Family visits and how parents treat kids differently.

This past weekend my brother brought my father here. As my brother was wanting to shop for Tax Free Weekend. So I was hopping my dad would help with some thing for Charlie, But he didn't do that. Now I could have asked him and he might have but I did not want to do that. So this made me miss my mom more than ever as she would have helped me with Charlie without me even asking.

But my sister has been working on her home the past couple weeks and so my dad has been giving her money to help pay the gentleman working on it. Now it would not bother me so much if she didn't work close to 99 hours in one week and make over $15 a hour.

Where David only makes $10.50 a hour and hasn't been getting overtime so we are struggling and my dad knows this. Plus he was in our home and we had mentioned we needed to finish painting and needed 2 gallons of paint to be able to finish and we haven't been able to even afford that.

Did my dad offer to get it for us? No, of course not. All he did was take us out to dinner which was nice and paid for it. But I would have rather had more time with him. As he was not feeling well so he slept most of the day on Saturday at my sisters house. So my brother stayed over there and we didn't get to visit with him much either.

Then on Sunday they spent the morning with my sister and came by my house for about 20 minutes before they went out to my Nephews as they was leaving from there. So all I can say is I thank God my brother did bring my dad as he is going down hill fast. But it would have been nice to be able to spend some real time with him.

So it seems like it may be time for Charlie and I to take a Road Trip to Oklahoma to see my dad as well as my Aunt and Uncle. Because as we all know no one lives forever and Charlie needs to see his family and to spend time with them. Even though my dad is not always the nicest and doesn't treat us all the same he is still my dad.

Glenda, Charlie and David Cates 

Thanksgiving Day is here tomorrow Yippie!!

I am so excited as it is almost her. I am even more excited as we are going to be sharing it with all of our neighbors. The most fun part is that we are going to be able to have everyone bring a dish and we will get to try new and different foods which should also be fun as well.

The one thing I am concerned about is we are in Texas and the weather her can be tricky and so I am afraid it might rain and I am also wondering if it will be cold and so I am going to buy me a tarp to cover the tables as well. I was online and saw some that there are some clear tarps and I also think I will invest in a drop cloth as it will make the cleanup easier. As there is a lot of children eating and it would be easier than trying to sweep the sidewalk and I think these will look really good on the table to keep the food fresh and clean in case there are ants. and the dropcloth will look nice under the table.

So next time we plan on doing a big meal I am going to ask the apartment manager if he will invest in some of these for us and also another picnic table as only one will not be enough.

Glenda, Charlie and David