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Sunday, June 16, 2013

Silver Liningness Sunday

First of all, Happy Father's Day to all the good dads out there, starting with my own!  A lot of men can be fathers, but not all can be good ones!  And a Happy day to Magnum too.  He's not MY dad, but he is the resident Baby Daddy!

One thing about my dad is, he is extremely honest.  If he says he'll do something, he'll do it.  If he expresses an opinion, it's authentic.  The back side of all that honesty is that he often lacks tact, but I guess I'm used to it.  I think it's mostly because of Dad that I'm a what-you-see-is-what-you-get kinda girl. I dislike hypocrisy as much as he does, and I wouldn't want to be any other way.  Thanks Dad!


I also appreciate that he's not one to sugar coat things.  Life can be difficult, but what doesn't kill us makes us stranger (not a typo).   This was not an upbeat week.  A second devastating fire in just under a year reminded us that Fire Happens.

I mentioned that while  last year's fire was met with anxiety and panic, this time felt different.  When smoke began filling the sky, and breaking news alerts and evacuation notices began popping up on Tuesday, they were met with more a feeling of *sigh* [quiet expletive].

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But we don't get silver linings without clouds.

I'm extremely grateful for the firefighters and officials who worked so hard to get the fire under control.  That goes for all of the peripheral people too - volunteers, animal shelter staff, grocery stores and restaurants providing free meals, other businesses providing resources and means for us "safe" people to help out...

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And let's not forget the usually forgotten scientists and engineers who develop the equipment, the slurry, the firefighting technology...

Shout out!!









And thanks to all my blog friends who check in and truly care.  On Friday, the sheriff asked us to go wash our cars - jokingly to use Murphy's law to our advantage, since car washing usually brings rain.  I went out and washed the biggest vehicle we own, the van.  It needed it anyway.

Chaco waxed and vacuumed it, then we parked it outside... then the sweet sweet rains came.  Thank you Murphy!  Whoever you are!

But it wasn't just the mass car washing that went on.  I believe in the power of car washing, the power of prayer, and the power of blog juju!
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13 comments:

meleah rebeccah said...

Awww! Happy Father's Day to Magnum and your dad!

LL Cool Joe said...

Thinking of you at this time. It looks pretty bad. Keep on washing the cars!

I hope Magnum got spoiled rotten today!

Anonymous said...

Fantastic news! I'll let you believe it was your car washing that brought rain, but secretly I know it was my rain dance. (That ended in a crash on the sidewalk... but I'll do whatever it takes.)
What I'd like to know is did you call your dad today? Or are you gonna wait til tomorrow just to be fair to your mom. :)
Wish Magnum a Happy Father's Day for me. Hope you were able to get some good family time in!

Abby said...

Thanks Meleah!

Abby said...

The power of soap!
Magnum gets spoiled every day :P

Abby said...

YOUR rain dance does pack a wallop!
And it's funny you ask about my phone all. I deliberately DIDN'T call my dad today so as to not open the wound with my mom!

agg79 said...

Never underestimate the power of the blog juju. Glad to hear that ya'll have caught a bit of a break. Keep washing the cars. If you really want it to pour, make sure you wax them as well.

Happy Father's Day to your dad and Magnum.

Linda Hensley said...

Yay for having a good dad, and yay for rain! I'm not sure if it was the van washing or the rain dancer that did it for you, but keep it in mind for next time :)

Rock Chef said...

Love it - the wonder of car-washing...

Yeah, tact and honesty are uneasy partners at times, but give me honesty first! You dad sounds great.

Riot Kitty said...

Wow, glad you are OK. I think your dad and my dad would get along very well :)

Anonymous said...

Ha! I love that! I think it's the power of expectation that brought the rain! I am so happy to hear the fires were finally beat down!!

terri said...

I love that the sheriff issued a car-washing order! That's genius! And the fact that it brought on the rains... a real miracle. (Okay, so it was probably time for the rains to come, but I like to think of it as miracle.)

"We don't get silver linings without clouds." So true!

Anita said...

I'm late commenting here, but everyone else has said it all, except... What a priceless picture of you and your Dad! Old pictures are fun to see; trying to see if you look the same now, and looking at the resemblance of features between parent and child. Pictures like that are one of the main reasons to fear the flames.

Love the hairdo. :)