The SECOND half of Summer for Kelly a little more involvement with the pool

Hello, I don't know what to tell any of you but we only have four weeks and the kids will be back to school and life will be back to scheduling...horse puckie. I don't know where the summer has gone. We have been working too much and not enjoyed being in the pool or even our deck that you will see we finished. We are going to attempt a great feat in two weeks of getting the steps in front out and then putting in an old-fashion steps with retaining wall. I am very excited but it will be interesting to see if Danny and I are still speaking...We both are funny about what is important to us in getting finished but so far we have kind of had fun working together...besides him being a perfectionist and wanting a mess cleaned-up right away and me wanting to stick to a schedule of we start at the beginning of a day and don't finish until the sun goes down.
I have really had a hard time lately because my Father had back surgery and it doesn't seem to be going to well for him but I hope that it will get better. I think that it didn;t help that he came home so soon and then he didn't think that he wanted to take so many pain killers and then he over did and so we are back down and I think that pride had also set in. It is going to take time and I know that he has got to get up and move and that they don't understand that because he and mom think I am being mean but any time you have something done and don't move with it you don't help in the recovery...pain is part of the healing. Pray is also healing.
This summer my daughter has wanted to do nothing but go to work with me everyday. She said that it doesn't bother her to be with me...I just worry about her because of her weight and we have been trying to work on that and I feel that has really kind of hurt her feelings but she is being a good sport about it. Her friends have all been gone all summer and I think that her and Madison seem to go in different directions and then with Dad being laid up we can't depend on them for entertainment. I have also gotten myself into some things that I shouldn't have and it has taken some extra time but I have also tried by actions to get her to realize that she can serve others and it doesn't hurt us to give a little of our time to others.
I am excited my girlfriend, Joyce is coming home for three weeks and I know that she will be good for Maggie. But it will also be nice to have her home intead of calling her every day.