What a FABULOUS gift for a special day!!! I'd LOVE to have such an opportunity!! Maybe I'll suggest it to my hubby who has really indulged me my passion for a plant!! He's not a hosta-lover but he's a love to allow me my hobby and the time he's spent with me drooling over many of them in nurseries, and on field trips to other forum members homes. Actually, he's come a long way--he even likes one of our forum friends, 'Dave' and looks forward to being with him and his wife when we have gotten together to do the 'hosta-thing'! treemon--I bet your head is still whirling!! I can only imagine the fun you had and the knowledge you got to glean from those hosta-greats! WOW!!! Thank you for sharing your wonderful weekend with us, too!

I got my father an early Father's Day gift, a limousine that took him and Mom from their Florida (winter) home to the Tampa airport recently. My dad is very frugal and they usually take the airport shuttle . . . making about 6 other stops along the way there, with Dad fretting the entire time ;^D They're getting up in years now and it was good to know that the driver got them and their luggage easily and safely to the airport on time. At this stage in their lives, they tell us that they don't want "more things to dust and clutter up the place". Dad's birthday gift will be a limo back to their winter place this Fall. DH's father is no longer with us. He was an awesome guy and I miss him a lot :~ ( For DH, I'm making Huevos Rancheros for breakfast and shish kebobs on the grill for dinner, with Mari's fantastic couscous, a Greek salad and my molten lava cakes. This morning while DD & I were in town, we got him a hole-in-one ball and score card display case (this is a HUGE thing for a golfer), and a Tracy Chapman CD. I still need to get him a golf range finder and am sitting here by the phone waiting for one of his long-time golf cronies to call me back with the one he recommends . . . as I don't play golf and don't have a clue! Lynn

bigack, love that puzzle. What a nice gift for the 'old' car lover.We have put together dozens of White Mountain puzzles, and get their catalog in the mail. I have not seen this one. Will have to hunt for it. Below is a puzzle that I gave my DH for Christmas. He really enjoyed doing it. He gave it to a local group that makes frames for finished puzzles and then sells them as a fund raiser. Maybe some lucky Dad got it for Father's Day.

My youngest DB invited my parents and all of us over to his house for a Father's Day bbq. So we just went over there. I usually do get my DH, Dad and FIL a gift. My FIL knows his will be late every year anyway since we have to ship it and I'm not as organized as I wish I was. We are getting him some Clint Eastwood movies that he likes. Gave my dad some cologne. Got DH cologne too and took him out to eat at Texas Roadhouse Saturday night. Sounds like ya'll had a good day. I have got to get my painting area organized. I've got too many projects looking me in the face when I go in there and I think it's overwhelming me too much. I think if I only leave 2 out I'll be able to finish those and move on. Hope you get that shed finished. Sounds like a big job. We are taking out our old chain link fence in prep for the new fence. The people who put in the old posts concreted the poles in with 3 feet of concrete! we have had a terrible time getting them out and now there is a section connected to our neighbors drive that is concreted all the way across that we'll have to bust up. I've been trying to help DH, but I'm not too muscular so it's really falling on him to do most of it. Good news is only a few more weeks until the new fence goes in!! We are really getting excited. I've got to get DD ready to go on a church youth trip so been running around trying to get her things together. Got to go do a little shopping today to finish up. DS has to build some kind of box car for a Scout thing next week and we haven't started on that. You know how it is, just one thing after the other with these kids and their activities. Guess I'd better get up from here and get started on something. ~Anj