Happy Father's Day! *and a gift idea!*

Hello everyone!

I hope you are all enjoying a wonderful Father's Day weekend!

Sadly, my daddy is going to be gone for Father's Day  *sniffle*  because he's at a conference in Florida, but I still put together something for him to enjoy when he gets back!

My dad has spent a lot of time in his office recently due to majority of his team going off to a conference, so I decided to get him something for his office.  I could have gotten him a mug, or a pen, or pictures, or any other decorative knickknack, but I thought it would be nice to get him something that would actually be 'good' for him.  As in, an air purifier.  Because, you know, when you're spending a lot of time in an office space, it would be nice to have purer air to inhale... you know?  But I didn't want to give him an actual, mechanical, air purifier...  because none of them look very beautiful...  haha   so I decided to get him a plant! Scientists at NASA have recently discovered just how great plants work at purifying the air you breathe every day, and if you want to check out top 10 best air-filtering houseplants, go here.  I could have gotten one of the top 10, but I figured just any old plant would do the trick, so I picked up this cute little guy along with a this tiny planter at Home Depot!  

a 'Green Goddess' plant.  so I suppose it would actually be a cute little lady...?  haha 

Anyway, putting it together was really quite simple.

Put some rocks down at the bottom to aid in drainage because I was told that having a well draining planter is very important for this plant.   but I was also told that once it is situated, it's a pretty hardy little guy, lady, which was also very important criteria when I was picking a plant.  Don't want to add more responsibility at the office than he already has, right?  ;)

Then fill it with soil and move the little plant over to her new home, and voila!
There you have it folks!  Cutest little air purifier!

For now, she hangs out with one of our other plants on the kitchen windowsill, but once daddy gets back from his conference, she'll move to her new home at the office!

I hope you are all enjoying spending time with your loved ones this weekend, and once again, Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!  =)
--Janny

Happy Father's Day!!

Hello everyone!

On this rainy Seattle day, we celebrate the most generous, caring, intelligent, and hilarious man ever;  

my DADDY!!!!!

I don't know which one of us has more skill here.
Daddy or myself?  haha

I can't recall how many times he has come straight home from work only to pick me up and drive me to my many extra curricular activities-violin, piano, dance, youth orchestras, golf, FBLA, etc etc.. 

you mention it, and he was there, driving me to all of these things...

often skipping meals because we would be under time constraints.  

Though he may not remember these long drives fondly, I quite enjoyed these road trips with just him and I. The countless hours in the car were spent talking about anything and everything, 

learning how to debate and undermine other's arguments, 

(he went to law school, and was preparing me for law school), 

and generally learning about life in general...   

What I really loved about my Dad growing up is that no matter how many questions I asked, 

(trust me, there were many. I was an extremely inquisitive child), 

he would always patiently answer all of my questions or guide me towards finding the answers myself.  Never was he ever annoyed by my endless list of questions. 

Though now I am old enough to usually find the answers on my own (google search that!), I still really enjoy asking him questions on our car rides together whenever I get the chance.

It's funny really..  the older I get, the wiser my Dad seems to become... 

I have so much to learn from him!

maybe he's getting wiser? or maybe I'm just realizing things more?

Though sometimes we don't see eye to eye, and whenever we have arguments, it resembles something from a courtroom, I know that he will always love me no matter what, and I will always love him as well.

I have been so incredibly blessed to have such a wise and supportive man in my life, and my future husband will have much to live up to thanks to his Father-in-Law... poor guy..  haha

So, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY Daddy!!  

and also to all of the other wonderful fathers out there!  =)

--Janny