing that drives me to come here and write about it anyway. Well maybe I have but by the time I got to sit and write I went to bed instead. I prefer to spend my energy in the pool with my girls and yes we have been spending THAT much time there these past few weeks. They are actually tan with pronounced tan lines. So here is my usual brain fart type post.

This is a funny shirt to wear to your therapist appointment.

The new Rob Thomas record Cradlesong is very good. (Link opens iTunes) I suggest you have a listen and/or buy it. There are a few songs I really like such as Fire on the Mountain and Give Me the Meltdown and several others I feel I may grow to like as much. As with any Rob Thomas related album the first time you hear his album some songs stick and some slide off. Eventually though those songs that slide off stick the more you her them. The more you try to connect and listen to his lyrics and passionate vocals the more you tend to connect to his work in new ways. The guy is an amazing talent and he spoke to me on Twitter today which was pretty cool.

What made Rob Thomas talking to me even cooler was it was regarding one of my old friends band, Big 10-4. I told Mr. Thomas he should have them open for him while on tour in Orlando and he commented they are a really good band. Knowing my old friend is heavily influenced by Mr. Thomas I passed along the tweet and he commented on how it made his day. In turn, that made me feel really good. If that happens, I better totally get backstage for that show Dan!

In family news, my aunt finally got to go home after a 3 week stint in the hospital. She will have many extra needs now for her health but she is at home and that is a good thing. I seriously need to grab a flight and go up for a long weekend or something and visit. I am a crappy nephew in that sense. Just hard to find the time with 2 toddlers I worship with every second of my free time away from work.

If you live in the US or near the US border, this is for you. As you are watching the fireworks on Saturday, remember they were personally arranged by myself. They are not really for America, although that’s how I subsidized the cost, they are for my daughters birthday. The official name is “America presents Hockeyman’s daughter’s birthday fireworks” but the printing companies always seem to forget to print anything after America. Whatever, you now the truth now. So as America turns 233, my little girl turns 5 and that’s way more fun than 233.

I still want to see Transformers 2 and the Hangover. Dammit where are my babysitters…

Here are some random photos from the past couple days/weeks I wanted to share.

A Grandmother in heaven

It was 72 degrees where I snapped this photo

My little fish

I chased HIM off the golf course trying to get this picture

Just a quick note of thanks to all those on Twitter and Facebook for making my birthday wonderful. It’s nice to be thought of so warmly by all of you who commented here or said something online or to my phone or IM. It made my day of meetings at work much easier to get through. Special thanks to the wife for such a wonderful post about me. It was unexpected and very appreciated.

I love you all!

Last night as I laid down to sleep, I thought for a moment that father’s day came early. As I tucked myself in and got settled I felt something odd under my pillow. It was a piece of paper, but not of regular size. Not knowing what to expect I turned the light on and instantly felt tears of happiness and appreciation well up in my eyes. My about to be 5 year old drew me a picture and stuck it there under my pillow to befound just then. It was a picture of just her and I walking into a rainbow complete with a pot of gold. Below is a picture of my wondrful gift. As a kid I kind of always felt making something was an easy way out of a gift for my parents, but now I understand why those were the best gifts of all.

I likely will not post until next week as we travel to spend the weekend with family, and a blogger friend for lunch Friday. Golf, beaches, cookouts and the pool are going to consume my days and who can blame me right? Anyway, I just want to wish all the dads out there a most happy fathers day and to my mom a happy birthday which falls on the sameday this year.